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There was a thread about this a while back, but now I have my DHD, it is mysteriously missing..
If I remember, the developer worked out that all you needed to do was put the files in a particular directory, then it would import them automatically.
Can anyone help?
What is the directory? Do I have to do anything else? Does it need to be rooted first?
Thanks for guidance..
graculusthegreenbird said:
There was a thread about this a while back, but now I have my DHD, it is mysteriously missing..
If I remember, the developer worked out that all you needed to do was put the files in a particular directory, then it would import them automatically.
Can anyone help?
What is the directory? Do I have to do anything else? Does it need to be rooted first?
Thanks for guidance..
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No root
directory is: sdcard/Digital Edition
digital edition if there is no need to create
reboot
my en is bad
Awesome, thanks so much!
I had a .adobe-digital-editions directory on the SD Card already.
But I needed to creating a "Digital Editions" directory on the SD Card, then it worked fine. Note that it is "Digital Editions" and not "Digital Edition".
Thanks again!
graculusthegreenbird said:
Note that it is "Digital Editions" and not "Digital Edition".
Thanks again!
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good Thank
So, let's say we have bought a new Micro-SD card and it's blank. We will need to use a spesific folder on the root as "igital Editions" and put epub files into it so that we can do what?
Does not it have Android an apps to read epub files directly from SD no matter in which folder they are?
The reader application looks for a folder named 'Digital Editions', this is a leftover from Adobe software that Mac, Linux, Kobo and HTC use.
I use FBreader and tell it which folder my epub files are in.
This is specifically a question about importing the epub files so that they can be used in the built in HTC Reader app. Once you put the files in that SD Card/Digital Editions and reboot, then you can see them in that app.
That is the only way to get your own files working.
If you want to use Aldiko, FB Reader, Laputa etc then that is a different issue, they all have different methods of reading epubs, some easier, some harder. But none of them have the gloss and polish of selection of the built in reader app!
The cover flow is just awesome...
graculusthegreenbird said:
This is specifically a question about importing the epub files so that they can be used in the built in HTC Reader app. Once you put the files in that SD Card/Digital Editions and reboot, then you can see them in that app.
That is the only way to get your own files working.
If you want to use Aldiko, FB Reader, Laputa etc then that is a different issue, they all have different methods of reading epubs, some easier, some harder. But none of them have the gloss and polish of selection of the built in reader app!
The cover flow is just awesome...
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I have to admit, the HTC reader app is pretty sweet. Do you know if it handles any other formats, like mobi?
graculusthegreenbird said:
But none of them have the gloss and polish of selection of the built in reader app!
The cover flow is just awesome...
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So true! And so strange. I love Aldiko but it always seems very slow, and its default app icon is absolutely hideous.
No it cannot hadle mobi files, install the kinde app for that copy the mobi files in the kindle folder on your sd card
has anyone figured out how to open ebooks in it?
You need your ebooks (pdf) to be on your SD card I believe on the top level directory. I usually just find mine in Astro and it'll ask if you want to use Adobe to open them then it'll save them as documents you've opened.
Hypntick said:
You need your ebooks (pdf) to be on your SD card I believe on the top level directory. I usually just find mine in Astro and it'll ask if you want to use Adobe to open them then it'll save them as documents you've opened.
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Thanks, I just need to find a current version of ASTRO.
Aight, i have adobe reader 10. it does everything i need but can't find the reflow option (make fonts bigger). I dont want to have to downgrade to 9. too slow and choppy. Any help?
So far, the best pdf reader I have found is ezPDF. I use it on my Archos tablet. Has anyone tried this on the NC?.
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So far, the best pdf reader I have found is ezPDF. I use it on my Archos tablet. Has anyone tried this on the NC?.
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Works w/ bugs. Getting Special Characters on screen, making the book un readable at times.
ezPDF, Adobe, RepliGo.
Since I bought it as a reader, first thing I did was check a bunch of pdf reading apps. From experience RepliGo works, Adobe works, and ezPDF works. The best of the three is ezPDF, but you need an SD card for the cache. The next best is Adobe.
I don't think any of them have an open feature that allows you to browse for the file you want to open, so they all require a file manager. Adobe and ezPDF both have a recent feature that remembers what pdfs you have opened recently, so that kinda helps.
Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
sin7 said:
Since I bought it as a reader, first thing I did was check a bunch of pdf reading apps. From experience RepliGo works, Adobe works, and ezPDF works. The best of the three is ezPDF, but you need an SD card for the cache. The next best is Adobe.
I don't think any of them have an open feature that allows you to browse for the file you want to open, so they all require a file manager. Adobe and ezPDF both have a recent feature that remembers what pdfs you have opened recently, so that kinda helps.
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What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
vmarcano718 said:
What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
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Perhaps, I am wrong, but I could not get ezPDF to work without an SD card. ezPDF creates a folder on the SD card where it keeps information on the opened pdfs, configurations and settings. It also has a temp folder which I just assumed to be for memory purposes.
