iPod Best eBook Reader App - Page 2

benham · 05-10-2011, 03:49 PM

That figures....

toddos · 05-10-2011, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musashi

It's sad, but iFlow team will stop the operations.

https://www.iflowreader.com/Closing.aspx

I never liked iFlow as a reader, but it seems like if they had a willing user base they shouldn't necessarily need to cease operations. Their business model of giving the reader away for free and selling ebooks from the reader is no longer tenable, but there are other options.

Modify the existing app to remove book-selling functionality, and then:

Split the reader into free+ads and paid for $5-10 (they have a unique autoscrolling feature that people would be willing to pay for)
Move the book store online and redirect to the web browser to sell books "from the app", a la Kindle. Or hook up with other book sellers using referral codes, a la Bluefire.
Port to Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.

If they truly believed in their product, I'm surprised they'd give up so easily.

leebase · 05-12-2011, 04:17 PM

I use Stanza and iBooks. Love them both. iBooks syncs between my iPhone and iPad which is nicer. Now that I can "side load" an epub from calibre into my iBooks, I use iBooks the most.

Stanza has never been buggy in my experience.

Lee

egarbacz · 05-12-2011, 04:27 PM

I agree with Lee about iBooks, since getting my iPad it has become my go to reader for epubs. Adding epubs from my dropbox library is quick and easy and the syncing to my iPhone is the killer feature. Prior to my iPad my favorite was iFlow the scrolling reader on the small screen my preferred way to read. Now that iFlow is gone does anyone know of another scrolling reader that supports epubs?

benham · 05-12-2011, 05:53 PM

Excellent question. I got so used to it on my Palm ereader, it was one of the best features. The other is the ability to change the background and font colors.

TheBookMonster · 05-15-2011, 08:48 PM

Thanks for all your help, my opinion was that Kindle has the best reading interface, but no option to import your books or pdfs. In second, was iBooks mainly because its store blows Stanza out of the water. And iBooks is also easy to import books and pdfs (via email or safari). I didn't like the way Stanza formatted my pdf's and epubs.

JSWolf · 05-15-2011, 10:08 PM

While iBooks syncs, it has problems. It does a lot of things screwy.

GlennD · 05-15-2011, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

While iBooks syncs, it has problems. It does a lot of things screwy.

Can you elaborate? I use iBooks as my primary reader and haven't noticed anything screwy.

kittyppg · 05-24-2011, 09:39 PM

I like iBooks application allowing me to freely manage and marks or comment on either pdf or ePub books.

leebase · 05-25-2011, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlennD

Can you elaborate? I use iBooks as my primary reader and haven't noticed anything screwy.

Don't get him started. He has very specific and niche ePub needs that don't mean a hill of beans to 98% of folks, but he fills the forums with complaints about how this or that app is HORRIBLE.

Lee

Musashi · 05-25-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBookMonster

Thanks for all your help, my opinion was that Kindle has the best reading interface, but no option to import your books or pdfs. In second, was iBooks mainly because its store blows Stanza out of the water. And iBooks is also easy to import books and pdfs (via email or safari). I didn't like the way Stanza formatted my pdf's and epubs.

You can import mobi books to Kindle App.

JSWolf · 05-25-2011, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlennD

Can you elaborate? I use iBooks as my primary reader and haven't noticed anything screwy.

The last screwy thing iBooks did was ignore the line-height command I put in the CSS to fix the excess space due to the dropcap at the beginning of the first paragraph of every chapter. Also, iBooks sometimes misses the cover when the cover is properly there. And embedded fonts don't work.

JSWolf · 05-25-2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leebase

Don't get him started. He has very specific and niche ePub needs that don't mean a hill of beans to 98% of folks, but he fills the forums with complaints about how this or that app is HORRIBLE.

Lee

Yes, I do have specific ePub needs. I need it to actually work.

leebase · 05-26-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, I do have specific ePub needs. I need it to actually work.

Your views on what is or is not "working" are so out of the mainstream. You aren't wrong -- you just lambast products as useless because of problems that aren't really going to be problems for the vast majority of folks.

Lee

starfish777 · 05-26-2011, 06:31 PM

I like Nook because it has a brightness setting built in. Instead of having to exit and go to Settings, Brightness, I can just hit the little Settings logo in the app, slide the slide while actually looking at a window of the page, so I can see how it will look, and then go back to reading. Very quick.

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05-10-2011, 03:49 PM	#16
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	That figures....

05-12-2011, 04:17 PM	#18
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,934 Karma: 26616647 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	I use Stanza and iBooks. Love them both. iBooks syncs between my iPhone and iPad which is nicer. Now that I can "side load" an epub from calibre into my iBooks, I use iBooks the most. Stanza has never been buggy in my experience. Lee

05-12-2011, 04:27 PM	#19
egarbacz Member Posts: 24 Karma: 3468 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Philadelphia Device: Kindle Voyage, Boox Nova2	I agree with Lee about iBooks, since getting my iPad it has become my go to reader for epubs. Adding epubs from my dropbox library is quick and easy and the syncing to my iPhone is the killer feature. Prior to my iPad my favorite was iFlow the scrolling reader on the small screen my preferred way to read. Now that iFlow is gone does anyone know of another scrolling reader that supports epubs?

05-12-2011, 05:53 PM	#20
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Excellent question. I got so used to it on my Palm ereader, it was one of the best features. The other is the ability to change the background and font colors.

05-15-2011, 08:48 PM	#21
TheBookMonster iReader Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: New York City Device: iPod Touch 4	Thanks for all your help, my opinion was that Kindle has the best reading interface, but no option to import your books or pdfs. In second, was iBooks mainly because its store blows Stanza out of the water. And iBooks is also easy to import books and pdfs (via email or safari). I didn't like the way Stanza formatted my pdf's and epubs.

05-15-2011, 10:08 PM	#22
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,015 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	While iBooks syncs, it has problems. It does a lot of things screwy.

05-24-2011, 09:39 PM	#24
kittyppg Banned Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: none	I like iBooks application allowing me to freely manage and marks or comment on either pdf or ePub books.

05-26-2011, 06:31 PM	#30
starfish777 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: iPhone 4	I like Nook because it has a brightness setting built in. Instead of having to exit and go to Settings, Brightness, I can just hit the little Settings logo in the app, slide the slide while actually looking at a window of the page, so I can see how it will look, and then go back to reading. Very quick.

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