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Thanks for these insights. If there's any updates on such matters please do share.

I was down with some domestic & health issues so all these things had to take a back seat.

Is Marvin still the best in terms of eBook Highlighting & Reading?

PS: Is there any match or near equivalent in the Android/ Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet world as an alternative (when we have both iOS iPad & Kindle 8)?

Originally Posted by gabaldini

This is my opinion about my experience with four different reader apps in ios,:

• customization. For me is the most important feature,one of the reasons I prefer ios to an eink reader, the possibility to add url schemes,search your own dictionary, etc
  Marvin and Kybook 2 are great
  Mapleread and Hyphen dont have the possibility to add url Schemes
• Database
  Marvin , Mapleread and Hyphen has very nice databases , Marvin has a random order that I like a lot.
  Kybook must improve
• interface
  Here Mapleread and Hyphen are the best
  Kybook and Marvin are ok.
• page count
  Hyphen seems the best, in Marvin you can customize the page information you want, Kybook is good too, Mapleread only gives pages in chapter
• pdf
  here Mapleread se and kybook 2 are the winners

My conclusions

Marvin is the best , but lacks pdf support and has some minor issues
Mapleread and Hyphen are magnificent apps but lacking the possibility to use reader own dictionary , or app
Kybook 2 is a great app, but his database is not very good
I expect these apps would improve to give the readers all they want!

Originally Posted by pwalker8

One of the reasons that there isn't one and only one ebook reader is that everyone likes different things. I find that I like reading via Marvin better than reading via Maplereader. It's not any one thing. It syncs well enough for me across multiple iPads (I use a pro and mini in my reading) and I simply like the Marvin screen better for reading.

My current configuration is calibre companion and marvin.

The downside is that reading apps for the iPad is basically a hobby rather than a livelihood. The money just isn't there. Most people are satisfied with the iBook and Kindle apps and never go beyond them. It would be nice if someone would constantly be improving their app, but I think it's a bit unrealistic to expect that to happen.

Originally Posted by svenlind

Mapleread does have URL schemes, but not as many as Marvin. The upcoming version of Mapleread will extend this option.

I really like both Marvin and Mapleread. I therefore use Calibre Companion for IOS to organize my ebooks on my iPad devices. It makes it easy to follow my whims on the choice of ereader app.

Originally Posted by cedhax

Actually, we've got through this kind of comparison in various threads before. Let me repeat some highlights for the sake of the "later-comers". Among the 3 apps that support EPUB as part of their offering and whose developers have hung around in mobileread forums, in choronological order, namely, Marvin, Hyphen, and MapleRead, only MapleRead satisfies JSWolf's requirements above regarding honoring zero-text-indent and embedded fonts.

Let's get the facts straight, regardless of your favorite ereaders.

Originally Posted by JesseTheK

I'd like to chime in why I prefer KyBook 2. I'm not a Calibre user because it's too complicated for me.

KyBook 2 is versatile: reads ePubs, mobis, PDFs, and audio books!

Offers filing options: I can create folders on my iPad and move my books there.

I can read from Dropbox, iCloud, and other cloud services.

KyBook 2 has more features than I can use, and it's possible for me to find them.

I used Marvin 2 and 3 daily and I would still spend a lot of time doing UI discovery. It was too confusing.

I read on the iPad because it's physically easier: no pages to turn and fonts as big as I like. In an earlier life I was a book designer, so being able to override publisher's CSS is vital.