Comments on: Reading eBooks with an iPhone / iPod Touch – Update http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/11/05/reading-ebooks-with-iphone-ipod-touch-update/ Combining OS X with your life. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Balogh http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/11/05/reading-ebooks-with-iphone-ipod-touch-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 David Balogh Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:14:06 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=583#comment-2138 Just remember that the EPUB format won't include images if your PDF contains them. Just remember that the EPUB format won’t include images if your PDF contains them.

]]> By: Sung http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/11/05/reading-ebooks-with-iphone-ipod-touch-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Sung Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:25:41 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=583#comment-2130 The best pdf reader is one that says you "forget that deprecated useless format" and exits. Pdf is not for mobile devices because it has fixed page dimensions. Even if you make pdf file suitable for iphone you should make two variants: horizontal and vertical. That pretty text reflow you mentioned is very CPU consuming task, which means shorter battery life. The right way to deal with pdf is to convert them on a computer to epub before uploading to a device. There are software and online converters, http://2epub.com for example. For bulk conversion use Calibre. The best pdf reader is one that says you “forget that deprecated useless format” and exits. Pdf is not for mobile devices because it has fixed page dimensions. Even if you make pdf file suitable for iphone you should make two variants: horizontal and vertical.
That pretty text reflow you mentioned is very CPU consuming task, which means shorter battery life. The right way to deal with pdf is to convert them on a computer to epub before uploading to a device. There are software and online converters, http://2epub.com for example. For bulk conversion use Calibre.

]]> By: Jonathan Van Matre http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/11/05/reading-ebooks-with-iphone-ipod-touch-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 Jonathan Van Matre Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:32:16 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=583#comment-2102 You've misunderstood how Aji Reader works. It does not require that you download from an "Aji Server". You can sync books to your iPhone over WiFi using their free companion software Aji Reader Service (available for both Mac and PC). It's also designed for large PDFs, just as GoodReader is. They also have a paid app called Aji Annotate which adds extensive markup and annotation features. I've used both and would rate them both as highly as GoodReader - Aji Reader for being the best free reader I've found, and Aji Annotate for being the fullest implementation of annotation and markup on the iPhone. However, GoodReader also has its own particular strengths. The PDF Reflow feature is especially nice when reading books that aren't highly layout-sensitive. Even though I love Stanza as an ebook reader (works a charm with every ebook format other than PDF), I use GoodReader's PDF Reflow to read novels in PDF format because Stanza's handling of PDFs is nowhere near as good. You’ve misunderstood how Aji Reader works. It does not require that you download from an “Aji Server”. You can sync books to your iPhone over WiFi using their free companion software Aji Reader Service (available for both Mac and PC). It’s also designed for large PDFs, just as GoodReader is.

They also have a paid app called Aji Annotate which adds extensive markup and annotation features.

I’ve used both and would rate them both as highly as GoodReader – Aji Reader for being the best free reader I’ve found, and Aji Annotate for being the fullest implementation of annotation and markup on the iPhone. However, GoodReader also has its own particular strengths. The PDF Reflow feature is especially nice when reading books that aren’t highly layout-sensitive.

Even though I love Stanza as an ebook reader (works a charm with every ebook format other than PDF), I use GoodReader’s PDF Reflow to read novels in PDF format because Stanza’s handling of PDFs is nowhere near as good.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.interrupt19.com/2009/11/05/reading-ebooks-with-iphone-ipod-touch-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 Adrian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:35:44 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/?p=583#comment-2093 I use FilesLite which seems pretty responsive and it's free. Uploading is via wi-fi and you can have a public share folder I use FilesLite which seems pretty responsive and it’s free. Uploading is via wi-fi and you can have a public share folder

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