I just picked up a refurbed NC to add to my Android stable. Haven't done anything with it yet. I kind of like the stock ereader app in comparison with the Nook app that is on the Android Market. However, I do plan on rooting it and adding apps at a minimum.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone figured out how to get the stock ereader working on any of the custom ROMs?
2. If I want to retain the stock ereader and add capabilities to the device, do I only have two options (1. root stock, 2. dual boot)?
3. What are you guys doing for your ereading? How do you like the stock ereader in comparison with the alternatives? Has that influenced what you've done with the device? What are the best ereading apps?
I'd appreciate any feedback.
1. No; probably won't ever happen from what I've read.
2. Yes
3. I'm using FBReader and liking it. Never tried the stock reader. There are two or three other readers that are popular around here.
I may not fully understand the question...
My Nook Color is rooted with manual nooter, followed by an overclocked kernel.
The stock reader app works just fine, just like stock. All the stock features work just fine including B&N shopping and purchasing.
I did have some issue with program space, but once I moved all the android apps (Not the B&N apps!) to SD, space was freed up and all B&N apps installed and update just fine.
I have no reason to install any other reading application. The built in stock reader works great.
framitz said:
I may not fully understand the question...
My Nook Color is rooted with manual nooter, followed by an overclocked kernel.
The stock reader app works just fine, just like stock. All the stock features work just fine including B&N shopping and purchasing.
I did have some issue with program space, but once I moved all the android apps (Not the B&N apps!) to SD, space was freed up and all B&N apps installed and update just fine.
I have no reason to install any other reading application. The built in stock reader works great.
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He is asking about if you use a different rom the stock reader is only available on BN roms
I use either kindle app, nook app for magazines, and generic ones for epub and other such types. the stock one is nice but if you want to really expand the tablet it is a loss i was fine with.
Currently use FBreader for non-DRM'ed, Kindle for any Amazon purchases. Nook app is too buggy to use at the moment. Bluefire reader, which I really like on the iPad and iPod Touch, is only out for iOS atm but is supposed to be released for android in June -- I'm hoping it can read all DRM'ed books the way the iOS app can.
I'm using Moon+ reader
I am using the Moon+ reader and really like it. Biggest problem is lack of documentation (which I'm thinking of writing). Still needs some improvements, with book indexing, but has lots of nice features - automatic & locked screen orientation, finger slide for bright/dim settings, standard "squeeze" to change font size - tap & swipe & scroll paging - audio reading of books (like amazon, but voice not quite as good). It is very configurable - including fonts, backgrounds, margins, line spacing.
I already had all my books on the emmc card (sorry, I am running CM7 root off of my SD card) from my standard nook book and had no problems pointing Moon+ to look in the right location for my library.
Thanks for the feedback so far.
I've found Aldiko superior to NC stock both for reading and browsing my epub titles. It also handles pdf, but not as well as ezPDF. For me, it strikes the best balance between ease of use and customization. Call me nuts, but I find cinnamon-on-mustard with the barest margin the most readable arrangement in any light.
I rooted and overclocked a new NC with 1.2 pre-installed, with no change in ROM so far. Rooting broke the ereader as well as the preloaded 'shop' app. Fortunately, books downloaded before the rooting procedure can still be read on the ereader, but nothing else. A couple side-loaded versions of the nook ereader app also do not work, and I haven't found any posts where anybody has gotten theirs working after root.
I use primarily the kindle app, but need an ereader that allows you to borrow ebooks from the public library.
mjf0000000 said:
I use primarily the kindle app, but need an ereader that allows you to borrow ebooks from the public library.
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Overdrive is generally the library-borrowing app of choice, though I haven't used it myself.
Thanks taosaur, i'll try it
As taosaur mentioned, Ezpdf reader is the best pdf ebook reader. I generally only use it due to my heavy pdf collection (sorry epub fans). However, for certain books that have been "scanned" in or are heavy on pictures, I find that Adobe Reader is best for those; it's hardware accelerated.
Another vote for moon reader, very good program. The kindle app works pretty good too. Ezpdf reader is about the best pdf reader out there.
Hello all,
Pardon my confusion, but I've used Calibre to sideload ebooks onto my nook ereader and my wife's Kindle for some time. No problems ever when changing to metadata and covers in calibre and loading on the ereader. (e.g., one of the most common things I do is change the author field so that King, Stephen and Stephen King and Steven King (misspelled) all show up together. Same for Adams, Douglas and Douglas Adams, and so on). I also routinely change the covers, and 95+% of the time they work perfectly.
Flash forward to my nook color which is now set up as Triple Boot (stock/CM7/CM9) as seen here
No matter how hard I try, all of the e-readers either don't show my cover images, or show the OLD ones that I changed. They also don't reflect the metadata that I updated, such as proper author names, genres, synopses, etc.
