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Originally Posted by khronos78
My recommandations would be : pdf & ebooks on GOodReader, cbr/cbz on ComicZeal.
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Thanks for the feedback.
Does Goodreader do ePubs? Or do you just mean pdf ebooks? Right now Goodreader on my iPod Touch is what I use for pdfs, but for comic pdfs, I will probably put them in a comic-specific application, unless I take a huge performance hit because of it. That could be the case with large pdfs, but doing a brief trial with a typical, one issue, comic book pdf in Comic Book Lover's iPod reader, it didn't seem noticeably different from a .cbr file. What I really want, and what really bothers me about the publisher-specific applications (in addition to no back up or ability to transfer files to other devices), is one application to handle all my comics. The problem with publisher/file-type specific aps is that you end up with a separate application for each publisher, or, in extreme cases, for each title or issue (like the UCLICK titles). So splitting my files between Goodreader and a cbr application is something I would avoid unless it was necessary.
I do keep my pdf and epub ebooks in separate aps (Goodreader and Stanza) because large pdfs bog everything down, and Goodreader seems to handle them better than anyone else.
Right now between Comic Book Lover and ComicZeal, I think I like the ComicZeal UI better for navigating between comics and for displaying titles/collections, but when it comes to actual reading of the comics, it's a toss up. What will probably settle the issue will be if I go with Comic Book Lover on my home computer. It seems like a pretty good program, and it doesn't seem like ComicZeal's PC-based program really fits the same niche, so if I go with CBL on the computer, I'll probably go with CBL's mobile reader just so I don't have to edit my metadata twice (or deal with untagged files).
If it weren't for the CBL desktop application, I think ComicZeal would win, so far.