PDF (magazine) covers do not show up on the NookColor. And I hate swiping up and down to change pages with PDFs....
I tried covnerting it to epub with Calibre, but then I can't zoom in and READ the articles... The covers showed up and I could change the pages with a side click...
Anyone else find the BEST way to deal with magazine PDFs (converting them)?
It should be noted, that each page appears to be an IMAGE - it does not appear to be a mix of text and graphics.
I use ezPDF Reader for scanned magazines and pretty much all other PDF's. Like you mentioned the pages are basically images so there really isn't an easy way to seperate the pictures and text. It's not going to be anything like the magazines that you subscribe to through B&N but ezPDF Reader does a much better job than the built-in reader.
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Playing with my new Hero and realised I could quite happily read the odd book I have in PDF.
The problem I have found is the text is too wide for the screen, anyone know a way or changing the width of the column of text in my PDF.
I have full rights on the PDF and a acrobat profesional license through work.
Any ideas welcome,
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There is an option in the menu called "reflow" or something similar. Change it to that and it will automatically reformat the pdf to fit your screen better.
Yup, in the native PDF reader app on hero, choose view and reflow.
Most PDF readers have some option to do this - in Repligo Reader, it actually calls it Book view or reader view I think.
On Docs to Go its view/Word wrap.
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Heya guys,
So I just recently discovered the real beauty of E-books and the awesome capability of the Xoom in this activity. My question is what are the settings everyone's using to convert their PDF's into E-book format in Calibre? I'm pretty lost in a lot of the settings and all of my PDF's loose their colorful pictures and such when I convert them.. I'm also playing with Aldiko, Kindle, and Nook for viewing my books.. Whats everyone else's preference?
I just have mine set to generic e-ink and then I just convert any pdf to epub and it works great. I have not made any changes to any of the settings. If you have played around with your settings then just revert them back to default and try it again.
The problem I am having is that I have a few magazines that were scanned into PDFs. If I use QuickOffice to view the pdf the font is small, but very crisp and clear. The only issue I have with this option is that I can not save where I left off reading and the page turning is not as smooth. I do not care about the fancy page transitions, although Google Books does look nice. I would like just a simple button to advance pages. With QuickOffice you have to drag the page and it does not snap to the next page.
I tried using Calibre and then reading in Aldiko or using Adobe Reader and the fonts do not render nearly as crisp as using QuickOffice. Does anyone have some suggestions?
These magazines have plenty of color pictures so I do not want to loose those either.
Thanks!
Same boat here. A solution would be helpful!
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Same boat here. A solution would be helpful!
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For large PDF files (like magazines for example) I have found that converting them to epub format is a waste because it lags when you open it using any of the book readers. You can use Adobe/Quickoffice/Documents to Go but like you mentioned, the only downside is that you cannot create a bookmark so you always have to find your way back to where you left off. If you do convert the files how ever to epub and they are not too big then I found that the problem is that most scanned magazines just do not appear right since you may have 2 magazine pages scanned to one pdf page, images distort how the text looks or where it is located, etc. Another solution is use a comic viewer to read the magazines but this takes too long to create sometimes but it is much better than using a book reader since coming viewers handle large file sizes very well.
My problem is that the PDF's I convert to Ebooks lose all their formating. There is not seperation between lines anymore, the text is all one size, page breaks get deleted, so on and so forth.. They look terrible.. I wonder what type of PDFs everyone else is converting with so much success..
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.
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+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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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.
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.
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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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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+.