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program to add e-books in sence reader

may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome

Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.

Pagnell said:
Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.
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ePub, the HTC reader supports the ePub format (don't know if it supports other formats as well). As of now only Freda supports this format. In addition, the HTC eReader support DRM protected ePub books (I have to test this out yet, but the device can be activated using the adobe server)

ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.

mick1475 said:
ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.
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I second that also, but I think we just have to wait till someone is going to write a program for this. At this moment, there's a little work-around described here. This works very well, but is a bit cumbersome.
BTW, there is some interfacing possible with Adobe Digital Editions. When there is a active sync connection, one can activate the HD2 with this PC program and there is a possibility to copy books to the HD2. However the books copied to the device don't show up in the ereader tab.
On the 2.05 test rom there was a directory "Program Files/HTC Reader" in which there was a subdirectory "manifest". This name is also used by Adobe Digital Edition for its library.
(Not that this is of any use right now, but maybe someone can figure out how the HTC reader interfaces with Adobe Dig. Ed or for that matter, any other pc reader/manager)

btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.

irakliontevza said:
may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome
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looking for this kind of app too

How to make e book visible in sense
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
tboy2000 said:
btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.
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mughal90 said:
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
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it wont do this automagically. There's a database which holds all the books, unfortunately there's no tool available on WM to add new books.
I'll publish one soon.
EDIT: wont publish mine, as one has already been published.

ebook indexer
Try with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663

So it doesn't read PDFs? Might have been worth using if it did so I'll stick to Allreader, any EPUB books I have can be easily converted to HTML.

calibre does a great job of converting to Epub

OT: Is there a way how make eReader read different character page correctly? I cannot read all Czech characters correctly, only some of them.

Hi all.
If you're looking for an application to import other e-books in the new Sense e-reader tab, please look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632517

Sorry for a stupid question but what is this new sense reader. I dont see it in my phone.I have the latest 1.66 ROM.

Thank you for this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663
It really helped!

Now more then ever this tool helps really. Thank You for this

Some epub Books (for bookreader on sence)

I noticed there isn't a post about epub books on the leo area so thought i mite share a link i found. thank patcat for the links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635947
Converting different format ebooks
Use calibre to convert books, once done there will be a epub format file and a image file. rename the image to the epub name and do a copy of it. rename the copied file and add _thumb to it and then transfer it to the phone or memory card
Adding a cover - In Calibre, right click on the book that you wish to use press edit meta information and then edit meta data individually. There is a option for the program to search for a cover or manually add one. adding one yourself click the printer like book icon in the bottom right hand side and select the picture.
Converting them - select all the files in Calibre, right click - convert ebooks then convert individually. once done just open where you selected them to save to when you installed the program. any problems not finding them go to prefrences and it should be at the top just copy that and paste into my computer or somting.
Copying to SD Cards -
Create a " My Documents " folder
In there create a folder called " Reader "
In Reader Create two folders, once called " Books " and the other " Images "
Put the files into the folders, epub for books and images for their images
Use the Ebook Indexer on patcats post, it will first detect the books on the phone and then on the memory card.
Note the books on the link dont need converting just move to the correct folders. One last thing remember to thank patcat on his post .

sirec said:
I noticed there isn't a post about epub books on the leo area so thought i mite share a link i found. thank patcat for the links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635947
Converting different format ebooks
Use calibre to convert books, once done there will be a epub format file and a image file. rename the image to the epub name and do a copy of it. rename the copied file and add _thumb to it and then transfer it to the phone or memory card
Adding a cover - In Calibre, right click on the book that you wish to use press edit meta information and then edit meta data individually. There is a option for the program to search for a cover or manually add one. adding one yourself click the printer like book icon in the bottom right hand side and select the picture.
Converting them - select all the files in Calibre, right click - convert ebooks then convert individually. once done just open where you selected them to save to when you installed the program. any problems not finding them go to prefrences and it should be at the top just copy that and paste into my computer or somting.
Copying to SD Cards -
Create a " My Documents " folder
In there create a folder called " Reader "
In Reader Create two folders, once called " Books " and the other " Images "
Put the files into the folders, epub for books and images for their images
Use the Ebook Indexer on patcats post, it will first detect the books on the phone and then on the memory card.
Note the books on the link dont need converting just move to the correct folders. One last thing remember to thank patcat on his post .
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i got a problem with calibre converting pdf files to epub: turkish characters are gone after converting, there are only "?" instead of them... any idea?

Can't write on internal memory!!

