Is anyone know where can find a Ereader for WP7 that can access txt/PDB file in SD card / Storage?
Thanks.
freda
sor far I dont know of any ebook reader that can access your sd cards to search for ebooks saved on it but...
have a look here: Ebook Reader - Freda, you also can find it in the market place. With freda you cannot directly access or copy eboods on your sd card, but you can access a dropbox account from wich you can download any placed ebooks there. According to the developer only EPUB (DRM-free), HTML and TXT format are supported. Might not be exactly what you are looking for but its a start.
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sor far I dont know of any ebook reader that can access your sd cards to search for ebooks saved on it but...
have a look here: Ebook Reader - Freda, you also can find it in the market place. With freda you cannot directly access or copy eboods on your sd card, but you can access a dropbox account from wich you can download any placed ebooks there. According to the developer only EPUB (DRM-free), HTML and TXT format are supported. Might not be exactly what you are looking for but its a start.
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I also search and try some readers in market place but no luck to find out directly method to access file in storge
But i will try the dropbox method you suggested.
Thanks folumi
from my trials, Amazon Kindle reader is the best ebook reader for WP7 out there - in terms of performance, UI, functionality, etc. I converted all my epub books to Kindle's format and side-loaded them on my WP7. Works like a charm...just perfect
If this is an option or u, then take a look at the side-loading Kindle books thread and you're good to go.
Cheers
To answer the original question: actually there is no way to access 'SD Card/Storage' on Windows Phone 7. The storage card is formatted in a weird way, and it not accessible via USB synch. When you connect your phone to your PC using Zune, you can synch media files (music and video) onto it, but you can't control whether those files go on to the SD Card or into the phone's internal memory; the OS will just put them somewhere in its accessible memory space, and link them into the phone's Media Hub folder.
The Zune USB synch system and the WP7 media player don't understand any ebook formats, so there is no point putting EPUB (or MOBI, or PDB or PDF ... ) files into the Zune media folder - because they will get synched into the Media Hub folder on the phone, and the only program (WP7 Media Player) that has access to that folder does not know how to read those file types.
So you have to use an App (like Freda, Amazon or ABookReader) that comes with some way of side-loading ebooks into the app's own folders on the phone. Amazon does this using the Kindle side-load function, Freda and ABookReader can fetch books from DropBox, OPDS catalogs and web-sites.
I recommend Freda, but then I would, wouldn't I (see sig.)
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To answer the original question: actually there is no way to access 'SD Card/Storage' on Windows Phone 7. The storage card is formatted in a weird way, and it not accessible via USB synch. When you connect your phone to your PC using Zune, you can synch media files (music and video) onto it, but you can't control whether those files go on to the SD Card or into the phone's internal memory; the OS will just put them somewhere in its accessible memory space, and link them into the phone's Media Hub folder.
The Zune USB synch system and the WP7 media player don't understand any ebook formats, so there is no point putting EPUB (or MOBI, or PDB or PDF ... ) files into the Zune media folder - because they will get synched into the Media Hub folder on the phone, and the only program (WP7 Media Player) that has access to that folder does not know how to read those file types.
So you have to use an App (like Freda, Amazon or ABookReader) that comes with some way of side-loading ebooks into the app's own folders on the phone. Amazon does this using the Kindle side-load function, Freda and ABookReader can fetch books from DropBox, OPDS catalogs and web-sites.
I recommend Freda, but then I would, wouldn't I (see sig.)
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I've been looking for you, in fact...
Foremost, let me thank you for the extraordinary devotion you've put into Freda, moreover that its actually free. I truly do appreciate it, as many others who commend it without hesitation.
I also would like to suggest to you that you consider/solicit assistance from some of XDA's finest graphics/ui designers, for example, EL Condor or the team currently responsible for the GTX theme. Freda is a testament to your FINE programming skills, but I believe it would benefit greatly from UI overhaul and aesthetic improvements.
I hope you consider this seriously as a sincere advice - I have nothing in my heart other than an earnest desire to see your initiative and hardwork prosper beyond its current stage.
