So, I'm really tired of the stock reader on my MN 1.2 NC.
Tried the Moon+, but having to dig through the directory to find what I want to read is a PITA. When I finally find my book, it looks great when it's open.
Spam me with your favorite reading apps!
I read more books on Aldiko than anything. One of the best, IMO. Then there's the obvious others: nook app, google reader, Kindle.
PDF Readers: Adobe Reader (For picture heavy books, or books that have been "scanned in") and Ezpdf Reader.
After testing most of the readers available, I personally chose Aldiko.
In Russia fb2 is the most popular e-books format. So, Cool Reader of FBreader only.
I use Aldiko and Kindle. With Aldiko, You can read drm protected BN books. If you hate searching, You can download them from your account on the computer, then throw them in a folder.
Cheers.
~Leko
---DlEdit, I also use Moon+ they are great for annotating. But, no DRM.
Moon+
I personally use mostly moon+ but have aldiko and fb reader too.
In moon+ you do not have to look for files. If your book files are in one folder (\books) in the lower right corner of moon reader in quite a small character there is "import". You hit that and it will import all books from selected directory to moon. Then you just need to go to your shelf... and scroll through the titles .
I also recommend calibre for conversion on your pc (pdf to epub etc.)
paleh0rse said:
After testing most of the readers available, I personally chose Aldiko.
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Agreed. Was using FB reader, but it had very few options to change it's appearance. Aldiko emulates the stock NC "look" plus tweaks. The only thing I can't figure out is when I "import" all my books stored on my SD card to it, they still don't show up under shelf view.
Laputa, Aldiko, Google Books--> for their free libraries
Cool Reader---> to open just about any ebook
vuDroid---> for reading picture heavy .pdfs (my job involves a lot of pattern recognition)
I've been using FBreader and been happy. I'll have to try the others.
I prefer FBreader as well. It's default look for actual reading was the best one I could find.
I do like the other's cover views, but I spend more time reading than looking at the covers.
+1 for FBReader,
aldiko i found to be too slow to open with a large epub library, and it didnt seem to keep my place in a book very well when closing and re-opening the app.
christoophat said:
Agreed. Was using FB reader, but it had very few options to change it's appearance. Aldiko emulates the stock NC "look" plus tweaks. The only thing I can't figure out is when I "import" all my books stored on my SD card to it, they still don't show up under shelf view.
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Odd. I go to Aldiko's Home menu, select SD Card, browse to any ePub, then press+hold the filename until menu pops up, select Import. The titles then show up on my shelf.
My only beef is that Aldiko makes a complete folder copy of every imported title, so I end up with two copies of every book on the SD card itself.
Aldiko's reading interface options are fantastic though!
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Odd. I go to Aldiko's Home menu, select SD Card, browse to any ePub, then press+hold the filename until menu pops up, select Import. The titles then show up on my shelf.
My only beef is that Aldiko makes a complete folder copy of every imported title, so I end up with two copies of every book on the SD card itself.
Aldiko's reading interface options are fantastic though!
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That's what I did, basically, only you can select each one along the left side too (checkmark appears) & then "import to Aldiko", and a progressbar appears as they are transported. But I never see them in shelf view, only the one I've opened once before, & am currently reading. No dealbreaker, just strange...the cool reading interface makes up for this.
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That's what I did, basically, only you can select each one along the left side too (checkmark appears) & then "import to Aldiko", and a progressbar appears as they are transported. But I never see them in shelf view, only the one I've opened once before, & am currently reading. No dealbreaker, just strange...the cool reading interface makes up for this.
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Ahhh, I know what's wrong. There's a sneaky dropdown selector in the upper-right of the shelf that allows you to select different views. Click on it and change it from "recent reads" to "books by author".
Just like you, I missed that option when I first started using Aldiko myself.
I don't know why the darn app defaults to "recent reads"... Forgot all about that! lol
haha..MUCH better! Thanks for the tip.
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My only beef is that Aldiko makes a complete folder copy of every imported title, so I end up with two copies of every book on the SD card itself.
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Just curious, but does it respect a symlink? I guess I can try it when I get home
rubyv said:
So, I'm really tired of the stock reader on my MN 1.2 NC.
Tried the Moon+, but having to dig through the directory to find what I want to read is a PITA. When I finally find my book, it looks great when it's open.
Spam me with your favorite reading apps!
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Moon+ reader pro is simply the best reader app on the market right now.
I don't think you understand all its capabilities.
You can easily import a whole directory of book files into moon+ reader. So it shows on the bookshelf.
You simply go to first tab (the file browse screen), you find the folder that contains all your books. Long press on folder name, do "select", then click to open the folder, you should see a bunch of smaller toolbar icons on the bottom of the screen. If you want to select all books found in that folder, click on "select" button, you will see all the book files getting selected, click on "import" button.
