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[Q] MyLibrary App

Hi Folks
I liked the App to begin with, but like the other few Asus Apps, its proving a bit buggy. It seems to crash out when I view epub books, but I can't find out what it doesn't like. Can anybody recommend and eBook app?
Ideally I'd like to view 2 pages landscape, it would be awesome if I could rip the ebook reader from the Xoom and run it (its looks nicer from what I can tell).

IMHO the best reader by far on the Android is Aldiko (http://www.aldiko.com/). But since getting the Transformer, I'm using the MyLibrary... almost the same quality. I would suggest you have a look at the problems you are getting and try to see why. Maybe a corrupt epub? Try a free epub from google books (http://books.google.com/), it wouldn't be anything fancy but good quality.
If you are still having problems, please, give us more info,
rio

I had the same problems with the app just closing itself, after it had searched for all the viewable files. I found out it was 1 corrupt file that was causing the trouble. Sounds like you have the same issue. Remove them all, clear the cache for the app in the settings, then add them slowly to your collection to find the culprit.

Aldiko constantly force closes on me. Had to uninstall it. Using a combination of myLibrary and FB reader. MyLibrary won't read most of the books that Aldiko could read on my other tablet. I click and nothing happens. Sometimes the program will open, but not with the correct book.
FB Reader reads all my books but I don't like the formatting for the program...

EViL3666 said:
Hi Folks
I liked the App to begin with, but like the other few Asus Apps, its proving a bit buggy. It seems to crash out when I view epub books, but I can't find out what it doesn't like. Can anybody recommend and eBook app?
Ideally I'd like to view 2 pages landscape, it would be awesome if I could rip the ebook reader from the Xoom and run it (its looks nicer from what I can tell).
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The My Library app also crashes with epub books for me. Aldiko crashes as soon as I try and rotate the screen with a book. Aldiko also ignores the auto brightness function on the tablet and goes to 100% which is really annoying.
I've tried clearing the cache on the My Library app but this hasn't helped. An important point is that this didnt start happening until I put the latests Asus update on.. the version the tablet came with worked fine. Not sure if I can revert to the old version or if I should thought.

Galoot said:
Aldiko also ignores the auto brightness function on the tablet and goes to 100% which is really annoying.
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Have you actually set the brightness level in the aldiko app as well?

stuntdouble said:
Have you actually set the brightness level in the aldiko app as well?
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That's an excellent point.. I didn't realise it had one!
I purchased the Premium version of Aldiko and am pleased to say that it doesn't crash when I rotate the screen and works fine with my epub books that didn't work with the my lib app.
So would recommended the Aldiko premium app for anyone else having issues with Asus's My Lib app, doesn't solve the issue but works around it until Asus fix the issue.
P.S I think the issue may lie with the epub content or format. I don't think My Lib app likes epub books that have illustrations.

Developer from Asus
We are fixing my library app bugs, after testing it, and then planning to provide an update around 2~3 weeks later. More UI improvement and be consistent with Honeycomb UI. And we are adding to support posting what you are reading and your comment onto facebook sharing with your friends, too.
Further more, months later, we are going to provide users to store all their highlight / comments on the books into cloud storage, so, even users purchase another Asus device, he can still see all his history comments on his books before.
For the U.S. book store, we have Txtr already, and we are going to have another book provider very soon.

