While I am a very experienced programmer, I have never programmed anything for the Android or IoS platforms, so I have no idea what's involved. I agree that the demand is probably not sufficient to support the costs, since most (90+%?) are probably perfectly happy just getting their books from Amazon or Itunes, and have no need for serious library/organizer/multi format readers.

So what I meant by 'Why is it so hard' was really why one of the existing ereader app creators, who have most of the main structure in place, can't add handling for additional formats or Calibre server support. What most of them need is either adding a connection to Calibre or the ability to handle a couple of other formats. There are multiple readers that do most or, at least, of what is required, several of them are commercial. I didn't mean to play down the effort involved, and I had sort of left the original suggestion of creating one into a general venting. It is obvious from looking through these forums that there would be a great demand for such. GoodReader is great with pdf and has a back door way to connect to Calibre via browser, but I can't get it to work.

Stanza which was great with Epub and Pdf stopped working on my Ipad after IoS 5 came out, even after the update which supposedly fixed it. I was using Megareader which also handled Epub and Pdf pretty well, but it's stopped working with Calibre, won't connect, and gives error. I'm currently using ShuBooks, which will connect to Calibre and handles Epub well, and pdf not so well (which I'd prefer to read in GoodReader). All I want is something that will grab books from Calibre/OPDS/Dropbox, handle the 6 or 7 main formats (epub,pdf,mobi,txt,html, lit?), in a uniform, neat process (like Calibre does on the server side). It will certainly be a help, but I still wish there were a fully integrated solution.ĬalibreCompanion and ebook Search recommended seem like fine utilities, but why can't one of these book readers get it right. You might want to try the free eBook Search app for iOS.

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