The files containing the .fb2 extension are generally associated with the &qout;FictionBook&qout; program, version 2.0. These files are categorized under the head of the XML files. The FictionBook 2.0 was created by Mike Matsnev. The .fb2 files contain a set of rules for the creation of the electronic version of the fiction books which can be made suitable to read with different types of devices. Generally, the eBooks published via the .fb2 file extension are fictional in nature. These books can be easily accessed and read on Windows, UNIX etc. These files, unlike other formats related to the eBooks, contain only one XML file.
The files with the FB2 do not specifically show a document’s appearance, rather they describe the core structure of it. This format is considered to be very convenient for the purposes like processing and indexing of the eBook management. Also, these files allow the automatic conversion of the file format into another suitable extension.
So, what’s great about this file format?
For a file format, the FB2 has a lot of features that one might just be amazed to know . The fiction books published under this extension can be easily opened with multiple software and hardware implementations. Moreover, the files of these extensions are very good for the narrative literature. The documents of the file extension .fb2 may contain structured texts, epigraphs, poetry chunks, various subtitles, different types of quotations, different references and footnotes according to the document, tables and even images in the PNG or JPEG formats.
As compared to the other formats, the files with the FB2 has many advantages. In addition to the fact that they require only one XML file, another positive they carry is that they are distributed in the ZIP format which is compatible with most of the softwares. Also, a large amount of data can be transferred easily via a single compressed file. The files with the .fb2 extension are supported with many types of softwares like FBReader, Haali Reader, Okular, STDU Viewer, AlReader, CoolReader and some other documents for the Apple’s iOS.
As far as the hardwares compatible with such files are concerned, then the Pocket Book Readers, COOL-ER, Cybook Opus and Cybook Gen3 are some of them which works wonders with this type of file format. Also, the devices created on the basis of Hanvon N516 design can also access the files with the .fb2 extension.
Open FB2 File on Windows OS
- Look for an FB2 file you need to open in Windows Explorer and double-click on it
- If the file doesn’t open automatically and you see a “Windows can’t open a file” message then you should search for a program which can open FB2 file
- If you have a program which can open FB2 file installed on your computer then launch that program and select “File” and then “Open” or similar options from its menu to open the FB2 file
- If you don’t have the program installed then you need to try searching for “FB2 wiki”, “how to open FB2 file” in the search engine.
- Once you find the application, install it on your computer
- After the program is installed double-click on the FB2 file to open it
File extensions are used by Windows operating system to specify what kind of information is stored in the file. Every file in Windows OS needs to have file extension and file extensions are used by Windows to determine which application it should use to open the file. Every application installed on Windows OS places information about which extensions it could open into the Windows registry and Windows uses this information to determine which application it should launch when user double-clicks on the file. If application which can open FB2 file is not installed, then Windows will show ‘Windows can’t open FB2 file’ message and buttons to either select an application on the computer which can open the file or to search the web for the application which can open FB2 file.