[Q] Microsoft office nook color???? - Nook Color General

Hi
there friends
my nook does not recognize many files, it does not has office.
moreover the PDF creates so much difficulty in finding out the required page, scrol scrol scrol,
I want my nook to work like imate and other xda mobiles work.
my nook has honeycomb 1.1.
please help me
and how to set 3rd party softwares on nook color?
Thanks
please reply me directly on my e mail id.
thanks

I use Documents To Do and it gets the work done.

carlosraf20 said:
I use Documents To Do and it gets the work done.
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Same, DTG 3.x here.

TYPO? I thought its called Documents To Go.

Yep...Documents to Go...
Works great for me too.
However, if that is too expensive, I think there are some alternatives that cost a little less but are not as good. ThinkOffice and QuickOffice come to mind.

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Best ebook reader for the Touch Pro?

I've been using Mobipocket on my Fuze but used to use iSilo on my old Kaiser. I've heard some good things about the others too. What ebook reader do you guys use? What do you recommend?
isilo, foxit pdf and chm reader basically... im a medical student... i read a lot!!
Are there any with finger scrolling?
I haven't found one that is "finger" friendly but another ebook reader that is available is Microsoft Reader. It uses a format known as LIT but most of the books I see that are good quality are based on Sony's format which are the LRF files. Unfortunately, I haven't found one that reads the LRF format and the converters that I found do not support a conversion of it either..
i use mobipoket and foxit reader (although documents to go with PDFtoGO is a good alternative). Haven.t used isilo yet but heard good things about it
I like Adobe Reader LE 2.5. It is surprisingly fast (considering Acrobat's notorious slowness on the desktop) and the reflow option is extremely useful (if only there was a way to save the zoom and the reflow option...).
The only other PDF reader I tried is Foxit, but I just don't like it. It's significantly slow (again, surprising considering Foxit's speed on the desktop) and the massive advertisement on the top is rather annoying.
jtantley said:
Are there any with finger scrolling?
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i can scroll thw three of them similar to opera mobile... i just drag.
I love eReader from the fictionwise folks. I have been using it for years. Check it out at http://www.ereader.com. The reader is free and the books are reasonably priced. You can configure the reader to look the way you want it to look. I like black text on white background but they have a bunch of themes and you can make your own theme. The books are all properly formatted to look good in on your phone.
I'm surprised that ereaders aren't being kept up -- most of them see like they haven't really changed in years, back when I had an Axim. Why aren't developers working on ereaders? not enoguh demand?
jtantley said:
I'm surprised that ereaders aren't being kept up -- most of them see like they haven't really changed in years, back when I had an Axim. Why aren't developers working on ereaders? not enoguh demand?
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That's a good question. I noticed the same thing. It's interesting that the sw for the mobiles is declining, but the hardware solutions are expanding...i.e. kindle, etc.
Mobipocket is still my favorite. I was hoping great things would happen once Amazon bought Mobipocket, but it seems like the Kindle has dashed any hope of that. Looking through the forums at Mobipocket.com it looks as though any future development may be over. At this point I think it would be hard to change readers since I've collected a huge library in Mobipocket. Maybe if Barnes & Noble get around to porting their reader to WM I'll give it a try.
Repligo reader is what I've used on all my phones/pdas/pnas for years. You can download all versions here:
It's free, and the technique the program uses to fit your text/pages to your devices' screen is brilliant. I also use repligo pdf server which batch converts unlimited pdf files to the repligo format.
infochia
the best ereader
Alreader is the best, it reads all formats of the ebooks, its very nice and totally personilized. You can look for it here, in xdadevelopers, or in google. Its free
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Alreader is the best, it reads all formats of the ebooks, its very nice and totally personilized. You can look for it here, in xdadevelopers, or in google. Its free
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here it ishttp://reeed.ru/en_prog_alreader_pda.php
Gator5000e said:
I love eReader from the fictionwise folks. I have been using it for years. Check it out at http://www.ereader.com. The reader is free and the books are reasonably priced. You can configure the reader to look the way you want it to look. I like black text on white background but they have a bunch of themes and you can make your own theme. The books are all properly formatted to look good in on your phone.
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Yeah, ereader is pretty nice. I've used it and mobipocket, and got away from ereader for a couple of years. I just went back to it, and think I like it better than mobi. The themes are nice, and I like the fact that it has real pagination. Mobipocket is a pain in the butt, because if you skip back a page when you first open it up (or even after just minimizing it), it will hop back like 10 pages. It's really easy to lose your place. You don't get full page with ereader, but I find that isn't a problem for me. I also like the flash reading mode-it's pretty nice if you want to re-read a section that you forgot, or if you're currently reading a section that you want to forget.

