Searching for Google eBooks on Story HD

Ntsimp · 10-25-2011, 01:25 AM

I've only had my Story HD a month, but I love it. It does everything I want in an ebook reader. But I'm curious about one feature I don't use: getting ebooks directly from Google on the device. How is searching for a book supposed to work?

When I type in a search that has more than 6 matches, it shows as more than one page--but how do you get to the second page? I can go down as far as "Page 1 of 17", but pushing down, right, or enter from there does nothing. Can anyone make this work?

I asked about it at Google, and they said it was a hardware problem and to contact iriver. I emailed iriver, and they said to try updating to the newest firmware and try resetting the device (thanks, bottom-level helpdesk guy!). Nobody seems to acknowledge this as a defect in the UI. Is no one using this feature at all?

Ntsimp · 10-28-2011, 02:47 AM

It seems they've silently fixed the issue. The right arrow goes to the next page now.

Ntsimp · 11-08-2011, 12:50 PM

So I finally downloaded a free book from Google eBooks on my Story HD. It was very very slow. I reckon I'll just keep "sideloading".

10-25-2011, 01:25 AM	#1
Ntsimp Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1215642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iriver Story HD, Android	Searching for Google eBooks on Story HD I've only had my Story HD a month, but I love it. It does everything I want in an ebook reader. But I'm curious about one feature I don't use: getting ebooks directly from Google on the device. How is searching for a book supposed to work? When I type in a search that has more than 6 matches, it shows as more than one page--but how do you get to the second page? I can go down as far as "Page 1 of 17", but pushing down, right, or enter from there does nothing. Can anyone make this work? I asked about it at Google, and they said it was a hardware problem and to contact iriver. I emailed iriver, and they said to try updating to the newest firmware and try resetting the device (thanks, bottom-level helpdesk guy!). Nobody seems to acknowledge this as a defect in the UI. Is no one using this feature at all?

10-28-2011, 02:47 AM	#2
Ntsimp Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1215642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iriver Story HD, Android	All fixed now It seems they've silently fixed the issue. The right arrow goes to the next page now.

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11-08-2011, 12:50 PM	#3
Ntsimp Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1215642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iriver Story HD, Android	So I finally downloaded a free book from Google eBooks on my Story HD. It was very very slow. I reckon I'll just keep "sideloading".

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