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I am really amazed about its ability to show and fit the content to screen when reading columns of text (like in newspaper). It has other super features like horizontal scroll and automatic scroll to next part.
In my opinion it's the best PDF reader for Android. The interface is clean and intuitive, it has all main features that you are expecting from a eBook reader (Bookmarks, Pager, Chapters, etc..) and the transition between pages is very smooth and pleasant. And the most important in your case, the crop feature is so intuitive and practice. In my opinion it's the most comfortable eBook app you could find at this moment. I love it so much!!
2) ezPDF Reader - The problem with this app is that the transition behavior is not much pleasant as other apps, and sometimes you need to swipe 2,3 times to finally turn the page, which is very annoying (mainly when you cropped your pdf). And another little problem is that the crop feature, really crops the file. I mean when you open, then, the same file with another pdf reader, the file is also cropped as you have done it on ezPDF Reader! Which can be disrupting.
3) Moon+ Reader Pro - Interface much better than ezPDF Reader but less features too.. The crop feature is also available there but it's not very well designed. Plus when your file is cropped (actually is more fitted than cropped there), it becomes difficult to turn pages (a little bit as ezPDF Reader Pro)
4) EBookDroid - It works as expected but the interface and global user experience is very poor. It's not pleasant to use. By cons, the crop feature is very well imagined (much better than in Moon+ Reader Pro). I was not able to find if Chapters + Bookmarks feature are implemented. Sorry but it was so painful to test this app.
There is a last option, that requires two applications. This approach is the more constraining but you will have the best reading experience like that. Actually the really best PDF reader (in terms of interface, user experience, page transitions, etc..) now is Google Play Books (Since you can now add your own PDFs in this app by checking an option in settings). The problem is that app hasn't any crop feature, which is so annoying. So the main idea is to crop the file first with ezPDF Reader (Trial version it's enough), and then open it on Google Play Books app. Like this, you will have a wonderful reader experience thanks to Google app, and your PDF will be cropped as you want thanks to ezPDF Reader
1) MuPDF is good to render textbook pdf in android while it may be slow to render pdf with big images. A lot of customizations and improvements especially memory usage control need to do if you want the MuPDF to run fast and stable on android platform. You can check out two open source projects VuDroid and apv which are based on MuPDF.
Another choice is to use Poppler. A successful story is the popular android app ezPDF Reader is based on Poppler, although it's violating GPL license. The out of box Poppler needs more work than MuPDF to do to run on android smoothly. You can refer to the open source project apdfviewer.
I've done some research in this field recently, I've tried more than 14 libraries on Android, I've done simple benchmarking on some high resolution print-ready PDF magazines and I'm currently considering to use MuPDF or Radaee in work as they went out as the best.
Since MuPDF and Radaee (and some other libraries) are written in pure C and are used on Android through NDK, they are giving the best possible performance (and they both are paid for a commercial use).
Take a look at my PDF reader for Android here at anddev.As I remember it uses modified PDFBox (without things related to editing), and features my own font converter (to feed fonts to Android and render them faster).
I don't develop PDF reader anymore and I can make all my changes opensource (though it will require some work, and time). You can try it out to find out how well it performs for you. Note: reader doesn't support encryption and copy-protection.
Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say?
Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say? If you're rocking one of the small / black and white Kindles, I don't recommend Pathfinder PDFs on them. I don't own one of the bigger Kindles and haven't tried that; I assume it's better but I can't say.I heartily recommend the wee Kindle for reading normal books -- but not this.
The Kindle itself will not work very well, I would recommend checking out the Archos 101. Same size as the iPad for a fraction the cost (16GB for 349.99USD). I'm hoping to get one when the tax returns come in next year.
For each of our electronic products, we select the appropriate format(s) to offer based on that format's ability to present our products in the best light. The ePub format is ideal for electronic books that are mostly text, but it lacks the support that the PDF format has for precise layout of images and special textual formatting.
ePubs can easily be converted for use with your Kindle, and I'm told the result is as good as the native format. Kindle apparently supports viewing PDFs directly, but it apparently isn't the best possible device for viewing PDFs.
1. eInk devices > LCD monitors
While laptops or tablet devices like Apple's iPad offer full color, I find I can't read an entire book on the LCD monitors that they use. eInk devices (like the Kindle) support only grey-scale but are much easier on the eyes. Also, their batteries last much longer.
2. 1024 x 768 screen minimum
Until recently, most eInk readers only featured 600x800 screens - too small to display a whole page from a nearly A4 sized RPG rulebook readably. Which is why I am waiting for the new generation of eInk devices with 1024x768 resolution that is coming out now.
3. Must support PDF and other formats
Most devices, including the Kindle, only support a narrow range of file formats and don't resolve graphics-heavy PDFs well. However, there is a growing number of devices using more open platforms.
Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say? Well, if you download the PRD, you could paste it into openoffice and then export it as a .pdf. Though, of course, that wouldn't work for the APG or any other extra books. I'm hopefully getting a nook for Christmas, so I'll wait to weigh in entirely then. AUC.register('auc_MessageboardPostRowDisplay'); AjaxBusy.register('masked', 'busy', 'auc_MessageboardPostRowDisplay', null, null) Dire Mongoose Nov 24, 2010, 06:36 am To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.
To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.
(I understand the bigger/color Kindles have a better .pdf reader, but I have no experience with it.) Not being able to zoom would be a limitation imposed by the Kindle, so that could change with other hardware. Not being able to adjust the font is (effectively) inherent to the PDF format, so that's unlikely to change with other hardware. AUC.register('auc_MessageboardPostRowDisplay'); AjaxBusy.register('masked', 'busy', 'auc_MessageboardPostRowDisplay', null, null) miniaturepeddler Nov 24, 2010, 06:25 pm Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber I have been lusting over the ePads, a 10" tablet running google Android 2.1, that have been coming out of China for the past 2 months.
It is approximately $200, which is a fraction of the price of an iPad. Its Wifi only, and with the pinch and touch screen that we love from the iPad, I believe that is what I am saving my pennies up for.
I did get to see the Galaxy Samsung Tag at Best buy last week. Its a 7" tablet running Android 2.2, and I found the format very readable, expecially if you turn it sideways, but the Galaxy Tab required a contract with Verizon or Sprint as it was a 4G device. But I might simply pick up a 7" factor Android Tablet and save $50.
I went with the iPad and have been very pleased. There are a number of PDF readers to choose from as well as ePub readers. Between it, GoodReader, and a Dropbox account I have access to my full library without taking up all the memory. I got it primarily to read PDFs away from the computer but it has ended up replacing my laptop, as my mobile computing needs were really quite basic.
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