[Q] Should I get a Nook Color?

Hi I have been trying to decide if I should by this myself by reading reviews and such but, I plan on rooting the device and installing different launchers and apps and I realize this completely changes the nature of the beast. If you could answer a few questions for me it would be greatly appreciated.
1. How fast/laggy is it. If I install launcherpro will it still work well.
2. How difficult is it to get movies encoded for it and how do they look.
3. Has anyone tried installing news apps for android (NY Times, BBC,CNN ext.) Also is netlix possible?
Thank you
1. I tried Launcher Pro, ADW, and Zeal and there is no lag in any of them. I did settle on Zeal for now.
2. I have about 10 movies that I had encoded originally for my evo and they all play great! Just the simple settings in handbrake will work fine.
3. I have USA Today on there now as well as the engadget program and both work great. Haven't tried netflix, don't have a account.
S300M said:
Hi I have been trying to decide if I should by this myself by reading reviews and such but, I plan on rooting the device and installing different launchers and apps and I realize this completely changes the nature of the beast. If you could answer a few questions for me it would be greatly appreciated.
1. How fast/laggy is it. If I install launcherpro will it still work well.
2. How difficult is it to get movies encoded for it and how do they look.
3. Has anyone tried installing news apps for android (NY Times, BBC,CNN ext.) Also is netlix possible?
Thank you
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Thanks m8 thats actually a lot of helps a lot. IDK if netflix will work because of all the copyright and DRM but everything else sounds like good news to me. Now if only some could figure out how to get this thing to accept Adhoc networks from my cell phone that eould be great. If anybody else has something to add fell free to go right on ahead.
I actually tried Zeal and didnt like it. I had to put a bunch of icons down in the doc bar to get the doc launcher (the button with all the dots) in the middle where I like it....unless I missed something and dont know how to do it.
I have a huge library of HD (720p BD rips) and SD (DVD rips) movies and TV shows in AVI and MKV containers, will I be able to stream these video files within my home network? (without transcoding)
I'm glad there was already a post for this because I didn't want to create a new thread for it. I was one of the elocity a7 preorders who just had their orders cancelled. (all of us did, elocity insists it's a system error-I call BS) Anyhow i'm trying to decide between the nook color and the gtablet. I really wanted a tegra, but I really wanted a 7 inch device. I know they're not really the same thing, and maybe shouldn't be compared- but can anyone offer some insight as to which they personally prefer? Thanks.
OMG don't get the viewsonic G Tab... I had it for 1 day and had to take it back. Absolutely the worst screen I have ever seen on a device. The worst viewing angles. The nook color is wayyyyy better in my honest opinion and is really fast enough.
xwint3rxmut3x said:
I'm glad there was already a post for this because I didn't want to create a new thread for it. I was one of the elocity a7 preorders who just had their orders cancelled. (all of us did, elocity insists it's a system error-I call BS) Anyhow i'm trying to decide between the nook color and the gtablet. I really wanted a tegra, but I really wanted a 7 inch device. I know they're not really the same thing, and maybe shouldn't be compared- but can anyone offer some insight as to which they personally prefer? Thanks.
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Ok, cool. Thanks alot. I really wanted a tegra...but the NC is the form factor I wanted, and I read nothing but great things about the screen. Just wanted to hear from other geeks whether or not i'm going to end up making a huge performance sacrifice or not.
I had a gtablet too and it really was the worst, even rooted and running a special tegra kernel. The nook is amazing and nearly the perfect tablet for me.
If you are asking yourself this question and seriously considering getting a nookColor, keep in mind that B&N has a deal that ends Sunday if you buy $100 in gift certificates you will get $10 back in gift cards (that are activated the day after christmas). I took advantage of this and bought $300 and got $30 in gift cards back which I'm going to use toward accessories (easel case I'm [email protected]). You may want to double check with your store but the manager at the store I went to allowed me to do this (after reading through the 'terms and conditions' on the website he said there was nothing that said it couldn't be done)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/gift-card/index.asp?cds2Pid=32280
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/help_cds2.asp?PID=32063&popupclose=0
The terms say the gift card has to be bought on b&n.com, but the manager said the promotion was running in-store too so it didn't matter.
So the nookcolor, rooted, is a pretty decent slate/tablet?
I want the nookcolor mainly as a tablet: surfing the web, reading reddit, loading .pdf's of books/medical journals/textbooks to read and study from.
I was originally waiting for the archos 101 for $300.....but it seems like it's never going to come out.
The other thing is, since the nookcolor's screen is made for reading, will there be less eye-strain than with other tablets ( ipad,gtablet,archos 101?)
noodles12 said:
So the nookcolor, rooted, is a pretty decent slate/tablet?
I want the nookcolor mainly as a tablet: surfing the web, reading reddit, loading .pdf's of books/medical journals/textbooks to read and study from.
I was originally waiting for the archos 101 for $300.....but it seems like it's never going to come out.
The other thing is, since the nookcolor's screen is made for reading, will there be less eye-strain than with other tablets ( ipad,gtablet,archos 101?)
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I was wondering this exact same thing, how does this fare as a cheap tablet?
I've done plenty of tweaking and modding with my nexus one so I'm no noob there - is this the deal of the century for someone like me? From what I've seen with a new launcher this thing turns into a serious galaxy tab competitor.
