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Old 06-08-2011, 09:29 AM   #1
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Italy
Device: Kindle for Android, Google Play Books
Disappointed by Android ereaders: any ones with GOOD text formatting?

Aldiko used to be my favorite Android ePub ereader app. With its ebook stylesheet suport, it did an excellent job with text formatting. Pages looked close to how a more powerful ePub e-ink reader rendered them.

Then Aldiko was upgraded from version 1 to 2, and all formatting hell broke loose. Version 2 is a regression and has many formatting issues. I am really amazed at how even a newbie software developer can miss such obvious issues in testing. And, if they didn't miss them, how they consider them features. I don't care for the Adobe DRM support in version 2, they screwed a perfectly good app.

I tried other Android ePub ereading apps such as FBReader, Moon+ Reader Pro and Cool Reader. But none of them render well even basic formatting such as indentation of blockquoted text or bullet lists, let alone images (it probably takes a rocket scientist to figure that image zoom is a useful feature on a smartphone screen). They seem more interested in providing stunning page turn animations and slick presentation rather than paying attention to ebook formatting.

I also installed Google Books. Although I can not yet purchase ebooks from my country, Italy, I was hoping to try its formatting capabilities with the books I already have. But I haven't figured yet how to load a local ePub file into the app, assuming it's possible.

Before giving up and downgrading to Aldiko 1, are there any Android ereading apps with good text formatting support?
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