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Old 09-30-2015, 11:53 AM   #1
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iOS eBook Readers w/ folder-like browsing capability?
It seems like this is surprisingly rare (not in Gerty or Kindle) and/or implemented very poorly (for example, Marvin, which buries it in a menu, which is not conducive to browsing).

So far, the only really usable reader that I've found is ShuBook.

Is there anything else that I should be looking at?
Marvin, Gerty, and a number of others just don't seem to offer this.

After seven years, Tomes/Bookshelf appears to finally have disappeared entirely from the App Store after getting abandoned long before then, so I've been forced to actually do something. It's no longer even available for re-download. Historically, I've periodically looked around, bought a few apps and then decided that it wasn't worth the effort to modernize the parts of my library that don't have any metadata.

And if there is anything that can do an actual browse by folders and retain an existing directory tree (the killer feature of Tomes), I would *love* to know...
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Old 09-30-2015, 11:57 AM   #2
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Also, for all twelve of you (if that) who still have Tomes eBooks in the modified Plucker format, I submitted a bug report to the Calibre guys and they fixed it for the upcoming release so that it will actually be able to read them.
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Old 09-30-2015, 02:52 PM   #3
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As one of the twelve, thanks!
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All credit to Kovid - I sent in the report and he had a solution deployed within hours.
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As far as I know, Shubook is the only one. I'm still using Stanza but I think Shubook will have to be its replacement when finally it falls apart. I bought the SE version and I do not like the updated Shubook 2M.

[Edit] Totally forgot about Megareader. It started well but spent more time on internal styling, rather than paying attention to in book styling. It can organise by Author though (which is my preference). Its disappointing in other areas and seems not to have been updated for a long time
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Yeah... Bought MegaReader to take a look at it... It was just updated for ios9 compatibility, but that didn't include compatibility with the new screen sizes. Not to mention that the interface is a total ick fest in the first place.

ShuBook 2M doesn't bother me and seems to be under active development, so I guess that's my horse.
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Yeah... Bought MegaReader to take a look at it... It was just updated for ios9 compatibility, but that didn't include compatibility with the new screen sizes. Not to mention that the interface is a total ick fest in the first place.

ShuBook 2M doesn't bother me and seems to be under active development, so I guess that's my horse.
2M lost some of the layout options. Or, at least, I can't seem to find them as easily as I could in SE. I know M is the one thats being developed and SE is shelved... I'm just redownloading to see if I can make sense of the settings, again. I've failed several times.

[edit] LOL I must have been stuck in a "don't wanna change" thing. Its all good, and I have found what I needed I may finally give up Stanza.
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It seems like this is surprisingly rare (not in Gerty or Kindle) and/or implemented very poorly (for example, Marvin, which buries it in a menu, which is not conducive to browsing).

So far, the only really usable reader that I've found is ShuBook.

Is there anything else that I should be looking at?
I've been trying out BookMaster. It has folder-like browsing too. Take a look at the screenshots in their website.

By the way, the background image of its library can also be changed. Interesting use of Parallax effect.
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I've been trying out BookMaster. It has folder-like browsing too. Take a look at the screenshots in their website.

By the way, the background image of its library can also be changed. Interesting use of Parallax effect.
Sadly, it appears to be iPad only. I personally don't read on the iPad.
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Sadly, it appears to be iPad only. I personally don't read on the iPad.
I read on the iPad but the phone is my main thing so I'm not going to be reading on any app which can't be synced with the phone. I'll read books on the phone independently of the iPad, but if I do *any* reading on iPad... I'll expect to be able to continue on the phone. Hence iBooks or google play. The latter is my choice for syncability. Bookmaster doesnt do it.
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