If anyone has any negatives they'd like to list please let me know - I'll probably be buying one of these in a few days.
We are two peas in a pod my friend.
The archos is only $50 more with HDMI,usb ,and a stand. But isn't available yet.
But if the NC screen is better for long-term reading....... who knows.
aaahhh.
Hi everyone, I am seriously considering buying a Nook Color as I really like it's design (something important for me), and want a Tablet device. And at 250$ it sounds like a really good deal. (The Archos 101 here in Greece costs 330 euro -> 440$, so the Nook is considerably cheaper)
My main usage will be: Reading pdfs and watching some .ppt files (I am a senior electrical & computer engineer student and want the Nook for studying), some Web Browsing, and if it is able for some MSN messaging..
Also, I wanted to ask you if it is capable of doing something:
Let's say you are reading a .pdf on your Nook. Is it possible to "handwrite" anything on the .pdf, like you are writing on a piece of paper, and save the file? That would be extremely helpful when studying.
Is there any application that does this?
Thank you very much for your time and help.
noodles12 said:
So the nookcolor, rooted, is a pretty decent slate/tablet?
I want the nookcolor mainly as a tablet: surfing the web, reading reddit, loading .pdf's of books/medical journals/textbooks to read and study from.
I was originally waiting for the archos 101 for $300.....but it seems like it's never going to come out.
The other thing is, since the nookcolor's screen is made for reading, will there be less eye-strain than with other tablets ( ipad,gtablet,archos 101?)
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darx said:
I was wondering this exact same thing, how does this fare as a cheap tablet?
I've done plenty of tweaking and modding with my nexus one so I'm no noob there - is this the deal of the century for someone like me? From what I've seen with a new launcher this thing turns into a serious galaxy tab competitor.
If anyone has any negatives they'd like to list please let me know - I'll probably be buying one of these in a few days.
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noodles12 said:
We are two peas in a pod my friend. The archos is only $50 more with HDMI,usb ,and a stand. But isn't available yet. But if the NC screen is better for long-term reading....... who knows. aaahhh.
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While the NC supplier (B&N and it's mfg'er) have a limited track record, the record of Archos is pretty clear ... roll out products that target the 'latest trend' with software that is usually not ready and move on to the next latest thing within a very short time leaving a trail of unsupported devices. If you can live with buying a new thing from Archos every 9-12 mos and knowing support will be GONE after that then go for it.
As said the Nook may not turn out better, but it can't be worse. It has an up-to-date system now, larger memory, better viewing for it's primary mission. (A70 just getting 2.2 and who know what bugs with it; A101 still not available, what does THAT tell you?)
If you want an android multimedia device then the Archos family may be a way to go, but evaluate it against multimedia devices since that is Archos' focus (assuming they have one), not reading and/or tablet functions.
Probably most people on this thread have reading as a primary, tablet second and entertainment third. The screen is really great, pdf reading is real good other than the swipe down instead of swipe sideways, with the Dolphin browser, root, su, multitouch what's not to like? ... did I mention the screen is great?
Thank you for the very helpful info zdrifter.
Could you also answer this?
I wanted to ask you if it is capable of doing something:
Let's say you are reading a .pdf on your Nook. Is it possible to "handwrite" anything on the .pdf, like you are writing on a piece of paper, and save the file? That would be extremely helpful when studying.
Is there any application that does this?
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And something very important: Barnes & Noble doesn't ship NookColor internationally. Which eshop would you suggest so I can buy NC and the send it to me here in Greece? amazon.com perhpas? Is there another good eshop maybe?
Thank you for your time.
thereddog said:
I have a huge library of HD (720p BD rips) and SD (DVD rips) movies and TV shows in AVI and MKV containers, will I be able to stream these video files within my home network? (without transcoding)
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Can anyone answer this for me? Streaming from a Windows PC, of course.
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Can anyone answer this for me? Streaming from a Windows PC, of course.
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is this possible on your phone? I'm asking to verify if you want to know if the hardware is capable or if you're looking for an android app that enables you to do it.
Babis_ECE said:
<snip>Also, I wanted to ask you if it is capable of doing something:
Let's say you are reading a .pdf on your Nook. Is it possible to "handwrite" anything on the .pdf, like you are writing on a piece of paper, and save the file? That would be extremely helpful when studying.
Is there any application that does this?
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Babis_ECE said:
Thank you for the very helpful info zdrifter.<snip>Barnes & Noble doesn't ship NookColor internationally. Which eshop would you suggest so I can buy NC and the send it to me here in Greece? amazon.com perhaps? Is there another good eshop maybe?
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Don't know of any android apps that allow document editing, however if I wanted to annotate a pdf doc, I would put it in my Calibre library, convert it to ePub, load it on the NookColor and annotate away ... .. Calibre is a free program and VERY useful for ereading.
As for foreign sales, don't know a thing ...
Did you read the post from gtablet? There is a wifi suplicant file. I don't have a nook yet but will root and post.
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Can the color read ebooks that aren't from b&n?

