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[Q] What do you use for reading PDFs?

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?

Mikroft said:
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.
Sent from my LogicPD Zoom2 using XDA App
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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.

[Q] Best large pdf reader?

Does anyone have any good recommendations for viewing large pdfs? I had been using RepliGo but it crashes when I try to read magazine pdfs that are 40mb+. Adobe Reader and ezPDF both "work" but they're much slower in terms of page turning and zooming than RepliGo. Thanks.

Nobody has any recommendations?

I would've suggested ezPDF but I see that you've already tried it.
ezPDF seems very quick in page turning for me, but I'm usually using it for books, and not magazines.
There's an option to change the page flipping speed in case you haven't tried that. Otherwise, sorry, you've already tried all the best options I have experience with.

Thanks, I had suspected (and was afraid) that I had exhausted all of my options. The magazine pdfs are very image-heavy as you might imagine, so that probably accounts for the slowness. I didn't know that ezPDF had a page flipping speed option though. I'll take a look at it tonight. If anyone else has other recommendations, then I'd love to hear them.

try the adobe reader...?

Would it help to convert it to another format first with something like Calibre?

Have you tried Aldiko? I don't know how it compares to the other options listed, but it's tolerable for pdf textbooks.

I've sold my Nook.
But I tried out some different readers.
I can still remember
vudroid - little slow in rendering pages, but when it has them rendered it works great
beamreader - I remember using that one once in a while
repligo..
ezpdfreader..
quickoffice..
documentstogo pro..
aldiko..
adobe pdf..
I actually had a pdf-reader for every different type of pdf - large, more text, more pictures....
I would just try them all out....

xdabr said:
Would it help to convert it to another format first with something like Calibre?
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I had considered that but I wanted to see if I could get it working natively first. I also wasn't sure what format I could possibly convert it to since the magazine pdfs are very image-intensive and it seems that Calibre is mostly for text conversion? Someone correct me if I'm wrong since I haven't actually used Calibre yet.
ingrown said:
Have you tried Aldiko? I don't know how it compares to the other options listed, but it's tolerable for pdf textbooks.
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I did. Unfortunately it was probably the slowest of all.
comdei said:
try the adobe reader...?
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AZImmortal said:
Does anyone have any good recommendations for viewing large pdfs? I had been using RepliGo but it crashes when I try to read magazine pdfs that are 40mb+. Adobe Reader and ezPDF both "work" but they're much slower in terms of page turning and zooming than RepliGo. Thanks.
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Bumping because I want to install RepliGo but it says it is not compatible on my device (the market on the Nook itself has no download button, and the web-based version says it is not compatible). I'm on a recently CM7 nightly. Any way to get around this?

Terrier Hockey said:
Bumping because I want to install RepliGo but it says it is not compatible on my device (the market on the Nook itself has no download button, and the web-based version says it is not compatible). I'm on a recently CM7 nightly. Any way to get around this?
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Look around and do a search you will fine 10± threads with solutions.
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Repligo is the best I've ever used.

Maybe try APV? It's in the market. It's open source and in early development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186949
The developer might be able to assist if you try a large pdf and it's not loading correctly.
I like it cause it's the only pdf reader I know that will keep custom zoom settings per book. Fit to width is usually not good enough for me as some pdf's have say large page #'s which are detected by fit to width.

I use ezPDF its as good as it gets...use it and be happy until something better comes along.

I recently discovered Mantano Reader. It is very new and might be buggy but has mostly good reviews in the market. My favorite feature is fixed zoom which other readers do not support.

Tried Repligo by prefer EZpdf. The zoom reflow is great for 2 column books and journal articles. Software loads a little slowly but no issues with page turn speed.

ezPDF for me

I use ezpdf, I paid for it and I use it with my 180M PDF text books all the time, bit slow loading sometimes, but the nooks hardware isnt all that great.

cityoke2 said:
I use ezpdf, I paid for it and I use it with my 180M PDF text books all the time, bit slow loading sometimes, but the nooks hardware isnt all that great.
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+1 for ezPDF. The ability to highlight text, along with several other features, make it a great PDF reader. I regularly use 70mb+ PDF's with it on the Nook and have no problems. I would suggest, however, using a fast (class 6 or higher) SD card if you are experiencing issues with slow loading. Not all class 6 SD cards are equal, so do your research before buying. I just ordered, and installed, a Transcend class 6 micro SD card from Amazon for ~$7.00 shipped and large PDF's now load in half the time.

Zrom said:
I recently discovered Mantano Reader. It is very new and might be buggy but has mostly good reviews in the market. My favorite feature is fixed zoom which other readers do not support.
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What's fixed zoom do?

ez pdf and better app for pdf editing

I tried this app and it works smoothly
You can edit and highlight words make notes and use free hands writing
However the screen is not fully optimized for xoom
Any other suggestions for editing pdf files?

RepliGo Reader is pretty good, using it right now on the Xoom and it looks great! https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cerience.reader.app
It doesn't edit pdfs ... Please correct me if I am wrong :0) I don't think there is any pdf app currently that does editing.

Thank you
I meant annotation more then editing .. if this would answer your question

Alfahmad said:
Thank you
I meant annotation more then editing .. if this would answer your question
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I prefer ez PDF Reader over all the others out there. Best we got so far in my opinion.
For those interested in ezPDF I have a video below going over it.

