Android "Go Book" eReader - how do we enable CSS on it????

Aodhfin Kavanaug · 07-19-2014, 01:21 PM

Thank goodness I found this forum. I'm at my wits' end.

After a couple of months with a new Android phone (a Nexus 4) since I switched over from BlackBerry, I "downloaded" and tested out a couple dozen eReaders for my Nexus and I settled for Go Book and have been using it for a few weeks now.

It is, for me, by far the best eReader out of the lot for innumerable reasons, but it fails on one thing only (but it's big!): it seems to display only in plain text, as it were. I have PageTurner installed as well just I can test the ePub's I've created and in every case, PageTurner displays everything very nicely and fully where Go Book does not. Yet in every other way, Go Book is the perfect app for me.

Was wondering if anyone knew if there was a way to enable CSS attributes on Go Book so that we can see all the bolds and colours and page breaks and images that are in an eBook?

Thanks so much in advance.

HarryT · 07-19-2014, 01:23 PM

Seems like a pretty crappy reader if it shows everything as plain text! Why do you think it's the best one?

Moon+ and Bluefire both have very good reputations. Have you tried those?

bla · 07-27-2014, 07:38 AM

I would suggest you try a different app... It seems obvious that "go reader" is not programmed to handle css I would suggest Moon READER but there are no guarantees that any reDER WILL SUPPORT ALL THE CSS STUFF in particular the myriad text attributes ... btw I run all my epubs thru calibre .. you can use it to tweak embedded css stuff ....

07-19-2014, 01:21 PM	#1
Aodhfin Kavanaug Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Nexus 4 Android phone	Android "Go Book" eReader - how do we enable CSS on it???? Thank goodness I found this forum. I'm at my wits' end. After a couple of months with a new Android phone (a Nexus 4) since I switched over from BlackBerry, I "downloaded" and tested out a couple dozen eReaders for my Nexus and I settled for Go Book and have been using it for a few weeks now. It is, for me, by far the best eReader out of the lot for innumerable reasons, but it fails on one thing only (but it's big!): it seems to display only in plain text, as it were. I have PageTurner installed as well just I can test the ePub's I've created and in every case, PageTurner displays everything very nicely and fully where Go Book does not. Yet in every other way, Go Book is the perfect app for me. Was wondering if anyone knew if there was a way to enable CSS attributes on Go Book so that we can see all the bolds and colours and page breaks and images that are in an eBook? Thanks so much in advance.

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07-19-2014, 01:23 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Seems like a pretty crappy reader if it shows everything as plain text! Why do you think it's the best one? Moon+ and Bluefire both have very good reputations. Have you tried those?

07-27-2014, 07:38 AM	#3
bla E bookworm Posts: 358 Karma: 2013666 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Sony PRS T1,Android Tablet, I phone	I would suggest you try a different app... It seems obvious that "go reader" is not programmed to handle css I would suggest Moon READER but there are no guarantees that any reDER WILL SUPPORT ALL THE CSS STUFF in particular the myriad text attributes ... btw I run all my epubs thru calibre .. you can use it to tweak embedded css stuff ....

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