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Old 04-17-2017, 05:29 PM   #406
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I don't think you understand what Calibre Companion actually does. It's not a replacement for Calibre on your Mac; it's a companion for Calibre (hence the name) which you install on your Android device, and which then synchronises with your main Calibre library. You can then do library browsing, searching, etc (all offline) on your tablet, and once you've found a book which interests you, open it in your chosen reading app. It's a wonderful tool. Do take a look at it.
I will take a look, but actually I don't particularly want to use 2 apps to do all that; I really want a reader app that supports the collections functionality I've got used to in the Kobo (and to a lesser extent, the iOS Kindle app), and to be able to display any series information recorded in Calibre. The Kobo collections functionality is managed via Calibre - I set a metadata 'tag' in a specific column and that 'tag' is the collection/shelf that shows up on the Kobo when the book is sent to the Kobo.

I use Calibre purely to manage my ebook library; this is duplicated in LibraryThing where I also log my print books. Currently, I have over 4600 print books, and over 1600 ebooks. (There's some overlap: some titles I have both print and ebook versions, some of the ebooks are omnibuses which have been split into individual titles within Calibre.) LibraryThing is my master catalogue; that's why I'm keen to get the LT Browser app working again to use it as a checklist. That's where I will do the bulk of my searching - to check whether I own a specific title, and if I do, in what format as I'm trying to reduce the number of print titles I own.

So that's why I was asking about reader apps that can also import and display Calibre metadata rather than a separate app to do that. I'm too long away from Android to remember specific functionality from the Nexus; all I remember was that I copied everything to DropBox and FBReader linked to there to access my books, and I would basically see my directory structure (by author) and that was it (hence why I used to add series information as a prefix to the title). I'm hoping Android reader functionality has moved on from that.

I hope all this makes sense!
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Old 04-17-2017, 09:34 PM   #407
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I found a simple way to track series order. I created a doc in Google Docs that has all the series I read (87th Precinct, Rabbi Small series, etc) listed. I simpy copied and pasted lists from fantasticfiction.co.uk into my doc file. Then at the top I have a list of series that the doc contains, which I then convert to links pointing to the list for that series. This is my table of contents.

I save it as a doc file and send it to Amazon to send as a mobi file to my Kindle. I also have a copy of that on my Kobo.

It took about 15 minutes to make the thing up to begin with since I had to figure out how to do it and it takes about 3 or 4 minutes to add a new series to it. The longest part of the process is waiting for Amazon to convert it and send it back.

When I use it I find the series in the TOC, tap it's name and it takes me to the series order list for that series. It's all dead simple.

I don't really read series as such. If order really matters much I don't bother. Still, when there's a continuing character and a chronology I like to go in order and I find this very useful.

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Old 04-17-2017, 11:23 PM   #408
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I will take a look, but actually I don't particularly want to use 2 apps to do all that; I really want a reader app that supports the collections functionality I've got used to in the Kobo (and to a lesser extent, the iOS Kindle app), and to be able to display any series information recorded in Calibre. The Kobo collections functionality is managed via Calibre - I set a metadata 'tag' in a specific column and that 'tag' is the collection/shelf that shows up on the Kobo when the book is sent to the Kobo.
Using Calibre companion (CC) paired with Moon + Reader looks to be one app. I simply navigate to the book I want to read in CC, using all of the metadata that I normally see in Calibre then click read or long press on the book and the book pops up in the reading app. Next time I want to continue reading the book I simply click on the book in the widget on my desktop and the book opens to the ple place I left off.

In my opinion it doesn't get any better then using CC paired with a reading app.
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Old 04-18-2017, 03:41 AM   #409
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Hi, I just bought a new energy pro hd reader and I'd like to know what reader app is the best for learning languages, I'm actually using moon reader+ , is fine but I want to know if there is something better in android, something with translation and fine dictionaries. Thanks
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Old 04-18-2017, 03:43 AM   #410
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Hi, I just bought a new energy pro hd reader and I'd like to know what reader app is the best for learning languages, I'm actually using moon reader+ , is fine but I want to know if there is something better in android, something with translation and fine dictionaries. Thanks
Without a doubt the Kindle App. It has both translation (requires an Internet connection) and superb dictionaries.
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Old 03-01-2018, 12:36 PM   #411
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In your research don't forget our wiki as a source E-book_software#Android. Many of the apps have their own page in the wiki and of course anyone can add more.

