What's a good app for reading PDF books? I'm just using Adobe reader right now and wanted to see if there are any better ones for the NC.
EDIT: Was just snooping around the other forums and noticed that the Aldiko that came with the Galaxy S has pinch to zoom. The versions on the market do not! When trying to install the one included on the Galaxy S, I receive "application can not be installed"
Any chance someone could port the Galaxy S version over to the NC? it would be a great epub/pdf reader app.
leeh41 said:
What's a good app for reading PDF books? I'm just using Adobe reader right now and wanted to see if there are any better ones for the NC.
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You might try ezpdf reader from unidocs, which is in the market. See also their twitter page of features at http://twitter.com/#!/ezpdf
Repligo appears to be the best for me. ezpdf feels unrefined and buggy. The interface looks really nice though.
Im using the built in app on the nook. Dnt open your pdf from Library because it forces you to use quickpdf. If you open the pdf from something like astro or root explorer,there's an app called Reader, and im loving it.
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I prefer ezpdf and think it is good and worth the 99ct and I like the following with it:
+ remembers the last page read/bookmarking +
+ Zoom option - Fitting to text column
I agree that the user interface is not perfect yet and in some areas a bit buggy.
@Main Target
Thanks this reader through ASTRO/ROOT EXPLORER looks good
Main Target said:
Im using the built in app on the nook. Dnt open your pdf from Library because it forces you to use quickpdf. If you open the pdf from something like astro or root explorer,there's an app called Reader, and im loving it.
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I tried that already, but it doesnt allow me to zoom.
Does anyone have an app that will allow me to highlight and annotate pdfs? I am considering returning the nc if I can't get this feature. I am rooted and willing to even pay a few dollars for an excellent PDF reader which will allow me to annotate and highlight.
johnnyb138 said:
Does anyone have an app that will allow me to highlight and annotate pdfs? I am considering returning the nc if I can't get this feature. I am rooted and willing to even pay a few dollars for an excellent PDF reader which will allow me to annotate and highlight.
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I thought i saw on one the market when i was searching "PDF" or "PDF reader"
There should be an app for highlighting, but not sure about annotating.
I tried out various PDF readers trying to find something workable to read some Marvel comics I have that came from GIT Corp DVDs. The Android readers worked ok, but it took 7-10 seconds to go from page to page accessing them from my SD card. I finally went to remoting in to my Windows desktop (using PocketCloud free) and using the Adobe Reader on the PC to read them. It ended up being much faster !
Weird. Repligo takes like 1-2seconds to flip the page. This is with 75-130mb pdf's
I'm going to try clearing the defaults for the "Library" app (via Nook Color Tools / Settings) and see if launching a PDF after that presents a menu rather forcing "QuickPDF".
Perhaps the class of the SD card in use might be to blame for the perfomance lag while page turning?
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Weird. Repligo takes like 1-2seconds to flip the page. This is with 75-130mb pdf's
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Maybe it's that these comics consist of 2-page color images. Maybe it's because I have the files on the SD card... the Duracell card I have tests out as Class 4. Anyway... none of the PDF readers (including RepliGo, Adobe Reader and ezPDF) I've tested gave reasonable performance paging through these files.
ezpdf seems the fastest, but simple question, how do you bring up the overlay interface again once it disappears? I couldn't seem to bring it up all the time.
Thanks for the Reader tip
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Im using the built in app on the nook. Dnt open your pdf from Library because it forces you to use quickpdf. If you open the pdf from something like astro or root explorer,there's an app called Reader, and im loving it.
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Wow, thanks for the tip. I liked the way Reader handles my huge company manuals.
I have root explorer and it took some looking to find my documents folder and I can't imagine doing that every time I need to reference my manuals. Is there a way to "assign" this Reader to open pdf files instead of Quickoffice?
Or would I be be better off with something like Dropbox.apk?
Ron
capnron65 said:
Wow, thanks for the tip. I liked the way Reader handles my huge company manuals.
I have root explorer and it took some looking to find my documents folder and I can't imagine doing that every time I need to reference my manuals. Is there a way to "assign" this Reader to open pdf files instead of Quickoffice?
Or would I be be better off with something like Dropbox.apk?
Ron
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Astro can create a shortcut on your launcher screen directly to any specific folder. This might work for you if you keep all your manuals in one place. The folder still gets opened in Astro, but at least you don't have to navigate around to find it every time.
johnnyb138 said:
Does anyone have an app that will allow me to highlight and annotate pdfs? I am considering returning the nc if I can't get this feature. I am rooted and willing to even pay a few dollars for an excellent PDF reader which will allow me to annotate and highlight.
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The newest version of RepliGo Reader (3.0) has the ability to highlight and annotate PDFs. It works reasonably well.
I love ezpdf, blazing fast, frequently updated, cost a pittance.
