[Rique]

Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

... it appears there's no way to transfer pre-existing eReader content purchased from eReader or Fictionwise, or created yourself, to this new higher-resolution iPad reader (the way you could in the iPhone version).

FAIL.

I keep looking for alternatives to iBooks, Kindle and Kobo - so I checked this out. I didn't have the issue you described - books downloaded from the Mac application (I used Sam Landstrom's free book "Metagame" as my test case) were added to my library. Books in my library could be accessed from the iPad.

There does not seem to be any syncing up of bookmarks or highlighting, though - but it sure looks as if an existing library could be accessed from the iPad. Could it be that older library formats don't work? Could the software or library be updated to fix the issue? Probably I don't understand the issue you are describing.

I wouldn't call this version 1.0 a "FAIL".

I have not tried (because I do not use it) Fictionwise.

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

I want a quicker way to adjust brightness, without messing with "recipes." Easy sideloading would be a huge plus.

Maggie, could not agree more! Sideloading and in-book brightness control would make the app much improved.

I am not too surprised at the lack of sideloading (no one else has it, afaik - save for iBooks, of course - and the PDF specific reader apps).

The lack of an in-book brightness control is a big gap in desired functionality. I can't see how they missed that use case - sure hope we see it soon with a free update.

Addressing that weakness with "themes" is not an acceptable solution at all, imho.

Originally Posted by DixieGal

... I can't figure out how to delete some of my older B&N books. Or some of the pre-loads, such as Laura Bush's book.

I very much dislike the landscape view. It is 2 tiny columns with a large empty space between. But I like the portrait mode. It is easy to use zero margins. All of the formatting is easy, as a matter of fact.

Overall, I like it and the ability to tap into the vast B&N bookstore.

DixieGal, deleting the books has to happen in the library, which you access from Safari (I deleted books on my Mac's browser, confirmed they were gone later within the app - have not tried deleting books on the iPad Safari browser).

... and I like both views. I agree portrait is nicer. And I appreciate the margin control. And the access to B&N's library!

Originally Posted by The Old Man

However it is a pretty nice reader with access to the B&N store (unfortunately) through Safari with a huge selection of books, a few magazines and a few more newspapers. It has a dictionary, highlite, note and links to Google or Wikipedia. All in all, not too bad.

Agreed!

In-book brightness control, side-loading (access through the iTunes "App" tab - or in-browser uploads to the library would be ideal), in-app access to the store (similar to iBooks) would make this a rather nice reader app.

-- Riq