It will prompt you for category (optional). That is for when you want to create individual category of books (for which this bunch of selected book files should be filed under), such as cooking, or romance fiction.
Once you done that, go back to home screen, click on third tab (where the bookshelf is). On the top shelf, you would only see books you opened recently (it's called the recent book shelf), if you click on "All books" in middle of that screen, you would then see a list of categories you created (when you imported in previous step), if you haven't enter any category during import process, you simply see a list of all the books you've imported. Click on category to open all the books imported under this category.
Moon+ reader is very flexible program, they don't do a great job at explaining to people how to use it.
If you think my instruction is good, click thank me button.
Hope that helps.
rvpals said:
Moon+ reader pro is simply the best reader app on the market right now.
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Paging chapter nonsense sucks, nuff said.
JackieBrown said:
Just curious, but does it respect a symlink? I guess I can try it when I get home
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Nevermind. I guess you can't do symlink in android.
Related
Here's the B&N eReader app that was on my NRG ROM but gave a 'comng soon' splash but updated OTA to the attached new version that is live and working
A bunch of pics and info on the app ar located here: http://www.mobilitydigest.com/barnes-nobles-ereader-is-liveand-sweet/
Awesome, thank you kindly!
Excuse my ignorance about the B&N eReader but can you import ebooks you already own into this reader or will it only except publications from the B&N website?
I am not seeing any option to import existing ebooks, such as the ones I have for eReader. B&N owns eReader, if I remember correctly. Wonder if the two apps will "merge" at some point, or I'm guessing they may want people like me to switch over to the new reader.
this is awesome ... thanks David
I've been waiting for this for a long time. You're my hero! Thanks!
Yer looks ok, downloaded the free books, but I can't view my .epub books I already have, seems pointless application unless I can read my existing epubs, perhaps I am doing something wrong again...
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Yer looks ok, downloaded the free books, but I can't view my .epub books I already have, seems pointless application unless I can read my existing epubs, perhaps I am doing something wrong again...
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I suspect they have to be in the folder that the app uses. I haven't dug around yet to find just where the program is storing my books.
After the first five minutes, my initial impressions:
- Visually very appealing
- Instant access to your B&N library (proud nook owner here, so I have a lot of e-books from B&N).
- Doesn't sync yet with the nook (but neither does the BlackBerry or iPhone version)
- You can read e-newspapers from the app (I don't think you can do that yet with the other versions, but maybe they've been updated)
If you buy e-books from B&N this is definitely a must-have app. Otherwise there are more flexible options out there.
I tried importing a book from my peanut press folder on my sd card to the proper one on main memory (where Dracula was downloaded), and it didn't recognize it. I love the fact that the bonehead who made the cab put the BN folder on the root of the device, instead of in program files.
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I tried importing a book from my peanut press folder on my sd card to the proper one on main memory (where Dracula was downloaded), and it didn't recognize it. I love the fact that the bonehead who made the cab put the BN folder on the root of the device, instead of in program files.
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It's in Program Files on mine. But I'm not happy about the boneheaded move to put the Books folder within the program folder in main memory. It might be preferable to install the app to a storage card instead of main memory. Unless someone can find a way to get the program to look for books on the storage card.
Version 1.0.0.27 is now on B&N's website
images.barnesandnoble.com/PResources/download/WinMo/BNeReader_1.0.0.27.CAB
It's in Program Files on mine. But I'm not happy about the boneheaded move to put the Books folder within the program folder in main memory. It might be preferable to install the app to a storage card instead of main memory. Unless someone can find a way to get the program to look for books on the storage card.
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I agree. At minimum I want my books on the storage card, even better if the whole program is there too.
If you buy e-books from B&N this is definitely a must-have app. Otherwise there are more flexible options out there.
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I'm still deciding which reader to go with. Which one do you like better?
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I agree. At minimum I want my books on the storage card, even better if the whole program is there too.
I'm still deciding which reader to go with. Which one do you like better?
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After installation I was able to cut and paste the whole installation directory to my Storage Card, update the shortcut and the app worked just fine.
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I'm still deciding which reader to go with. Which one do you like better?
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Mobipocket is still my personal favorite.
+1 for Mobireader
It would be nice if they'd update the application to better fit the HD2 (non D-Pad phones)
Download a sample from B&N, anyone will do or the sample of your book you already have..
Then go to your book folder, copy across your, EPUB file already converted from any other form in Calibre etc...then rename it with the exact same long 13 digit number as the one you downloaded...
then ok the image and title are wrong but the book is all correct inside...
Anyone get any further than this
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Download a sample from B&N, anyone will do or the sample of your book you already have..
