Hi. I want to put the "reader" app (the dafault nook reader app) at home, but I can't find it at the app drawer. Is there any way to do it? It doesn't show in the app list of desktop visualizer either...
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It's listed in the Apps draw as library.
Thanks, but the library opens the list of books, not the last one I'm reading.
I rooted my Nook using Touchnooter and have the little book icon at the top of the screen which takes me back to the last book and page I was reading.
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I prefer using Aldiko reader. I followed the directions on using Visualizer and Astro Files to place an icon on my homepage for a book, but it opens in the B&N reader. Is there a way to force it to open using Aldiko?
Adding to this question, is there a way we can make the book icon on the status bar launch an application, like Aldiko for instance?
I created a book from a PDF using Calibre. The book works fine in that program, but I can't seem to figure out how to get Google Books on my XOOM to find it. For that matter, I can't even find the books that are already loaded when I browse the folders on my computer. I created a folder called Books and dropped it in there, but there isn't a way to browse the XOOM file folders from Google Books to find it.
How would I go about making this work?
Thanks!
Why not use Aldiko?
Lars1967 said:
Why not use Aldiko?
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Aldiko seems to have problems with the margins since it's unable to get rid of the notification bar. Fbreader works okay, but it doesn't work with font formatting.
use the nook app, it works perfect
You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that. I would still like to find where the Google Book app stores books just like so many other people here but until then Aldiko works just fine.
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You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that. I would still like to find where the Google Book app stores books just like so many other people here but until then Aldiko works just fine.
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It stores the books here Data/Data/com.google.android.apps.books/
But I dont know what format its in, or how to convert an ebook into that format.
Nook app works great, except for a few things.
It force closes randomly when switching screens, but never really closes. lol
It keeps forcing portrait mode for some screens, which is frustrating.
It's just not as pretty as the Google Books app!
But it did the trick, I suppose.
I can see the /data (I'm using Astro file manager to browse) folder but mine is empty eventhough I have pinned one of the books already and chose to make it available offline so I can find it. Is there anything else I need to do to see /data/data? What format are the books in?
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You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that.
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How? If I put the margins under 50, the top line gets cut off at the top. I'd rather put it edge to edge.
I use 70 for margin and 16 font size
Coolreader
I'd strongly recommend Coolreader (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.coolreader). it gives you lot more options to customize the reading experience
Can not load your own books with Google Books
Just an FYI. Google books does not offer the feature to add your own books. You have to use another e-reader app. I like Aldiko, because you and can add your Adobe digital editions to it.
I've been using Aldiko for a few years now and love it. I've never had a problem with it using my own Calibre and eCub books on several different devices.
However, I've been looking for another app that will sync my bookmark so that I can continue to read on another device from where I left off on my previous device. I have a CM7 Nook that I read in bed, but would like to read the same book during the day from my G2 and then carry on that night on the Nook again.
I've heard Aldiko is looking into this, while Kindle and Nook 'already' have this. My problem is that I've never been able to sideload using either app. I suspect this was a 'feature' in earlier versions but I haven't been able to do it using the latest versions.
I'd love to see Google Books allow sideloading and will standby for that (or Aldiko), whichever comes first and really does work!
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How? If I put the margins under 50, the top line gets cut off at the top. I'd rather put it edge to edge.
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The top line cuts off in Aldiko for me too. This was very disappointing, as I really enjoyed the app on my phones.
Moon+ Reader seems to show epubs properly and it has a good night mode, so that's my reader for now. Hopefully Aldiko optimizes for Honeycomb soon.
I use Aldiko and kindle on my phone. But on the Xoom I have been using kindle and Nook. I had no problem sideloading all of my epubs into Nook. Nook does a much nicer job than Aldiko on the Xoom, especially in landscape.
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I use 70 for margin and 16 font size
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This should be stickied somewhere. You just made my ereader app of choice usable again. TY!!
anyone know why I can't change the margins on a pdf I loaded? One of the samples that came with the app allows for adjusting the margins, but not the PDF I loaded. The only thing that appears in Settings is Brightness and Orientation. Please help, thanks!
That's just the nature of a PDF - it's static. Zooming is all you can do.
