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Originally Posted by DaleDe
the problem with the two app method is that the eBooks cannot be shared between the two versions so if you later purchase an app and then try and get rid of the lite version you will lose all the eBooks you downloaded.
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Not necessarily, but I agree with you that IAP seems preferable over the lite & full dichotomy.
Here on MobileRead I've been recommending neu.Annotate for marking up PDF files, and I can even more recommend the fantastic neu.Notes app for handwritten notes, from the same developers. These apps operate on the lite/full system, but that doesn't mean you will lose any of your files (including PDF books) when you move from light to full versions. The two apps allow you to back up all content with a single tap of your finger, and you can then easily import that content into the full app version after you purchase it. The IAP method of upgrades is a lot simpler, though.
As to when those translation features in Marvin will be available... let's not put undue pressure on Kris. He has done a monumental amount of work ever since the first Marvin version came out in early December. Any other, less modest developer would have numbered the upcoming release Version 2, not Version 1.2. Judging by his posts, Kris's holiday season was in-token only.
Apple and Amazon needed
years to achieve ten times less, in iBooks and the Kindle app, than Marvin achieved in a single month. If we need to wait months before the translation features in Marvin become available, so be it. In the meantime, you might want to check out eBookMobi, a Vietnamese e-reader app that incorporates free StarDict translation dictionaries but otherwise, obviously, is no competition for Marvin.