Thanks sleeplessninja
I love the video

+1 on EzPDF, the other PDF viewers still feel a bit buggy to me. By that I mean they don't utilize the entire screen, for some reason scroll up/down instead of left/right and the worst issue, long page loads. When I say long, I don't mean a loooonnngg time, but long enough that you actually see it render from blurry to sharp. EzPDF doesn't do this, perhaps it pre-caches the next page and preempts the need to render in your face.
I've tested quite a few of the PDF viewers, and quite frankly I'm surprised Google didn't have it built into the Chrome browser like on the PC. Adobe has yet to release a HC version of the PDF Viewer, but I saw a thread earlier today that mentioned they were able to load the apk manually and get it to work. If you try to d/l it direct from Adobe, you'll get a flag stating your platform isn't supported.
I don't need annotations so much as would like a dedicated reader that utilizes the FULL screen, left/right page-flip, remembers where you left off in multiple documents and I do not want to see the page rendering before my eyes. For now, EzPDF fits the bill. If only they'd add a "night mode" to invert the colors so I don't burn out my retinas with the lights out.

Danger_Dan said:
+1 on EzPDF, the other PDF viewers still feel a bit buggy to me. By that I mean they don't utilize the entire screen, for some reason scroll up/down instead of left/right and the worst issue, long page loads. When I say long, I don't mean a loooonnngg time, but long enough that you actually see it render from blurry to sharp. EzPDF doesn't do this, perhaps it pre-caches the next page and preempts the need to render in your face.
I've tested quite a few of the PDF viewers, and quite frankly I'm surprised Google didn't have it built into the Chrome browser like on the PC. Adobe has yet to release a HC version of the PDF Viewer, but I saw a thread earlier today that mentioned they were able to load the apk manually and get it to work. If you try to d/l it direct from Adobe, you'll get a flag stating your platform isn't supported.
I don't need annotations so much as would like a dedicated reader that utilizes the FULL screen, left/right page-flip, remembers where you left off in multiple documents and I do not want to see the page rendering before my eyes. For now, EzPDF fits the bill. If only they'd add a "night mode" to invert the colors so I don't burn out my retinas with the lights out.
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There is a night mode on ezpdf and from what I can see so far it does remember where you left off with multiple pdfs. ezpdf has gotten better so I have switch back to it for now.

I ended up purchasing the ezPDF reader and it's great,much better than Adobe reader.
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alex2792 said:
I ended up purchasing the ezPDF reader and it's great,much better than Adobe reader.
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I agree, and for $0.99 it is super awesome.

PDF reader

I've been trying to look for a well functioning PDF app for this nook since i originally bought it for the purpose of textbooks for my school. I am able to find the necessary textbooks, but i have issues accessing specific chapters from the default PDF reader. I was looking for the idea to author some PDF's so i can mark pages as starting point for the chapters. Has anybody found success at finding any good PDF reader such as that?
PDF Readers that are broke:
QuickOffice
Adobe Reader
DocumentsToGO

Repligo and ezPDF. Both allows annotation and bookmarking. Give it a try!

Cool thank you!
Actually ezPDF works pretty decently and Repligo has a few isses though...I've noticed that when you turn the pages too fast it doesn't register, which isn't that big of a deal; but bookmarking breaks when trying to access.

Yes, but Repligo reflows .pdf better.

Hi
ezpdf available in nook str only when rooted or have other way for install ezpdf
Thanks

ezpdf is only available when rooted. Rooting does work fine, and when done properly, is painless.

Do pdf readers software after root my nook str dive me allows annotation and bookmarking and zoom for any pdfs (with and without drm) ?
is any free software remove drm in pdf files?

I try Mantano Reader and think it's greate to epub or pdf books (the only that I can adjust diferents pdfs files with a good quality), integrated with Adobe Digital Reader wich allows to read DRM books. Have a lot of options to configure it and if you spend a little time you will have a nice experience with your nook touch! I was i little bit frustrated with read pdfs in the nook touch but now with Mantano I'm happy.

Mantano is the best for me (plus the side buttons works).
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I try Mantano Reader and think it's greate to epub or pdf books (the only that I can adjust diferents pdfs files with a good quality), integrated with Adobe Digital Reader wich allows to read DRM books. Have a lot of options to configure it and if you spend a little time you will have a nice experience with your nook touch! I was i little bit frustrated with read pdfs in the nook touch but now with Mantano I'm happy.
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Best ebook reader app for the sgt7 (gingerbread)

I know that there are many reviews for popular ebook reader apps for android (a couple of which are even preinstalled on the stock rom), but i wanted to see how the sgt7 community liked the speed and UI of them specifically on this hardware due to having strange size and resolution comparatively to android tablets (usually 10.1" at 1024x800) or phones which are typically <4.3" at much lower resolutions.
I have a pretty large ebook collection that is a combination of pdf and epub files so i don't really care about downloading books from a market so the services that come with nook, kindle, Kohorn, and Google books apps don't really do anything for me, although ive read that they are also capable readers that can still store and use epub files well so i won't discount them if they are well liked for this application.
Tl;Dr: what's the best ebook reader application for the sgt7 that can open and read epub and preferably PDF files with speed, style, and ease? Id also like text highlighting, bookmarking, and resuming the last open page when opening a book as well as a "collection of book covers and titles" view rather than having to use a filesystem browser if possible. - in the end, something like ibooks for android only faster preferably.
Thanks!
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You can try Aldiko Premium edition... it is very nice book reader with support from pdf as well epub with additional features like highlight, dictonary and bookmark.

I tried so many PDF readers and I think Repligo reader was the best one for my needs. works in landscape/portrait. Makes ebook easy to read, saves where you left off, it's very fast compared to most and there are some editing options if needed.
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I really like Kobo, but the "Night View" option doesn't work properly on my Tab. The screen goes black, the headline red but the text doesn't appear at all.
I also have fond memories of the Moon+ Reader on my phone but after I started using Kobo on that, I uninstalled Moon+.