Cool Reader on Android

[Guns4Hire]

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

Ok so now I have another question. How do I make my covers go back to their normal size. They are tiny now. I messed with the image settings in options but there is no effect.

Also I am wondering I have a book where the TOC is blank but it shows up in other readers. The TOC was created exactly as the rest of the series so it is baffling me why its blank. Any ideas.

Great program btw.

Am I asking the wrong questions? Or am I not in the club? Or do newbies just have to pay their dues in this thread? I feel like I am being ignored lol.

Anyway I am assuming not just that anyone who might know the answers is busy. Looking forward to learning more about the options and settings.

Figure I would ask another question lol since I am here. How do you install the dictionaries that are listed within coolreader. I thought maybe coolreader had a folder where you drop in the dictionary but if so I don't see any such location (that goes for fonts as well I guess thought there would be a folder in coolreader as well).

[just_me]

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

Am I asking the wrong questions? Or am I not in the club? Or do newbies just have to pay their dues in this thread? I feel like I am being ignored lol.

Anyway I am assuming not just that anyone who might know the answers is busy. Looking forward to learning more about the options and settings.

Figure I would ask another question lol since I am here. How do you install the dictionaries that are listed within coolreader. I thought maybe coolreader had a folder where you drop in the dictionary but if so I don't see any such location (that goes for fonts as well I guess thought there would be a folder in coolreader as well).

I don't know the answer to your other questions but I know that you just need to install the dictionary on it's own, then select it in the coolreader settings. It should work just fine (I they register to some intent that coolreader knows to issue).

[Guns4Hire]

Originally Posted by just_me

I don't know the answer to your other questions but I know that you just need to install the dictionary on it's own, then select it in the coolreader settings. It should work just fine (I they register to some intent that coolreader knows to issue).

Thats what I figured but when I google searched fora dict I get a lot of nonsense thats why I asked. Guess I should search at the market place. Thanks.

Edit: Figured out fonts.

additional fonts to /fonts directory of SD card or internal storage

And while the font I placed in the SD/fonts folder shows in cr3's settings the font doesn't actually change when I choose it. Then I realized that no matter what font I picked nothing happens. lol one step foward two steps back.

[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

And while the font I placed in the SD/fonts folder shows in cr3's settings the font doesn't actually change when I choose it. Then I realized that no matter what font I picked nothing happens.

If you are reading EPUB you may have it set to use a font specified by the EPUB. Fonts from the font folder do work well for me reading FB2 format.

[Eskarina]

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

Thats what I figured but when I google searched fora dict I get a lot of nonsense thats why I asked. Guess I should search at the market place. Thanks.

Edit: Figured out fonts.

And while the font I placed in the SD/fonts folder shows in cr3's settings the font doesn't actually change when I choose it. Then I realized that no matter what font I picked nothing happens. lol one step foward two steps back.

Let me preface this comment by saying that I'm not an html/epub/mobi etc...or any kind of css expert...

As far as the TOC not appearing on Coolreader, I've seen it happen a few times. I can't recall exactly how I solved it but it involved the use of Calibre and/or Sigil. I do remember that if the TOC did not show in Sigil, then it would not show on Coolreader.

If you can't change the fonts on your book, take a look and make sure that your ebup doesn't contain embedded fonts. If I remember, CR doesn't play well with embedded fonts. There's a Calibre plugin called modify epub that will get rid of embedded fonts or you can go into the css and manually remove them.

For the dictionary, both fora and colordict work. Download either from the market (a 20-40mb file I think) and point coolreader to either. Also, open the dictionary as a separate app to see if it works independent of Coolreader.

Overall, TOC or other editing/layout quirks you find in coolreader that don't appear in other readers like aldiko/moon+ etc, I believe are a result of the individual books themselves and the fact that there's no standard epub formatting (eg: there are several ways to italicize a line of text etc...). I've noticed that even though Coolreader doesn't read as much of the css as reading apps that employ ADE standards like Aldiko, Mantano and Nook, it's a whole lot better than fbreader and Moon+. Coolreader I feel, gives the perfect balance of maximizing customization while maintaining the book's original look/feel.

There are several really nice threads pertaining to all this on the Sony forum.

[Guns4Hire]

Originally Posted by Eskarina

As far as the TOC not appearing on Coolreader, I've seen it happen a few times. I can't recall exactly how I solved it but it involved the use of Calibre and/or Sigil. I do remember that if the TOC did not show in Sigil, then it would not show on Coolreader.

