eBook formats

What is the CBR format?

CBR — Comic Book RAR Archive

CBR is a comic book archive: the pages as images packed in a RAR archive, read with comic reader apps.

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About the CBR format

A CBR file is a RAR archive of JPG or PNG page images, named in reading order. Comic readers such as CDisplayEx, YACReader and Perfect Viewer open it.

E-readers and Kindle cannot open CBR directly. Converting to PDF or EPUB puts the comic on any device.

Programs that open CBR

  • CDisplayEx
  • YACReader
  • Calibre
  • Perfect Viewer

What CBR is used for

  • Digital comics
  • Manga
  • Scanned graphic novels

Other eBook formats

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