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pwalker8 · 09-23-2013, 10:29 PM

Now that the Kindles app for the iPad/iPhone has added collections, all three ebook reading apps that I use, iBook, Kindle and Marvin, have the ability to manage the library better.

For me, Marvin still has the most flexibility, it supports collections, series and works with Calibre. The down side is I don't seem to be able to manually order books and the UI isn't quite as slick as the other two. Sync works in some areas, not in others.

iBooks allows collections, categories and manual ordering. It also syncs between iBooks on the Mac and iBooks on the iPad. Downside, doesn't support series, doesn't allow editing of categories. Sync seems to have a few bugs (for example, last read doesn't seem to sync). Doesn't allow books to be in multiple collections (big downside for me)

Kindle allows collections, allows books to be in multiple collections. Doesn't support series.

None of the three completely meet my needs, but they are all getting a lot closer. I plan to play with all three over the next couple of weeks and see which one suits me best.

09-23-2013, 10:29 PM	#1
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Managing and reading on the iPad Now that the Kindles app for the iPad/iPhone has added collections, all three ebook reading apps that I use, iBook, Kindle and Marvin, have the ability to manage the library better. For me, Marvin still has the most flexibility, it supports collections, series and works with Calibre. The down side is I don't seem to be able to manually order books and the UI isn't quite as slick as the other two. Sync works in some areas, not in others. iBooks allows collections, categories and manual ordering. It also syncs between iBooks on the Mac and iBooks on the iPad. Downside, doesn't support series, doesn't allow editing of categories. Sync seems to have a few bugs (for example, last read doesn't seem to sync). Doesn't allow books to be in multiple collections (big downside for me) Kindle allows collections, allows books to be in multiple collections. Doesn't support series. None of the three completely meet my needs, but they are all getting a lot closer. I plan to play with all three over the next couple of weeks and see which one suits me best.