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Originally Posted by Queensjoy
Hello, readers. 
I'd like to avoid downloading store-specific apps - I shop around extensively and will thus end up downloading plenty of apps, as well as an app for books acquired from places such as Baen Books, Collins Booksellers and Project Gutenberg - why cloud-manage some when I can sideload them all into one app?
I know that there are an enormous amount of reading apps, and that's where my problem is - it's going to take me a lot of time to download and test them all, so if you guys can help me get a shortlist going, that would be excellent!
- I'd prefer a free lite version of whichever app to be available so that I can 'try before I buy', so to speak.
- I don't like sepia pages when I read on friends' tablets (admittedly, iPads) - I prefer crisp white, and have no strong feelings one way or the other about 'night mode'.
- I'm not specific about fonts, and will find myself happy with Georgia, Amasis or any other serif font available. I also have glasses and so I don't need very big font.
- I'm using a Nexus 7, so I don't have much screen real estate - an app with small margins would be great!
- Shelving, collections, some way to manage my books would be excellent. I like to categorise by which store I've bought them from. I don't mind whether it's in-app collection or a calibre plug-in; I've done both (calibre plug-in for the Kindle and in-device for the Kobo).
- I live in Australia, so apps that are specific to America are unfortunately useless to me - I've heard the Nook app is pretty!
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Personally, I tend to use CoolReader, with FBreader as the 2nd choice. That's due to the fact that I use my 5" Galaxy Player for short form reading, more than novels. (I have an eInk reader for that.) Moon+ is a good choice as well, but doesn't have the multiple format flexibility of the other two. YMMV.
WRT connectivity, someone upthread mentioned ES File Explorer and I heartily second it. It allows pretty much seamless file transfer over wifi connections and makes USB cable connections moot.
I do load the tied book apps. There's no real cost to having them available. I tend to use the Kindle app the most, since I have a Kindle eInk reader. The 5" reader is much more portable than my 6" Paperwhite.
Library management is a personal thing, and I'm afraid it's up to you. I tend not to worry about it much beyond a file tree that suits my needs for any books/formats that don't have DRM, etc. issues. Kindle uses tags, as does Goodreads, so there's no chance that anyone will ever have a universal solution that suits me.
If my Galaxy Player ever wears out, I'll probably consider the N7. I think it's a good choice.
Enjoy,
Jack Tingle