Hello. I'm just new in the android world, i have a desire hd with HTC sense.
Target: reading ebooks in italian (my language)
Application desired: the HTC built-in ebook reader, which stores .epub ebooks in local memory root\etc\file.epub
Through: i take a .epub file (an ebook i already own or i'm gonna buy, in italian) and put it in the same directory since the ebook reader doesn't allow to 'browse' and choose files.
Problem: whatever i try to copy and paste, doesn't paste!!! Even a normal .jpg taken from the SD card....when i go and 'paste' it in the root folder of the internal phone memory or in the root\etc, the file manager says 'cannot copy the file'.
It's like i am not allowed to manually write anything in the phone memory.
I have tried two different file managers (ASTRO and ES). Same thing. With ASTRO the 'option PASTE' is grayed out....with 'ES' i can click on 'paste' but then it says 'couldn't copy filexxx.jpg'.
Solution 1: I find another GOOD ebook reader (the HTC one already present in the desire HD is fantastic) which allows me to 'load' files from whatever location they are..... .lit and .epub compatible
Solution 2: if it works, i could just copy the ebooks i want to read in the root\etc so that the HTC ebook reader finds them....BUT for this, I have to be allowed to write the phone memory ------ HOW ?
thanks!!

rogermorse said:
Hello. I'm just new in the android world, i have a desire hd with HTC sense.
Target: reading ebooks in italian (my language)
Application desired: the HTC built-in ebook reader, which stores .epub ebooks in local memory root\etc\file.epub
Through: i take a .epub file (an ebook i already own or i'm gonna buy, in italian) and put it in the same directory since the ebook reader doesn't allow to 'browse' and choose files.
Problem: whatever i try to copy and paste, doesn't paste!!! Even a normal .jpg taken from the SD card....when i go and 'paste' it in the root folder of the internal phone memory or in the root\etc, the file manager says 'cannot copy the file'.
It's like i am not allowed to manually write anything in the phone memory.
I have tried two different file managers (ASTRO and ES). Same thing. With ASTRO the 'option PASTE' is grayed out....with 'ES' i can click on 'paste' but then it says 'couldn't copy filexxx.jpg'.
Solution 1: I find another GOOD ebook reader (the HTC one already present in the desire HD is fantastic) which allows me to 'load' files from whatever location they are..... .lit and .epub compatible
Solution 2: if it works, i could just copy the ebooks i want to read in the root\etc so that the HTC ebook reader finds them....BUT for this, I have to be allowed to write the phone memory ------ HOW ?
thanks!!
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I Take It Your Phones Not Rooted?
Basically To Do Anything At All, That Has To Do With The System You Need SU (Super-User) Access! In Other Words, You Need To Be Rooted..... Try Installing Z4Root!! Give That A Try, & You Should Hopefully Be Good, As Far As Being Allowed To Write To The System!!
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I actually found a nice application (Laputa) to read ebooks. Only thing missing is the zoom through multi touch actions. The rest is ok...i imported my few ebooks and everything works!
I didn't need to write the internal memory, but what you said will sure come in handy once i need again to write the phone memory!

PMGRANDS said:
I Take It Your Phones Not Rooted?
Basically To Do Anything At All, That Has To Do With The System You Need SU (Super-User) Access! In Other Words, You Need To Be Rooted..... Try Installing Z4Root!! Give That A Try, & You Should Hopefully Be Good, As Far As Being Allowed To Write To The System!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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hey. that application is not present in the marketplace.
My problem is now that i set a ringtone for incoming SMS (\storagecard\notifications\filexxx.wav), it is correctly read...but that like if i receive a sms one hour later, the default notification sound starts....instead of my custom wav file. Why ?
So i thought that maybe whenever i dis/mount the sd card (where the file is present), the settings go back to the default notification sound.
BUT that doesn't happen for the incoming call ringtone...which is also in the \storagecard\ringtone folder (.mp3)

ok now that was weird....the 'notification' ringtone is only for emails. In fact, whenever i receive an email the correct file plays. But not for the sms.
To change the real sms notification sound, i just had to go in 'messages' and then from there - settings - choose sound.
Weird that it's separated from the normal phone ringtone settings panel.
so i guess it's solved.

rogermorse said:
hey. That application is not present in the marketplace.
My problem is now that i set a ringtone for incoming sms (\storagecard\notifications\filexxx.wav), it is correctly read...but that like if i receive a sms one hour later, the default notification sound starts....instead of my custom wav file. Why ?
So i thought that maybe whenever i dis/mount the sd card (where the file is present), the settings go back to the default notification sound.
But that doesn't happen for the incoming call ringtone...which is also in the \storagecard\ringtone folder (.mp3)
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they took it off, but i had it:

ebook reader

I noticed that the inspire has a ebook reader app built in. i was trying to find the folder in which to add my personal ebooks to it. My first question is where is the folder for the reader app and my second question is what type of file formats does it support?

Place your ebooks on the folder 'Digital Editions' which should be there (use a file explorer like Astro).
As per the formats, I've only tried epub which work great. Not loving the included reader to be frank. Aldiko is MUCH more fun.

