12-04-2012, 05:53 AM | #1 |
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HD+ Questions
Okay, seriously thinking of this after Christmas.
But I have a couple questions on it. How is the library sorted? I see that it has a page turn animation and for whatever reason I love it, so it would be my stock reader. If I transfer via Calibre would it put it in the main library? Or if I download from dropbox app and I put it in the same folder, would it put it where the title says, or in another grouping of items? I send books to my device putting series in the title with Calibre. Also, I've heard I can just sideload apps via adb and not have to root. That would be ideal for me, as I want Comic Rack for my comics. Thanks! |
12-04-2012, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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It depends on where you tell Calibre to send the books. Your Library is where ALL of your content is, and then it's broken down by format/location. So you have separate sub-libraries for Books, Files, Apps, Movies/TV etc. Anemic Oak has a photo of it here.
If you tell Calibre to send your books to the Books folder on the internal memory, it shows up in the main Books library. If you send it anywhere else it seems to end up in the My Files library/file browser. On the other hand, it seems to be smart enough to detect that videos are videos regardless of where they're sent, and those all show up in the Movies/TV library. If you do a search from the search bar at the bottom, it will search all libraries at once. I also send from Calibre with the series in front of the title. I don't know how it deals with that when you send stuff to the Books folder, as I haven't done that yet, but I expect it to work fine since the Color did. It doesn't seem to show up when you browse the Files directory, but it does when you search your library via the search bar. That's good enough for me, as I usually use the search bar rather than browsing, but that may not be enough for others. I don't use Dropbox, so I'm no help there. Yes, sideloading apps seems to be possible, but I sure as hell couldn't make it work, so I can't give any information there either. |
12-04-2012, 03:47 PM | #3 |
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Okay, thank you very much! I'm sure that it will do what I need...the only app I really want is Comic Rack, I'm sure I can get that installed.
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12-04-2012, 08:36 PM | #4 |
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You're welcome! And comics look GREAT on it, by the way. I've got some on it in PDF, and there's no more squinting to try and read small text bubbles. I can only imagine how much better they'll look in actual comic book formats.
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12-05-2012, 05:40 AM | #6 | |
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12-05-2012, 12:07 PM | #7 |
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So, I sent a series over into the books library last night, and it does show the series title ahead of the book title like I expected, whether browsing from the library itself or searching from the search bar.
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12-05-2012, 10:12 PM | #8 |
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One oddity of the new Nooks is that Preference/Option menus in sideloaded apps often show up gray-on-gray, so basically unreadable. I just confirmed that it's the case with ComicRack.
FYI, the stock reader does handle CBZ just fine. They'll show up under My Files until you open them, after which they'll be shelved with Magazines. |
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12-05-2012, 11:57 PM | #10 |
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thanks for all your help on this and over on the xda website!
Appreciated sir! |
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