ZXBook (Sinclair ZX Spectrum)

by Matthew Begg

Written by Matthew Begg for the 2026 BASIC 10-Liner Competition (PLUS category)

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

--= Introduction =--

ZXbook is a fully-featured eBook reader for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It allows you to read through books/articles/documents of multiple parts, navigating with ease. It is styled after the Spectrum+ 128k operating system and includes bookmarking and jumping to specifically numbered parts and pages. Five complete ZXbooks are provided for the contest and all use the same ZXbook program (all texts are in the public domain and are therefore copyright-free):

- 1. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll (6 parts)

- 2. 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L. Frank Baum (9 parts)

- 3. 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald (12 parts)

- 4. 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle (9 parts)

- 5. 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens (7 parts)

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Source:https://bunsen.itch.io/zxbook-sinclair-zx-spectrum-by-matthew-begg