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ebook reader

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....

[Q] Is any EReader for WP7 can access txt / pdb file in storage (SD card)

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.)

Jim Chapman said:
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

[Q] What is the best reader app on Android Nexus One?

Hey guys,
I need some suggestions on what is the best app for reader on Android.
I've come across to these apps such as Kindle, Nook, Aldiko etc..
I need to know which one is the best or other apps..
Thank you guys..

Kindle for me. Amazon has a huge collection of ebooks which is all i need from it.

Kindle, great selection and you can read on so many devices (android, iOS, PC, mac, I'm not sure about linux though).

Kindle is fantastic for ebook. For magazines and PDFs I like ezPDF.
Many pdf readers struggle to render graphic heavy magazines e.g. Moneyweek
ezPDF is faultless and is actively developed. Recently introduced was a text to speech feature, so it will read back any text it finds within a pdf, it relies on the native android voice/speech engine which is acceptable. It's not perfect as it will read chapter titles found at the top of each page and the page numbers at the bottom, if printed.
If you use a Windows based PC - Calibre is very useful piece of software to convert ebook from one format to another. Depending on how you convert the resultant file can be viewing using either the android Kindle app or ezPDF.

pnayak77 said:
If you use a Windows based PC - Calibre is very useful piece of software
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Calibre runs on OS X and Linux too.

Great! Thank you. I've downloaded Kindle for Android. Run really smooth on my Nexus one. Like the page flip animation.
Oh one more question: Which sites allow me to download free ebooks?

http://www.manybooks.net/ the kindle store also has many free titles.

Is the nook app really slow for you?

I'm running CM7.0.2 from SD and everything is running great. All my apps are working well, etc, the only app that really sucks for me, ironically is the nook app.
The library is just ungodly slow (I have about 200 nook books). It's constantly syncing and pausing and just generally acting confused. When I open a book the reader functions great but the library is so bad it's almost unusable, I'm pretty sure it's the retarded thumbnail view/scrolling. Anyone have any tweaks/advice?
I archived a bunch of books to bring the number of titles down to 100 or so but it's still just stupid slow and klunky interface-wise.

Same here - exactly the same setup ( stock 1.2 and dual-boot with CM7.0.2, 925Hz kernel on uSD ) and NOOK reader is useless with 100+ books....

Aldiko would be a worthy contender if v2 didn't completely bork the layout (missing bold/italics/centering, etc.).
Rodney

rhester72 said:
Aldiko would be a worthy contender if v2 didn't completely bork the layout (missing bold/italics/centering, etc.).
Rodney
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Yeah, I'm currently splitting time between Aldiko and the nook app, but almost all my ebooks are from B&N so I'd just as soon not bother with firing up one app to download them (nook) and then a second app to import them all the time and as you noted, Aldiko screws up some of the nook books in terms of format.
At least it's not just me. the native 1.2 ROM works well with the library, but 95% of the time I'm in CM7 for the apps and such, so rebooting to read is even clunkier. I mostly just reboot 1.2 for kids books when my kids want to read on the nook.
Hopefully B&N will continue to improve performance on the app. Since it seems tied to it constantly hitting the Wifi and/or thumbnail scrolling, I'm not even sure if using an OC kernel will help. I'm on the standard CM7 kernel with the max clock speed right now. but haven't OC'd due to battery life and laziness on my part.

Ungodly slooooooooooow... opening a book takes something on the order of two minutes. Works great thereafter, but really, it's unacceptably slow.

I agree that the latest version of the nook app is unbearably slow. I actually deleted it and installed an older version of the app (ver 2.5) and it seems faster. You do lose the ability to read newspapers and magazine, but I think it is at least usable for books...

chumpster said:
I agree that the latest version of the nook app is unbearably slow. I actually deleted it and installed an older version of the app (ver 2.5) and it seems faster. You do lose the ability to read newspapers and magazine, but I think it is at least usable for books...
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Yeah, but I need my Economist subscription. Actually, the irony is that my magazines open Waaaay quicker than books.

