01-09-2014, 11:31 AM | #16 | |
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Mantano has got a free version but in this version ads are displayed, this is also true for Aldiko and Moon+. Of course I tried these apps and found the ads pretty annoying and can imagine that I'm not the only one. EPUBReader is free and does not display ads. As for the formatting features, I'll add of course some but not as much as e.g. Mantano because in my opinion the average users doesn't need them. In general my goal was to create a simple, effective, free and ad free reader which offers all main features. In my opinion there is a market for such a reader, future will show. |
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01-09-2014, 12:43 PM | #17 |
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Are your ebooks in the epub format and have got the file extension "epub"? - yes. Could you open the ebooks with another reader? - yes. Moon+ pro, Cool Reader, FBReader, Mantano lite, Overdrive, and Google Books all work. Did you store them just recently on your sdcard? - no I also tried to open an epub with your reader thru a file manager, but your app doesn't advertise that it can open epubs so I couldn't. I installed the app on my Samsung Galaxy SIII but had the same problems. It's on Android 4.3. |
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I just tried it on my Nexus 7 3g that's on 4.4 and it works - there must be a problem with 4.3 in your app. I only have a few books on it, but I only have a few on my phone and it didn't work there either.
There really need to be a few formatting choices. I need to be able to adjust all margin sizes, adjust line height, change fonts, and change justification. I would like to be able to add a blank space between paragraphs, but I know it's not a popular option. Another thing that would be nice is a real night mode - the bright white font is too much for me, but I don't think any readers have that. Mantano doesn't even let you change the font color in night mode. Allowing the changing of font and background colors would be fine for that. The other thing I need is to be able to open a book outside of the app. I use Calibre Companion to manage my books and always start reading from there. |
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I just realized I forgot to tell you about the problems I had changing pages. It seemed that I could only change a page by tapping if I tapped on a part of the page that had text on it. Otherwise I had to swipe. There were a few pages with no text - no empty pages come up in any other reader. I could only get past these empty pages by swiping. I tried to tap on the arrows, but that didn't do anything.
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01-10-2014, 04:18 AM | #21 | |
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As for formatting options: I will add margin, line height options etc. as soon as possible. I have to check what has to be done to open an ebook from outside. |
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01-10-2014, 04:26 AM | #22 | |
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The additional empty pages have something to do with the way how EPUBReader displays the pages in the Webview element. I'm not sure if it's possible to fix this but will have a look. |
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