New Reader with great pdf-support: Mantano Reader (like aldiko+ezpdf)

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Since purchases are tied to email, it's not really lost, only temporarily inaccessible for some reason. It could have something to do with the new Market and LCD density that a few people are talking about. I suggest following those threads for tips on how to overcome that.

I made sure I didn't have the new Market (I thought) first. So, I'm going to try that next. However, I thought the new Market wouldn't even show apps you couldn't buy.

[taosaur]

I've seen a lot of Nook Color users mention it in various places, and I think Kobo's Android app actually does it, but I'd love my reader to have a widget displaying the covers of my most recently opened book(s), ideally with some sort of progress indicator. Obviously, tapping any book displayed in the widget would open that book to your last page. Options for size, orientation, and number of books displayed would be great, but even a basic, take-it-or-leave-it widget would be a selling point, especially for tablet users.

[Pilgrym]

I love Mantano REader on my Galaxy Tab 7". Almost perfect for EPUB and PDF both.

I have one wish (please!):

To be able to highlight and copy text to clipboard with one click/action.

Or at least, that the marked passage stays marked after I highlighted it, so that I can copy it with only one more click, rather than having to mark it again (as it is now). BTW, in RepliGo and ezPDF passages stay marked after highlighting them and can be copied with one extra touch.
(I use Clipper+ to collect all copied text parts into one file for export. Clipper+ has some usability issues for me, but it gets the job done.)

Of course it would be even handier if Mantano itself took care of collecting my highlighted passages automatically into a separate export file!

Background is: reading non-fiction textbooks and writing articles, so I always need to excerpt quotes from the books I read. For me, highlighting (or underlining, don't care which) should always automatically excerpt that passage (or at least copy to clipboard).

[peaceridge]

Still no joy in getting the application. I went through all the Marketplace suggestions. I can see it on the Market. And no answer from Mantano. Guess my first buy on the Market is a bust! Lost my $7.49 to Mantano - I wish them much luck, but I won't be using their application - since I can only pay for it, not download it!

Lyn

[Karina]

Originally Posted by peaceridge

Still no joy in getting the application. I went through all the Marketplace suggestions. I can see it on the Market. And no answer from Mantano. Guess my first buy on the Market is a bust! Lost my $7.49 to Mantano - I wish them much luck, but I won't be using their application - since I can only pay for it, not download it!

Lyn

Hello Lyn,
I'm working for Matnano. I was not aware of your case. I will check with the team tomorrow and try to find a solution. In any case, ifwe fail, you'll get a refund.
Cheers,
Karina

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by Karina

Hello Lyn,
I'm working for Matnano. I was not aware of your case. I will check with the team tomorrow and try to find a solution. In any case, ifwe fail, you'll get a refund.
Cheers,
Karina

Thank you Karina,

Amazing response - and on a holiday w/e in the US! I would very much appreciate any help.

Lyn

[SteveMB]

I've found that I can get ebooks to use the correct fonts by:

1. Format the document with the desired font family.

2. Save the document as "Web Page, Filtered"

3. Place the font files for the desired font family in a /Mantano/fonts subdirectory under the main /Mantano directory.

4. Save the following code in the Calibre "Extra CSS" box:

@font-face{font-family:"Gentium Book Basic";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;src:url(res:///fonts/GentiumBookBasic-Regular.ttf)}
@font-face{font-family:"Gentium Book Basic";font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;src:url(res:///fonts/GentiumBookBasic-Italic.ttf)}
@font-face{font-family:"Gentium Book Basic";font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;src:url(res:///fonts/GentiumBookBasic-Bold.ttf)}
@font-face{font-family:"Gentium Book Basic";font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;src:url(res:///fonts/GentiumBookBasic-BoldItalic.ttf)}

(Obviously, change the names to fit your chosen font family)

5. Import filtered-HTML document into Calibre and convert to ePub.

[rxmom03]

Will Mantano ever support Calibre OPDS? That is really the only thing that keeps this from being the perfect app for me. I have a Nook Color w/CM7, but my computer won't recognize it with the microSD card in. So at the moment I have to take the card out, download books to the Nook app, then replace the card and sync to get my books in Mantano. Oh, so much work to read a book...
Anyway, just wanted to put my vote in for that!