Then go to your book folder, copy across your, EPUB file already converted from any other form in Calibre etc...then rename it with the exact same long 13 digit number as the one you downloaded...
then ok the image and title are wrong but the book is all correct inside...
Anyone get any further than this
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Good tip, infact if you download a sample of the book you have already then everything looks and works fine , the thumbnail has a small sample sticker on it though but that ain't a problem
Rumball: I was able to move it to my storage card as you suggested - thanks.
Mobipocket works ok for me but I have the HD2 and it's hard to turn the pages. I'm still shopping around, I'm taking a closer look at the calibre conversion program.
All,
This app was developed to sync with your B&N ebook library only, ie not to read epub's that you might have already downloaded to your phone or from other sources. If you have a book from B&N then it should be in your ebook library in which case it can be synced and downloaded. That's not to say you can't trick it into reading other downloaded books per other comments.
Also note it's been developed specifically and only for the HD2... mileage will vary if tried on another phones.
Richard
If you buy e-books from B&N this is definitely a must-have app. Otherwise there are more flexible options out there.
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what would those options be? i have many .pdf's .cbr's i've collected rom around the net. could you guide me in the right direction to one of the better ebook readers for many files types.
thanks
I just started using Moon+ Reader Free Ver. & it opens only one chapter of a book at a time. It shows the number of pages in the chapter & which one I am on, but not the page count for the whole book. When I reach the end of a chapter, I am prompted to scroll down to load the next chapter. Does anyone know if this can be changed to just opening the whole book? Seems kinda weird for Moon+ to do it this way, otherwise it's a pretty nice reader.
Thanks,
kev
That is Moon+ Reader's default behavior. I use it daily, and that one annoyed me too, but you can at least get it to stop prompting so that it will just load in the next chapter when you flip the page. If you go into settings, Miscellaneous, and uncheck the option that says "Show chapter end prompt", that should do it.
As for Moon+ working only with chapters, if the book format supports chaptering, then the reader treats the book that way. Maybe a word to the dev of the app might shed some light (or inspire a feature?)
Another nice reader is Aldiko, though it has its own issues.
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That is Moon+ Reader's default behavior. I use it daily, and that one annoyed me too, but you can at least get it to stop prompting so that it will just load in the next chapter when you flip the page. If you go into settings, Miscellaneous, and uncheck the option that says "Show chapter end prompt", that should do it.
As for Moon+ working only with chapters, if the book format supports chaptering, then the reader treats the book that way. Maybe a word to the dev of the app might shed some light (or inspire a feature?)
Another nice reader is Aldiko, though it has its own issues.
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Thanks for that. I am still trying to settle on my default reader. I like Aldiko OK, but can't remember why I moved away from it. I like to be able to have the left hand advance the pages, maybe Aldiko didn't do that? Be nice if a reader would replicate the original Nook page buttons. Maybe have the top half left/right edge advance & the lower half left/right go back. I could go for that!
Cheers,
kev
The whole chapter thing is one thing I hated about Moon Reader. Went back to FBreader, which on whole is better IMO.
You know, I didn't even notice that it didn't show page numbers because it does show percentage of book which I think is much better. Page numbers seem far too inaccurate. For example, many books require 2 or 3 page presses before it advances 1 page in other readers, while MR shows advancing of the percentage indicator.
It would be nice to have that option for those that want it though.
Moon+ Reader: Annoying, inscrutable page numbering !!!
Thu 19 Jul 2012, 10:30 am
Hi All,
I realize this is an old thread, but might be worth revisiting. I find this chapter/page numbering system in Moon+ Reader annoying and inscrutable!
For example the past several bookmarks I have added say: 49.2%, 299.1%, 67.8%, 79.5% and 448.9%. I have just been reading chronologically and adding a bookmark following every session. What are these percentages about? 448.9% of WHAT ???
I primarily read ebooks using TTS, so that leaves out Aldiko as an option. Moon+ Reader has more and better features, but Aldiko handles page numbering sanely, and organizing books in shelves and categories in Aldiko is a lot better. Wish I could combine the best of both!
Rex
Khon Kaen, Thailand
prefer Coolreader
Actually i think Coolreader is a nicer looking format. It actually
LOOKS like a book which i like.
I hate Moon+ Reader for this chapter thing.
I read the same book on phone and tablet and I want an app which can sync both gadgets. Does anybody knows such app? FBreader can't do this.
Thank you.
decebal12345 said:
I hate Moon+ Reader for this chapter thing.
I read the same book on phone and tablet and I want an app which can sync both gadgets. Does anybody knows such app? FBreader can't do this.
Thank you.