With kindliest regards...
I use Freda. To get books on there (in any format), I use Calibre to convert to epub and then use the built in content server. Freda can access this over wifi.
indeed, freda is prolly the most promising e-reader for wp7. it's not quite usable yet, though. it has great features but desperately needs some ui design work. i really miss a decent ereader, so i'm anxiously awaiting an update.
ebook reader
really no alternatives???
yh ABookReader seems quite good although not customizable like Freda, Freda is like how it was on WinMo way too slow,this time it looks uglier...no offense Jim but every wp7 has 1ghz, books should be loading alot faster like in ABookReader.. but like everyone else agrees Freda's got lots of potential and with a little more performance improvements i wouldn't actually mind paying for it
Like I said, I tried "all" the ebook readers available in the marketplace (both paid & free). The BEST one is Amazon Kindle app. Here is why:
- Very streamlined, smooth & polished experience.
- No clutter of confusing options.
- Books load very fast, and you don't need to wait while book is loading & indexed.
- Only con is that you have to sideload your books. Check out the thread on it in this same section.
As for the rest, here are my 2 cents;
ABookReader, Freda, and iSilo all suffer from one or more of these:
- Jittery performance - lots of stuttering.
- Very slow to load & index apps and you can't really do anything while that's happening.
- inconsistent experience: too many options that are scattered all over the place, and they all invariably lack the familiar, content-centric design of Metro UI
- Getting books into the library is actually NOT as simple as you might think.
Cheers
I hope this helps both users & devs.
Freda performance and UI
Hi all,
And thanks for the commentary on Freda. A couple of thoughts:
1) UI design:
I'll be happy to receive UI design advice, but it does raise IP issues, because I do expect to get some revenue from Freda (advertising, licensing to book publishers, etc.) and I do not want to give away a share of that revenue. And I can quite sympathise with a UI expert who doesn't want to give their work to me free of charge.
That said, any UI designer who does want to give me free, no-obligation advice is welcome to. To be useful, such advice needs to be detailed and specific, and implementable in WP7 XAML/C#. That last point is actually a very strong constraint; I have tried out all sorts of slick design ideas that look neat in principle, but give unacceptable performance on a real WP7 device.
2) Performance:
This is an area that I continue to work on. But EPUB files will always present something of a challenge, because opening them involves decompressing a big ZIP archive and parsing large-ish XHTML files. Amazon Kindle actually has it easier here, because the MOBI format is easier to open and parse quickly.
One point to note: I have optimised Freda for the use-case of "I want to resume reading a book that I was reading before". The first time you open a book, you will wait some time before you can see the first page (up to 30 seconds) while it downloads and unpacks the book, and you'll get jittery performance for a few minutes while the whole book is processed. But on subsequently opening the same book, you should be reading smoothly within 5-10 seconds.
Cheers,
Jim
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Anyone know of a good ebook reader for android? Would like one I can load files off the sdcard.
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.android.aldiko
FBReaderJ
http://www.fbreader.org/FBReaderJ/
http://www.cyrket.com/package/org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
- Open source
- Many text rendering options
- Open source
- Will have feedbooks integration in next major version (already provides .epub handling intent for opening epubs straight from browser)
- Did I mention it's open source?
i use docs to go, and just convert any books i find into the doc format...sucks sometimes if files are to big but, free is free
(assuming download torrents for everything)
All of my ebooks are in PDF format - there was only one app I was able to find to read them with a decent interface and no internet support necessary.
RepliGo Reader - bookmark support, reading mode, fast, reads SDCard, etc. Good stuff. WELL worth the $8. I would never pay that much for an app - but I have gotten that $8 back over and over through use. Good investment.
I second FBReaderJ - it's being actively developed, is easy to use, free, and supports epub - which is what all the ebook readers are standardising on atm.
If you have an extensive .lit ebook collection like me *cough* then you can use lit2epub on ubuntu/debian to convert your entire ebook collection over to epub.
Highly recommended!