I have tried many pdfs and they look no different than on a computer, save for the occasional LN, which stands for a link. Those special characters don't really interfere with anything since they reside at the bottom.
peiziyu said:
Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
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The native PDF is QuickOffice. There a few things that bother me about it. One, there are certain formats that it does not like for pdfs and will just display a giant x. Two, it does not save the page where you left off. Three, to switch the page, you must swipe down to up as opposed to right to left or tapping the right side. Four, it does not have an indicator to display whether the page is loading or completely loaded. I sometimes find myself waiting on blank pages to do something. Or used to, since I use ezPDF which has an indicator and fixes all the mentioned problems.
To answer your questions about the native app: It works in landscape. You can fit the pdf to width or zoom in and out by using the pinch gesture or tapping the (- +) that shows up on screen. The pdf handling is much much better. The native app does not give you many options, so text reflow is out of the question, which I presume is not a bad thing in your case.
vmarcano718 said:
What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
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Perhaps, I am wrong, but I could not get ezPDF to work without an SD card.
I have tried many pdfs and they look no different than on a computer, save for the occasional LN, which stands for a link. Those special characters don't really interfere with anything since they reside at the bottom.
peiziyu said:
Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
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The native PDF is QuickOffice. There a few things that bother me about it. One, there are certain formats that it does not like for pdfs and will just display a giant x. Two, it does not save the page where you left off. Three, to switch the page, you must swipe down to up as opposed to right to left or tapping the right side. Four, it does not have an indicator to display whether the page is loading or completely loaded. I sometimes find myself waiting on blank pages to do something. Or used to, since I use ezPDF which has an indicator and fixes all the mentioned problems.
To answer your questions about the native app: It works in landscape. You can fit the pdf to width or zoom in and out by using the pinch gesture or tapping the (- +) that shows up on screen. The pdf handling is much much better. The native app does not give you many options, so text reflow is out of the question, which I presume is not a bad thing in your case.
+1 for ezPDF with an SDcard.
Night mode with reflow is great, but I have problems tapping the bookmark button successfully.
Maybe my version of ezPDF is different than yours. I am running it on an Archos 101, not an NC. I am here because I am looking for a smaller tablet and deciding between the Archos 70 and the NC.
My ezPDF has a tab across the top that allows me to select either "recently viewed PDFs" or "all PDFs". The "all PDFs" tab lists directories and can expand the directories individually to select PDF files.
In my experience, ezPDF is way better than Adobe's reader for Android. Adobe's works pretty well, but is pretty basic. There are many, many features in ezPDF that are not in Adobe's.
OTOH, from what I have read in this and the B&N forums, the built-in QuickOffice PDF reader is less than basic. It has no reflow, for example, which I think is required for this type of device. It also seems to not support some common image types or compressions, or at-least folks are reporting pages with red x's across them. The feature set has been reduced from what QuickOffice offers in the actual product.
I find ezpdf to be too slow when it comes to going to the next page.
The stock reader works in landscape but I can not get it to remember where I left off.
I'm still looking for one I like. I wish there was an Android version of Annotate. That's my favorite on the Ipad.
I agree it is slow, but I can't read that fast. For me, the page scroll at the bottom more than compensates for that. The 101 is a bit faster than the NC (1GHz vs 800MHz), but I consider ezPDF so superior that I won't look back.
I assume you mean iAnnotate, and yes, I agree.
sin7, thanks for answering my questions about QuickOffice. That actually sounds like it should work for my needs pretty conveniently, since I'm using it for math references which don't necessarily need to stay on the same page.
I've seen a few people in other threads mention that vudroid works nicely for PDFs on NC once you've installed the softkeys app. Mine is still in the mail, so no personal experience, but that might help some of you still looking for the best app?
Could somebody stick up Adobe Reader 10 apk somewhere? I'm having the devil of a time tracking it down, and I cant seem to find the damned APK file on my phone to pull it off...
Thanks.
- Will.
You can search for the Adobe Reader on freewarelovers.com.
For some reason 10.0 is listed as an old version apk, but you can still download it.
I have a few epub books I side-loaded onto my NC but they are not showing up on the B&N "My Nook Library," section of my online account management which means they are also unavailable on my android phone. Is there a way (a specific location to move them to on the Nook) to get them to sync? I don;t do a lot of reading from my phone, but it'd be nice to pick up where I left off for a few minutes when i have time.
Anybody?
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AFAIK, side loaded books do not sync.
Kayak83 said:
I have a few epub books I side-loaded onto my NC but they are not showing up on the B&N "My Nook Library," section of my online account management which means they are also unavailable on my android phone. Is there a way (a specific location to move them to on the Nook) to get them to sync? I don;t do a lot of reading from my phone, but it'd be nice to pick up where I left off for a few minutes when i have time.
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You could sync the Files with Dropbox... but you wont be able to sync your place in the books if that is what you are looking for.
therealguppy said:
You could sync the Files with Dropbox... but you wont be able to sync your place in the books if that is what you are looking for.
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...with some creativity it might be possibe to use Dropbox and a few symlinks in the appropriate data folders to sync places (..assuming android supports symlinks like other linux/unix os's... )
Side loaded books won't sync with the Nook. They will sync with the Kindle app if you're willing to do some hacking.