Does the nook color read ebooks that are downloaded from other sites?
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yes.. once it's rooted you can install the kindle app, and many other ebook reading apps.. so no they don't have to be from b&n
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yes.. once it's rooted you can install the kindle app, and many other ebook reading apps.. so no they don't have to be from b&n
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... Not true!
The Nook is open source so you can download any Epub book and read it on the nook. These can be from google books, nook app, moobi, etc. Also in the off chance thats not enough you can edit kindle books to read on the nook... Either or you got tons of options beyond just B&N store books
BE WARNED THOUGH...
you loose features loading a non B&N book, these include...
Cant be put on the home screen.
Is a hassle to get cover art (if possible, I couldnt get it to sync, but I also didnt try hard)
You cant share. with other people
You cant use the twitter/facebook fuctions
All other features should work if its an Epub
Awesome! Im going back to college and would like a tablet for my text books instead of carrying around heavy books. This sounds perfect. Thanks.
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The Nook doesn't seem to handle large PDF files well if that is what your schoolbooks are. I conveted most of mine to epub using Calibre last semester to put them on my ipod touch, but it is something to be aware of.
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The Nook doesn't seem to handle large PDF files well if that is what your schoolbooks are. I conveted most of mine to epub using Calibre last semester to put them on my ipod touch, but it is something to be aware of.
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How well does converting PDFs with pictures or a lot of symbols (science texts) to epub work? I would imagine that a lot of science textbooks would convert pretty poorly to epub because the pictures would get messed up?
Also, the non-OCR'd scans -- do they just convert as full page images in epub?
Admiralvic said:
... Not true!
The Nook is open source so you can download any Epub book and read it on the nook. These can be from google books, nook app, moobi, etc. Also in the off chance thats not enough you can edit kindle books to read on the nook... Either or you got tons of options beyond just B&N store books
BE WARNED THOUGH...
you loose features loading a non B&N book, these include...
Cant be put on the home screen.
Is a hassle to get cover art (if possible, I couldnt get it to sync, but I also didnt try hard)
You cant share. with other people
You cant use the twitter/facebook fuctions
All other features should work if its an Epub
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What about his statement was not true? You CAN put kindle on it once your rooted(I know I have done it)
Most of the time you don't even have to root, the default B&N reader uses Adobe DRM epub/pdf and most unsecured formats.... But imo 7" screens sucks for textbooks, most of them just aren't laid out for it.
Novarider said:
What about his statement was not true? You CAN put kindle on it once your rooted(I know I have done it)
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The statement is true, I will admit that... But in realative terms of the topic IE can in then you reply with "yes via X" it has no baring on the actual subject matter