Eric Liu said:
We are fixing my library app bugs, after testing it, and then planning to provide an update around 2~3 weeks later. More UI improvement and be consistent with Honeycomb UI. And we are adding to support posting what you are reading and your comment onto facebook sharing with your friends, too.
Further more, months later, we are going to provide users to store all their highlight / comments on the books into cloud storage, so, even users purchase another Asus device, he can still see all his history comments on his books before.
For the U.S. book store, we have Txtr already, and we are going to have another book provider very soon.
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Thanks man,
Is there a way to submit bugs identified by users? Even only for the MyLibrary app?
Cheers,
rio

I now have Aldiko premium working 100% and after some tweaking it looks and feels as good as the free Asus My Lib app.
Good to know that the issue is being worked on though!
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As far as wish list for library would be a night mode
Different fonts
And formatting options

Galoot said:
I now have Aldiko premium working 100% and after some tweaking it looks and feels as good as the free Asus My Lib app.
Good to know that the issue is being worked on though!
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Have aldiko working but for some books the top lines are cutoff so I had to manually change formatting.
Also can't get it as dark asi want for night reading.

the main thing I like about myLibrary is the background texture + animations which makes it feel that little more tangible.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned moon+ reader (& pro version)
I use it over Aldiko as its much more customisable. Granted it's not as pretty but its features make it great for reading books the way I like.

How do you load .mobi books??? I do not know much about e-readers

Has anybody tried using calibre to manage their ebooks? Does it recognize the Transformer as an ereader? I've seen it used with a Kindle and an iPad and it makes converting/managing ebooks really easy.

MyLibrary stopped working after I upgraded the firmware. Does not activate and just closes. Anyone can help?

@koj012, which firmware version you upgraded to?
If you tried to clean the MyLibrary data/cache/db in Setting/Application/Storage use/MyLibrary, can your problem be solved?
Your feedback is valuable for us, thanks.
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azn2050 said:
How do you load .mobi books??? I do not know much about e-readers
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Kindle app only

rikkia said:
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned moon+ reader (& pro version)
I use it over Aldiko as its much more customisable. Granted it's not as pretty but its features make it great for reading books the way I like.
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Except Moon+ doesn't support .pdf files, Does the Pro version open them?

Book readers

one that comes with it is very basic are there better ones people are using, also i tried and epub book on there and i to put it in the root of the storage for it to be seen, is there not a way to put all the books in 1 folder and them be seen by the book readers
thanks for any help

Hi,
Have a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045190
Someone suggested that a corrupt epub file might be causing the trouble with My library. Me personally, never had a problem with it and I use it a lot.
As I mentioned in that thread, the best epub reader was considered Aldiko, available from the market.
Hope this helps,
rio

Personally I like the nook app the best. It smooth and has nice page turn animations.
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Can the Nook app be installed on the Eee Pad? if so any idea where I can get it?

EViL3666 said:
Can the Nook app be installed on the Eee Pad? if so any idea where I can get it?
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It's in the Android Market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader&feature=search_result

Overdrive Media Console
I don't know if it is compatible with Honeycomb, but Overdrive Media Console is an excellent book reader. You can use it to check ebooks and audiobooks out of your local library for free. All that I have used through Overdrive gave me 21 days before the books expire.
I haven't received my Transformer yet but have been itching to give this app a shot on it. If anyone gives it a go, please report back with the results as to whether or not it works on the Transformer with Honeycomb.
Overdrive can be obtained for free on the Android Market.

kookooktchoo said:
It's in the Android Market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader&feature=search_result
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I can't see the nook app on my transformer!! is there an apk file instead?

Don't have my TF yet, but I have a Nook Color. I like Aldiko better than the Nook's ebook app. Specifically I love the night mode (reverses colors) and the slide to adjust brightness on the fly.

ASD007 said:
I can't see the nook app on my transformer!! is there an apk file instead?
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Only available in the States.

combat goofwing said:
one that comes with it is very basic are there better ones people are using, also i tried and epub book on there and i to put it in the root of the storage for it to be seen, is there not a way to put all the books in 1 folder and them be seen by the book readers
thanks for any help
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I have aldiko, ezpdf, google books, and amazon kindle, but I actually like MyLibrary the best. IMO MyLibrary is not basic at all. I'm not sure how to solve the file location problem, but I think MyLibrary has the best features. You can highlight, annotate, search, organize bookshelves and do text to speech. The pdf viewer is pretty nice as well - it puts a preview blurry page before it loads, unlike ezpdf, and that lets you decide whether you want to skip the page or not (useful in magazines with ads).
I haven't encountered many bugs (just the rare force close), and I haven't tried the nook app yet though. I'll try it out later and maybe give my impressions.

