Read anything, on anything

Paperback is a fast, fully accessible reader for ebooks, documents and audio books. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, speaks fifteen languages, and opens over twenty formats. Free, open source, and it collects nothing.

Why Paperback

Built for screen readers

Not retrofitted. Every list, dialog and reading control was designed against NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver and TalkBack, and the whole program works from the keyboard.

Fast on old hardware

Books open in a moment, even the large ones. There is no web view, no framework and no splash screen to sit through.

Navigate like a browser

Move by heading, link, page, table, list or formula with single keys, the same way your screen reader moves through a web page.

Read aloud

Your own voice, rate and pitch, a sleep timer, and bookmarks that come back to the exact place. Audio books play their own recording instead.

Private by default

No account, no analytics, no advertising. Your library, your place in it and your bookmarks stay on your device.

Yours to change

MIT licensed, with the source, the issue tracker and the translations all in the open.

Platforms

Formats

Languages

Want to add your language? Read the translation guide.