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ScalyFreak · 08-30-2014, 08:06 PM

I used to love Aldiko, but lately I've noticed that it isn't always displaying formatting correctly. I was reading Stephanie Rowe's Order of the Blade books, a series that uses italicizing a lot for dialogue, due to several of the characters having telepathic abilities. The "thought-dialogue" is italicized to distinguish between telepathic conversations and spoken ones, and that formatting shows clearly on my PRS-950. It doesn't show in the Aldiko app on my phone or on my DroidPad. This leads to severe confusion, and some dialogue actually becomes incomprehensible or at least extremely confusing. I checked a few other books, and noticed the same thing.

So I thought I'd ask the nice community here about what other android reading apps out there are worth having. It seemed a better use of time than trying out all the free ones on my own...

I need one that can do ePub, use metadata to organize the book library, and that can store books on the microSD card in the phone. Also needs to be able to switch font and adjust font size, since some ePub files are just horrible that way, adjust brightness, do bookmarks and notes. Dictionary would be awesome but not a requirement. PDF-ability would also be great, but not a requirement.

08-30-2014, 08:06 PM	#1
ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	Replacement for Aldiko? I used to love Aldiko, but lately I've noticed that it isn't always displaying formatting correctly. I was reading Stephanie Rowe's Order of the Blade books, a series that uses italicizing a lot for dialogue, due to several of the characters having telepathic abilities. The "thought-dialogue" is italicized to distinguish between telepathic conversations and spoken ones, and that formatting shows clearly on my PRS-950. It doesn't show in the Aldiko app on my phone or on my DroidPad. This leads to severe confusion, and some dialogue actually becomes incomprehensible or at least extremely confusing. I checked a few other books, and noticed the same thing. So I thought I'd ask the nice community here about what other android reading apps out there are worth having. It seemed a better use of time than trying out all the free ones on my own... I need one that can do ePub, use metadata to organize the book library, and that can store books on the microSD card in the phone. Also needs to be able to switch font and adjust font size, since some ePub files are just horrible that way, adjust brightness, do bookmarks and notes. Dictionary would be awesome but not a requirement. PDF-ability would also be great, but not a requirement.