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Originally Posted by seajewel
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I want an app that has A) Multiple font options, B) can show the phone Clock while reading, c) has options for justifying/linespacing/margins/indentation. Bluefire or Mega Reader, one of them, shows one of my ebooks shifted to the right. I don't even remember which app it was because I've tried like 7 different ones in the past week. and I swear, nothing does the simple 3 options I want like Stanza did.
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I think I have probably tried every decent reader app in the appstore, and quite a few which are complete rubbish for our population of readers.
I like Megareader, but have failed to find the reason for its refusal to connect with calibre. It also needs to have that drag and drop (or "add") via itunes which many other readers have. Sometimes I want to use a different reader, or read stuff on the computer. I've added a new repository, but cannot get those books out of the app... no save option. What it does have that I do like is the capacity to add your own repositories in addition to the builtin ones. Its presentation is very easy on the eye, and it appeals to me greatly. I don't mind having paid for this, and hope that Patrick will add the add/save option for itunes use, and that he will add that extremely handy swipe to reduce brightness. I've changed the font to suit myself and all is almost well with the world.
I paid for i2Reader based on some other people's opinions. Wasted my money, IMO. Yes, it can be adjusted for brightness. But, it can only talk to calibre or its own proprietary library, neither of which work for me, and the UI is unnecessarily complex. No other repository can be added (at least I can't find a way of doing it), and although it does have add/save capacity, I've been disappointed in how it presents books. VERY disappointed after spending $6AUD on this, it ought to be a free application, its not worth the money spent. I've used previous apps from this mob when jailbroken (I dont do it anymore) and they were pretty good. I think they are maybe just resting on laurels and raking in the cash. Not impressed.
Tomes: its OK, but its expensive for what it is. As stated before the shelf server is unreliable (and I have never been able to get it to work successfully) but at least you can drag and drop stuff into the add/save area of itunes. I actually much preferred the original "Books" app which was not coded by Zachary Bedell. He took over from the original coder and has made it too complex now, and has changed its name a couple of times, too. I think if you had never stopped using it you might not have issues, but I do... and no longer (especially after Stanza) find it intuitive. Can't add your own repository.
Ouiivo: an interesting app: can add repository, and can save out books you have downloaded. I don't like it for reading but for actually getting books from Stanza-type repositories, saving, and then dropping into your app of choice, its good. I'm using it as a halfway point for book acquisition, because I do want to save the books I download so I dont have to download them ever again.
Ex-Libris, MyLibra, Shubooks, eBooksReader and many others have simply failed on most points which are important to me.
For my money, at the moment, Megareader is the very best option as a Stanza replacement. I just wish I could get it and calibre to play nice, and that it had add/save via iTunes, and swipe for brightness control. The rest is pretty good.