Bluefire reader app

[Cockeye]

Originally Posted by Micah

We white label the app for booksellers like Books-A-Million that want to have their own branded ereader in the app store. That is the main way we get revenue. We also do make some fee income and affiliate fees from the bookstores in the Get Books area of the app. If you want to support us (and a big thanks if you do!) the best way to do that is to buy some books from the fine bookstores in Bluefire Reader. You get a good book, our partners are happy, and we make a little money.

I didn't even know there were bookstores in Bluefire but I will explore that option now. I want the new Stephen King and was going to buy it elsewhere - but if it's available with your app I shall purchase it there.

[valb2953]

how do you download books with itunes? i already have boks on my ipad, but bluefire doesn't see them. valentin bazavan

[toddos]

You have to drag the books down to the application area where you will see Bluefire. The standard itunes book sync is only for iBooks, and does not share a data store with other book applications (bluefire, stanza, amazon, etc).

I prefer to use the bluefirereader://nav/transfer method because I hate iTunes with a passion (I sync my iPhone with it only when I need to upgrade the OS). Until Bluefire gets generic OPDS catalog support, //nav/transfer is the only way I put books in it.

[nascarrunner71]

LOVE the app. I'd been reading strictly on my kindle, but the idea of free library books is too tempting.

Since it was free, I don't have any complaints (but downloading directly to iPad without hooking to computer would be COOL!)

[murraypaul]

It is possible to download and authorise library books entirely on the iPad without needing a PC if you install the bookmarklet that has been posted here.

[dieterpops]

Here's the link. Works perfectly.

http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/20...-bluefire.html

[rwizard]

Originally Posted by Micah

Glad to hear it. We've been looking into managing memory better for large libraries. If we make any breakthroughs, I post about it.

This is a big one for me. I sent you an email regarding this (which you responded to). I look forward to any advances on this front. This would be the only ereading app I would use if this issue were corrected.

[dsuper7]

Issue:
iPhone 4 freezes after exiting the Bluefire reader requiring a hard reset of the device to recover. Issue is reproducible 100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Application BlueFire
2. Login to account authorizing device to read adobe content
3. Once you have authorized device press the Home button on the iphone to exit the application.
***Observe the iphone 4 is now frozen and requires a hard reset to recover from this.
I am at work or I would re-install the software and try and get you a log from the device from Organizer in xcode but don't have time. Hopefully this information helps. I will reproduce and capture a log if you are still unable to reproduce let me know. I develop iphone apps so I am familiar with the development environment.

Below are my software and hardware information to aid in reproducing this issue:


iPhone 4.2.1 ( 8C148 )
Firmware: 02.10.04
Carrier: AT&T 9.0
Model: MC610LL
Cydia Packages Installed:
APR, APT 0.7, APT 0.8 strict(lib),Base Structure, BigBoss's source, Bourne-Again Shell, bzip2, Core Utilities (/bin), Cydia Community Sources, Cydia Installer, Darwin Tools, Debian Packager, Dev-Team, Diff Utilities, diskdev-cmds, Find Utilities, GNU Privacy Guard, grep, gzip, libxml2 Library, LZMA utils, Mobile Substrate, ModMyi.com, My3G, New Curses, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, PAM, PAM Modules, pcre, PreferenceLoader, Profile Directory, readline, Saurik's Source, sed, shell-cmds, SQLite 3.x Library, system-cmds, Tape Archive, TetherMe, ThetherMe APN Editing, TetherMe Preferences, UIKit Tools, ZodTTD's Sources.
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Cydia Packages beyond the default that I installed that may be to blame:
OpenSSH, TetherMe, My3g ---> I would first try installing those and then testing to see if you see the issues. Both tetherme and my3g however are paid apps, so perhaps start with just OpenSSH as an additional install to reproduce.
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[toddos]

Originally Posted by dsuper7

Issue:
iPhone 4 freezes after exiting the Bluefire reader requiring a hard reset of the device to recover. Issue is reproducible 100%

Recycling bits -- Workaround

Note that the Backgrounder workaround (#2 in the post) is preferred, and it's unnecessary to set the global backgrounding mode to Native. You just need to add an exception for Bluefire to turn off backgrounding.

[midlifec]

Well I have the Backgrounder workaround working, absolutely the very last criticism of BF I have left is the margins issue - even at the smallest margin setting, it still "wastes" screen on my iphone.
Somewhere in this long thread is a promise from Micah to allow an option of no margin at all (I think). Any prospect of that, Micah?

[Kepler]

Originally Posted by Micah

Arrg. I hate that bug. Bad, nasty little bugses.

Hi Micah and Fred

I had the same problem after JB with greenpois0n RC5, but I solved it following the suggestion in this post (upon translating it with google & some common sense!):
http://ictoblog.nl/2011/01/13/bluefi...ilbreak-freeze
Hope this will help!

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by toddos

You have to drag the books down to the application area where you will see Bluefire. The standard itunes book sync is only for iBooks, and does not share a data store with other book applications (bluefire, stanza, amazon, etc).

I prefer to use the bluefirereader://nav/transfer method because I hate iTunes with a passion (I sync my iPhone with it only when I need to upgrade the OS). Until Bluefire gets generic OPDS catalog support, //nav/transfer is the only way I put books in it.

I have mailed ebooks to myself and opened them in the Bluefire App on my iPhone. Works great. If it is a Library book or Adobe DRM'd book just make sure you use your email address associated with Adobe.

Carol

[JSWolf]

I have to say, I like Bluefire Reader. But for now, I cannot recommend it. I have to recommend txtr.

Bluefire causes my jailbroken iPhone 3G to crash on exit or when it switches to Safari. So until this major issue is fixed, I say stay away. Go with txtr.

[toddos]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have to say, I like Bluefire Reader. But for now, I cannot recommend it. I have to recommend txtr.

Bluefire causes my jailbroken iPhone 3G to crash on exit or when it switches to Safari. So until this major issue is fixed, I say stay away. Go with txtr.

Did you read the posts two and four above yours? The jailbreak crash is well-known, and the work-around is also well-known. And, well, you are running a jailbroken iOS. You have to expect the occasional weirdness like this.

[MsAstoria]

Bluefire is a nice app but i still prefer Stanza for my iPod Touch.