Here's the various apps I'm currently using:
Amazon's Kindle - for *.mobi (Amazon E-book format)
ezPDF Reader - for *.pdf (Acrobat)
Perfect Viewer - for *.cbr (Comic Book RAR Archive)
So far I've had good experiences with the above 3.

ravizzle said:
Personally I like the nook app the best. It smooth and has nice page turn animations.
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+1. Also has a night mode and looks good in landscape. If the Asus app had a night mode, I'd just use it though. I wish the Nook app had the search features of the Asus app, but then again, I can't remember the last time I searched a book I was reading.

What do you guys think about Supernote?

I can't believe ASUS threw this thing in here. Compete with the Lennovo thinkpad perhaps? This app is incredible. I don't know of any other notepad app out there that rivals this. It does everything I need: shares with evernote, dictation, ocr, insert images. The fact it comes for free is incredible. It has a great simple paint app to boot. May need to uninstall sketchbook for that reason although the painting in Supernote is a bit limited.
The fact that the Transformer comes with this just shows how superior it is to any Android tablet out there. Once the TF2 comes out it will be king. And I don't even have to mention the dock!
What are your guys thoughts?

Gotta try that

Wow thanks for posting this. I guess it can with the new update.it looks great. I wish there was a way to create a check list. I didn't play with it long but will be taking a longer look.
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I like it but how you zoom in after writing something? I want to use this for taking math notes but if I can't zoom in I will have to stick to antipaper
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I love this! Seems like the best
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Is there any way to force this new FW update? running stock, in norway. But no OTA message yet.

You can wait or root your device and the devs might roll it out in there roms faster thn asus
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zillah1985 said:
I can't believe ASUS threw this thing in here. Compete with the Lennovo thinkpad perhaps? This app is incredible. I don't know of any other notepad app out there that rivals this. It does everything I need: shares with evernote, dictation, ocr, insert images. The fact it comes for free is incredible. It has a great simple paint app to boot. May need to uninstall sketchbook for that reason although the painting in Supernote is a bit limited.
The fact that the Transformer comes with this just shows how superior it is to any Android tablet out there. Once the TF2 comes out it will be king. And I don't even have to mention the dock!
What are your guys thoughts?
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You can refer to this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.suishouxie.freenote&feature=search_result
The concept may be the same .

Wow this is app is great. Now I am not claiming to be a pro, but I have tried everyway to handwrite on this tablet and this app is the best. Very smooth all the most needed features in one app. Yes I am sure you can improve it somehow as everyone has a different need but for FREE it is for ME.
Fyi...for those who are having trouble with using the rubber tip stylus's I highly recommend trying a coat or two of rainx ....that is if you don't have a screen protector ...

supernote is the best note taking app and I have tried them all. it could still use some improvements such as zoom though. It works great with the adonit jot stylus.

wow, I love this program !
Seems like they perfected the interface as compared to FreeNote.
All they need now is to have some export to some PC format feature.
But how does the functionality compare to FreeNote?

Its nice, but I can't decide if I like it better than Antipaper Notes though.

ayman07 said:
I like it but how you zoom in after writing something? I want to use this for taking math notes but if I can't zoom in I will have to stick to antipaper
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If you use the insert annotation function, write your maths formula, you can then pinch to zoom to make it larger or smaller by using the select tool.
This app will be almost perfect if they can include palm rejection like in Writepad stylus, especially in landscape mode. Also export to pdf would be ideal.
I would also like to see either user selectable pen thicknesses or more choice added.
Truly is a simple and great app already.

