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E-Readers

So what is everyone using for an EReader on these tablets. I am a WM guy looking to get one of these or suggesting it to a coworker. She wanted an ereader machine and was looking at the NookColor or Cruz Tablet then I saw these and I want to be able to show it to her.

I use the Nook app and it works pretty well. Anything I have book wise that isn't ePub I use Calibre to convert it. Probably the most used app on my device.

I use Kindle on my A101 and I am very pleased with it! It seems to work flawlessly.
Be aware that these Archos tablets seem to have a problem with some readers cutting the last line off the screen due to the way Archos implements it's standard buttons.

i use aldiko, it imports epubs which i convert all my pdfs, etc to through calibre.
it doesn't cut off lines on my a70

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I've been using the Moon+ Reader, because I like the smooth-scroll function.

I'm using laputa and calibri to convert files in epub version. it's quite perfect...

Although it's not ideal, eReaders such as Aldiko have options for margins etc on the screen which could help combat the last line of text being cut off.
Anyone using Aldiko on their Archos? If so do you have any problems?
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TubbyHamster said:
Although it's not ideal, eReaders such as Aldiko have options for margins etc on the screen which could help combat the last line of text being cut off.
Anyone using Aldiko on their Archos? If so do you have any problems?
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digibucc said:
i use aldiko, it imports epubs which i convert all my pdfs, etc to through calibre.
it doesn't cut off lines on my a70
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rcftw! I am using Aldiko, and no setting changes were necessary. I just installed it and it worked.

Ahh, totally missed that line of your post first time round.
Just ordered my A70 on Friday (pixmania for £156, all out of stock now), so excited to get it an Aldiko is one of the main reasons.
Thanks for the answer.
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using aldiko, the version from appslib doesnt have the cutoff problem

ibietto said:
I'm using laputa and calibri to convert files in epub version. it's quite perfect...
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This is the combo I've settled on. Works well, although I can't seem to get images working in the library view. Any ideas?
TubbyHamster said:
Although it's not ideal, eReaders such as Aldiko have options for margins etc on the screen which could help combat the last line of text being cut off.
Anyone using Aldiko on their Archos? If so do you have any problems?
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I tried Aldiko from the Google Market and the software buttons cut off the bottom of the text. The only option was to increase the margins and font to as large as possible. Didn't make for a very good reading experience.
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using aldiko, the version from appslib doesnt have the cutoff problem
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This is true, but it did crop the top in the main bookshelf view... which meant the titles of my books went missing. Really wish Aldiko worked. It's the prettiest of them all for sure. Such a nice smooth scroll too.

I`m looking ereader, which allows to translate unknown word to Russian from English.

Kindle on A70
I use Kindle on my A70. Probably the most used app I have. It lost the last line running 2.1 so I had to use Aldiko. After 2.2 posted Kindle works flawlessly. YMMV.

I use fbreader.
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Laputa (get it while you can, the free books available are bound to get the developer busted)
Nook for my DRM books.

I'm looking forward to getting an Archos 101 and sticking all my 1000+ page school books on there. One thing that bums me out is that I haven't found an app for android that supports chapters in .pdf like adobe reader for windows does.
And converting to ePub makes it lose it's formatting, so I can't, for example, just go to a certain page, and have it be the one I intend it to be.
Anyone know of anything that will fix what issues I'm having?

mrkniceguy said:
I tried Aldiko from the Google Market and the software buttons cut off the bottom of the text. The only option was to increase the margins and font to as large as possible. Didn't make for a very good reading experience.
This is true, but it did crop the top in the main bookshelf view... which meant the titles of my books went missing. Really wish Aldiko worked. It's the prettiest of them all for sure. Such a nice smooth scroll too.
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that is weird. I am running a 7/2.2 w/aldiko and yeah the main page titles are messed up, but not cropped. All my covers work so that is what i was reading for the title anyway. the books themselves read great...
maybe it's to do with ads? i'm using aldiko premium, maybe the free version has adds that gets in the way? idk...
odd.

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Laputa (get it while you can, the free books available are bound to get the developer busted)
Nook for my DRM books.
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I'm pretty sure all the free books with Laputa are public domain. You can find those same books for free at Project Gutenberg, and even through the Kindle app (again for free).

hurrpancakes said:
I'm looking forward to getting an Archos 101 and sticking all my 1000+ page school books on there. One thing that bums me out is that I haven't found an app for android that supports chapters in .pdf like adobe reader for windows does.
And converting to ePub makes it lose it's formatting, so I can't, for example, just go to a certain page, and have it be the one I intend it to be.
Anyone know of anything that will fix what issues I'm having?
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I'm in much the same boat.
The other thing I haven't found in a PDF reader is the ability to have a fixed zoom level and switch pages at that zoom level. Once you zoom in a little, the two apps I've tried (DocsToGo and Adobe's own app) want to float around each individual page.
What I want is to center at, say, 125% zoom and just be able to switch pages with every one of them rendered centered at 125%.

Sorry
The Twilight series is not public domain.

Google Books & ePub files compatibility???