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there is fbsync for fbreader with which u can sync book positions - not as comfortable as with moon, but working all the same
Does anyone know how to make Moon+ Reader Pro Import books from an emulator such as Bluestacks? I used to use AMIDuOS which worked effortelssly. All I had to do with that emulator was set the documents path to C:\Documents. Then in MR, set the Main Folder to \sdcard\documents and it imported all my books and the complete folder structure automatically. I can't for the life of me, figure out how to achieve the same thing with any other emulator. PLEASE can someone help?
Playing around with CM7 and I'm not all that keen on the Nook app, so I want to try and find a replacement. I use calibre on my PC and I also use the calibre library app, which will allow you to specify the download location.
The problem with Aldiko seems to be that you have to put the book on your NC first (doesn't matter where) and then import it. I'd like to have it so that when calibre puts it there, the reader sees it and we're good to go, but with Aldiko, I have to import after it's on the NC and then I have two copies of every book, unless I do some sort of cleanup.
Any suggestions on a cleaner way to use Aldiko or a different app, given what I'm using? I don't have to use the calibre library app either - if I can just set a download location that the reader will pick up without jumping through hoops.
ive never had a problem with aldiko duplicating books on import i was under the impression that it just indexed the location on the sd card
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ive never had a problem with aldiko duplicating books on import i was under the impression that it just indexed the location on the sd card
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Double check it. It duplicates for me by moving the book into it's library structure on the sdcard and leaving the old one where it is.
I think I'm liking FBreader right now. Surprised no one has any input on this...
I'm a fan of moon reader myself.
I use coolreader but I don't use Calibre so I can't help you there. I suspect your problem with Aldiko has to do with importing books into Aldiko rather than just opening them. I noticed that if I choose import after pointing the program at the book location on the sd card it makes a copy and puts it on my shelf thingie. if I don't import (and let it make the copy) I don't get the cover on my shelf.
Doesn't anyone here use the Nook for Android app? The most latest one look pretty slick, although it can get a bit laggy, especially if you're like me, who has like thousands of ebooks.
Aldiko is great but I have the same problem. I would love to use the "Send to device" function, in Calibre.
I image the problem lies in the setup, there must be a way to setup a custom device and tell it where the files should go.
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Doesn't anyone here use the Nook for Android app? The most latest one look pretty slick, although it can get a bit laggy, especially if you're like me, who has like thousands of ebooks.
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Maybe I'm old-school, but I use the Nook app for all my B&N books, which is mostly what I have. It's generally my go-to so far for the public domain books too, but I haven't read much lately outside of PDFs for work using ezPDF. The last update that added magazines etc made it much nicer and more stable for me.
I like the B&N Nook app okay, but the organization seems to be a tad lacking to me. You can only do 'recent', 'title' and 'author' and you can't do a simple list (just words) either.
Aldiko, for example, will do series. FBreader will do tags and you can set favorites. And so on.
At least the app has a decent night mode vs the grey that's on stock. But shelves might be nicer I think. And adding some of the other stuff as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111978
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917926
I was on aldiko previously until they have issues with calibre opds format lately. I have moved to fbreader as opds works great but now I have another issue. Fbsync doesn't seem to work when trying to sync bookmarks. Whenever I click sync it will force close. It works on my attic though...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111978
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917926
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Thanks a lot khatsyus! I missed those!
One thing I *really* like is the ability to use Aldiko and put a shortcut to a book right on the home screen.
Hm...My ideal reader:
Shortcuts to open books on home screen (like stock)
Recognize books in directory without need to "import" (everything but Aldiko, I think)
Autoscroll (moon+)
Recognize Tags (all but nook)
"Last reading" - FBReader opens right to the page of the last book you were reading which is essentially just like the stock "Last Reading" button from the status bar.
Organization/Collections (aldiko, moon+)
Ability to see and use TOC from details without opening book (nook)
Multiple bookmarks (can't figure out how to even add a bookmark in nook app, it just puts one wherever you left off automatically.
On a side note, does anyone else find that the nook app does't honor screen timeouts or anything? It just keeps the display powered up and running. Accidentally ran my nook down completely because of it.
Slightly off the main topic, but I found this article yesterday about how to use either Aldiko or Moonreader along with Calibe and Dropbox to access your entire ebook library anywhere. I currently have 646 ebooks on my laptop and don't have them all on my different devices, so as long as I have WiFi or 3G I can connect and add any books I want to my Nook or phone.
http://www.anamardoll.com/2011/03/ereader-library-in-cloud.html
I'm using Aldiko now (and the Nook app for any of my downloads from B&N, which is actually pretty few) and the only option it doesn't have that I want is the ability to synch the app between devices so if I'm reading on my Nook it will remember the page so I can continue from the same spot on my phone. Does Moonreader have an option like that?
I've been using coolreader for months and really like it. Free and I haven't found anything that I want to do frustrated.
