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Renaming

This article has been moved from Comparison of Android e-book reader software. The current name is more clear for readers and avoids the disambiguation with hardware readers based on Android OS. --Seabay (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison

Currently there are a lot of "?" (dunno) in the comparison matrix. Further verifications are needed to confirm those features. --Seabay (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More reader software

This is far from a complete list right now. More Android software readers need to be included in future. --Seabay (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File Format supported has to be the most important selection criterion a person would use for selecting a book reader. That is, if a book reader will not read your .lit or .prc files, and that's all you have, then you won't be able to use it. Also, iReader and Cool Reader need to be included in the matrix. N0w8st8s (talk) 22:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC)n0w8st8s[reply]

Integration with dictionaries

Integration with dictionaries is surely one of the most important features for some users. The ability to presshold a word and get a definition immediately or within a number of steps within a text, online of offline and in various dictionaries, might be the feature of choice for some users.... If someone is willing to help design the table, please contact me, I can fill it with data.Brinerustle (talk) 12:43, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't this already included in the table 'Edit Tool Features'? Wiki-uk (talk) 17:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed changes

I would like to add the Ebook Reader app to the article, under the EbookDroid row. It would have the following information.

Table 'File formats supported': Developer: Ebook Reader, Formats total #: 02+, then 'No' for every column except .epub and .pdf which would be 'Yes'

Table 'Navigation features': Developer: Ebook Reader, Paging touch screen: Yes, Paging Volume Screen: Yes, Backward-forward: Yes, Contents table: Yes, Bookmarks: Yes, Resume: Yes, Go To: Yes, Search Full Text: Yes, Sync to Cloud: Yes, Autoscroll by pixel: No, Autoscroll by line: No, Autoscroll by page: No, Scroll speed control: No, Rolling blind mode: No, Continuous Scrolling: No

Table 'Display features': Developer: Ebook Reader, Theme: No, Day-night mode: Yes, Brightness control: Yes, Adjust to display size: Yes, Indent paragraph: No, Trim extra blank psaces: Yes, Enable-disable CSS: No, Customize text alignment: No, Customize font scale: Yes, Customize line space: No, Customize color: Yes, Customize Transparent: No, Fading Edge: No, Simulate real page flip: No

Table 'Edit-tool features': Developer: Ebook Reader, Highlight: Yes, Annotate: Yes, Metadata Edit: No, Dictionary online: No, Dictionary offline: No, Wikipedia lookup: No, Translate: No, Share: Yes, Gesture Command: Yes, Support TTS: No, Support DRM: Yes

Table 'Book source management features': Developer: Ebook Reader, Local books: Yes, Book file search: Yes, Epub downloading: Yes, Browser downloading: Yes, OPDS catalog: No, Books tag: Yes, Books sort: Yes, Books manage metadata: No

AlexAtEbooks (talk) 15:30, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've just alphabetised the lists and added the Ebook Reader info per Alex's request - and then reverted myself. Alex works for ebooks.com, the maker of Ebook Reader, and I'm the brother of the CEO, so neither of us should be directly editing the article, per WP:COI. Would someone please look at my edit and consider restoring it if it's OK? (diff) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 02:35, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for doing that, CorporateM. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 04:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraphs

Looking at the article for the first time, it could really use some paragraphs describing which are the biggest e-book reader apps by market share, what the different business models are, which have been praised versus criticized in reliable sources. What reviewers say are the most important features to look for. etc. etc. Some paragraph-form analysis I think would be useful to supplement the large grids of specifications. CorporateM (Talk) 03:15, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Alex mentioned he might overhaul the article in the near future. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 04:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reflow

I don't see why the reflow feature is completeley disregarded in this survey. I notice that few people know of its existence, yet this seems like an essential feature for all those that use smartphones to read ebooks more than they do tablets. I do know of people who complain that they can't read anything on their phone as the font gets too small. For all I know, ezPDF is one of the few Android apps implemeting reflow (and this can also be combined with different font colours in night mode).

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