Wonderful, an enforced library size limit

CastellFaber said:
Wonderful, an enforced library size limit
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Yeah, pretty ironic, since I assume they want us to buy as much stuff as possible.

have they fixed the sync issue that's been around since it's release?

Favorite apps

Thought it would be nice to exchange recommendations on apps for the HD and HD+.
My favorites are:
- ES File Explorer (I use it mostly for file xfer between the Nook and PCs on my LAN or in the Cloud - Google Drive for me)
- Text+ (free texting to others on their cell phones or other Text+ users, they actually give you a phone number. Can do voice calls too but not free. I've only had it a short time but seems great so far)
- Ruzzle (a word game, free version is ad supported)
- Words With Friends (but I'm having to run an old version due to problems with the latest on CM 10.1, at least at CM's default of 240 PPI on the HD+)
- Titanium Backup (good for backing up restoring apps and data, needs root, so probably not as useful on Stock)
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc

To name a few apps that get the most use are
Plants v Zombies
Broken Sword 2
Plasma Sky
The Bards Tale
FF III, IV
Pettsons Inventions Dlxe
Root Explorer
Andro Zip File Manager
BS Player
Nova Launcher

Here is my list:
Flipboard
Mantano reader
Diceplayer
Box
Root brower
TTpod

I forgot to mention Readability. Its a reader for articles you've marked in your browser to read later. You get a chance to read your articles with nice font and layout, and no ads.
Sent from my HD+ running CM 10.1 from emmc

My Favorites Android Apps
1Weather cause you need 1 good weather apps and has good widgets
AdAway speed up browsing by blocking ads (not on Playstore)
Amazon Appstore it installs to any device, unlike Google Play Store
Appy Geek stay current on news
Aviary great photo editor
CameraMX good layout, lots of features
CamScanner replaced my home scanner for email documents and saving receipts digitally
CifsManager download big files directly to you shared hard drive, useful if you don't have memory card slot (nexus 7)
HBO2Go, Netflix, A&E, History Channel, Fios Mobile- Game of Thrones, Big Bang Theory, and a 7" tablet 7" from your face is like a 50" LCD TV
ES File Explorer I use back up feature for apps that the Play store won't let me install to my tablet, but will for my phone. BT transfer and install. And search feature to find shared LAN drives, and FTP works good also. This is my favorite app of all.
FBReader- reads almost all book formats, available on almost all device (winCE, Nokia N800, Symbian, Linux, Windows)
Folder Mount Jelly Bean 4.2 won't let me move App/Games to my microSD card, so this is the work around because Dark Knight Rises is 1.81GB
GrooVe IP- free VOIP calls. Verizon minutes run out fast if you are sharing, free calls over 4G, 3G and Wifi if you have data MB left over.
Instructables- the Man version of Pinterest
LCD Density- how tight can you get your DPI, helps minimize scrolling, like having high resolution monitor.
Micro CPU Monitor- system getting laggy? watch your CPU usage
Minecraft keeps family entertained for hours
MX Player hardware acceleration for almost any video and audio type. Like VLC but for Android
NZB Leecher+- download from newsgroups on the go?
Opera and Opera Mini right now its the fastest, has sync but switch to Chrome engine, have to wait and see
QR Droid- bar codes have so much information and also for getting price match
Screencast- record you Android screen, I like to make "How to Videos"
TV Stream- links to websites that stream shows and movies, might not be legal (not on Playstore)
Wifi Analyzer: tweak router antenna for most gain
XBMC - turn almost any HDMI Android device into a media center
:good:
On my blog I have a list of 127 Free Games for Android (all have LINKS to Google Play Store to download). Found list on XDA.
tabletuser.blogspot.com
http://tabletuser.blogspot.com/2013/03/mk808b-free-game-list.html LINK

Sherip said:
- Text+ (free texting to others on their cell phones or other Text+ users, they actually give you a phone number. Can do voice calls too but not free. I've only had it a short time but seems great so far)
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I like MightyText better, you can use your existing number