06-19-2010, 12:32 PM | #1 |
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Which iPad app is best?
Hey, I found this great comparison the advantages and drawbacks of every ebook app currently available for iPad. If you're unsure about what to use, check this out: Apple iPad Showdown: Battle of the eReader Apps
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06-19-2010, 12:48 PM | #2 | |
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Interesting article, but I'm a little wary of its conclusions, especially for Stanza:
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06-19-2010, 01:16 PM | #3 |
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I thought a lot of people on here were also complaining about ibooks also not supporting or ignoring some formatting?
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06-19-2010, 01:20 PM | #4 |
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The only thread I recollect on the subject was a recent discussion about "image maps", which ADE doesn't support either. My experience has been that iBooks renders ePub files extremely well.
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06-19-2010, 01:28 PM | #5 |
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oops, sorry about the wrong placement
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As far as Stanza goes, why? It doesn't work well. It's ePub rendering ending is awful. It need a serious upgrade to be even remotely usable.
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06-19-2010, 02:34 PM | #7 |
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IMHO not a very helpful article.....
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To the rest of us "text is text" folk, it works fine and it's great having integrated access to multiple stores and free book sources within the app. |
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06-19-2010, 04:21 PM | #10 |
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Having things like centred titles not appearing centred, and hard page breaks ignored is pretty important to me, and I'm certainly not hung up on perfect typography.
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That said, I'm currently reading an ePub I bought from Baen books, and it doesn't appear to be showing hard page breaks, assuming it has them. Last edited by JMikeD; 06-19-2010 at 09:31 PM. |
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There aren't a lot of rendering problems reported on Stanza's customer support site yet. It does look like they are working on some sort of hard break problem though. |
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06-20-2010, 09:36 AM | #13 |
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I concur with the article. Well, I actually like iBooks better than the guy in the article. It does lack night mode, true, but you CAN turn the iPad itself into night mode. I just turn the brightness way down and find it stills reads well in the dark.
I just read novels and so am not much affected by every pub rendering issue that offends some folks. I find Stanza to be excellent for reading. I love that I can customize so much. I like just dreading my finger up or down to adjust the brightness. I love pinching to zoom in the font size. I love that I can configure the colors and choose backgrounds and themes. In addition to the excellent reading, I love the excellent support for getting books into Stanza. I can get books wirelessly from my local Calibre server....or from lots of web sources including Project Gutenberg, Fictionwise (where I've purchased a lot of books), the Baen free library, Manybooks, Feedbooks...and much more. The main thing Stanza is missing is support fir Adobe ADE. If it did, I'd try checking out ebooks from the local library. I tried txtr and HATED the reading experience. I just can't stand the scrolling metaphor. There website was extremely slow and clunky for getting books, and it's the only way to get books. Lee |
06-21-2010, 02:22 PM | #14 |
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Actually, this showdown may soon need to be updated with the release of the Blio in the near future
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...-reader-wrongs If Kurzweil is right, Blio should easily put all these other eReader apps to shame |
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