IQ PB IQ and FBreader

Metal Mick · 01-03-2011, 02:26 AM

Hi all,

I have an IQ, and installed FBreader onto it, but am at a loss when it comes to making books available for it to access.

I've had a good play with Astro file manager but have been unable to locate the directory where I should be pouring the books into. The same goes with Aldiko. (I can't even find the two books that came with Aldiko in the file system.)

My Windows file manager has no problem seeing the books with its file manager on the installed SD card.

How do I get extra books into either of these apps?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Cheers,

Michael P

Metal Mick · 01-03-2011, 04:06 AM

Hi all,

figured out FB, but still need help with Aldiko.

Cheers,

fjtorres · 01-03-2011, 07:14 AM

Aldiko is easy:
1- Create a folder called ebooks on the SD card.
2- Create a sub-folder called import.
3- Copy any books to be read into the import folder.
4- Launch aldiko and locate the option "Import ebooks". It is new and experimental. It take a while to run for each book and might glitch if you import a lot of books at once.
What it is doing is a Calibre-like sorting and cataloguing of books by their metadata and copying them to author-named folders under the ebook folder.
Would be nice if it gave you a choice to create the folders yourself, as FBReader and coolreader do.

cfrizz · 01-03-2011, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Mick

Hi all,

figured out FB, but still need help with Aldiko.

Cheers,

Please share how you did it for future reference. Thanks.

fjtorres · 01-03-2011, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Please share how you did it for future reference. Thanks.

What *I* did was go to the FBReader settings panel where there is an entry for the location to set as root.
Once that is set it just browses the directory structure from there.

Metal Mick · 01-05-2011, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Please share how you did it for future reference. Thanks.

Happy to. I was under the impression that everyone else had it figured...

I tried fjtorres' method for FB reader (change default directory to root) and everything went pear-shaped, with FB reader crashing after it tried to import a do largish import, and continuing to do so each time I opened it - I guess the books that came with the IQ overwhelmed it somewhat. My sole solution was to remove FB reader and reinstall.

The issue I had initially - and which prompted this thread - with FB reader turned out to be a result of trying to access the external SD card whilst having it linked to the PC. Disconnecting resulted in access to the card and I was able to add books to the library.

Cheers,

cfrizz · 01-05-2011, 06:28 AM

Thank you. Didn't someone start a Wiki for the IQ? This should be added to it.

All of these issue resolutions will come in very handy for newbies to android tablets like me.

fjtorres · 01-05-2011, 07:11 AM

Didn't mean to confuse anybody.
What I said was that you can set FBreader to see *any* location as root. Precisely to avoid the slog of it trying to index the entire device at once. So you can set it to ony index the SD Card or just a specific folder in the SD card.

With the latest FBreader update, you can also tell it *not* to load the metadata for every book it sees.

doc-holliday · 01-06-2011, 10:00 AM

Hi. New user PB701. Need some help. I have tried several ereader apps but seem to prefer Aldiko. I purchased a book from Kindle but want to use Aldiko to view it. Guess the same question for other marketplaces where I would purchase/download a book and want to view in Aldiko (Overdrive, B&N, etc). Seems like this should be simple but I can't figure out. Thanks.

fjtorres · 01-06-2011, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doc-holliday

Hi. New user PB701. Need some help. I have tried several ereader apps but seem to prefer Aldiko. I purchased a book from Kindle but want to use Aldiko to view it. Guess the same question for other marketplaces where I would purchase/download a book and want to view in Aldiko (Overdrive, B&N, etc). Seems like this should be simple but I can't figure out. Thanks.

For the non-Kindle ebooks you'll need to track down a copy of Aldiko 2.0 which supports DRMed epub. It is *not* a free app, though.