HasC said:
Also export to pdf would be ideal..
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grab the free app----Scan to PDF FREE from the mkt
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.scan.to.pdf.trial&feature=search_result
Share your note to it from supernote and walla- saved as a PDF. then you can open in Repligo PDF and add more text etc.....
Works for me. There are other PDF conversion apps out there- not sure how they work- but if anyone else gets one----REPORT BACK...
EDIT - another good one that works Images to PDF lite- https://market.android.com/details?...did=br.com.tabletsoft.converttopdflite&rdot=1
You have to share your supernote pages to the gallery than go into this app and add pages from the gallery than convert to PDF-
The good thing about this one is you can string up to 5 images/pages on the free version to one PDF doc. But you cant shre the pages to it right from the supernotes program.

Any video of this thing in action for those of us waiting for Revolution to update?

yiphoming said:
You can refer to this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.suishouxie.freenote&feature=search_result
The concept may be the same .
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free note is not as good. its not as flexible as the note app that asus gives us in the OTA update i just updated mine this morning. works great!!!!

Love it, BUT the upload feature doesn't work. Most of the market note apps are that way. Very frustrating cause I need to upload my notes to Dropbox. Option is there but message is that it won't work yet. Frustrating.
EDIT: .jpg files will upload but .docx files will not. Simply stated, text files will not upload. Thanks

Where do you see the option for OCR?
This would make it the complete package for me.

jyams said:
Love it, BUT the upload feature doesn't work. Most of the market note apps are that way. Very frustrating cause I need to upload my notes to Dropbox. Option is there but message is that it won't work yet. Frustrating.
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Barney did you try this? because I just uploaded to gdocs from supernote.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18028098&postcount=3

I cant see OCR support natively either in SuperNote,
but if you share your handwritten note to Evernote,
Evernote's servers will perform OCR on the note.
This makes words in the note searchable from within
evernote at least.
Supernote must be by the same people as FreeNote, its so similar.
Awesome app.

[Q] Supernote on Tab 7 plus?

I am trying to find a good note taking app to go along with my GT-P6210, and I came across the Supernote app on the Asus Transformer. I have heard some great things about it, but I can't find it in the app market. Does anyone know if its compatible with the Tab 7 plus?
Also, if you know of any good note taking apps for a college environment, feel free to suggest. I am looking to be able to make bullets and sub bullets (something evernote cant do) and I would like to be able to write or draw directly into my notes with a stylus.
Evernote w/ skitch allows me to write/draw, but the downfall is that it groups all my drawings seperate from my notes.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Supernote is specific to that tablet but there is an extracted apk though it's not optimized for our tab. Search the forums for it.
You can try quill.
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all of this software on this thread is working fine one 7+ including supernote
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204931

prinzhernan said:
Supernote is specific to that tablet but there is an extracted apk though it's not optimized for our tab. Search the forums for it.
You can try quill.
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I looked up quill and I may be wrong, but it looks like you can only write. But I found a Supernote apk so ill try that out and let you guys know how it is.

It's working, but not fit to screen... deleted.

Supernote is such a good app...........but it doesn't fit the screen. The sidebar gets cut off so you can't use certain features. It would be amazing if it was optimized for our size tablets

I like Supernote so much I've adapted to using it on the GTP with parts of the app being off screen. I'm hoping that if Asus ever releases the Memo 7" tablet to market there will be a version of Supernote for it. They've teased it at the 2011 & 2012 CES.

alternative to supernote
The app that I use more is Catch Notes, cause it lets me syncro with my phone, but it is not on the same league.
Give GNotes a try. I just recently discover it. It has bullets, you can type, handwrite, attach a picture, a video or some sound.
But actually, I was so busy trying to find a good app, that I didn't realize how good the stock application included in the tablet is. I'm taking about the one that can be found in the bottom bar. You can attach pictures, you can synchronize (haven't try yet), you can write anyplace in the sheet, handwrite (better than GNotes) and it floats on top of the other windows, allowing you to take notes while you are reading an article, for example.