I'll third fbreaderj. I have been using it on my ADP1 for the last 6 months. Throughout its development it has been actively supported and the number of supported formats have grown. The developer frequents a google groups forum, as well as using other ways of reporting bugs/feature requests.
Currently supported formats:
.epub
.oeb
.fb2
.mobi
If your books are in a different format, I suggest using calibre to convert. Works great!(http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download)
Thanks for all the suggestions, FBReaderJ def. seems like the best one out there right now. And thanks ex-Min for suggesting calibre, works great.
if you know were to look you can get repligo reader for free
speoples20 said:
Thanks for all the suggestions, FBReaderJ def. seems like the best one out there right now. And thanks ex-Min for suggesting calibre, works great.
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I find these settings work nicely:
In Settings:
Check all the options under Scrolling
In Settings (Old):
Under Format, change Alignment to Left
Under Styles, change Family to Serif and Size to 22.
I've read a considerable number of books with these settings on FBReaderJ.
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For getting books onto the G1, I generally use one of two methods. If i'm on the go, i'll search and grab it directly from feedbooks.mobi site. If i'm in front of my computers, i'll navigate to the specific book on my desktop and right click on the epub link. Using the Mobile Barcoder Firefox plugin, it will generate a QR code which I can easily scan in with the G1.
Of course as I mentioned, an upcoming version of FBReaderJ should have an integrated feedbooks library (no need to get the epub link from the browser). Until then, the above methods are workable.
Wow, I have to say, I used the FBreader, with the calibre to convert and its SOOOO easy and so nice to save bookmarks, and converting to epub is so easy. HUGE thumbs up!
Is there a way to get calibre to convert books from Barnes and Noble to convert with calibre. I tested it using their preview, and that converted but when i bought the full version of my book, it says it can't convert due to DRM. Or is that one of those things we can't talk about on here.
Just to chuck my hat in the ring
Alkido is much better IMHO, very slick GUI and download section, can import other epubs and is free if you want it to be. you can pay for it (which is recommend doing as it's ace) or use the free veersion - both are identical, both are on the market.
Ereader is now available
i agree with A.S. Alkido is very nice.
I used to use Ereader on various other platforms and am happy that you can now get it on Android here
its still a Beta but its fairly stable, and im sure its going to get better
Definately AuduaReader its my favourite app easily . FB and all those other ones are far too bothersome this looks nice and is simple and never breaks.
Aldiko and Office Suite. Both are great and at a lower prince than most! Aldiko for .epub and Office Suite for .pdf, .doc, .xls, .txt, and .ppt! Can't beat that...
One thing though... I REALLY miss PDFViewer from the Hayruko ROMS! I wish we could get it ported over to Cyan 4.2.5....
Hi - anyone have app recommendations for pdf viewing? specifically pdfs relating to scanned hardcopy documents? I downloaded repligo but it can't seem to open these sort of pdfs!
Double that.
I'm usually reading graphics heavt pdf documents (rpg games you can get in online stores like rpgnow) and been using foit on winMo. But now i'm migrating to android I need to know about an app that will handle those.
I don't want to spend my money for app I wont use.
P.S sorry for offtopic - is there any comic book reader on android that reads cbr and cbz files?
The HTC pdf reader can handle these files.
There is also a beta in the market -- BEAMREADER, it seems to work also, but it is very SLOW.
There is a office and pdf viewing program ripped from one of the new Archos tablets running Android called Thinkfree Mobile that does it all. You should be able to find it somewhere in the forums.
Sign up with an adobe account, have a library card and get good free ebooks and audio books anytime. Works on g tablet. Grab it from the market just search for overdrive
I second this post! If you have any problems let me know. The CEO is a good friend of mine.
I use Overdrive for my library books and love it!
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I use Overdrive for the library "books" but audio books will won't work with android.
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Mikeg,
Its working here for the last three days on my tab.
Do you get errors when starting the audio?
Doesn't work for me
I'm a big Overdrive user on the PC and was excited to see it available on the Gtab, but it seems there are some issues.