Hello everyone,
I already know the answer to this but do you think there is a way to hack the google books apk to force it to read ePub files? I am currently using adilko as my ereader and its okay but I just love the page turning animation and smoothness of google books. Adilkos animations don't come close to google books.
Anyone know if this can be done?
Does anyone know of any other readers that have a great page turning animation?
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I've looked into it and I'm pretty sure there's no way of importing an epub into the Books app. I'm no expert so I don't know how much XDA hacking sweetness would have to go into making it happen if it's even possible in the first place.
I agree though. The animations and stability of Google Books is sweet. Importing and using books from the cloud would be awesome.

the Nook app is the best ive found. not as smooth as google books is, but the the customization, look, and sideloading make it the one i use the most.

I agree with ianflo. Nook seems to be (one of) the best for sideloaded epub viewing.

Personally I have been using Aldiko for my book reading needs. Works quite well if I do say so myself.
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Been using Mantano reader myself, page turning, while not as good as google books, as pretty close to it. Side loading is easy, just browse to whereever you stored the epubs on your device and import.
Its an almost perfect reader, just needs a TOC button.

Two things. First, I need to make sure my favorite epub reader is mentioned, fbreader.
Second, does google books support side-loading any format? If so, calibre may be able to transform epubs to that format. It's a Windows tool for managing ebook libraries.

Calibre is a multiplatform program, runs quite well on Linux btw. http://calibre-ebook.com/download
As for sideloading on google books, nope, the files are stored somewhere, where haven't a clue, in what format, ditto.

So I tried nook' its OK its not all that great. I downloaded one of their free books how do you side load epub files for the nook?
Mantanos free version does not include the page turn effect and the pay is like 6 bucks. A bit pricey if you ask me. I currently use aldiko and fbreader. They are both great but the page turn animation is lacking big time.
There has to be a way to side load these files through Google books no? Even if you convert the file using caliber?
Edit: figured out how to sideload to the nook app.
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bustinstugots24 said:
Hello everyone,
I already know the answer to this but do you think there is a way to hack the google books apk to force it to read ePub files? I am currently using adilko as my ereader and its okay but I just love the page turning animation and smoothness of google books. Adilkos animations don't come close to google books.
Anyone know if this can be done?
Does anyone know of any other readers that have a great page turning animation?
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Try GO Books https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gobook&feature=nav_result

pellik333 said:
Personally I have been using Aldiko for my book reading needs. Works quite well if I do say so myself.
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Same. Aldiko has worked wonderfully for me.

joedoe said:
Try GO Books https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gobook&feature=nav_result
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I just tried it
I won't lie its not perfect. Its a little glitchy and not the smoothest but this app definitely has potential. Not bad at all
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I just recently switched from aldiko to moon+ reader. I don't use the page turn animation so I'm not sure how smooth it is, but the app as a whole is just fantastic. So much control over every part of the app it's just great.
It also has a nice sync feature using dropbox. I can put my N7 down and when I go out and open the same book on my phone it syncs the page to where I last left off.
I bought the pro version after about 10 minutes of use on the free one.

I have been preaching for a way to load epubs into google books for a long time now. All the other book reader apps have some kind of compromise or niggle that annoys me. I don't understand why google doesn't just open it up to sideloading.

hmmmm
satur9ine said:
I have been preaching for a way to load epubs into google books for a long time now. All the other book reader apps have some kind of compromise or niggle that annoys me. I don't understand why google doesn't just open it up to sideloading.
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Got my Nexus7 last week and while researching Kindle and Nook book rental options...I found out Google / Google Books is making an effort... See below
“In 2004, The New York Public Library was one of several libraries taking part in this ground-breaking digital venture with Google; others included the libraries at Michigan, Stanford, Harvard, and Oxford Universities. Since 2004, other libraries and institutions have signed partnership agreements including Princeton University, Cornell University, the University of California system, and the Committee for Institutional Cooperation (CIC). They even have a nice list of Google's Library Partners, from around the world too.

Been using Moon+ Reader for a couple months now, tons of features, page turn is like pulling the corner of a page and flipping it as opposed to Googles dragging the middle of the page, page turn works nice, though not quite as pretty as googles, although it is more dynamic in that it is not the same every time you turn a page. If you hold as you slide finger and move finger down as pulling you will see page react accordingly, or just tap side and flip animation. You can import and sort books according to directories which is awesome, I have a different directory for every author and sort works very well. Like the above reader said I used it for a few minutes and purchased the Pro immediately, it just works well.
Also like the person above mentioned the cloud sync is amazing. I have an S3, Galaxy Nexus, and N7, use each of them at different times, and whatever I'm reading is left off in the same spot on the next device I use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader&feature=related_apps

Another app worth mentioning for ePub & PDF books is the Kobo app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kobobooks.android&hl=en

I have tried nearly every reader out there and the best by far for me was cool reader. The front end is not as nice as some others but the ability to configure is great.
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omar411269 said:
I'm a bit of a noob here but how do you sideload books from Nook on Googe Books
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You can't but you should be able to read them if you download the Nook app for Android.

