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By popular demand!

The new Fakebook Pro features new list-filtered find, more detailed search results, tap to page and support for some older devices. Thanks to all users suggesting these improvements, keep 'em coming. Fakebook Pro 2.8.0, available now from Google Play !

Mail of the Month - December - More Fakebook Import Questions

From the December mails, here's some questions regarding importing and PDF files. Happy new year - and have fun playing! I have Fakebook Pro but can't find a way to import my PDF files. If you have PDF files with individual songs you can just put them on your device (phone/tablet) and then import them through the Fakebook menu -> Add new songs -> Import local file. If you have collections (e.g. books with a lot of songs stored as a single PDF) I really recommend looking at http://www.skrivarna.com/p/fakebook.html and http://www.skrivarna.com/2014/02/automatic-indexing-of-pdf-real-books.html for hints on how to create indexes for such collections. I am trying to download load pdf files for volumes of songs from http://lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/LAFC/LFTunes.html . I have them on my computer but I have to load them individually into your app. I don't know how to work with the scripts you describe so please advise if there is a better way for me. As the songs ...

The Firehouse Jazz Band - Dixieland Fakebook Script

One of the most popular and useful collections of trad jazz and Dixieland songs is now available on the Fakebook Pro download page . The Firehouse Jazz Band PDFB script will automatically index and import this book with over 500 tunes.