The Overdrive program runs and I am able to register my Adobe ID. However:
- it only allows me to download ePub or mp3 files, as it thinks I am am Apple computer (probably due to the browser)
- every ePub file I tried either gave me a permissions error or the download hung and never finishes.
This is with the Boston Public Library Overdrive site.
Craig
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Mikeg,
Its working here for the last three days on my tab.
Do you get errors when starting the audio?
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I cannot seem to find any that are not in Window Media format. I have tried to download and play one of them but says does not support that format (cannot remember exactly what comes up). Just haven't found any in mp3 format that I want to listen to yet... Sorry for implying that the audio "just doesn't work" I have edited my original post. I do use and enjoy Overdrive for reading my library books, it's a great program.
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Sign up with an adobe account, have a library card and get good free ebooks and audio books anytime. Works on g tablet. Grab it from the market just search for overdrive
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I'm slightly confused here. Why do you need the Adobe ID?
My daughter was looking at this as it makes it easier for her check out books for school. Sadly all they have locally (NE PA) is audiobooks.
aaltieri said:
I'm slightly confused here. Why do you need the Adobe ID?
My daughter was looking at this as it makes it easier for her check out books for school. Sadly all they have locally (NE PA) is audiobooks.
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You need the adobe id because epub is an adobe digital format if I am not mistaken. I guess adobe gets a cut of every file downloaded. On my public librarys site they had the audio books on the main page and you had to dig to find the ebooks.
it doesn't work. i activated it with my digital id but it doesn't open the ebook from library. need help here.
I assume you have a library account, you logged in on your library site and have downloaded the overdrive for android 2.0 apk? When you download a book, it saves it to you "overdrive" library on your device. You then open overdrive apk to select from your "library" of books and launch the reading of the book from there. Give me a step by step on how you are running it and I may be able to get some tech help from Overdrive staff. I have access to their tech support sometimes through a friend.
ok, here is what i did.
1. on my G tablet. i start overdrive.
2. tap on setting button(under the home button on the side), tap on get books.
3. choose the library (county of los angeles public library)
4. sign in with my library card number.
5. search the book (everybody's guide to small claims court).
6. add the book to my cart.
7. check out and start download.
8. a message show up says: OverDrive Media Console
This version of OverDrive Media Console does not support PDF eBook titles.
I have a question. I have registered with Adobe and have been authorized in the overdrive software settings but when I go to my library account in the ebooks that I have checked out via the libraries ebook website and try to download I get a blank white page that says error not authorized etc. Thanks for your help. I have been able to download from the free book libraries etc so I figure something is not talking between apps..ie the library/overdrive/adobe??
Update:
Contacted overdrive by email and they said to try a different browser as the stock browser that comes with the gtab out of the box does not play well with their app. Downloaded the dolphin browser and everything ran smoothly.
I haven't tried this ony my Gtab yet, but did attempt to experience it on my PC. I would have thought that my library (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh) would have been a little further than it appears that they are. I was able to find books, but it's a very paltry selection. For instance, they report having 61 books in their history section. I clicked on the list only to find that all but 11 books were unaivalable. One of the largest public library systems in the country, with a storied history only has 11 history books available to borrow?
When I was at the library and saw the ad for this service, I talked to the librarian about it. I mentioned that this would be nice, because being in electronic format, that they SHOULD have unlimitted resources. I mean, logically, I am not renting a physical book, but an electronic version of a book. She mentioned thay they actually only have limited licensing per copy. You don't have to worry about overdue fees, because the system automatically expires your rental after 30 days. SO, the 50 history books that were "signed out," will be available 30 days after their original rental date. And don't forget that you can reserve them for when they are available. That means that I might not be able to actually access the "book" that I want to read for maybe 3 months?
if you think that this might be a good resource for children, think again. At our library, anyway, they don't even have a children's section online.
I understand that they are still in the beginning stages of this program, but really, Amazon Kindle store has a ton of "classics" for free, that I can't even get electronically from my public library.