Can someone please pull the .apk and post it here?

ronitbhat said:
Can someone please pull the .apk and post it here?
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Aldiko? There's a free version in the Market

[Req] Ebook by samsung electronics

I managed to download the ebook reader from this link
zune://navigate/?appID=b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
but now I cannot find a way to side load my books. if anyone has any idea please help. if you want I can also upload the xap file.
thank you
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the program is located under Applications/Data/B90A5D54-601D-E011-9264-00237DE2DB9E
I then went to Data/isolatedStore and found the 2 books that came with the program, but when I copy my books they do not appear when I launch the program. Then I downloaded a free book from kobo, through the software, and a new folder "Digital Editions" was created with the book I downloaded.
I copied my books in that folder but still nothing. BUT, when I changed the title of one of my books to the title to the one I downloaded, it appeared in the software under the photo and title of the downloaded book, but opened my book. a small victory but not enough...
BTW it was a epub book, not pdf, I still haven't managed to open pdfs, although this program supports pdf.
in IsolatedStore, there is a file EBookstorage.xml and a EBooksettings.xml that I havent managed to copy to my computer to check what is inside; I believe that the solution lies in there. But maybe not...
for every book there is a corresponding image file, so maybe the only thing needed is the image file of the book cover...
I am using this app on a HD2 NODO rooted (Thanks Yuki) without any other problems.
if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. it will be great to have just one app to read both epub and pdf.

managed to sideload books
jardan said:
I managed to download the ebook reader from this link
zune://navigate/?appID=b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
but now I cannot find a way to side load my books. if anyone has any idea please help. if you want I can also upload the xap file.
thank you
Update:
the program is located under Applications/Data/B90A5D54-601D-E011-9264-00237DE2DB9E
I then went to Data/isolatedStore and found the 2 books that came with the program, but when I copy my books they do not appear when I launch the program. Then I downloaded a free book from kobo, through the software, and a new folder "Digital Editions" was created with the book I downloaded.
I copied my books in that folder but still nothing. BUT, when I changed the title of one of my books to the title to the one I downloaded, it appeared in the software under the photo and title of the downloaded book, but opened my book. a small victory but not enough...
BTW it was a epub book, not pdf, I still haven't managed to open pdfs, although this program supports pdf.
in IsolatedStore, there is a file EBookstorage.xml and a EBooksettings.xml that I havent managed to copy to my computer to check what is inside; I believe that the solution lies in there. But maybe not...
for every book there is a corresponding image file, so maybe the only thing needed is the image file of the book cover...
I am using this app on a HD2 NODO rooted (Thanks Yuki) without any other problems.
if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. it will be great to have just one app to read both epub and pdf.
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the app uses epub.
you need the epub and the cover image
name the books accordingly.
use isostorespy to access the isolated storage. on the root of the applications youll find the epubs(marked as unknown file, as well as some jpegs of cover art. you also find an xml file - bookstorage.xml
copy bookstorage.xml to pc and add entries for your new book. the epub and cover art must be dumped in the app iso storage root.
edit the xml to include your books... this what i did to mine
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Books>
<Book>
<ID>6</ID>
<Title>Passion</Title>
<Author>Lauren Kate</Author>
<BookmarkPath>6Bookmark.xml</BookmarkPath>
<ScrapPath>6Scrap.xml</ScrapPath>
<Category>99</Category>
<PurchaseType>0</PurchaseType>
<EPubSize>0</EPubSize>
<KoboContentType>0</KoboContentType>
<KoboContentID>00000006</KoboContentID>
<KoboUserID></KoboUserID>
<KoboUserKey></KoboUserKey>
<ACSMFilePath></ACSMFilePath>
<Publisher>Lauren Kate Books</Publisher>
<CoverImage>Passion.jpg</CoverImage>
<Description></Description>
<FilePath>\Applications\Data\b90a5d54-601d-e011-9264-00237de2db9e\Data\IsolatedStore\Passion.epub</FilePath>
<ISBN>00000006</ISBN>
<ReadStatus>Close</ReadStatus>
<TotalPage>0</TotalPage>
<CurrentReadPage>0</CurrentReadPage>
<LastReadTime>0</LastReadTime>
<IsFavorite>False</IsFavorite>
<ImageUrl />
</Book>
the part above should be merged with the bookstorage.xml
if you notice
id = 6 (because this is the 6th book i add. in the beginning there will be 2 default books so youll start by adding book no3 = id=3
bookmarkpath = (id#)Bookmark.xml ---> example if id is 3 = 3Bookmark.xml
ScrapPath = (id#)Scrap.xml -----> example if id is 3 = 3Scrap.xml
author, publisher and title is self explanatory......
other values leave blank or default as pasted above
this is ****ing unorganized... gonna make a video later... and i hope i can finish coding the uploader soon so that we dont have to do all the ****e above. pardon my french....

thanks. I just saw your answer, sorry for that. I will try it tomorrow. If you finished coding, please tell me. I am really interested in having this program working properly.
thanks

Samsung ebook
I know this is an old thread, but could you post the samsung ebook .xap?

Sounds a lot of effort - try Bookviser
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