It shows up in both calibre (book view) and Sigil. TOC works in both my PB360 with fbreader180 and on my Nook (default reader). Don't think its because of the file but what do I know (well I know a little bit lol especially Sigil). If I have problems with a TOC I always check it with other programs so I can narrow down if its the epub or the software.

Originally Posted by Eskarina

If you can't change the fonts on your book, take a look and make sure that your ebup doesn't contain embedded fonts. If I remember, CR doesn't play well with embedded fonts. There's a Calibre plugin called modify epub that will get rid of embedded fonts or you can go into the css and manually remove them.

Any hard-coded epubs I always strip. So I am aware of issues with embedded fonts. Any of the epubs that I open with cr3 can't change the font (any of the fonts on the device) and there is definitely no embedded fonts. And works on all my devices and programs already checked to make sure it wasn't the epub file.

Originally Posted by Eskarina

For the dictionary, both fora and colordict work. Download either from the market (a 20-40mb file I think) and point coolreader to either. Also, open the dictionary as a separate app to see if it works independent of Coolreader.

Thanks for the info on the dictionaries...appreciate it.

[Eskarina]

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

It shows up in both calibre (book view) and Sigil. TOC works in both my PB360 with fbreader180 and on my Nook (default reader). Don't think its because of the file but what do I know (well I know a little bit lol especially Sigil). If I have problems with a TOC I always check it with other programs so I can narrow down if its the epub or the software.

And that right there is the extent of my "expertise" I'm afraid. I really don't know what to tell you. As for my earlier claim that if a book's TOC doesn't show in Sigil, it won't show in CR? - Just tested it and it's false! lol!!!

Another way is to convert from epub to mobi and back to epub but use heuristic processing option to "detect and markup unformatted chapter headings..." in the final epub conversion. However, it sounds more like there's something wrong with your device/CR installation etc..

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

Any hard-coded epubs I always strip. So I am aware of issues with embedded fonts. Any of the epubs that I open with cr3 can't change the font (any of the fonts on the device) and there is definitely no embedded fonts. And works on all my devices and programs already checked to make sure it wasn't the epub file.

Again, I don't know what else to tell you. As a last resort, I would remove all associated files, uninstall and re-install CR. I've never had any issues with CR displaying fonts so this is foreign to me.
Then again, I use CR on a nook color not an e-ink device. That's why I suggested looking at the Sony forums for those using CR on their T1s.

Originally Posted by Guns4Hire

Thanks for the info on the dictionaries...appreciate it.

You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[Dopedangel]

I need coolreader to have the ability to set a default ebook directory that is monitored for book to be added to the database. Plus the database instead of just having Books by Author it also should have book by series as well as a configurable menu.
So we can set how we want it like I could set it by Tags>Series>Book so its easy to find books even if your directory structure is not good.
And of course the ability to show book covers without opening it.

[Buggins]

Originally Posted by Dopedangel

I need coolreader to have the ability to set a default ebook directory that is monitored for book to be added to the database. Plus the database instead of just having Books by Author it also should have book by series as well as a configurable menu.
So we can set how we want it like I could set it by Tags>Series>Book so its easy to find books even if your directory structure is not good.
And of course the ability to show book covers without opening it.

Actually, there is book DB in CoolReader. But only Books By Author interface is added to root.
You can find book by title, author, series name, or file name using Search.
Book Search is fixed in recent version
Books by series and title items will be added to File Browser root soon.

To add all books from some folder and subfolders to DB, use Menu/More/Scan Directory on some directory.
No automatic directory scanning for now except you entered into some directory manually.

[just_me]

What about showing the covers without having to open each book?

[Buggins]

"Books by Series" implemented

[Buggins]

Originally Posted by just_me

What about showing the covers without having to open each book?

Will be implemented soon.

[just_me]

Originally Posted by Buggins

Will be implemented soon.

Wow, that's great. Thanks.

[Jabby]

Hi Buggins,

Are you still planing to mirror the margins in two page mode?

Regards - John

[Guns4Hire]

Is there a setting which makes the book cover the proper size? 3 updates ago the covers showed up normally. Then we got the image scaling setting. Now the covers are very small. I do see the zoom feature works. But cant figure out how to disable the shrinking of the covers? Disabling image scaling mode doesn't put the covers back to size. Whats funny about this is when I put the nook to sleep the screensaver kicks on and the cover is the right size.