The library even advertised a "class" that you can take ot learn how ot use this new, wonderful system. All I could picture after my experience was a teacher attempting to demonstrate how to sign out a book, only to find tha there aren't any available to rent. She'll keep clicking, and clicking on lists trying ot find a book that she can use for her demonstration...great way to introcude people to the system, huh?
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If that is true, tell him we need some wma DRM support. Audio Books is useless on android w/overdrive because 95% of them will not work because the lack of wma drm support.
But good thing I can put mp3s in a podcast folder for bookmark support on stock music player!
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To be a bit pedantic: epub is not an adobe format. It's open.
However, DRM can be laid on top of it, and this looks like adobe drm, so you need an adobe id.
Adobe ID
How do you get an Adobe ID?
UPDATE:
nvm, got it!!
I cannot get overdrive to install on my tablet. :-/ I keep getting error telling me installation was unsuccessful...
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I set it up on my wife's Nook Color and it worked great. I also set it up for my gTab without luck. I could download book but the Nook Software won't open it. I had to download a different epub app - though it's probably a Nook software issue and not Overdrive.
I recently got this working on my gtab running TNT Lite 4.4
I can read the books either in Overdrive Media Console (OMC) or Aldiko Free. I prefer Aldiko as it has 2 page support in landscape mode.
The download using the stock browser fails, I had to use Opera Mini (other browsers may work too). The download from the library page downloads a .acsm file.
The reader (OMC or Aldiko) then reads the .acsm file and downloads the epub.
The Overdrive Media Console downloaded epub cannot be read with Aldiko, even though Aldiko has the Adobe DRM support. The epub has to be downloaded by the app to be used for reading.
To read using Aldiko..
Enable/Sign in Adobe DRM on Aldiko. (simple registration if you dont have an account).
From the library overdrive page download the book using Opera Mini, and save it (instead of opening OMC). This will save the .acsm file in your downloads dir. Use iFileManager or AstroFileManager to open the file, and it will give you an option for Aldiko. Choosing this will download the book and put it on your Aldiko shelf. For some reason you cannot open the .acsm file from Aldiko itself, so you have to go through a file manager. Also ES file explorer does not seem to know how to open the .acsm file.
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I cannot get overdrive to install on my tablet. :-/ I keep getting error telling me installation was unsuccessful...
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Got it working.. it ended up that I was out of space... :-|
Sent from my GtabComb using XDA Premium App
Has anyone found a universal e-reader that can read both Mobi and Epub formats? My collection of books for the nook color include both and I'd rather just go with 1 reader instead of 2 if I could. If there isn't such a thing what readers would you guys suggest for a CM7 rooted NC? Thanks for the help!
I think Cool Reader supports both, I never tried it so can't say for sure
According to https://market.android.com/details?id=org.coolreader&feature=search_result Cool Reader does indeed support both (though only non-DRM Mobi files).
Why not just download Calibre to your PC and let it manage your books. Does all the translations for you
Bonnie_Raitt said:
Why not just download Calibre to your PC and let it manage your books. Does all the translations for you
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Seconded. Converting Mobi to epub is a snap in calibre, and then you can choose your own e-reader. I recommend Aldiko, personally. It has a lot going for it over the nook app.
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Why not just download Calibre to your PC and let it manage your books. Does all the translations for you
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This may be hard to believe but not everyone has a PC in front of them 24/7.
Cool Reader is very good for mobi files.
Tess89 said:
This may be hard to believe but not everyone has a PC in front of them 24/7.
Cool Reader is very good for mobi files.
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You don't have to have a pc in front of you all the time....just long enough to convert your existing mobi files. Takes about 30 seconds each. Thus the use of the word CONVERT, rather than READ.
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Cool Reader is very good for mobi files.
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It is? I have yet to get the Market version to open a single non-DRM one, regardless of whether the extension is .mobi or .prc - despite this ability being touted on the Market page (but strangely not the official home page).