Main Target said:
Im using the built in app on the nook. Dnt open your pdf from Library because it forces you to use quickpdf. If you open the pdf from something like astro or root explorer,there's an app called Reader, and im loving it.
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this one took me a bit to figure out, but I second this. It acts just like any book in the reader instead of having to re-size and down swipe to change pages.
Main Target said:
Im using the built in app on the nook. Dnt open your pdf from Library because it forces you to use quickpdf. If you open the pdf from something like astro or root explorer,there's an app called Reader, and im loving it.
Sent from my LogicPD Zoom2 using XDA App
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Thanks, great tip. The PDF books and mags looks great.
I hate how the new repligo reader doesn't retain zoom levels when you flip pages. Other than that its pretty good.
I want to install a pdf reading app from the market to read pdfs. But I'm not sure where to put them on the nook so that the pdf program will see them. It's not seeing the ones that I'm able to read with the nook UI. Anyone have any ideas? Where does one put documents one wants to read on the rooted portion?
I have placed my pdf docs on either the internal document directory or the external document directory. My pdf application has been able to see and read them in both locations.
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Sorry, I'm talking about a rooted nook. Should have mentioned that.
Rooted Nook will see docks incl. pdfs in either internal or external Documents folder.
zdrifter said:
Rooted Nook will see docks incl. pdfs in either internal or external Documents folder.
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Not in the adobe pdf app I just downloaded from the market. I'm trying to use a downloaded app because I don't like how basic the one on the nook is. But unfortunately the one I downloaded in the market doesn't read the pdfs I have internally on the nook.
Any ideas?
tinpanalley said:
Not in the adobe pdf app I just downloaded from the market. I'm trying to use a downloaded app because I don't like how basic the one on the nook is. But unfortunately the one I downloaded in the market doesn't read the pdfs I have internally on the nook.
Any ideas?
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Move or copy the pdfs in the internal directory to the sdcard directory (Astro from market is good for this type of thing) .. BTW which app is that .. seems strange it won't navigate to the internal directory??
The app is the Adobe Reader app.
And there seems to be a partition that the app reads from on the sd card since rooting that won't hold very much data.
Hey all,
Have a rooted nook, and I would like to know if an app is out there that can download a book cover (from amazon/bn/wherever) and load it up on the BN reader so it is associated with PDF file.
Ideas? Thanks!
BN reader doesn't support PDFs
ace7196 said:
Hey all,
Have a rooted nook, and I would like to know if an app is out there that can download a book cover (from amazon/bn/wherever) and load it up on the BN reader so it is associated with PDF file.
Ideas? Thanks!
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Nook app doesn't read PDFs - only ePubs. The usual suspects read PDFs of course. The ease of reading PDFs is defeated by its inability to save pages, to highlight, to remember where you were. Etc.
Sorry m8!
PDFs perform well when opening them from a file explorer, like ES file explorer, and opening the file with the B&N Reader app. This is not the same as opening or accessing the file from the Library app. Using the reader app, you can see the book cover and use bookmarks. Reading and page turning also is better. Also, larger PDFs seem to open a little better from the internal memory.
Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
Thanks
utsmaster18 said:
Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
Thanks
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MobiPocket Reader. Looks like it is right protected format so there is probably nothing that can read it.
See here: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI
Amazon Kindle app will read MOBI files.
After you install Kindle app, just drop ebboks into the kindle folder that is created on your SDCARD. You may need to close and reopen Kindle to see the ebooks.
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Stu
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Calibre, a free program on the PC, can also convert a mobi file into just about anything you want, such as epub. Then you can read them in your ebook reader of choice.
To make it easy to then move them onto your Android phone, many popular reader apps (like my fave, Moon+ Reader) access your Calibre library directly if you are on the same wifi network, and Calibre has their own app for accessing your library from an Android device.
How do I make officesuite like a ebook reader whereby when you go into standby/close the app, it continues from where you were reading? If its not possible, what other apps can do this which read PDF's similar to officesuite?
thanks in advance!
Bump. Or alternatively something like officesuite which can read PDF's and DOC's properly and have a way of continuing to read from where you were before?
Are you looking for something more than just a standard PDF reader? Adobe Reader does exactly what you're asking for.
[Edit:] although, I don't think you can read other formats with it
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jetblast787 said:
How do I make officesuite like a ebook reader whereby when you go into standby/close the app, it continues from where you were reading? If its not possible, what other apps can do this which read PDF's similar to officesuite?
thanks in advance!
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jetblast787,
There are several choices in Google Play Store. If you enter PDF in the search, you will see over 100 options. The ones I have used that meet your needs are:
1. PDF Max ($3.71)
2. PDF (Free)
3. EBookDroid (Free)
4. Moon Reader Pro ($4.99)
Please let me know if this answered your question.