08-21-2017, 07:31 PM | #1 |
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I still miss Stanza
I know there are now lots of apps for reading, but I still miss Stanza's book management. My comments are prompted by some thread regarding carting all your books about in your reader. I used to carry a couple of hundred in Stanza, but I dont dare do that with any of the others because none have the advanced management that Stanza had. In fact, I miss it so much, I am currently recharging my old 4S and will be using that probably from here on. Yes I liked Marvin, and I currently use Hyphen, I'm still unimpressed by Megareader, epub reader, TiReader, etc... they just dont do the job. Whats next?
I just wish that one of the devs would implement the same book management technique that stanza had. Why is it so hard to do??? |
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Have you considered separating the tasks of library management and reading, and using Calibre Companion for the management side of things?
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I have Calibre Companion, but I don't seem to "get" it. I just download directly from Calibre via wifi :-/ But, overall, I'd rather have an all in one. With the current crop of apps though, you cant, unless you are happy with a massively long list of books... and I'm not. I never have more than 3 or 4 on board at a time, anymore. Last edited by kyteflyer; 08-22-2017 at 04:56 PM. |
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I haven't used them myself as I'm quite happy using the power offered by Calibre Companion in conjunction with MapleRead. |
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[edit] Actually the folders of books by Author works pretty much as it did in Stanza. Its a pity that I simply detest the way the app is presented. Even getting rid of the fake shelves doesnt improve it. Cannot like it. Sorry. Last edited by kyteflyer; 08-24-2017 at 05:33 PM. |
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Stanza was good at organizing eBooks, but not so good at actually displaying eBooks with the numerous bugs/glitches/gotchas/not following CSS. It's not a reading app I've ever liked.
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Yep, it certainly had its issues. Its still a pity that Amazon killed it, instead of allowing further development, or even incorporating some of its better features into the Kindle app. I'll never understand how or why that happened. Its not like Stanza was any kind of competition. But, I guess thats all been done to death.
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In the meantime I have given up on it again. I guess its Hyphen and Marvin for me, and only a few books on board at any one time. Oh well, no great hardship, really. |
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Shubook is the only option that I have found with acceptable book management.
I still don't understand why browsing by author in folders is such a complicated concept for people who make ebook readers. |
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But what an an eBook reading app that actually doesn't monkey with the CSS when you are customizing options? Is there such a program?
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Agreed. Maybe I should go back to Shubook. I have that, too. Megareader does management quite well but with a fugly GUI, and crappy implementation (or none) for fonts and variations (cant think of the term I want)
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I.e. Browse useful information rather than being constrained by the storage of books in the underlying file system. |
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