Bye-Bye Stanza

[Mickey330]

Just curious...why not use iBooks? It reads books in both PDF and ePub...?

To be honest? I'm lazy!

I use a program called Calibre to maintain my e-book library (1500+ books). The library is stored on Dropbox (in my public folder). Then, I use another program called Calibre2OPDS to create a catalog of my books.

Before I discovered MegaReader (and the free app eBook Search by the same company), I'd have to browse to the catalog in my Dropbox via Safari and search for a book. Then, I'd have to use "Open In..." to select an e-reader app to use. It was just a pain to use (and, remember, I'm lazy!).

With MegaReader, I can hook my catalog up right into the app, browse to the e-book I want and have it download/open right there in MegaReader. Simple, quick and painless. Since I don't keep my books on the iPad after I've read them and I truly don't care about too many bells & whistles (I just need the book's text), this works for me.

Whew! Long explanation! But, that's why.

Marilyn

 

[tosbsas]

Just saw this

"I had an email exchange with Amazon.co Customer Service today about this very issue. Here is their response to my query.


"Iâ€Â™m sorry to hear that youâ€Â™re having issues with Stanza after updating to iOS 5. An update will be available in the coming weeks that will resolve the problem youâ€Â™re experiencing.


"After the upcoming update, we will no longer be updating or supporting Stanza. We would like to thank you for your interest in Stanza, and let you know that Amazon is committed to providing the best reading experience on iOS though the Kindle for iPhone, iPod and iPad apps.


"To learn about Kindle, including our Kindle for iPhone, iPod, and iPad apps, visit the link below:

http://www.amazon.com/kindleapps


"Thank you for your interest in Stanza."

 

[donka]

Just saw this

"I had an email exchange with Amazon.co Customer Service today about this very issue. Here is their response to my query.

"Iâ€Â™m sorry to hear that youâ€Â™re having issues with Stanza after updating to iOS 5. An update will be available in the coming weeks that will resolve the problem youâ€Â™re experiencing.

"After the upcoming update, we will no longer be updating or supporting Stanza. We would like to thank you for your interest in Stanza, and let you know that Amazon is committed to providing the best reading experience on iOS though the Kindle for iPhone, iPod and iPad apps.

"To learn about Kindle, including our Kindle for iPhone, iPod, and iPad apps, visit the link below:

http://www.amazon.com/kindleapps

"Thank you for your interest in Stanza."

Where did you see this? Would be great if true.

 

[tosbsas]

Amazon's Stanza app in limbo after iOS 5's release | Macworld

 

[donka]

Thanks. I hope Amazon customer service is right about this but I still won't be holding my breath.

 

[tosbsas]

yep, same here

 

[donka]

Whoohoo. Stanza has just been updated with IOS5 support! :thumbs:

 

[guthrien]

Fantastic!

 

[xvalx]

I downloaded stanza update last night I was so happy to see it come up as a update I missed using it

Sent from my iPad using iPF

 

[tosbsas]

what's iPF?

 

[Mickey330]

IPF stands for iPad Forum.

Marilyn

 

[donka]

what's iPF?

It's a free application on the app store to access these forums instead of using the browser. Search Ipad Forums on the app store to find it.

 

[guthrien]

what's iPF?

The forum has their own app available in AppStore.