iBooks

furrycute · 02-01-2011, 10:35 AM

I recently purchased an iPad, and I am loving it as an ebook reader.

I like the iBooks app. But is there anyway to make the pages in iBooks appear like a regular page on a computer screen, you know, no fancy page turns, no fancy formatting/layout, just plain text viewing?

If iBooks cannot do that, any other free apps can do that?

I have an epub file of a medical textbook. iBooks' fancy formatting/display completely ruined the page layout.

shiffy · 02-01-2011, 12:59 PM

Try Bluefire reader -- it reads epubs (including DRM'd epubs and those from public libraries). The Nook and Kobo apps also read epubs, but I don't recall offhand if they allow sideloading of your own epubs. Stanza is another option.

Tamara · 02-01-2011, 09:11 PM

All of the book apps that I've tried out, make the pages look like books. If you tap the screen in iBooks, you can hide the menu bar at the top.

midlifec · 02-02-2011, 12:52 PM

I think Goodreader - especially one of the earlier versions - may be what you are looking for. Not sure how it would deal with illustrations in a medical textbook but worth a try. It does pdf's particularly well, and lots of other formats.

Rob_E · 02-02-2011, 03:46 PM

I use Stanza precisely because it shows you page content and nothing else. iBooks is pretty, but, to my mind, unnecessarily so. Stanza is all business. I don't know how it will handle formatting, as I usually use it with pure text, but it's worth a shot.

furrycute · 02-02-2011, 09:52 PM

Thanks guys for all the help. I will give those apps a try.

I actually like how iBooks handles PDF's, page content and very little frill. I just wish iBooks would treat other non PDF formats in the same way.

02-01-2011, 10:35 AM	#1
furrycute Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony	iBooks I recently purchased an iPad, and I am loving it as an ebook reader. I like the iBooks app. But is there anyway to make the pages in iBooks appear like a regular page on a computer screen, you know, no fancy page turns, no fancy formatting/layout, just plain text viewing? If iBooks cannot do that, any other free apps can do that? I have an epub file of a medical textbook. iBooks' fancy formatting/display completely ruined the page layout.

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02-01-2011, 12:59 PM	#2
shiffy Member Posts: 19 Karma: 143 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: DR800SG	Try Bluefire reader -- it reads epubs (including DRM'd epubs and those from public libraries). The Nook and Kobo apps also read epubs, but I don't recall offhand if they allow sideloading of your own epubs. Stanza is another option.

02-01-2011, 09:11 PM	#3
Tamara Evangelist Posts: 446 Karma: 1812 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: iPhone	All of the book apps that I've tried out, make the pages look like books. If you tap the screen in iBooks, you can hide the menu bar at the top.

02-02-2011, 12:52 PM	#4
midlifec ebooks on iPhone fanatic Posts: 29 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: iphone	I think Goodreader - especially one of the earlier versions - may be what you are looking for. Not sure how it would deal with illustrations in a medical textbook but worth a try. It does pdf's particularly well, and lots of other formats.

02-02-2011, 03:46 PM	#5
Rob_E Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 154004 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: iPod Touch/iPad	I use Stanza precisely because it shows you page content and nothing else. iBooks is pretty, but, to my mind, unnecessarily so. Stanza is all business. I don't know how it will handle formatting, as I usually use it with pure text, but it's worth a shot.

02-02-2011, 09:52 PM	#6
furrycute Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony	Thanks guys for all the help. I will give those apps a try. I actually like how iBooks handles PDF's, page content and very little frill. I just wish iBooks would treat other non PDF formats in the same way.