Comments on: More on e-Reading on the iPod Touch

By: ficbot

ficbot — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:44:47 +0000

Thanks, Logan. That made things a little. I am still finding that noticeable lags turn up from time to time. I’ll see black, and a little spinning thing like it’s working, then it will come back. And sometimes the screen flickers when I change it. Sorry, Stanza authors, I tried It just is not as sprightly and brisk a program as eReader is. There are thins I do like about it. The on-line catalogue is quite fun, and they have some short stories, which I cannot get elsewhere. But for me, it is looking like eReader is the better choice for now—most of the pub domain stuff, plus all my Fictionwise stuff, and it’s quick and simple. I’ll keep an eye on Stanza though—maybe they can fix some of the glitches and make the program run a little more snappily…

By: Logan Kennelly

Logan Kennelly — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:10:49 +0000

Ah, you are correct. I had v1.3, but after upgrading to v1.4 I see that the authors moved it. Now, while reading, go into Settings (bring up the overlay and tap the gear icon) and drag the settings until you are at the bottom. You should see “Animate Page Turn” underneath “Right Screen Tap”.

While poking around I found the option to download ePub books from an arbitrary URL (which was my primary complaint). Yay! Calibre->ePub->Mac Web server and I finally have text formatting! (Sorry, but simply stripping bold and italics is simply unacceptable. I can put up with *bold* and _italics_, but I can’t go without.)

By: ficbot

ficbot — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:10:50 +0000

There is no ‘controls and effects’ choice. All I am getting is general, advanced and stanza information. Believe me, I looked everywhere!

By: Logan Kennelly

Logan Kennelly — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:11:21 +0000

ficbot, I’m not Marc, but I can comment. The ability to turn off the page flip already exists. Go into Settings (from the Home screen), select Stanza, Controls and Effects, and set Page Turn Effect to None.

By: ficbot

ficbot — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:00:40 +0000

Marc, thanks for the tip! Are there any plans in the next version for a preference to turn off the page flip? I want the screen to just advance without the little animation; I find it really distracting

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:26:31 +0000

Nice article! I'm going to try adding a Stanza "catalog" view for manybooks.net at some point (I'm in the middle of a re-location across country), perhaps in a few weeks. But you can get ePub formatted files into Stanza by browsing manybooks.net/m with Safari -- just tap the ePub link and Stanza will download and install the book (it uses the epub:// URL scheme).

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:16:43 +0000

One minor correction about Stanza is that you don’t actually need to open the book to delete it. From the library, you can just tap the “Edit” button, and then you will be able to tap on the book and then tap the “Delete Book” button without having to open it.

Other than that, a very nice run-down (even though it goes without saying that I prefer Stanza

By: Liviu

Liviu — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:08:39 +0000

This is indeed a major step ahead – faster, touch and integrated lighting – were 3 of my bugaboos about the original reader. This one is the first eink that truly tempts me though it’s still a bit pricey, but I am on the edge with that, it’s not a deal breaker.

I still have my trusty 770 and the Touch as backup so I am in no rush – I used to have a Sony 500 from the 50$ offer but I gave it to a relative since I did not really use it – but again this is the first eink I would buy at more than almost free