Get aldiko in the market. It reads epub and pdf protected books. I normally have to open the file in astro or similar for aldiko to see.
If possible just download to ur nc and skip the sideloading.
What do you mean by sync? Are you expecting sideloaded books to get pushed up to B&N and pulled down to other nook readers?
If you can't see your sideloaded books in Nook-Android on HC, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966339&highlight=can't+books
MNMichael said:
What do you mean by sync? Are you expecting sideloaded books to get pushed up to B&N and pulled down to other nook readers?
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Yes, actually. But I can see why B&N doesn't allow it.
jaybert45 said:
Get aldiko in the market. It reads epub and pdf protected books. I normally have to open the file in astro or similar for aldiko to see.
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I also use Aldiko in the Rooted NC to read epub books. FBReader is also a good alternative.
I have rooted my NST with NookManager, but i had problems with Aldiko and another apps and finally I use FBReader, it`s good and useful. The problem is, when I send a ebook to my NST, the app does not recognizes the internal fonts of the ebook, but the style of the ebook still. I want to know how I can use the fonts who come with the ebook.I want use the publisher defaults of a ebook. For Example, Harry Potter books use 2 differents fonts and bring with his own default publisher.
The fonts is not essentials to read, but... It´s a thing in the default reader takes andvantage.
Regards.:laugh:
kurono93 said:
I have rooted my NST with NookManager, but i had problems with Aldiko and another apps and finally I use FBReader, it`s good and useful. The problem is, when I send a ebook to my NST, the app does not recognizes the internal fonts of the ebook, but the style of the ebook still. I want to know how I can use the fonts who come with the ebook.I want use the publisher defaults of a ebook. For Example, Harry Potter books use 2 differents fonts and bring with his own default publisher.
The fonts is not essentials to read, but... It´s a thing in the default reader takes andvantage.
Regards.:laugh:
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So...
What, in clear words, is it that you want?
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So...
What, in clear words, is it that you want?
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Thanks for your answer. I want the default publisher format when i am reading in my NST but with FBReader.
kurono93 said:
Thanks for your answer. I want the default publisher format when i am reading in my NST but with FBReader.
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Hmmm. It's a good idea, but truth be told, I don't think it's possible. Unless, of course, someone took your APK and edited the file itself, I don't think there's another way to do it.
And that type of .apk editing is a bit beyond my league, in case you were wondering. I can do icons, but still have yet to learn how to edit how the apps actually work. :laugh:
Under "the best" i mean the reader with the least memory usage...
What is your experience ?
gsms said:
Under "the best" i mean the reader with the least memory usage...
What is your experience ?
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Yes, but do you mean the size of the apk itself, the running RAM overhead, etc.?
If I had to guess I would suppose it was the resident reader designed for the device. Readers with more capabilities and bells and whistles would most likely consume more resources. I've only used the resident reader and the Kindle app and find them both about the same as far as performance (maybe the Kindle is a little sluggish on page changes and the text seems sort of spidery). I tried Cool Reader once but it just had way too many options for me to even want to think about.
I agree with you. Resident reader in Nook is very good one.
It has (probably) only one disadvantage.
When i end (discontinue) reading of a book, i cannot turn off the app.
It hasn't "exit" function and continue to run in memory listing...
I personally use the modified version of Cool Reader mentioned here. This version of Cool Reader at least has an "Exit" option in multiple places. I use this on my Nook Glowlight Plus. I have yet to try it on my old Simple Touches, but perhaps I will try that today. If I do, I will report back on my success (or failure).
UPDATE: The version of Cool Reader linked to in this post will not install on a Nook Simple Touch or Simple Touch with Glowlight. Apparently it requires a higher version of Android.
I do switch back to the resident (stock) reader for large books, like Bibles or collections. Cool Reader is much too slow when reading book over 1500 "pages" or with very many notes (links) in the text. I am not sure if this is because of the amount of memory it takes up, or because of how it handles links.
I tried to re-configure ReaderRMSDK.apk, using mergesmali, provided by RenateNST and these instruments from her page :
/system/app/ReaderRMSDK.apk
ReaderMainView.smali – dictionary lookup of word
ReaderActivity.smali – allow back key on reader
Products.smali †allows "More" button to work with any book
ReaderCommonUIConstants.smali – sensible font sizes
After this i created new key for the app, using keytool and signed it. At the end did 'zipalign'.
Everthing was successfully, but when trying to "install -r the newReaderRMSDK" thru adb, i receive error message
[install parse failed, unexpected extension]
rm for -f failed, read-only file system...
What is the reason?
Any opinions ?
Did anyone modified ReaderRMSDK, using Renate's tools ?
Someone did modified ReaderRMSDK.apk using the tools, provided by RenateNST ?
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ReaderMainView.smali – dictionary lookup of word
ReaderActivity.smali – allow back key on reader
Products.smali ‐ allows "More" button to work with any book
ReaderCommonUIConstants.smali – sensible font sizes
oops, mistake