NOOK for Android updated for tablets

Looks like we not have a real use for the stock Nook Reader app much longer.
According to this the new tablet app can be used to read magazines.
http://gizmodo.com/5801689/nook-for-android-updated-for-tablets
I haven't had a chance to check this out yet on CM7 as I'm at work and my NC is at home. Anyone try it yet? Does it even see the NC running CM7 as a tablet and give us the right version?
Ive been using it since last night and it is freaking awesome. Do yourself a favor and dl ASAP.
I downloaded it and so far it's a little clunky. At first it didn't see any of my books, but then they showed up. Then I ordered the free trial of Maxim, but I don't see the magazine anywhere. Maybe it just takes a little getting used to but so far it's bugging me.
I couldn't find anything in the press release on gizmodo (but I scanned pretty quickly)... will it play read-to-me children's books?
My Analog subscription magazine now shows up on my C7 Nook App! Woohoo.
Time to re-subscribe!
Hextall said:
I couldn't find anything in the press release on gizmodo (but I scanned pretty quickly)... will it play read-to-me children's books?
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Nope those are still Nook Color only.
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Sweet.
Does it have the word lookup feature? Having a dictionary at my fingertips was awesome with the stock reader.
Is there a way to side load ebooks to the nook app?
For me the Nook Reader is very sluggish in the menus & I can only se my B&N downloaded books & mags. Nothing shows in My files & I have sideloaded several books. Quite a few FC, so I don't know what to think. I like the page turn animation a lot. Great feedback that the page was turned. MAybe I need to try to reinstall??
kev
book title and page number at top of page annoying, anyone know how can to get back to 2.5?
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Is there a way to side load ebooks to the nook app?
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http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...g-an-Epub-to-the-Android-Nook-app/td-p/611255
Can't find the app in market. Is there something I have to do/tweak first?
Using CM7.02 on NC...
Update: Market Enabler did the trick. Had to "be" in the US. Can't buy anything though, seems you have to have an US-creditcard as well. Workaround for this?

