MapleRead - eBook Reader and Server for iOS - Page 26

romad · 01-28-2018, 10:36 PM

Ah, I think I understand what you mean now. Yep, looks like Stanza was never updated to 64bit so it is no longer available on the App Store. I would have liked to see what that "None" setting did.

ilovejedd · 01-28-2018, 11:17 PM

Stanza has been pulled out of the App Store (by Amazon) long before iOS 11. I think iOS 5 was the last version that worked with Stanza without too many glitches. On iOS 6, I believe it crashed when you went to some of the settings menu.

If you want to see what I'm referring to, Marvin 3 (free download) with Page turn style set to Instant (under EPUB book settings) works much the same.

P.S. It may not be quite so instantaneous on iPads with A7 or older but on devices with more powerful chipsets, page turns pretty much happen in the blink of an eye.

romad · 01-29-2018, 12:09 AM

I'll have to check it out. When I was bailing on iBooks, Marvin was a finalist before I went with MapleRead SE.

ilovejedd · 01-29-2018, 01:12 AM

I went straight from Stanza to Marvin 2 and eventually Marvin 3. Organization-wise, the little I’ve seen of MapleRead seems to be better than Marvin. Marvin also lacks automatic annotations syncing albeit it does provide versatile export options.

MapleRead and Hyphen are both under consideration but Hyphen seems too basic. While it does sync books via iCloud, I can’t find an option to batch download all synced books (either manual or automatically).

The page turn animations are a deal breaker for me, though. That’s the primary reason I wouldn’t switch to iBooks. Even Kindle, I’d convert to epub and read on Marvin.

romad · 01-29-2018, 10:33 AM

I left iBooks when an iOS 9 update destroyed my careful manually sorted by author and series library. Since iBooks only has a couple of auto sort options, I went looking elsewhere. It was MapleRead's sorting options that clinched the deal for me.

Yep, I do the same with Kindle books - convert to ePub in Calibre and read in MR.

drofgnal · 01-29-2018, 12:23 PM

I'm looking for a new epub reader for ios devices. I had Marvin, but am pretty fed up with it. Seems every time I get a new IOS device, there is a different version, and I'm required to pay for it again as opposed to being able to download it again from my purchased apps in the app store. It seems updates should just be made available to the app without having to repurchase. So bye-bye Marvin, good riddance.

I downloaded Bluefire, which seems to be a decent app, but I'm a bit taken aback at how long it takes to search, if I want to look up a character from earlier in the book. Plus search isn't enabled when you highlight a name, you have to type it into the search function or copy and paste. Other than that, it hits all the right buttons.

I haven't tried Mapleread yet, but just downloaded to my 7S plus. Has anyone done a compare between Mapleread and Bluefire? Mostly reading is on my phone, but want a good app for a ipad mini first generation. Any impressions would be appreciated.

Zebedi · 01-30-2018, 06:42 AM

Since the last update (1.7.2) I now have a gap at the right hand end of the search bar (a white patch about an inch wide over the top of where the arrow should be) under tags and edit and the book shelves stop short instead of going all the way to the far right. I am using Mapleread SE on an iPad 10.5. It does not affect my iPad 9.7. Thanks for any help.

sbaylor · 01-31-2018, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebedi

Since the last update (1.7.2) I now have a gap at the right hand end of the search bar (a white patch about an inch wide over the top of where the arrow should be) under tags and edit and the book shelves stop short instead of going all the way to the far right. I am using Mapleread SE on an iPad 10.5. It does not affect my iPad 9.7. Thanks for any help.