For Kindle ebooks you would have to learn how to remove DRM and how to convert them to ePub.

doc-holliday · 01-06-2011, 01:11 PM

Thanks for quick response. All of this sounds like a lot of work. Is Aldiko 2.0 even available? Is there another alternative reader that I would be able to do this with that is similar to Aldiko?

fjtorres · 01-06-2011, 01:29 PM

Aldiko 2.0's been out for over two weeks:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...se/#more-14636

The only other ADEPT-capable reader apps I know of are Overdrive and TXTR.
Sony has one coming: Real-soon-now.

doc-holliday · 01-06-2011, 03:17 PM

Still sounds a bit buggy. Not quite ready to experiment. However, the article mentions: "You don’t have to put your titles in /import folder anymore". Is this some way you can create a folder, put in your books and read them in Aldiko? I think I have heard of this before. Do you happen to know how to do this without rooting my device?

wallcraft · 01-06-2011, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doc-holliday

Is this some way you can create a folder, put in your books and read them in Aldiko?

See post #3 above.

doc-holliday · 01-06-2011, 05:27 PM

Thanks. But won't work for Kindle books, right? So I should pretty much not purchase any books from Amazon unless I read them through the Kindle software, correct? Not ready to learn how to mess with DRM (yet). Kind of stinks since they seem to have best prices and best selection.

01-03-2011, 02:26 AM	#1
Metal Mick Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 2383254 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: The Book, PB 302, IQ	PB IQ and FBreader Hi all, I have an IQ, and installed FBreader onto it, but am at a loss when it comes to making books available for it to access. I've had a good play with Astro file manager but have been unable to locate the directory where I should be pouring the books into. The same goes with Aldiko. (I can't even find the two books that came with Aldiko in the file system.) My Windows file manager has no problem seeing the books with its file manager on the installed SD card. How do I get extra books into either of these apps? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Michael P

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Metal Mick Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 2383254 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: The Book, PB 302, IQ	Hi all, figured out FB, but still need help with Aldiko. Cheers,

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fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Aldiko is easy: 1- Create a folder called ebooks on the SD card. 2- Create a sub-folder called import. 3- Copy any books to be read into the import folder. 4- Launch aldiko and locate the option "Import ebooks". It is new and experimental. It take a while to run for each book and might glitch if you import a lot of books at once. What it is doing is a Calibre-like sorting and cataloguing of books by their metadata and copying them to author-named folders under the ebook folder. Would be nice if it gave you a choice to create the folders yourself, as FBReader and coolreader do.

01-05-2011, 06:28 AM	#7
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,569 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	Thank you. Didn't someone start a Wiki for the IQ? This should be added to it. All of these issue resolutions will come in very handy for newbies to android tablets like me.

01-05-2011, 07:11 AM	#8
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Didn't mean to confuse anybody. What I said was that you can set FBreader to see any location as root. Precisely to avoid the slog of it trying to index the entire device at once. So you can set it to ony index the SD Card or just a specific folder in the SD card. With the latest FBreader update, you can also tell it not to load the metadata for every book it sees.

01-06-2011, 10:00 AM	#9
doc-holliday Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Pocketbook IQ 701	Hi. New user PB701. Need some help. I have tried several ereader apps but seem to prefer Aldiko. I purchased a book from Kindle but want to use Aldiko to view it. Guess the same question for other marketplaces where I would purchase/download a book and want to view in Aldiko (Overdrive, B&N, etc). Seems like this should be simple but I can't figure out. Thanks.

01-06-2011, 01:11 PM	#11
doc-holliday Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Pocketbook IQ 701	Thanks for quick response. All of this sounds like a lot of work. Is Aldiko 2.0 even available? Is there another alternative reader that I would be able to do this with that is similar to Aldiko?

01-06-2011, 01:29 PM	#12
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Aldiko 2.0's been out for over two weeks: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...se/#more-14636 The only other ADEPT-capable reader apps I know of are Overdrive and TXTR. Sony has one coming: Real-soon-now.

01-06-2011, 03:17 PM	#13
doc-holliday Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Pocketbook IQ 701	Still sounds a bit buggy. Not quite ready to experiment. However, the article mentions: "You don’t have to put your titles in /import folder anymore". Is this some way you can create a folder, put in your books and read them in Aldiko? I think I have heard of this before. Do you happen to know how to do this without rooting my device?

01-06-2011, 05:27 PM	#15
doc-holliday Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Pocketbook IQ 701	Thanks. But won't work for Kindle books, right? So I should pretty much not purchase any books from Amazon unless I read them through the Kindle software, correct? Not ready to learn how to mess with DRM (yet). Kind of stinks since they seem to have best prices and best selection.

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