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I can see the /data (I'm using Astro file manager to browse) folder but mine is empty eventhough I have pinned one of the books already and chose to make it available offline so I can find it. Is there anything else I need to do to see /data/data? What format are the books in?
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If you're not rooted, you won't be able to see the contents of the data folder.
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I'm using Nook for this. All you need to do is drop the epub file in the My Documents folder under the Nook directory.
So I've read up and tried out a bunch of different comic viewers on the Nook Color, but was wondering what everyone else is using on XDA.
I'm also curious how you read your comics. Do you keep it zoomed in and scroll across and down to read the panels, or do you fit to the page and read the tiny text? Anyone have any solutions to make reading comics easier?
That's one thing I really enjoyed about my iPad....full screen comics with no small text. I would love to replicate that experience on my nook.
Thanks ahead of time, guys!
Perfect viewer, full page unless its a two page layout, then its zoomed by height
Do you have any issues reading the text when it's full page? Maybe I'm just getting old. hahah
i have used acv and perfect viewer. not sure which one i like more. i dont read comics that much.
I typically read em full screen with no issue, 7 inches seems huge after getting used to my 4 inch phone screen. If something is double screen I just rotate my nook and continue.
I use perfect viewer, It has quick page loads, smooth transitions (if you enable them) and around 11 hotspots on the screen that can be customized to make navigation quick and easy. I used to use ACV but when i rotated to landscape the app confined the image to a frame of 600 px wide. They may have fixed it now but it is too late.
The only thing that is not ideal is that the nook screen is widescreen, better for tv shows movies and other video, and comic pages are typically fatter than that so they require black bars at the top and bottom.
I've used ACV - it works very well for me.
For other apps, I'm not fond of the Ave!Comics viewer - but Comixology works pretty well and Graphic.ly isn't bad.
while i dont read comics, there's two apps i have installed that work great. Comics and Vintage Comics.
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Perfect viewer, full page unless its a two page layout, then its zoomed by height
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I 2nd perfect viewer app. I've had compatibility issues with acv and other comic readers reading cbr format, perfect viewer has worked best for me. the controls feel good and you can zoom in/out and fit page to screen etc.
Running Honeycomb off the SDcard and I had problems with ACV being slow and having Force-Closes.
I found Perfect viewer, and it's name is spot on! It is FAST and clear. I changed the default settings so two page layouts auto-split and I just toggle back and forth between the pages as needed. The zoned touch locations threw me off at first, but as with anything, once you learn the interface, it becomes second nature.
+1 for Perfect Viewer
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+1 for Perfect Viewer
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What he said!
I use manga watcher and am very satisfied. On a nook size screen I prefer landscape mode and just scroll down the page as I read the panels. Manga watcher does everything I need and has big free libraries that come with it. Of course you can side load comics off the SD also if you want to.
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Perfect Viewer +1
I've always used ACV, not too many problems anymore. It used to have the memory issues so I switched to Perfect Viewer, but I hate having to touch one point on the screen instead of flipping through like pages. (I dunno if this has changed.)
I would also recommend Manga Watcher, haven't tried comics on it, but for easily downloadable (free!) mangas, it's awesome.
I've installed Perfect Viewer on my rooted NC (cm7 on sd-card) but can't access the menu! What button should I hit to get to the menu?
Please help!)
and where do buy the comics from or where do you download them.>?
I love perfect viewer. Works well for me. I like the option to use the volume buttons to turn pages. The full screen view is perfectly fine for me. Text doesn't seem small to me.
I use ACV, but most of my cbr would crash and get error. jjcomics viewer seems to do better. The size is readable unless it is a two page, then I have to zoom in. I think jjcomics viewer you can set it to automatically cut it in half to only show one page each.
But the best thing to prevent the crashing and errors is just convert all of your files to cbz format. I use Jomic to batch convert on my mac. I don't know which program works best for PC but I know there are a lot of them
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and where do buy the comics from or where do you download them.>?
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i dont know where you would legally get comics in cbr/cbz format as I doubt any comics distribution would want to sell it in this format. CBR /CBZ are essentially just rar or zip files of pictures. They probably want some kind of protection on it or have some proprietary software to view them. But I know Marvel has an app on the iphone/ipad and chrome browser that you can use to buy comics and read them. Other than that, the usual suspects for cbr/cbz- torrents, rapidshare, megaupload, etc.
