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Book Bazaar Reader

Refrelent Software Lab, LLC

Get the app from: Book Bazaar Reader in Windows 8 Store

App Development History

  • August 13, 2014 - Release 2.21. Major internal rework of library implementation for performance improvement and for future cross-device implementation.
  • May 30, 2014 - Release 2.20. Permanent fix for the instability. Advertisement model updated (two options offered instead of one).
  • May 20, 2014 - Release 2.19. Urgent release to provide a temporary fix major app instability.
  • May 19, 2014 - Release 2.18. Text-to-speech implemented
  • March 15, 2014 - Release 2.17. Bugs in OPDS browsing fixed.
  • March 11, 2014 - Release 2.16. French translation corrected
  • February 10, 2014 - Release 2.15. Spanish, French and Armenian translations added, bugs fixed
  • January 27, 2014 - Release 2.14. Zoom implemented
  • December 28, 2013 - Release 2.13. PDF support added
  • October 29, 2013 - Release 2.12. Bugs fixed
  • October 25, 2013 - Release 2.11. A version for Windows 8.1 released.
  • October 25, 2013 - Release 2.10. Servicing version for Windows 8 frozen.
  • October 02, 2014 - Release 2.09. Search in books implemented
  • September 21, 2014 - Release 2.07-2.08. Bugs fixed, performance optimized
  • August 26, 2014 - Release 2.05-2.06. Bugs fixed, performance optimized
  • August 23, 2014 - Release 2.04. Bugs fixed
  • August 01, 2013 - Release 2.03. Bugs fixed, Polish translation corrected.
  • July 22, 2013 - Release 2.02. New functions: "close book", hyphenation setting, group renaming, drag-drop on Surface Pro fixed.
  • July 17, 2013 - Release 2.01. Quick follow-up for the previous release.
  • July 16, 2013 - Release 2.00. Major architectural change in the library organization. Multi-level grouping with drag-drop editing and undo added.
  • June 20, 2013 - Release 1.22. Bugs fixed
  • June 19, 2013 - Release 1.21. Bugs fixed
  • May 15, 2013 - Release 1.20. German translation added. Partnership with LitRes started. The link to www.flibusta.net removed; OPDS customization implemented so that you can ad your own links to OPDS. Bugs fixed: text disappeared under images during page turning; highlight instability.
  • May 13, 2013 - Release 1.19. Chinese translation added (Thanks to a volunteer Chao SUN, Southwest University, Chongqing, China).
  • April 28, 2013 - Release 1.18. Bugs fixed: page turning on Surface Pro, memory overflow for big book loading
  • March 29, 2013 - Release 1.17.Crashing bug fixed in grouping by author. Few more bugs fixed. Default list of catalogs reduced.
  • March 17, 2013 - Release 1.16.Bugs fixed
  • March 14, 2013 - Release 1.15.Bugs fixed
  • March 14, 2013 - Release 1.14.TXT format implemented
  • March 7, 2013 - Release 1.13.Few bugs fixed
  • March 6, 2013 - Release 1.12.OPDS Catalogs Customization implemented You can now add and remove OPDS catalogs.
  • February 25, 2013 - Release 1.11.Performance improved. Big books should be handled as easily as smaller ones for all operations - opening, closing, hyperlinks, table of contents, text settings.
  • February 7, 2013 - Release 1.10.New logo introduced. The users have been complaining about the logo so often, that it was obvious for quite long time already that the logo image looks simply offensive. I had to stop coding and spend some time working as an "artist". Here you go: a nice wisely looking owl is your reading companion now.
  • February 4, 2013 - Release 1.9.MOBI format support added. This is what on the surface. In the underlying engine we've made a pretty drastic change in dealing with zip, html, epub data. The app has much more robust foundation now.
  • January 22, 2013 - Release 1.8.Another important addition: marging and linespaceing settings. We are filling the holes in the most basic functionality expected from any book reader.
  • January 2, 2013 - Release 1.6 published in the Store. It contains a pretty important feature set: bookmarks, highlights, notes.
  • December 13, 2012 - Release 1.5 published. Minor release. Few bugs for book loading fixed.
  • December 5, 2012 - Release 1.4 published. Contains fix for book loading from File Explorer, in-book hyperlink navigation, page turning history. Certification took 4 days.
  • December 28, 2012 - Release 1.3 published. Keyboard support for page turning, Night reading color teme.
  • November 28, 2012 - The app appeared for the first time in the "Top Free" list for "Books and Dictionary" section of the Store. Position 64.
  • November 25, 2012 - Release 1.2 of Book Bazaar Reader app was certified by Windows Store. It contains urgent fixes for EPUB conversion and OPDS browsing, and several UI enhancements. Now the first angry reviewer might feel happier.
  • November 25, 2012 - Release 1.2 of Book Bazaar Reader app was submitted to Windows Store. It contains an important bugs fixed for EPUB loading and OPDS catalogs browsing. Many more free books will be available for you now. There are also some UI and performance improvements. (The release is still waiting for certification. Expected to be in the Store in a week).
  • November 23, 2012 - A bug about EPUBs is understood. It was a cause for people complaining about EPUBs not loading. The fix is ready, and the update will be submitted to the Store on Saturday 11/24/2012. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Shame on me.
  • November 22, 2012 - The first purchase of the ad-free user interface. Thanks (to somebody) for your trust in us!
  • November 22, 2012 - The first constructive review: 2 stars Thank you, Shawn, for good questions and suggestions. Working on them... Expect an update pretty soon..
  • November 21, 2012 - The first review: 1 star. "Can't. Open my epubs.". Pretty harsh. Nothing else to mention about? We'd love to get an example of the failing epub to fix the bug...
  • November 19, 2012 - Release 1.1 of Book Bazaar Reader app was certified by Windows Store (from the second attempt after fixing a localization issue). The application became available for the public in Windows Store. This is a birthday of the app!
  • November 15, 2012 - Release 1 of Book Bazaar Reader app was submitted to Windows Store (still waiting for certification).
  • October 1, 2012 - Book Bazaar Reader was registered as an app in Windows Store.
  • October 1, 2012 - Refrelent Software Lab, LLC was registered as a company in Washington State, US.
  • May 24, 2012 - Book Bazaar Reader application development started on Windows 8 platform.
  • November 2010 - 3D-animated page flipping algorithm implemented as an experiment with HTML layout engine.