Thank you for reporting the bug! Yes, this bug affects only MapleRead SE and MapleRead CE running on iPad 10.5", but not on other iPad models. It treats iPad 10.5" as if it were running on the original (and relatively smaller) iPad. We'll fix this bug in the next release.

kyteflyer · 02-02-2018, 07:55 AM

Stanza began working again (for those interested) in iOS8 and early 9. I think it was at 9.3.5 that it failed again. However, given that we can't downgrade anymore (even on older devices), the point has become moot. I've kept my Stanza .ipas but cant use them anymore. And nobody has yet created a book management method like that of Stanza/Lexcycle.

ilovejedd · 02-02-2018, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

Stanza began working again (for those interested) in iOS8 and early 9. I think it was at 9.3.5 that it failed again. However, given that we can't downgrade anymore (even on older devices), the point has become moot. I've kept my Stanza .ipas but cant use them anymore. And nobody has yet created a book management method like that of Stanza/Lexcycle.

Unfortunately, Stanza's not designed for the newer resolutions. I just keep Stanza 3.1 on my iPod Touch 4th gen (iOS 4) and Stanza 3.2 on my iPhone 4 (iOS 5). I've got some fanfics on those that I don't have a copy of elsewhere and have since been removed from FanFiction.Net, etc.

For the most part, Marvin + Dropbox has been working for me (albeit not ideally). Marvin really doesn't work all that well with Calibre/OPDS for books that get updated frequently. When downloading from OPDS or HTTP, it doesn't ask if you want to overwrite when there's a filename collision. It does ask if downloading from Dropbox.

I still miss how well Stanza handled/integrated with OPDS feeds.

romad · 02-02-2018, 11:02 AM

With Stanza being dead, I wonder if MaplePop could adapt some of its features or at least something similar? I only used Stanza on my iMac a couple of times to clean up some ePubs so I never got into using it on my iPad 1 (I just stayed with iBooks until iOS 9.x screwed me over).

Out of curiosity, how did Stanza's book management compare to MapleRead?

ilovejedd · 02-02-2018, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romad

With Stanza being dead, I wonder if MaplePop could adapt some of its features or at least something similar? I only used Stanza on my iMac a couple of times to clean up some ePubs so I never got into using it on my iPad 1 (I just stayed with iBooks until iOS 9.x screwed me over).

Out of curiosity, how did Stanza's book management compare to MapleRead?

Local book management is very basic. However, as mentioned Stanza integrates quite well with OPDS feeds.

You can download and read books directly from the OPDS feed so organization and search function is effectively as good as what Calibre's Content Server can provide. I've yet to find an alternate reader on iOS that integrates as nicely as Stanza with Calibre.

diremommy · 02-02-2018, 09:21 PM

I'm a new user, been using Marvin for about a year, but was looking at other ios apps. I looked at all the customization options, and I was wondering if there were any other options for page turn animations, other than the curl and the slide? I much prefer the more instant "flash" turn, the slide and curl are distracting somehow.

sbaylor · 02-03-2018, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbaylor

Thank you for reporting the bug! Yes, this bug affects only MapleRead SE and MapleRead CE running on iPad 10.5", but not on other iPad models. It treats iPad 10.5" as if it were running on the original (and relatively smaller) iPad. We'll fix this bug in the next release.

Just submitted MapleRead SE/CE 1.7.3 to App Store for review to address this bug. Getting back to continue working on a major release again.

sbaylor · 02-05-2018, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbaylor

Just submitted MapleRead SE/CE 1.7.3 to App Store for review to address this bug. Getting back to continue working on a major release again.

MapleRead SE and MapleRead CE 1.7.3 are now available on the App Store.

01-28-2018, 11:17 PM	#377
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Stanza has been pulled out of the App Store (by Amazon) long before iOS 11. I think iOS 5 was the last version that worked with Stanza without too many glitches. On iOS 6, I believe it crashed when you went to some of the settings menu. If you want to see what I'm referring to, Marvin 3 (free download) with Page turn style set to Instant (under EPUB book settings) works much the same. P.S. It may not be quite so instantaneous on iPads with A7 or older but on devices with more powerful chipsets, page turns pretty much happen in the blink of an eye. Last edited by ilovejedd; 01-28-2018 at 11:29 PM.