I had been using the nook for android app, and it does work quite well. However I figure there are alternative readers out there and I would be doing myself a dis-service if I did not check a few of them out to see what else is available. So I installed moon reader and so far it is working nicely for me. I particularly like the night themes as they are very easy on my eyes.
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I'm a fan of moon reader myself.
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+1 for moon reader
What kind of sharing options does Moon+ have? Is there any type of option that will post the page you're on or percentage complete like Goodreads does? (I can't get the Goodreads app to work on my rooted Nook)
Definitely souring on Aldiko. Have some books that it is chopping up on-screen (dropping words/sentences from end/beginning of pages). Pulled up the same pages in fbreader and no problems. I've never had that issue in the nook app. Gotta try moon reader now...
Moon reader +1
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So I've been having a blast obsessing over my NT. I find that I actually like the stock Home for reading & browsing books, pdfs & comic book archives. These are some quick observations:
Sideloading via USB to My Files... will use the "reserved for B&N" space.
Any compatible formats will show up in the Library, Home Screen & the Daily Shelf if they're side loaded via USB. But if they're transferred over a network, using ES File Explorer, they won't. You can still find them through search, or browsing through "my stuff" in Library. I'm wondering if there is a way to "refresh" the Library, so they know they're there, as is done when transferred via USB.
PDFs: Covers don't appear. Titles & Author will be displayed if the info is available. I used PDF-Xchange Viewer to edit Title & Author in unlocked PDFs. Cover art does NOT display, which doesn't make sense because they work with CBZ.
CBZs: Comic Book Archives that are ZIP work really well. I used a batch script that I found here: http://www.advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/diary.html?start=363 to convert all CBRs to CBZs. It's way quicker than manually converting. The first page will show up as cover art, which is really cool.
epub: Some, obviously, are better produced than others. If there is cover art, it'll show up. If not Title & Author will be displayed over the generic icon if it's available. I was able to edit (add) that information in FBreader (a super simple windows epub reader.) I wish there was just as simple way to add cover art.
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Not only can you get good covers for your epubs, but I actually know the ideal resolution. And even covers that are embedded in the epub that are misaligned, crappy resolution, or generally garbage I've learned how to fix and perfect.
I WAS going to make a tutorial video showing how to do all of this.
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Omg nirv come back again xD
Thanks for your observations. Its good to know sideloading will go into the B&N space rather than the 1Gb of space. Now I know you are doing it for books etc - but can you tell us if sideloading mp3s and say a movie file will do the same and go into the reserved space? Please try it out and let us know.
Its a shame that the covers of PDFs dont show. Thats kind of a bummer. I don't even understand why that wouldn't just work by default. Is there somewhere official we can go to complain about that so they might fix it? I want to throw lots of pdfs on there and hope to see the covers!
PDFs are legit and supported files, so it wouldn't hurt to comment or suggest that the stock home support PDF covers.
The stock library or home page does not display videos as far as I can tell. The way that media, like pics, music and video work they show up join the Media Gallery, which sucks. But again those are supported file formats, so it's something worth commenting and makings suggestions about. Email their support at [email protected]
I second the notion that cbz work very well on the NT.
Though the lack of some features that actual dedicated comic reader apps offer is really evident when you're stuck with the stock viewer.
Double pages are often shrunken down onto one page, you can't automatically advance to the next comic, you can't create shelves within shelves so you can organize your comic series, etc.
It'll do in a pinch, but the stock reader will never replace stuff like comic reader mobi and perfect viewer. If only those would show up in the B&N app store and become "official."
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epub: Some, obviously, are better produced than others. If there is cover art, it'll show up. If not Title & Author will be displayed over the generic icon if it's available. I was able to edit (add) that information in FBreader (a super simple windows epub reader.) I wish there was just as simple way to add cover art.
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Download calibre. It is a free program for windows (maybe mac too..dunno) that you can add/edit any information for the epub books and convert from/to most formats. I have a lot of mobi ebooks that I have converted to epub and added the cover art and it shows in the stock library. It also has a nifty search program that automatically searches for cover art from multiple sources.
Has anyone experiamented with pdfs > 50mb? I am mostly worried about RPG pdfs... hoping to not have to lug a ton of books to the gaming table...
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Sideloading via USB to My Files... will use the "reserved for B&N" space.
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Could you or anyone please explain this in detail for a noob?
You're saying this uses the 11GB of B&N "reserved" *hijacked* RAM, not the 1GB left for the user?
When I plug my rooted NT into my computer, the MyNOOK drive is mounted, but it's only 1GB. (Also my SD card mounts). Copying to My Files reduces the 1GB. So there must be more to 'sideloading via USB' than this, so what am I missing? Or is it just certain files and formats go to the B&N space?
You can still find them through search, or browsing through "my stuff" in Library. I'm wondering if there is a way to "refresh" the Library, so they know they're there, as is done when transferred via USB.
