The Big List of Android eBook Reader Apps

[abenderx]

Originally Posted by Cuteepatootee

OK I have my new android phone less than 24 hrs and I am becoming desperate. I MUST have an ebook program that auto scrolls like Mobipocket. It scrolls line by line and not page by page. I am at this point not even CARING what format, I will change my 1000's of books to what ever program will scroll this way! HELP! If I can't find one I will be selling this for a Windows phone. It is my number ONE priority!
Thanks
Alyce

iReader does it - I turned it on accidentally and was pissed until I found the hotspot on the screen lol. It's a smooth-type scroller and it's free so give it a try. Oh - it reads PRC files too although I have had some weird character translation issues and have had better luck using Calibre to convert trouble books into PDB.

[abenderx]

Originally Posted by Cuteepatootee

OK I have my new android phone less than 24 hrs and I am becoming desperate. I MUST have an ebook program that auto scrolls like Mobipocket. It scrolls line by line and not page by page. I am at this point not even CARING what format, I will change my 1000's of books to what ever program will scroll this way! HELP! If I can't find one I will be selling this for a Windows phone. It is my number ONE priority!
Thanks
Alyce

Something else of note: I do not think that the new Windows Phone is backwards-compatible with old WinMobile software at all. There's no MobiPocket at all and no third-party app dev yet to flesh out any choices there. You'd be in worse shape for ebook reading with the new Windows phone from the beta versions I've played with (friend on the dev team for that OS...)
Hope this helps! Stick with Android - it rocks, you just have to find the right reader. I like iReader and from what I've seen Moon+ looks pretty cool as well. STILL no italics and/or boldface fonts in either tho :-(

[kennyc]

I don't know if there is or not, but the main issue with any android device is storage space and responsiveness and dictionary/dictionary lookup is not conducive to either

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by wodin

Thanks, great resource!

I like FBReader myself.

Works great for me too.

Great list, but like most things these days way too many choices.

[RoboRay]

Storage space? So long as there's an SD or micro-SD slot, and there usually is, that shouldn't be a concern. I wouldn't recommend a device with non-expandable or non-upgradable storage, however.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by RoboRay

Storage space? So long as there's an SD or micro-SD slot, and there usually is, that shouldn't be a concern. I wouldn't recommend a device with non-expandable or non-upgradable storage, however.

Yes. Storage space. as you say .... "so long as there is...." which is not always the case. The app has to be written to work everywhere if it is to be effective...

[Logseman]

Originally Posted by Cuteepatootee

OK I have my new android phone less than 24 hrs and I am becoming desperate. I MUST have an ebook program that auto scrolls like Mobipocket. It scrolls line by line and not page by page. I am at this point not even CARING what format, I will change my 1000's of books to what ever program will scroll this way! HELP! If I can't find one I will be selling this for a Windows phone. It is my number ONE priority!
Thanks
Alyce

Wattpad used to scroll line by line in iPhone. Since it's ported to Android, I guess it has the same feature.

[Muttz]

My friend just got her Archos 101 today and I'm helping her to set it up. She has been reading her books on MobiPocket Reader on her netbook. She's quite disappointed that there isn't a MobiPocket app for Android. Does anyone know of an Android app that is similar?
The feature that she would really like to have is a two-page layout in landscape mode.

Thanks!

[nor11wan]

Hi there,need some help,just received a 8" Tablet O/S Android 2.2
there is a pre-installed e-reader "ALDIKO" but been struggling with the set and
have no clue as how the use the reader.(have no Android experience at all)
have downloaded E-books to SD card and slot into Set,but when I
opened Aldiko,it showed an image of 2 books (also pre-installed) and a line
suggesting connection for on-line purchase.I only need to find out HOW TO
READ E-books from my SD Card On the page apart fro the 2 books and the line
there are no address bar anywhere!!
Your suggestions please
thanks

[SlowRain]

A little birdy just told me that Moon+ Reader will soon have an integrated dictionary and a note-taking feature. It's looking like we have a possible successor to Mobipocket. Now, if I could only get him to remove all progress bars and progression indicators, I'd be a very happy man.

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by nor11wan

Hi there,need some help,just received a 8" Tablet O/S Android 2.2
there is a pre-installed e-reader "ALDIKO" but been struggling with the set and
have no clue as how the use the reader.(have no Android experience at all)
have downloaded E-books to SD card and slot into Set,but when I
opened Aldiko,it showed an image of 2 books (also pre-installed) and a line
suggesting connection for on-line purchase.I only need to find out HOW TO
READ E-books from my SD Card On the page apart fro the 2 books and the line
there are no address bar anywhere!!
Your suggestions please
thanks

you have to put the book into ebooks\import
and then press import books in aldiko

[Dopedangel]

Cool Reader has officially been released in the market
Support epub, fb2, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr formats

[carbonize]

Aldiko 2 is apparently going to be out before Christmas. They are promising DRM support as well as Google books support.

[nor11wan]

Hi there Dopedangel,tried to name folder as suggested but my PC does not permit
naming folder with these marking: / ! ? * < etc is there any other way I can do the
naming ?
thanks

[carbonize]

ebooks\import refers to a directory on the SD card not a file name. Find the directory called eBooks and in it you will find a directory called import.