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I've installed Perfect Viewer on my rooted NC (cm7 on sd-card) but can't access the menu! What button should I hit to get to the menu?
Please help!)
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I don't have this app, but as with all apps on nook color - make sure softkey is running to be able to access the back and menu buttons. If you press the softkey circle (somewhere on your screen) the soft menu button should show up on the screen. This should bring up a menu if the app has one. If you are running CM7, you might not need to run softkey as it might be integrated already in there? If you dont have it, I think it's in the app store
I use perfect viewer also. But one problem I have is when I finish one comic and go to open another for some reason it just keeps returning to the one I just read. Anyone have any idea why it would do that?
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jj comic viewer works great for me, I zip all the pics together and it reads the zip
Hi all, new Nook HD owner here with a 2 day old nook now running the new 2.1 firmware.
I've also purchased a cheap nook simple touch but haven't received the order yet .
I've tried a book from the nook store at what page I'm on is synced between the nook and the iphone app, so will be for the eink reader too.I guess
Now, I have a number of DRM free epubs that I've tried copying over using usb and using dropbox and I can read the book, but the page number doesn't sync between iphone nook or my nook hd.
Do you know if sideloaded ebooks should sync, or do you know if there is a way to do it in any way?
I really want to use the built reader rather than an app because I love having big book cover art on the desktop, but I think you can't do this with an app
Folks- I'm interested if anyone reads magazines on their nook HD+.
I downloaded some PDF magazines and I'm trying to find a good way to read them. The text is very small and zooming is a pain.
I downloaded a sample magazine from nook store, and it worked great it even had an article view.
I downloaded a free magazine from Google play magazines and again the text was really small and hard to read.
Any tips - am I missing something? Do you just have to zoom in?
I use the google magazines app for Motorcycle Cruiser. I set it to text only and it is perfect for reading the articles.
1. Open mag
2. Single click in the middle of screen
3. Top menu should appear
4. Choose option "view text"
To revert follow same steps and choose "exit text"
Hope this helps
Thanks for your reply - I missed that option in Google magazines.
It doesn't allow you to side load your own magazines unfortunately, so I'm still trying to find a good way to view pdf magazines.
I use adobe reader for side loads. You do have to zoom but it refreshes pretty quick.
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I wish someone would figure out how to get the Stock ROM NOOK app working in CM. I have a couple mag subscriptions and the difference in the magazine reader is HUGE. That is the only thing I use the Nook reader for. Does anyone know of a way to open B+N purchased magazines with another app?
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I wish someone would figure out how to get the Stock ROM NOOK app working in CM. I have a couple mag subscriptions and the difference in the magazine reader is HUGE. That is the only thing I use the Nook reader for. Does anyone know of a way to open B+N purchased magazines with another app?
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First, the nook reader itself is what makes the magazines so awesome. I'm not sure that, even if you were successful in opening the magazines in another app, that they would be the same.
Second, the magazines are stored in a root only access area so you need to be rooted to get at them (/data/nookmedia).
Third, even if you got to the files, they are probably DRM protected so other apps could not use them. You should be able to use DRM removal software to free them up though.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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First, the nook reader itself is what makes the magazines so awesome. I'm not sure that, even if you were successful in opening the magazines in another app, that they would be the same.
Second, the magazines are stored in a root only access area so you need to be rooted to get at them (/data/nookmedia).
Third, even if you got to the files, they are probably DRM protected so other apps could not use them. You should be able to use DRM removal software to free them up though.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Are books stored in /data/nookmedia also?
The reason I ask is because I transferred a lot of epubs (drm free) and they appear in the library as files, they do not appear on the Book shelf. I would like them to appear as books (which they are).
Solution: root and copy them to the /data/nookmedia folder?
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Are books stored in /data/nookmedia also?
The reason I ask is because I transferred a lot of epubs (drm free) and they appear in the library as files, they do not appear on the Book shelf. I would like them to appear as books (which they are).
Solution: root and copy them to the /data/nookmedia folder?
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Yes books are stored there too. But I don't know if your proposed solution will make them appear in the library. I guess you could try.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.