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So far the closest I've found is clicking 'Edit' in the My Shelves section- a list will pop up with media on either internal or SD card and let you individually select each item to add. Would be a real PITA with a large number of files though.
Thanks for the conversion to CBZ script. I was batch-extracting my .CBR files, zipping them, then changing the extension to .cbz but the script is obviously much faster for large collections.
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Has anyone experiamented with pdfs > 50mb? I am mostly worried about RPG pdfs... hoping to not have to lug a ton of books to the gaming table...
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Stock reader works great for RPG book PDFs. I've used files with sizes ranging from 1-2MB to upwards of 75MB (I've got all of DnD 3rd,3.5, and 4th ed and quite a bit of 2nd scanned and OCRed), and only very rarely notice lag, even when reading off of SD. Only real downside is the PDF cover problem that has existed since the NC. For me, it was enough of an annoyance that I started using Mantano Reader (the paid version) on my rooted NT until such time that it ever gets fixed, since it allows browsing by cover thumbnail.
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Has anyone experiamented with pdfs > 50mb? I am mostly worried about RPG pdfs... hoping to not have to lug a ton of books to the gaming table...
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I've loaded a few 60MB+ pdf files that I use for work. Paging through them is reasonably fast. The stock viewer has really clumsy navigation and bookmark controls though.
I'd rather use QuickPDF, but it has an issue where all the options are trapped under the status bar
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I've loaded a few 60MB+ pdf files that I use for work. Paging through them is reasonably fast. The stock viewer has really clumsy navigation and bookmark controls though.
I'd rather use QuickPDF, but it has an issue where all the options are trapped under the status bar
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I was reading on another post where someone turned off the status bar, accidently at first, but then liked it better that way.
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19761265&highlight=status#post19761265
Nook native reader chokes on some PDFs
I got my NT to be a universal ebook reader. It works great for that with Calibre.
The native PDF reader is good for selecting text passages, but it will choke and hang on certain PDF's that don't appear to handle text flow correctly. I get a PDF subscription to Monitoring Times, and I've run into that problem. The reader will hang, and then suddenly present you with two sentences of selected text smushedtogetherwithoutspaceslikethis.
The NT comes with QuickOffice Lite and you can read PDF's with it. I decided to buy the Pro version--I needed to be able to edit Word/Excel docs, and the PDF reader on QO Pro is quite a bit smoother. It's worth $7 bucks (and I can't stand Angry Birds anyway...)
I haven't yet found an upper limit for PDF size--a lot of files I have are scanned computer manuals from bitsavers.org, but I regularly read PDF's of 50-60 megs or more on the device.
Otherwise, it's a great first tablet. I had whole folders of PDF's, .mobi, Plucker, .doc and plain text files that just went right in, at least after I used Calibre to convert them.
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I was reading on another post where someone turned off the status bar, accidently at first, but then liked it better that way.
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Haha, yeah that was me. Unfortunately, this was specific only to GoLauncher. No way to turn it off in QuickPDF.
Fortunately, it doesn't matter; I got rid of the paid QuickOffice entirely. (I got it free from Amazon. I'm glad I didn't pay for it, because it sucked on the NT)
I've since found (thanks to someone here) that I prefer Mantano Reader Free. It's available straight from the market.
It has an awesome interface, it's own bookshelf, it generates/shows PDF covers, and it's blazing fast. It seems tablet aware; it only shows the status bar when you tap the bottom of the screen, and it's own menu is high enough not to get stuck behind it. I highly recommend it.
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I got my NT to be a universal ebook reader. It works great for that with Calibre.
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2nd this. Calibre is amazing. I use the 'Fetch News' feature to gather content from various sources, and it creates a perfectly formatted mini-magazine out of them. I was surprised when I attached my NT; Calibre recognized it as a Nook Tablet, and automatically copied my news 'digests' to My Files.
reverenddak said:
So I've been having a blast obsessing over my NT. I find that I actually like the stock Home for reading & browsing books, pdfs & comic book archives. These are some quick observations:
Sideloading via USB to My Files... will use the "reserved for B&N" space.
Any compatible formats will show up in the Library, Home Screen & the Daily Shelf if they're side loaded via USB. But if they're transferred over a network, using ES File Explorer, they won't. You can still find them through search, or browsing through "my stuff" in Library. I'm wondering if there is a way to "refresh" the Library, so they know they're there, as is done when transferred via USB.
PDFs: Covers don't appear. Titles & Author will be displayed if the info is available. I used PDF-Xchange Viewer to edit Title & Author in unlocked PDFs. Cover art does NOT display, which doesn't make sense because they work with CBZ.