Rodney
DaoCaoXie Reader claims to handle both epub and mobi formats although I use Calibre and have never needed to test the mobi functionality.
I have to say I've tried all the eReaders going on Android and like DaoCaoXie Reader the best. It has its limitations; searching is non-existent and it can import only 80 books. But for easy reading with nice page transitions; full brightness and font control I like this one a lot.
[edit] I've just looked up info on DaoCaoXie Reader and it seems that automatic import is limited to 80 books, not the whole library.[/edit]
I tried almost all the readers before settling for FBReader. It says it supports mobi but I always use ePub. For me it was the easiest to use and is most flexible. The default formatting wasn't great but I could quickly change the font, line spacing and margins to get it to look exactly how I liked. For what I like it beats every reader software in my book, including the Nook Color stock reader.
No affiliations, just a satisfied user.
I also use FBReader, but haven't tried the .mobi because I already converted all my .mobi to .epub (and any new books I just buy in .epub).
I also like FBReader because of the FBSync app that lets me keep it synced with my Thunderbolt. That is the reason I switched from Aldiko.
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I also use FBReader, but haven't tried the .mobi ...
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Well for a thread about reading .mobi eBooks ... good comment. Especially the more so because FbReader, by its own admission doesn't do .mobi.
FbReader is, IMHO, awkward, clunky and ugly ...but if thats what you want - go for it.
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Well for a thread about reading .mobi eBooks ... good comment. Especially the more so because FbReader, by its own admission doesn't do .mobi.
FbReader is, IMHO, awkward, clunky and ugly ...but if thats what you want - go for it.
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From the FBreader.org about page:
Main features:
Supported e-book formats are
ePub, an international e-publishing standard.
fb2, a Russian e-books standard de facto.
plucker, one of the most popular Palm e-book format.
Non-DRM'd version of Mobipocket, a popular commercial e-book format.
More formats.
As to FBReader being "clunky" - that is indeed your opinion. I find it it no more clunky than Aldiko or other readers, and the FBSync option makes it much less "clunky" in actual use for my purposes than other readers.
I use ireader for drm'd .prc / mobi books (some work, some don't) can't recall if it supports epub though.
I also had books in various formats. After trying many different options to read .mobi books. I finally decided the quickest and easiest thing to do was use Calibre to convert everything to .epub I'm also using a Calibre app to import my books from PC to the SD card on my NC and have found that to be much easier than mounting my Nook every time I wanted to upload a new book.
I purchased Laputa, Aldiko and tried several others but have decided that my favorite ereader for managing my large library is Moon+ Reader. I find the layout easy to navigate, the options are plentiful, developer is responsive and I really enjoy the page turning animation.
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... decided that my favorite ereader for managing my large library is Moon+ Reader. ...
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Yes, I agree Moon Reader is most excellent and certainly worthy of everyone's consideration. I used it for quite a while before landing on my current favourite;DaoCaoXie
Also agree that Calibre just sorts alomost everything out. It doesnt handle comics very well though. 'Perfect Viewer' is the best of the current bunch for cbz files.
Thanks everyone I ended up going with cool-reader and it is exactly what I was looking for.
I use iReader. It handles encryped .mobi, .prc, ereader, etc and stores your keys in a wallet so new titles downloaded with an existing key open automatically.
it's great if you've been stuck with a bunch of fictionwise or peanutpress files you can't read anymore!
I like the default 'Reader' on my stock Nook HD+ (running Nova launcher). But any books I have copied across to the internal memory do not show up in the Library app.
I have a lot of epubs on my home media server.
I installed ES File explorer on my Nook. I then copy across a few books from my media server. I paste them onto my nooks internal memory - I put them in the "Books" folder.
They do not appear in my Library as books (they do appear as Files though). It would be nice to get them to show in the Books section and not in the files section.
They open fine in the Reader app, and they are definitely epubs.
Any ideas how to get them to show in the books part?
