Comments on: Stanza 1.9: Book annotations, new page turning animation wrinkle, and improved OS3 compatibility

By: Farnoosh

Farnoosh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:49:54 +0000

Hello, I hope I can ask a question here. From one Stanza lover to another. On the annotation notes, is there a way to directly download them to my Mac?? I can’t find a way and I write book reviews and it’s far better than transcribing word for word. THANK YOU!

By: Dusk Peterson

Dusk Peterson — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:09:02 +0000

“When, oh when, will eReader add the Aerial Rounded MT Bold font”

Hurrah for your championing of that font. I’ve used it since 2002, for precisely the reason you mention.

Also, none of the e-readers I’ve heard of will take the font size up to what is large print for *me* (28-point). I hope that changes some day.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:01:49 +0000

Hi, Mike. ePub, so far. Much faster than before. Thanks. David P.S. eReader will be switching over to ePub soon as a core format.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:24:41 +0000

@CA & David: are you both doing eReader-formatted eBooks there, or are you David using an ePub in that test?

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:33:14 +0000

Thanks, C.A. Just now I tried the new Stanza on a freshly downloaded book. It MAY have formatted it faster than I’m accustomed to from Stanaza.

David

P.S. I also like the search feature, which lists all the occurrences of a word or phrase.

By: C. A. Bridges

C. A. Bridges — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:35:31 +0000

“Meanwhile eReader fans are welcome to tell me why, for them, Stanza isn’t as good as their own choice.”

Mostly the lag time between starting the app and when I can turn pages. I tend to grab reading time where I can and having to wait a significant number of seconds for my book to reload every time I start the program or select another book is annoying. eReader, once a book is selected the first time, loads it nearly immediately from that point on.

Stanza is getting closer and closer, but I still default to eReader for my ebook habits.