Im looking an application to read magazines in pdf format. Reading them in most pdf readers are adequate, but the feaure Im looking for is to view the two pages side by side as it is dislayed in the physical copy.
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is there any app that shows me my books organized by its metadata (in shelves would be great) and that allows to use 3rd party readers?
for example, i like aldiko look, and i like it for epubs, but i dont like its pdf reader
i'd love to be able to lauch repligo for pdf
basically, what i need is a ebook organizer app, not a ebook reader app
I haven't found anything that runs on android. I use Calibre on my PC and then load what I want on each device from there. I have used aldiko also, and just started using fbreader... I really like the way fbreader works.
I use Calibre e-Book Manager
Sorry not enough posts to do a link but Google is your friend here.
Sadly, I haven't found anything like this either (and I'd love to launch my Cisco Press books in ezpdf). Best workaround I've found is putting (astro) shortcuts to the books on the launcher via Desktop VisualizeR, and letting the default "open with" bindings for PDF take control. If you do find something, please update the thread; you're definitely not the only one who wants this functionality!
The stock reader lets you create shelves, but it doesn't do it automatically for you unfortunately. Calibre lets you edit your metadata on your computer. Not really what you're looking for though.
FBreader is fine with ePub files eg. in gutenberg.org and Calibre seems to convert PDF files to some kind of ePub files.
Any suggestions to apps / parameters which can convert PDFs with pictures, graphs, tables to some ebook files one can really read with some ebook reader in Samsung Galaxy S2?
akwaarius said:
FBreader is fine with ePub files eg. in gutenberg.org and Calibre seems to convert PDF files to some kind of ePub files.
Any suggestions to apps / parameters which can convert PDFs with pictures, graphs, tables to some ebook files one can really read with some ebook reader in Samsung Galaxy S2?
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I don't think you'll find that possible
If you read into the standards, PDF is essentially a vector print layout. And the ebook formats are more like HTML. That means they are laid out totally differently...
I don't really think you'll ever be able to do this perfectly, given what is available in terms of layout conversion.
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I don't think you'll find that possible
I don't really think you'll ever be able to do this perfectly, given what is available in terms of layout conversion.
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Thanks for a quick reply/answer. - If not perfectly, how about less perfectly: at least text captions, headlines etc ?
I use aldiko (not sure if spelled right) it accepts ePub and PDF as well and is very configurable when it comes to text color as well (if i remember)
You might be looking for a conversion tool. that, i can't help with.
I manage my ebooks with Alfa ebooks manager on win7. i don't remember how it works but it might (just might) help with the conversion / sorting process?
Moon+ or Laputa as a reader will run circles around the other choices...
Calibre is pretty much the converter of choice, however, if you're starting with a PDF, its unwise to change it unless you have the raw source on hand...
PDF's were created as a secure format for a reason, even if you own Acrobat, it doesn't deconstruct a PDF once it's made (very well)
If you have a PDF as your source, it's pretty much a grin and bear it situation. Read it as a PDF, and deal with scrolling and zooming constantly, or convert it, and lose formatting...
Lose-lose.
Hello, I'm searching for an app, who will put my PDF books like they are real ebooks.
Basically i'm looking for kindle like app but for my own collection ebooks not the books from some store. I know there is PDF reader but it just isn't the same feeling .
atm theres nothing to turn your pdf's into an ebook equivalent, why you have to do is install calibre onto you computer, then use that to convert the .pdf file into a .epub file, after that then you can install aldiko onto your device, and open the epubs and book, just like a book reader
hope this helps
i'm using amazon kindle read prc file
try ezPDF reader its really good and has what you need
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I like EBookDroid very much. Mainly because I can invert colors with it.
I'm trying to find a reader able to manage magazines (like Zinio), e-books and pdf docs stored on the Sony tablet s sd card ("sdcar" and also "sdcard2". Is this really impossible? Until now, no solution... I bought various magazines using zinio but I'd like to have a library with al kinds of docs/magazines... in the same app...
I have a very large reading library (18k) of publications most in epub format that I converted using calibre. I've tried Mantano, Aldiko, cool reader, and moon reader. I store my books on dropbox.
Moon reader crashes when trying to access such a large library. Aldiko tries to move all of my books to my unit. I've not messed around with Cool reader or Moon reader much yet.
What I'm looking for is a reader that I can use to do a search of the meta data without loading all of my books onto my note. I'm open to work around too.
I also use Calibre and have a large collection. I was playing around with Giogle Play Books. From my PC I was able to upload some of my ebooks (mind you, I was only playing around and didn't upload them all). Once uploaded, they showed up on my phone and tablet.
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You can upload your calibre library on say Dropbox and then access it with moon reader or fbreader.
Can you search the metatarsal of the books stored on dropbox?
Nope, v2.6.4 MoonReader and I can only search the titles
You'll be amazed by SideBooks
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.tokyo_ip.SideBooks
Moon Reader + Calibre Server.
Can browse or search by; Newest, Title, Author, Language, Publisher, Rating, Series and Tags.
Does everything I need and no problems accessing a very large collection.
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I have a very large reading library (18k) of publications most in epub format that I converted using calibre. I've tried Mantano, Aldiko, cool reader, and moon reader. I store my books on dropbox.
Moon reader crashes when trying to access such a large library. Aldiko tries to move all of my books to my unit. I've not messed around with Cool reader or Moon reader much yet.
What I'm looking for is a reader that I can use to do a search of the meta data without loading all of my books onto my note. I'm open to work around too.
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Did you try ezpdf?
Google Books ?
I don't have a huge collection like you but I upload all my .EPUBs and .PDFs to Google Books and they sync to all my devices fine.
Given the better integration that's finally taken place between Drive/Books, I think it would be compelling to make a copy of your library in Google Drive and use Play Books as your reader. That's what I do, but I haven't done extensive searching yet. What I will say is that it's pretty seamless to load anything from my library, from PC or Drive mobile, it looks absolutely beautiful, Drive and Google Play books are searchable from Google Now, which means you have access to any notation/quote Google does. Drive has come so far and integrates with reading now so well I ended up leaving Dropbox, it just makes more sense for an Android user.
i loved using drive, and even kindle, as an ebook reader. the only thing i didn't like is the lack of customization. if i can't have a black background with red text then i can't use the reader. i read mostly at night and don't like the harsh lights (i keep my brightness less than zero with lux).
my main reader has been moon but i use calibre companion also.