ngc2264 said:
The app that I use more is Catch Notes, cause it lets me syncro with my phone, but it is not on the same league.
Give GNotes a try. I just recently discover it. It has bullets, you can type, handwrite, attach a picture, a video or some sound.
But actually, I was so busy trying to find a good app, that I didn't realize how good the stock application included in the tablet is. I'm taking about the one that can be found in the bottom bar. You can attach pictures, you can synchronize (haven't try yet), you can write anyplace in the sheet, handwrite (better than GNotes) and it floats on top of the other windows, allowing you to take notes while you are reading an article, for example.
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I totally agree with you. The stock app is totally good! It even syncs well with Google docs.
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Best comic book reader?

Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.

there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de

ken2802 said:
there also is CatComic which cost money but is worth it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meanlabs.comicat&hl=de
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I tried it and its almost perfect, but seems to be missing one feature that I'm looking for.
I want to be able to tap to scroll, where the comic will scroll for me down the page when i tap the screen. And after it reaches the bottom, the next tap will turn the page. Do you know if Comicat has this feature?

unsure if it does, most of the time i just use the volume keys.
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i just know of one viewer which does it for sure and that is Perfect Viewer but this one doesnt support cloud storages.

I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/

mkygod said:
Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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for manga's i would go with mango http://mango.leetsoft.net/ been using this for years ! :good:

I've been using Perfect Viewer for years now. Will do the 'tap to scroll' that you like.
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ComicRack has the most robust features of all. However, Astonishing Comic Reader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aerilys.acr.android has some Material Design, has no ads, and only has donations if you so choose.
ComicRack is awesome, but it is just too ugly for me!

I've always used this and found it very good.
Has been removed some time ago from play store, but developer keep working on it and you can download it from his website
http://www.manga-watcher.com/

I have been a long time user of ComicRack, but I just tried out the Astonishing Reader, and ... It's pretty good, but not enough to sway me away from ComicRack.
The ability to automatically group and sort by series, as well as other variables for a large collection is invaluable.
And when i loaded up a comic and paged through, while nice, it wasn't quite as silky smooth as I can get on ComicRack, there seemed to be a flash of loading with each page change.
Just my 2 cents, it might work great for you, thanks for the recommendation though, always worth checking out what else is out there, rather than getting complacent with "what I've always used"

moon+ reader is good

edru said:
I would go with ComicRack. Though it costs money for the fully featured version, it is by far the best reader I have used. It also has a PC counterpart that will sync everything with it, like info, and where in the books you are.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
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:good: +1. BY FAR THE BEST!

Buka HD(ibuka.cn) seems perfect for this 4:3 screen (it has been optimized for Xiaomi MiPad, also 4:3), but it is only available in Chinese Language. The HD version can use the whole screen of N9, instead of having black bar on both sides). The online sources on Buka are also plenty enough.

Does ComicRack let you read comics from cloud services like CatComic?

I am also interested in this. It would be good experience for me.

ComicRack for offline comics and MangaWatcher for online (not available on google play but maintained) hands down the best of each world.

Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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cmscritic said:
Comiccat is hands down the best. Syncs with the cloud as all and auto caches next issue from Dropbox so you can read through your whole library from the cloud. You can even set it to delete locally cached copies after reading.
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I use both ComicRack and Comicat. One thing that I really don't like about Comicat is that when you sync to issues in the cloud, you get no cover art. That bugs me beyond belief.

mkygod said:
Anyone going to be using this to read comics/manga? Any recommendations on comic book reader apps?
I want one that can read from a cloud drive. The only one i've seen that can do this is the Challenger comics viewer app.
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ComiCat is the best and u can read of google drive

another vote for comicrack. i had already paid for the desktop version so getting the the android version was a no-brainer. love the sync and the ability to sort titles. i got them sorted by published date so i can go through my old stuff chronologically like when i used to buy them as a kid.