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#26
kokiangel said:
There are a lot of books that are free to download from Aldiko's site and you can also purchase a lot of books already in epub format and download those directly to your phone. I take the steps as I have a huge selection already on my computer so I see no reason to purchase books twice.
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No, like I said... I understand completely, I just think its still a pain that there are so many formats and/or proprietary readers etc... The paperback is a pretty standard format and has done pretty well for itself :)
 
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#27
Guess I got spoiled when I started reading books on my laptop and then on my phone. My eyesight is really bad and large print books are really heavy to drag around, not to mention, LARGE. I like being able to adjust the size of the print so I can see without eye strain but still not carry around a hefty tome. Not to mention, now I can carry a variety to meet my moods.
I agree about all the different formats though. I convert everything into .lit for my laptop and, if I need to finish a book on the go, epub. I delete any other formats as I like to keep things simple.

And as for the paperback. I don't see it being around so much 20 years from now. Booksellers do better selling ebooks as you can't trade those in and you can't share them with your friends. Well, you aren't supposed to be able to. ;) And they cost as much as a paperback but with no brick and mortar store required, no warehouse, no staff to stock them, no insurance required in case of fire, etc.

I do recommend Calibre for anyone who needs to convert a book. It is open source and very easy to use. A simple click and you are done. Drag the newly converted book to your card and you are in business. Takes about a minute. I can live with that.
 
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#32
wayrad said:
The Baen Free Library is great, especially for SFF fans. Their non-free books are also very reasonably priced, and none have DRM, sparing the customer the minor tedium of removing it if format conversion is needed
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Thanks so much for recommending this site. I am an avid SF reader and the free books there will keep me occupied for a long time. I've already read many of them, but I'm old and can barely remember what I read last week, much less what I read years ago, so it's like all new stuff for me.

It took me a while to figure out how to set it up in Aldiko, had to click on the Iphone button to find the right link. Just for other's info, here's the URL to add Baen Free Books as a custom catalog in Aldiko: Baen WebScription Catalog
 
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#33
Harry2 said:
I use Aldiko and iReader.
Yes, Aldiko is the best. And with iReader I can read a lot of other eBook formats.

Features list - iReader

Harry

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I have the same apps for ebook reading.

I just wish these apps would simulate a real page turning effect, like stanza on the iPhone. Other than that I'm pretty happy with ebook reading on android.
 
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#34
Getjar is an open source app company. they just raised another 11million and after reading about them I went and got Kobo, an ereader that works on my droid incredible and they have a HUGE library of free and pay books. I was furious with not being able to get kindle and tried all the DRM stripping and calibre and python to get my kindle books to work on droid. well, not I just won't have to shop with amazon or B&N for that matter....Highly recommend taking a look-see at getjar
 
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kayst said:
Thanks so much for recommending this site...It took me a while to figure out how to set it up in Aldiko, had to click on the Iphone button to find the right link. Just for other's info, here's the URL to add Baen Free Books as a custom catalog in Aldiko: Baen WebScription Catalog
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I should thank you - I didn't realize it could be set up as a catalog in Aldiko. That saves so much work...
 
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Still struggling with Aldiko

I have reinstalled my 2GB original SD card, rather than my Sandisk 32GB card, in case that makes any difference to how Aldiko works.

Installed Aldiko again and this time \ebook\import was created on the 2GB card.

I then added to \ebook\import\pg164.epub; this is Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea from Project Gutenburg.

Aldiko said no books to import. So used Aldiko to find this book; the book was downloaded to \Jules Verne\20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\ various files. I removed pg164.epub from \ebook\import\

Aldiko > menu > import did not find any book.

So I moved Jules Verne\20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\ various files. to \ebook\import\

So questions:-

Was the reason that \ebook\import\was not created on my 32GB anything to do with the cards size?

Why does Aldiko not recognise my book?

Any help appreciated
 
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#41
athegn said:
Still struggling with Aldiko

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Installed Aldiko again and this time \ebook\import was created on the 2GB card.

I then added to \ebook\import\pg164.epub; this is Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea from Project Gutenburg.
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Well, I'm just trying to eliminate all possibilities, but is that a typo in the directory name you gave above? 'Cause it's supposed to be 'eBooks', plural, not 'ebook', singular.

Just for fun I changed the directory on my SD card to ebook (singular), and Aldiko failed to find any of my books. (Aldiko will tell you it needs to be 'eBooks', but my own testing indicates capitalizing the 'B' doesn't matter; it still finds it in 'ebooks'.)
 
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#42
athegn said:
Still struggling with Aldiko

I have reinstalled my 2GB original SD card, rather than my Sandisk 32GB card, in case that makes any difference to how Aldiko works.

Installed Aldiko again and this time \ebook\import was created on the 2GB card.

I then added to \ebook\import\pg164.epub; this is Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea from Project Gutenburg.
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I see PG lists that epub as "experimental"...wonder if that has anything to do with it...

You can d/l the same book directly to Aldiko using the top link in the "Aldiko Online Catalog" - it even has a cover. Not that that's much help on your other books...

Also, have you tried Calibre? You can add your file to your Calibre library, assign proper metadata, and send it to your SD card via USB cable. I have occasionally found that things imported better going that route, although I'm not sure why.
 
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lrbaerveldt said:
Well, I'm just trying to eliminate all possibilities, but is that a typo in the directory name you gave above? 'Cause it's supposed to be 'eBooks', plural, not 'ebook', singular.

Just for fun I changed the directory on my SD card to ebook (singular), and Aldiko failed to find any of my books. (Aldiko will tell you it needs to be 'eBooks', but my own testing indicates capitalizing the 'B' doesn't matter; it still finds it in 'ebooks'.)
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Yes was typo both SD cards have the folder eBooks.
 
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#47
wayrad said:
I see PG lists that epub as "experimental"...wonder if that has anything to do with it...

You can d/l the same book directly to Aldiko using the top link in the "Aldiko Online Catalog" - it even has a cover. Not that that's much help on your other books...

Also, have you tried Calibre? You can add your file to your Calibre library, assign proper metadata, and send it to your SD card via USB cable. I have occasionally found that things imported better going that route, although I'm not sure why.
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This is how I downloaded; see "...So used Aldiko to find this book; the book was downloaded to \Jules Verne\20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\ various files..."
 
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I see PG lists that epub as "experimental"...wonder if that has anything to do with it...

You can d/l the same book directly to Aldiko using the top
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This is how I downloaded; see "...So used Aldiko to find this book; the book was downloaded to \Jules Verne\20,000 Leagues Under The Sea\ various files..."
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In my understanding, you have to put a file with .epub ending in eBooks/import, not a folder.

Harry

Edit: ... sorry, didn't see its Aldiko import by itself :)


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