CBZs: Comic Book Archives that are ZIP work really well. I used a batch script that I found here: http://www.advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/diary.html?start=363 to convert all CBRs to CBZs. It's way quicker than manually converting. The first page will show up as cover art, which is really cool.
epub: Some, obviously, are better produced than others. If there is cover art, it'll show up. If not Title & Author will be displayed over the generic icon if it's available. I was able to edit (add) that information in FBreader (a super simple windows epub reader.) I wish there was just as simple way to add cover art.
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How did you get the items you sideloaded into the reserved space via USB?
When I copy files from my computer to "/media/my files/Books" they go into the 1gig space.
Are you sure they are in the 12gig reserved space? In which directory do you see them with root explorer?
I have the same experience.
I did not root my NT coz I am scared (noob here), so I am just sideloading.
Most of the ebooks I downloaded actually go to my library which means it uses the 11 or 12gb that BN reserved for "their" content.
I am not sure if this go to all other files but all the things I downloaded from the browser go to the MyFiles (Downloads) folder of the library, be it ebooks or apps. I haven't tried to download anything from the browser other than ebooks and apps at the moment.
I am using an mp3 download app from the market and the mp3s I downloaded from the app goes to the sd card...
You will load into My Files/Books. If it's on the main storage, this folder is in that 1G area. If you have a SD card, then it's on the SD card. SD card shows on your desktop as another drive.
Possible PDF Cover solution?
PDFs: Covers don't appear.
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I've been annoyed by this issue for a few months now, I think I might have made a little headway though.
I made a post on the nookdevelopers.zendest.com, where one user recommended dropping a PDF into an ePub since it's basically a Zip file. It took me awhile to learn the ePub format since it's a little more involved than just zipping the cover/pdf together.
My final product was a PDF w/ a cover, which showed up nicely on the Nook Tablet "Desktop"!! However now when I open the PDF (well, it's like an PDF/ePub hybrid now), it renders horribly, the page turns are slow, and if I navigate to any page past 80 or so it crashes. This blows my mind because the naked PDF works just fine in the reader app.
Here is a link the now unresponsive Zendesk post: Can't link yet
Here is the ePub/PDF & Cover I created: Can't link yet
Here is a link to the raw PDF: Can't link yet
(Until I can link, head over to the zendesk and search for 'pdf in epub with nook tablet', there are 2 different threads, the newest one has links to the PDF and ePub wrapped PDF I created)
I'm hoping this is a clue that will tip someone off to breaking this problem wide open.
Once the kinks are worked out, I can throw together an app to auto-wrap PDF's into ePubs. A complete bandaid to the problem, but since the Nook developers are asleep at the wheel, it's at least something.
I'll admit I'm a complete noob to android or any smart phone....so be gentle!
I bought a NT for my daughter's Christmas present and have rooted it with Indirect's method following Albert's videos. Excellent stuff and everything went as planned. I loaded Go Launcher and debloated #1 option.
The device will be used primarily for an ereader so the first 2 apps I downloaded were Kindle and Nook for Android. The Kindle fires up just fine, but when I tap the Nook nothing happens. The stock Nook ereader is accessible if you are in another application and hit the 'n' and go to library, but I'd like to have it on the main page in a folder with Kindle. Is there any way to get a Nook reader app on the main page?
I have purchased Root Explorer so if I need to move / modify something I should be ok.
Not sure what the debloater removes, but is the Library icon still available in Go Launcher's app drawer? If so, just long press on it until you see the option at the bottom "Drag to Screen" (or something similar), drag it there and Go Launcher will zoom out to show all of your active screens. Drag the icon to one of them and it will stay there.
Pressing that should get you to the same place as the Library option on the nook menu that comes up when you press the 'n'
Using AnyCut, I believe the stock Reader app is actually Nook Viewer. However- it doesn't have any menus or UI elements of its own. I believe this is why when you're in it, there's no available menu/file functions. By itself, it's just a white screen.
So basically, I think Library is the only practical way to link directly to the stock reader. There's also a 'Books' app that can be added as an Application shortcut, but it's a pretty limited preview of the stock Library.
Alternatively, you could use a third party book reader like Moon Reader, Aldiko (has a very nice bookshelf/library feature of its own) or Mantano Reader Free (ditto).
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Not sure what the debloater removes, but is the Library icon still available in Go Launcher's app drawer? If so, just long press on it until you see the option at the bottom "Drag to Screen" (or something similar), drag it there and Go Launcher will zoom out to show all of your active screens. Drag the icon to one of them and it will stay there.
Pressing that should get you to the same place as the Library option on the nook menu that comes up when you press the 'n'
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This worked perfectly. Thanks!