I am aware with the issues of getting art to show when sideloading through the Nook app, but everything is still true as well.
I have tried:
B&N Nook App
Amazon Kindle App
Moon+
Aldiko
I'm honestly stumped right now as to why the information appearing in these readers does NOT match the updated metadata that I edited and saved through Calibre. Especially when it shows on a regular Nook and Kindle e-reader.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Ok....so why I still haven't identified why this happens, I figured out a way to make everything appear the way I want it using Aldiko and Moon. Using Calibre I re-converted from e-pub to e-pub....all the new epubs work flawlessly and I still have the original if I ever need to return to it for any reason.
Not 100% sure I fully understand why it worked on my true-ereaders, but not on my e-reader apps....
https://play.google.com/books/uploads
Google now allows you to upload up to 1000 epubs to you Google Books account.
Anyone have any thoughts on how that'll work in practice? I don't use Google Books because I never rooted my Touch. I've rooted every other nook and android device I've owned, but left the Touch alone because I didn't want to be tempted to have it do anything other that be an ereader. I actually have a couple hundred epubs, but don't keep very many on the Touch because it's hell trying to browse through the library when you can only see a handful of titles at a time.
The nook simple touch runs 2.1 android and google play requires 2.2 or higher so that wont work. Just transfer thru usb.
Baka no Kami said:
https://play.google.com/books/uploads
Google now allows you to upload up to 1000 epubs to you Google Books account.
Anyone have any thoughts on how that'll work in practice? I don't use Google Books because I never rooted my Touch. I've rooted every other nook and android device I've owned, but left the Touch alone because I didn't want to be tempted to have it do anything other that be an ereader. I actually have a couple hundred epubs, but don't keep very many on the Touch because it's hell trying to browse through the library when you can only see a handful of titles at a time.
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damn, i was really hoping to have an easy and sleek method for getting books on my nook w/o cables. the syncing would've been a huge plus too.
i suppose there's still dropbox...
I just keep the master library on my desktop.
I use adbsync.exe (see signature) to sync my Nook over WiFi (can also do USB).
My latest Library.apk (ditto) will filter the books by an entered word fragment.
I can usually find what I'm looking for with just a few letters.
I use dropbox and the android app dropsync to sync between my pc and my NST, works really well
Hello Everyone.
I am hoping someone can knock some sense in to me!
Im having some issues with my rooted nook and the kindle App.
Basically i have a ton of Kindle books from my old kindle (before the wife trod on the screen and killed it) that i want to read on my nook.
I was under the impression that if i rooted my Nook Simple touch and installed the Kindle App on to the device i would be able to read these files.
Unfortunately i seem to have no luck at all.
Could some one please help as im getting withdrawal symptoms from the book and the added issue that i now have to converse with the wife!
almost 100 views and no help. surely I cant be the only one with this issue?
What version Kindle App are you trying to use? As the ST is running an old Android version 2.1 then you have to use an old Kindle App. I think Kindle_3.0.1.70.apk is the right one.
I found the Kindle app that worked on the NSTs to be very limited. I prefer to convert Kindle books to epub using Calibre so I can use them with most any reader, dealing with DRM as needed to complete the process.
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thanks for your input chaps.
this calibre software.. can it do bulk file conversions or would I have to wade through all my books one by one?
Yes, but you'll probably want to do some checking that the conversion has worked correctly, especially for any PDFs that you (try to) convert.
Calibre conversion is also my preferred technique as I use it to provide backups anyway. I just keep the old Kindle App on there as well in case I am away from my base station and access to the Calibre library.
Bulk conversion is very reliable I found and for regular Kindle books works well. Obviously you want to try one out to make sure you have the method right. You will need the Kindle DRM plug-ins for Calibre to do the conversion when uploading from Kindle but the translation back to ePub when downloading to the Nook is automatic.
Hiya,
I have some old Android tablets lying around, two of which are Kindle Fires. I'd like to figure out some use for them.
One thought is making one connected all the time to a to-do list app (like Google Keep) and have that mounted on a wall. I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions and getting an extremely barebones ROM on a Kindle Fire, but with the ability to login to Google and use up-to-date apps like Google Keep. Preferably it would be "pinned" that that app all the time. Wondering if there is a ROM that eliminates the launcher entirely and just goes to a single app (but with the ability to do full authentication with a Google account)
Thanks for any help!
This probably could be done - like you say, we'd need to have a non-stock rom that could utilize the tablet features of the kindle instead of the reader features.
I like the idea a lot!
I'll see what I can dig up, since I also have this tablet and would like to do that as well.