Nook Classic Library on NST

Is there any way to implement the Library from the Classic Nook 1st edition on the NST. On the classic i was able to list like 20 books per page but on the NST is like 6.
Yes, I've always found the stock Touch Library.apk annoying with its wasteful listing.
I use my own "lean and mean" Library app with 15 books per page.
I have no idea the compatibility with the Nook Classic.
I would guess that it's not very good.
Renate NST said:
Yes, I've always found the stock Touch Library.apk annoying with its wasteful listing.
I use my own "lean and mean" Library app with 15 books per page.
I have no idea the compatibility with the Nook Classic.
I would guess that it's not very good.
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yeah, i had seen ur library apk but I couldnt get any of the books on my SD card to display... only shows the Nook and Nook Quick Start Guide.
Mthodmn101 said:
I couldnt get any of the books on my SD card to display... only shows the Nook and Nook Quick Start Guide.
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But why would you want to read anything in life besides the Nook guides?
They represent the pinnacle of Western literature.
Um, you mean that you haven't deleted those off your Nook yet?
I found the MediaScanner lacking on a few aspects so I do the searching for books myself.
There's a set of directories it checks, your stuff must not be in any of them.
I'm going to have to take another look at the MediaScanner.
Renate NST said:
But why would you want to read anything in life besides the Nook guides?
They represent the pinnacle of Western literature.
Um, you mean that you haven't deleted those off your Nook yet?
I found the MediaScanner lacking on a few aspects so I do the searching for books myself.
There's a set of directories it checks, your stuff must not be in any of them.
I'm going to have to take another look at the MediaScanner.
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I had extracted the apk and took a look around it looked like my path was included, i have my book in SD CARD/My Files/Books
Hmm. I don't know.
Try Library-1.1.apk in my signature.
Renate, just want to say thanks for the Library app of yours. What a great replacement for the default library app. Cheers!
I'm glad that you like it. It is minimalistic.
Long press on a book item brings up the detail screen.
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I'm glad that you like it. It is minimalistic.
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Suit my preference as well. There's a couple of minor adjustments to the GUI that I'd like to make though. Have you any plan to release the code so we can contribute?
thanks the 1.1 worked.... just one issue.. the sorting by Author sorts by First Name instead of Last Name
if you know how to change to sort by last name, its prob something i can fix if i knew which file to edit, i got the apk unpacked just not sure if i need to edit a smali.
Excuse me, does it use any build-in app? As I did freeze some of them, I guess that is the reason for not working on my nook.
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Have you any plans...
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Mmm, not particularly. What did you have in mind?
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Mmm, not particularly. What did you have in mind?
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any help would be appreciated in making the author sort go by Last Name instead of using First Name
Yes, sorting correctly by last name would be good.
I wasn't sure how many books actually had opf:file-as
Code:
<dc:creator opf:file-as="Collins, Wilkie">Wilkie Collins</dc:creator>
We can give it a go. It will be a bit screwy for books that don't have it.
Renate NST said:
Yes, sorting correctly by last name would be good.
I wasn't sure how many books actually had
Code:
< , Wilkie">Wilkie Collins</>
We can give it a go. It will be a bit screwy for books that don't have it.
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so in order to do this, each epub's content.opf needs to be edited or is there some change that can be done to the library.apk
Most decent EPUBs seem to have the file-as already in them.
Try the new version in the signature, Library-1.2.apk
EPUBs without a file-as will be intermixed.
If Jane Doe's book is the only one without file-as:
Henry James
Jane Doe
Soren Kierkegaard
Renate NST said:
Mmm, not particularly. What did you have in mind?
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Personally, I'd like to see it in full screen mode, drop the scrollbar and use page numbering instead (like the original library), drop the refresh & sort order bar and replace it with something a bit more elegant (minimal icons?).
Basically something that goes more nicely with my setup (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30296628&postcount=9)
Having said all that, I'm no longer a coder by trade but can find spare time to poke around if need be. What do you think?
the 1.2 is a lot better... author sorting worked for like 90-95% of the books i have
just an aside, page numbering would be a good idea as mentioned above
Thank you so much
I have been looking for a library app that could show and sort by series for a couple days now. This is great my only request would be that I could list the series like folders and then browse series but that would probably be a whole lot more coding. Thanks for this great app though.

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