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Old 04-24-2018, 08:16 PM   #412
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Finally found an app which supports multimedia epub3 format. epub3 allows the reading (text) to be synchronized with listening (embedded mp3 of a human reader). This is much better than the text-to-speech (TTS) found in other ereaders. TTS relies on the robot voice, lacking the dramatic impact of a human reader, not to mention questionable pronunciation of some words. I haven't tested it with embedded video.


Highly recommend, even if you use it only to supplement a newer ereader. Also, the software was developed under FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software). So it's ...well, free!
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Old 03-27-2019, 08:05 AM   #413
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In your research don't forget our wiki as a source E-book_software#Android. Many of the apps have their own page in the wiki and of course anyone can add more.

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Considering that the initial post is now over 7 1/2 years old, maybe you can put a link to the wiki at the top of it. Especially as this is a sticky thread.

A lot has happened in this field in the last 7 years.
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So having been a Marvin fan, but still awaiting my used iPad replacement.. via someone.

I now have a Kindle Fire HD 8 - 8" - Light and inexpensively got during post NYE sale.

Whats the closest thing to Marvin that one can get on Amazon Fire HD / Android Tablet for ePubs/ Mobis/ PDFs?
(I dont mind installing Play Store on it using XDA toolkit or Sideloading an APK)

Currently I am using the default Kindle reader & like the highlighting etc. but this is mostly some few books I have on Amazon cloud & would prefer not to rely on it.

Much rather push pull books via Calibre and/ or a Cloud drive with folders.
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Which ones work well with e-ink, without scrolling or swiping, etc.?

And work with searches.

I currently use Orion Viewer for most pdfs, but haven't found a good alternative for epub and mobi. Boyue's software has trouble finding and/or opening some of my epubs. And then with searching them.

Librera might be an option, but the search interface doesn't work well on mid-sized screens.
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Which ones work well with e-ink, without scrolling or swiping, etc.?

And work with searches.

I currently use Orion Viewer for most pdfs, but haven't found a good alternative for epub and mobi. Boyue's software has trouble finding and/or opening some of my epubs. And then with searching them.

Librera might be an option, but the search interface doesn't work well on mid-sized screens.
I prefer Alreader
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Six-seven years ago I downloaded them all, and without a shadow of doubt preferred FBReader. For various reasons:

• Good layout
• Syncs to the cloud
• Read on multiple devices with sync
• Highlight your favorite quotes, and access them from you PC
• Translate with the dictionary you prefer, with ColorDict (install any you'd like, but scrape first)
• Translate with Google Translate

What's not to love? Well, it ain't that good at reading a books CSS it's been said, and I believe that. But I don't care much about that. What app is best today, I don't know. Maybe I'd prefer another today, could very well be, but I think I'd still go with FBReader, if I had to start fresh.
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I check FBReader out once in a while to see if it has been updated. Perfect for me, except it does NOT have multi touch zones on Android, a deal breaker for me.




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Six-seven years ago I downloaded them all, and without a shadow of doubt preferred FBReader. For various reasons:

• Good layout
• Syncs to the cloud
• Read on multiple devices with sync
• Highlight your favorite quotes, and access them from you PC
• Translate with the dictionary you prefer, with ColorDict (install any you'd like, but scrape first)
• Translate with Google Translate

What's not to love? Well, it ain't that good at reading a books CSS it's been said, and I believe that. But I don't care much about that. What app is best today, I don't know. Maybe I'd prefer another today, could very well be, but I think I'd still go with FBReader, if I had to start fresh.
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What do you mean by multi touch zones?
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