Mary

[othar]

please, add support for Cbz/cbr format and it will be the perfect APP

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by rxmom03

Will Mantano ever support Calibre OPDS? That is really the only thing that keeps this from being the perfect app for me. I have a Nook Color w/CM7, but my computer won't recognize it with the microSD card in. So at the moment I have to take the card out, download books to the Nook app, then replace the card and sync to get my books in Mantano. Oh, so much work to read a book...
Anyway, just wanted to put my vote in for that!

Mary

I don't have a Nook color but I use Dropbox app and ES File Explorer app to get my books in Mantano. I just download the book from Dropbox then use ES File Explorer to move the books to the directory of my choice. I made a folder called books that I keep synch with Mantano. I don't know if it works the same with a NC but you could give it a try.

[SCION]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I don't have a Nook color but I use Dropbox app and ES File Explorer app to get my books in Mantano. I just download the book from Dropbox then use ES File Explorer to move the books to the directory of my choice. I made a folder called books that I keep synch with Mantano. I don't know if it works the same with a NC but you could give it a try.

Good advice for folks who aren't aware of this.

[rxmom03]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I don't have a Nook color but I use Dropbox app and ES File Explorer app to get my books in Mantano. I just download the book from Dropbox then use ES File Explorer to move the books to the directory of my choice. I made a folder called books that I keep synch with Mantano. I don't know if it works the same with a NC but you could give it a try.

You know, I was trying to decide where the folder should be--on my computer, on my NC somewhere, in Mantano somewhere...and I hit the sync button in Mantano just to see what folders it was syncing with already. I found out it syncs with Aldiko and Moon+ (I had downloaded both of them to try them out). So I can upload books to one of the other reader apps w/calibre and then sync with Mantano also. Who knew

Mary

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by rxmom03

You know, I was trying to decide where the folder should be--on my computer, on my NC somewhere, in Mantano somewhere...and I hit the sync button in Mantano just to see what folders it was syncing with already. I found out it syncs with Aldiko and Moon+ (I had downloaded both of them to try them out). So I can upload books to one of the other reader apps w/calibre and then sync with Mantano also. Who knew

Mary

Ah yes that would work too. Mantano will synch with whatever folder you tell it too. I tried the other reader apps as well but I only use Mantano and Cool Reader. The others don't show external style sheets as good as those two.

Now I can only hope for a better way to organize my books on Mantano.

[Eskarina]

Originally Posted by rxmom03

You know, I was trying to decide where the folder should be--on my computer, on my NC somewhere, in Mantano somewhere...and I hit the sync button in Mantano just to see what folders it was syncing with already. I found out it syncs with Aldiko and Moon+ (I had downloaded both of them to try them out). So I can upload books to one of the other reader apps w/calibre and then sync with Mantano also. Who knew

Mary

That's how I do it too. I tried out the dropbox method but I find that I still prefer to get my books into my reader with Aldiko through Calibre's content server. Maybe it's because it shows me the covers, or maybe it's that I can browse my entire Calibre library in Aldiko via author, title, tag etc..., read the synopsis of a book I may have forgotten about before I decide to download it into my reader. It even shows which ones I've downloaded already so I avoid multiple copies.

This would be a great for Mantano to have.

[Carl314]

Originally Posted by rxmom03

Will Mantano ever support Calibre OPDS? That is really the only thing that keeps this from being the perfect app for me. I have a Nook Color w/CM7, but my computer won't recognize it with the microSD card in. So at the moment I have to take the card out, download books to the Nook app, then replace the card and sync to get my books in Mantano. Oh, so much work to read a book...
Anyway, just wanted to put my vote in for that!

Mary

Mary, I asked that very question in their support forums, and the response was that the feature is planned. They didn't say when, but to me that's about the only major feature missing. In the meantime, I access OPDS via the web, and when the epub file is downloaded, I click on it and Mantano opens it.

By the way, their forums seem to have disappeared in the past couple of days - anyone know anything about that?

Cheers, Carl.