Edit: from reading around, I'm getting conflicting information about what should appear in "Library". Does content only purchased from B&N only appear in the "Books" shelf, and everything else appears in "My Files"? Surely any epubs on the device will appear on the "Books" shelf in Library?
sterankin said:
I like the default 'Reader' on my stock Nook HD+ (running Nova launcher). But any books I have copied across to the internal memory do not show up in the Library app.
I have a lot of epubs on my home media server.
I installed ES File explorer on my Nook. I then copy across a few books from my media server. I paste them onto my nooks internal memory - I put them in the "Books" folder.
They do not appear in my Library as books (they do appear as Files though). It would be nice to get them to show in the Books section and not in the files section.
They open fine in the Reader app, and they are definitely epubs.
Any ideas how to get them to show in the books part?
Edit: from reading around, I'm getting conflicting information about what should appear in "Library". Does content only purchased from B&N only appear in the "Books" shelf, and everything else appears in "My Files"? Surely any epubs on the device will appear on the "Books" shelf in Library?
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No idea on the actual Nook reader, but might I suggest Aldiko as an alternative. It will read epubs and will work on ANY android device. Couple Aldiko with the Aldiko Sync application and dropbox and you will be in book reading heaven!!!
I started using ebooks back over a decade ago, and have gone through a number or readers and formats. I initially started with mobipocket and PRC files on PALM, then moved over to Kindle reader and the PRC/Mobi format. Had a similar issue with books not showing up nicely on the bookshelf in the Kindle reader app back in the day. Finally moved over to Aldiko and EPUB format a few years ago. The biggest advantage is the afore mentioned Aldiko Sync. It keeps my library synced between my multiple android devices. This includes the books and the LOCATION in the books. I now have over 1000 ebooks amassed and use Calibre on the PC to make sure I have all of them in EPUB format.
If you are heavily invested in the NOOK ecosystem (and DRM) then ALDIKO will not work, but since your main concern is side loaded books, I am guessing they are DRM free. Also, since I use Calibre for conversion of non EPUB format, I have chosen AMAZON as my main purchase point since there are easy ways to remove DRM, and then I can convert the book over to EPUB and load into Aldiko.
If interested, I can provide more detail on how to use Aldiko, Calibre etc, just let me know.
Thanks I have been using Alkido too, I was using it on my Android phone - I downloaded it on my Nook also.
But when I tested a book in Alkido the formatting was different to the Nook default reader. For some reason on Alkido - the text was not justified properly. It was also slower to turn the pages. The book I tested also had lots of hyperlinks to the appendix at the back of the book, and Alkido was *much* slower when clicking these appendix links. It took several seconds to work, whereas the default reader was very quick.
I haven't spend much time tweaking Alkido settings but maybe I will try that if I am unable to get the books into the Book shelf in Library.
Since there is no Nook Reader App that you can click on to load your last book, you seem to have to go to the Library and scroll across "My Files" to find the book. Which can take some time if you have a lot of files.
Hope this makes sense.
Hmmm
I never use hyperlinks in books. 90% of the books in my library are ones I compiled myself from HTML or Rich txt documents. I tend to go in and remove unwanted items like Table of Contents (lots of links there) as well as junk like page after page of copyright, samples of other books, etc.
I used to have VERY strict guidelines for any book that ended up in my library. I would recompile with the book cover as the first page, a smaller book cover as the actual cover (shows up on the bookshelf) and following the std format where the file name is AUthor last , author first - series number - title (example: Rowling, JK - Harry Potter 01 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone)
Up until about 5 months ago, MOST books started out as HTML and then converted to a MS WORD doc( this lets me get the format just right), then converted to a MOBI via Mobipocket creator (so I could add the author and book cover correctly via meta data) then converted into an epub via Calibre. Recently I got a little lazy, and just get the epub directly and use Calibre to modify the metadata if need be. This does give me some small formatting errors, but its livable.
In your case, Aldiko does have Margin settings. You can adjust the size of the margin, as well as set it to justify LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER.
Not sure what can be done about the hyperlink issues.
Aldiko also offers you the ability to set up a "shortcut" via widgets directly to a specific book on the homescreen.