01-29-2018, 12:23 PM	#381
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,405 Karma: 10519918 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	I'm looking for a new epub reader for ios devices. I had Marvin, but am pretty fed up with it. Seems every time I get a new IOS device, there is a different version, and I'm required to pay for it again as opposed to being able to download it again from my purchased apps in the app store. It seems updates should just be made available to the app without having to repurchase. So bye-bye Marvin, good riddance. I downloaded Bluefire, which seems to be a decent app, but I'm a bit taken aback at how long it takes to search, if I want to look up a character from earlier in the book. Plus search isn't enabled when you highlight a name, you have to type it into the search function or copy and paste. Other than that, it hits all the right buttons. I haven't tried Mapleread yet, but just downloaded to my 7S plus. Has anyone done a compare between Mapleread and Bluefire? Mostly reading is on my phone, but want a good app for a ipad mini first generation. Any impressions would be appreciated. Last edited by drofgnal; 01-29-2018 at 12:32 PM.

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01-28-2018, 10:36 PM	#376
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 210 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	Ah, I think I understand what you mean now. Yep, looks like Stanza was never updated to 64bit so it is no longer available on the App Store. I would have liked to see what that "None" setting did.

01-29-2018, 12:09 AM	#378
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 210 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	I'll have to check it out. When I was bailing on iBooks, Marvin was a finalist before I went with MapleRead SE.

01-29-2018, 01:12 AM	#379
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	I went straight from Stanza to Marvin 2 and eventually Marvin 3. Organization-wise, the little I’ve seen of MapleRead seems to be better than Marvin. Marvin also lacks automatic annotations syncing albeit it does provide versatile export options. MapleRead and Hyphen are both under consideration but Hyphen seems too basic. While it does sync books via iCloud, I can’t find an option to batch download all synced books (either manual or automatically). The page turn animations are a deal breaker for me, though. That’s the primary reason I wouldn’t switch to iBooks. Even Kindle, I’d convert to epub and read on Marvin.

01-29-2018, 10:33 AM	#380
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 210 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	I left iBooks when an iOS 9 update destroyed my careful manually sorted by author and series library. Since iBooks only has a couple of auto sort options, I went looking elsewhere. It was MapleRead's sorting options that clinched the deal for me. Yep, I do the same with Kindle books - convert to ePub in Calibre and read in MR.

01-30-2018, 06:42 AM	#382
Zebedi Member Posts: 19 Karma: 6256 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Byford, Western Australia Device: IPad Pro 12.9, 10.5, IPhone SE	Since the last update (1.7.2) I now have a gap at the right hand end of the search bar (a white patch about an inch wide over the top of where the arrow should be) under tags and edit and the book shelves stop short instead of going all the way to the far right. I am using Mapleread SE on an iPad 10.5. It does not affect my iPad 9.7. Thanks for any help.

02-02-2018, 07:55 AM	#384
kyteflyer Wizard Posts: 1,844 Karma: 9547754 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle, Australia Device: iPhone 12 Mini	Stanza began working again (for those interested) in iOS8 and early 9. I think it was at 9.3.5 that it failed again. However, given that we can't downgrade anymore (even on older devices), the point has become moot. I've kept my Stanza .ipas but cant use them anymore. And nobody has yet created a book management method like that of Stanza/Lexcycle.

02-02-2018, 11:02 AM	#386
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 210 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	With Stanza being dead, I wonder if MaplePop could adapt some of its features or at least something similar? I only used Stanza on my iMac a couple of times to clean up some ePubs so I never got into using it on my iPad 1 (I just stayed with iBooks until iOS 9.x screwed me over). Out of curiosity, how did Stanza's book management compare to MapleRead?

02-02-2018, 09:21 PM	#388
diremommy Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 14452 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Zenpad S 8, iPad mini 2	I'm a new user, been using Marvin for about a year, but was looking at other ios apps. I looked at all the customization options, and I was wondering if there were any other options for page turn animations, other than the curl and the slide? I much prefer the more instant "flash" turn, the slide and curl are distracting somehow.