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Originally Posted by olivertimm
Hello,
Is there a reader app (for new iPad) which can do the following:
- support epub
- support mobi
- support pdf
- built in dictionary like the the kindle
- annotation
I know there are various apps who do some of the above perfectly but any app who supports all of the above?
My problem is that I read all of them and don't want to get lost in various apps.
Thanks for any help
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To be very honest: why should you have a single application which reads all formats ? You can switch between one application and another in about 1-2 seconds at most!
You already have the iPAD which has the applications (plural) you need (namely Kobo, Kindle, Nook and others). I believe the problems are elsewhere.
I would be more concerned by the fact that the applications we have today are very primitive yet. Oh yes they do have a nice page turning animations, but with respect to other features there is little else.
All iPAD reader support (when available) only collections, a single level, no true folders allowed (a two level folder structure would already help a lot). The most these application allow in screen control is to have sepia background. (Not completely true, as eReader can do more, but it is limited in the formats it can read and has not been updated for almost 2 years now).
This is just an example. I would suggest not to look at formats, you can switch among them with Calibre (and while you are there you can even make the ebook a little bit better, maybe with a cover)
PC and MAC (although I do not own one, I assume they are the same) do not fare much better, by the way, in that respect. Let's ask for better application, not more formats.
EDIT : Reading the wiki, some of the objections I made seem to be satisfied by one reader or another. I do not have experience with all the reader mentioned, and I apologize if I seemed a bash-it-all. I still stand with the gist of what I wrote, though, the apps could do better for me.