After flashing my Nook Tablet to CM10, I've come to realise how superior the Stock Reader and Library was to any 3rd party app (I've tried several, and nothing works as elegantly with epub, pdf and cbz as the stock Library & Reader did. It's considerably better than even the Kindle (App and device.) The Kobo App is decent, but way too invasive with its ads and recommendations. Has anyone tried porting the stock library & reader app to CM10? I tried installing the Library & Reader APK from the 1.4.3 update, but it doesn't install.
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After flashing my Nook Tablet to CM10, I've come to realise how superior the Stock Reader and Library was to any 3rd party app (I've tried several...
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Did you not like Moon+ Reader? The Pro version has great PDF support. Worth the five bucks, IMO.
I've been happy with Comic Rack for CBR and CBZs. Lightning fast and hella stable.
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Did you not like Moon+ Reader? The Pro version has great PDF support. Worth the five bucks, IMO.
I've been happy with Comic Rack for CBR and CBZs. Lightning fast and hella stable.
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Yep, I didn't like how moon+ handled my files, and didn't like the interface.
Most readers get close, but want to "import" your files , some just create a database (which is fine) some like to move or copy your epubs into their own directory (e.g. Kobo). I want to copy my epubs to a standard directory, and for the reader's "Library" or browser to see the files there. I also want smooth page transitions.
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Yep, I didn't like how moon+ handled my files, and didn't like the interface.
Most readers get close, but want to "import" your files , some just create a database (which is fine) some like to move or copy your epubs into their own directory (e.g. Kobo). I want to copy my epubs to a standard directory, and for the reader's "Library" or browser to see the files there. I also want smooth page transitions.
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Moon+ doesn't actually move any files anywhere during the import process if that's what you think. You can specify which folder to look at for all your storage. That's exactly what I do.
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Moon+ doesn't actually move any files anywhere during the import process if that's what you think. You can specify which folder to look at for all your storage. That's exactly what I do.
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And a new update just added support for CBR and CBZs with smooth-scrolling thumbnails. Maybe you should give it another go? (And I found that fiddling with the MANY tweaking options for page transitions gave me exactly the level of smoothness, speed, etc., that I was looking for. After that, I saved new default day and night custom themes. I can't say enough good things about Moon+.)
My favorite ereader is still fbreader the minimalist interface is superior to many of the fancy looking ones plus it opens by default it the last read book which is important if you only have a few minutes to read.
Sent from my Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet using Tapatalk 2
johnseeking said:
And a new update just added support for CBR and CBZs with smooth-scrolling thumbnails. Maybe you should give it another go? (And I found that fiddling with the MANY tweaking options for page transitions gave me exactly the level of smoothness, speed, etc., that I was looking for. After that, I saved new default day and night custom themes. I can't say enough good things about Moon+.)
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Does Moon+ handled DRM'ed ePubs? My library uses Adobe Digital Editions for lending ePub files, and I've only been able to open them in Aldiko, though otherwise I like the Moon+ interface better. I don't want to plonk down $5 for Moon+ when the free version of Aldiko handles my specific need...
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Does Moon+ handled DRM'ed ePubs? My library uses Adobe Digital Editions for lending ePub files, and I've only been able to open them in Aldiko, though otherwise I like the Moon+ interface better. I don't want to plonk down $5 for Moon+ when the free version of Aldiko handles my specific need...
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Moon+ free version is what I use. As for DRM content, I really dont know as I have NEVER experienced a rejection with anything other than the incorrect format prior to them adding MOBI and CBR CBZ support.
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Moon+ free version is what I use. As for DRM content, I really dont know as I have NEVER experienced a rejection with anything other than the incorrect format prior to them adding MOBI and CBR CBZ support.
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When I try to open a DRM'ed file in Moon+ free, all I get is an error message with a link to search for how to bypass ADE's DRM. That puts a bad taste in my mouth -- effectively they're saying "We don't want to add support for reading DRM files. Here's how to break the DRM, instead."
Aldiko give an error message if you haven't registered you SD card with your ADE credentials. If you have, opening an ADE file is totally transparent.
I guess that decides it for me, then. I'll stick with Aldiko, instead.
reverenddak said:
After flashing my Nook Tablet to CM10, I've come to realise how superior the Stock Reader and Library was to any 3rd party app (I've tried several, and nothing works as elegantly with epub, pdf and cbz as the stock Library & Reader did. It's considerably better than even the Kindle (App and device.) The Kobo App is decent, but way too invasive with its ads and recommendations. Has anyone tried porting the stock library & reader app to CM10? I tried installing the Library & Reader APK from the 1.4.3 update, but it doesn't install.
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This is my #1 fear in upgrading from rooted stock w/ go launcher to CM10. No matter what happens, my tablet is still primarily a book reader... and I happen to love the stock reader.
Is there a specific reason as to 1. Why it won't install and 2. Why the nook app for android isn't the same?