Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Apple Devices

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 12-25-2011, 07:31 PM   #1
mkelley
Enthusiast
mkelley began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 31
Karma: 10
Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: Kindle and iPad
Any better app than Kindle?

I use Calibre to manage my ebooks library and while I love the Kindle app for actually reading on my iPad the lack of any kind of collection or organizing facility is driving me crazy. I got my wife a Kindle Touch for Christmas (which she hates but that's a whole other story) and was impressed by the ability to add collections -- that's all the app in the iPad really needs, but I suspect they'll never add it.

So... are there any alternative readers out there that have this? Or, to put it another way, is there anything better for reading on the iPad? I definitely don't want to give up the ability to choose my font size (that's key for these old eyes) and whatever I choose has to have the ability to take what I can output from Calibre, but beyond that I really don't care as long as it can handle collections reasonably. Or at this stage are we still stuck with Kindle?
mkelley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2011, 07:34 PM   #2
Shack70
Guru
Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shack70 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Shack70's Avatar
 
Posts: 777
Karma: 1043626
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: York, Pa
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation
I have not used it but I've heard good things about BlueFire Reader. Stanza was a good one as well but I don't think it works with iOS 5.
Shack70 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2011, 07:45 PM   #3
mkelley
Enthusiast
mkelley began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 31
Karma: 10
Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: Kindle and iPad
It doesn't appear there is any way to organize books on the BlueFire reader, but thanks for suggesting it.

I did look at Stanza and it appears to have what I want... but as you said, it's a no go for IOS5 so that's out (and it's really weird because it was updated in November and still doesn't support IOS5. Must be because Apple put the clamps on all their ebook readers to conform to the store policies).

I find it absolutely *amazing* there aren't any ebook readers out there that allow you to put your books into collections (well, ebook apps, that is). That's just such a basic function that the only thing I can think of is there has to be something broken in IOS that keeps it from being easily added (because, as a software author, it would be the FIRST thing I'd add to almost any program, no matter what else it did -- even something that made lists of grocery items. I'd have a way to organize those lists into groups).

Right now I'm using Dropbox as a way to at least handle things, but it means that every time I want to read a new book I need to import it. Not awful, but hardly handy (then again, if anyone wrote an app that was integrated with Dropbox it would be perfect, as I could use DB to organize things).


I just noticed that that November update is supposed to be FOR IOS5, so perhaps there is hope after all. Thanks for the suggestion!

Last edited by mkelley; 12-25-2011 at 07:47 PM. Reason: Maybe Stanza does work
mkelley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2011, 02:48 AM   #4
Valkrider
Addict
Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Valkrider ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Valkrider's Avatar
 
Posts: 311
Karma: 1250000
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: UK
Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX
Stanza was definitely updated and it runs fine under iOS 5.01.
Valkrider is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2011, 06:50 PM   #5
pwalker8
Grand Sorcerer
pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pwalker8 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,196
Karma: 70314280
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2
iBooks has pretty decent collections support, that's what I currently use. Just use calibre to convert to epub and load via iTunes.
pwalker8 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-01-2012, 08:11 PM   #6
rcuadro
Wizard
rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rcuadro ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,686
Karma: 874275
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Device: Kindle DX
I only use the Kindle app and iBooks... if the book was not bought from Amazon I use iBooks to read it. I like the sync ability on iTuned
rcuadro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-04-2012, 10:03 PM   #7
Janet16
Enthusiast
Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Janet16 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Janet16's Avatar
 
Posts: 41
Karma: 2621116
Join Date: Jul 2011
Device: iPad
I use Kindle app and iBook too. And now the Kindle seems not bad after it updated: giving iPad users access to the Kindle Fire's collection of more than 400 magazines and newspapers. You can buy individual issues or subscriptions, which will be delivered to the device when available, and I have updated not long ago.
Janet16 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2012, 02:45 PM   #8
4Foot
Member
4Foot began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 18
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Unionville, Ontario, Canada
Device: Kobo
Quote:
Originally Posted by Valkrider View Post
Stanza was definitely updated and it runs fine under iOS 5.01.
Ditto, Valkrider, on the Stanza app working just fine under 5.01. I think it is only a problem if you try to UPGRADE to the Nov. Release. Best to delete the previous Ver. Of Stanza and then install the new one.

Works a treat and has great features. It does seem however that it will not be developed further.

Happy reading

4Foot
4Foot is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Free (Kindle App) Pixel Perfect Puzzles (A Puzzle Game for Kindle) arcadata Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 1 07-06-2011 03:32 AM
Android app for reading web articles with Kindle (app and device) fivefilters Android Devices 0 07-02-2011 09:29 PM
Bargain (Kindle app) Nickel Buddy's Workout Partners on Kindle ($0.99) arcadata Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 0 05-23-2011 05:52 PM
Kindle app for iPad appears in the App Store pilotbob News 46 04-06-2010 08:25 PM
kindle app? is it possible to design a app to full support PDF? lili1989 Amazon Kindle 12 02-05-2010 05:29 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:57 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.