Gotta mention Mantano Premium reader here. The Page turn animation is pretty much the same as the iOS animation, and just as smooth. Feels as smooth as it can possibly be. I've tried dozens of book reader apps and all have been disappointing except for Mantano. It's a little pricey but I consider it a core must have for a tablet so it's definitely worth it. Packed full of other features too.

Best App for Reading EPUB?

Hey all, what's the best ebook app that supports local libraries?

Aldiko Book Reader is quite nice. Otherwise if the file isn't too large I personally like to upload to Google Play Books.
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I use the Nook app for my .epub e-books. Pretty decent app, relatively polished UI, and the right price (free).
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Most of the readers I've tried from the Play Store are very good (Moon+ Reader, Nook, Kindle, FBRreader, Overdrive), but a few years ago I purchased Aldiko Pro and it has been perfect for me. There is a free version as well. I like the controls and options, the bookshelf looks nice and I've never once had any problem with it. I particularly like being able to make shortcuts to the books I'm currently reading, so I have an icon of the book cover to click on that will open the app and take me right to the last page I read.
It was one of the first apps I installed on my Nexus 7, I've probably read over a hundred books with it and I use it almost daily. But almost all the readers are free or have a free version, try them all! Read a chapter or two with each one and see which is most appealing to you personally.

I used to use the Nook reader until PlayBooks gained the ability to upload your ePubs to your Google account. Now i use PlayBooks for my reading. Like the fact that it syncs where you left off, bookmarks, markers etc across your devices.

Mantano is the absolute best epub reader I have found. There is a free version on the play store. Try it out. It also does pdf.
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moon reader?? it haz that 3d page flip that look like real books.. XD
again.. why am i here?? i dont even have an n7,, :silly:

LordLugard said:
I used to use the Nook reader until PlayBooks gained the ability to upload your ePubs to your Google account. Now i use PlayBooks for my reading. Like the fact that it syncs where you left off, bookmarks, markers etc across your devices.
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This. There is no better option than Google's own app - smooth, syncs progress and bookmarks, syncs the actual epub (after uploading it to your account), and best of all free.

ctbear said:
This. There is no better option than Google's own app - smooth, syncs progress and bookmarks, syncs the actual epub (after uploading it to your account), and best of all free.
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Test out Play Books. Once your collection is uploaded, the syncing is great between your devices.

I say Nook And Aldiko are best Have Tried Them Myself you can download from play store or google it!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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I'm a huge fan of mantano. It open PDFs and epubs flawlessly. There is a free version available so give it a try.
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ctbear said:
This. There is no better option than Google's own app - smooth, syncs progress and bookmarks, syncs the actual epub (after uploading it to your account), and best of all free.
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+1 now that you can upload your epubs or pdfs, play book is my recommendation. Manteno would be second. I find the formatting better on play book than manteno. The syncing between devices just seals the deal for play book. Manteno charges to sync between devices...

LordLugard said:
I used to use the Nook reader until PlayBooks gained the ability to upload your ePubs to your Google account. Now i use PlayBooks for my reading. Like the fact that it syncs where you left off, bookmarks, markers etc across your devices.
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PS - the Nook app does all of this also. for free (unlike some of the others..obviously PlayBooks is free as well).
The thing I like about Nook over PlayBooks is that Nook gives me more text formatting options. Mainly, the ability to change margin widths. I have found this especially useful for reading some e-books.
Most of the big name readers have these sorts of additional text formatting options, however some charge for sync capabilities, etc.
I personally think that the actual contents of my books look the best in the Nook app (once you play around and get the formatting setup how you want it) and with free syncing between all of your devices, it's all win.
To each their own, obviously.
Cheers
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I love moon reader easy to use and really customizable
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I highly recommend Google Play Books for epubs as well. It is very nice looking, smooth, and the sync feature is great. I also LOVE the look of the widget, it is the centerpiece of my home screen. My only complaint is no support for my comics in cbr format, and also it seems that pdf pages (both pdf books and cbr->pdf conversions) load rather slowly at times.
But if you will solely be using epub, you can't go wrong here. You may have problems uploading converted epubs though.

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I love moon reader easy to use and really customizable
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Yeah, Moon Reader is great, and Moon+ Reader is 50% off!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp

I seem to have a lot of problems with the epubs I have uploaded to play books, they take forever to load. I usually don't bother waiting. Aldiko and Moon+ are both good options. I also highly recommend aldiko sync to sync between devices.

I also tried a few different EPUB readers but Aldiko was the one that stayed my Nexus.

So I'm playing with Google Play Books, and generally I like it. One problem however, on several books it won't adjust the font size. I can change the setting but there's no change in the display. Any thoughts? Is the epub file hard-coded or something? Thanks...

I've tested many epub software and my favorite by far is moon+ reader. You can configure it to be perfect for you. The other soft doesn't have near as much setting to adjuste your reading to be as confortable as possible. But yeah you will have to take 10/20 minutes the first time configuring it (and have a few more tweak later too to do to be perfect). And that the only soft that render all my epub perfectly; during my testing I find some reader cut some text for no reason (aldiko in particuliar) but maybe that have been patched.
Sorry for my not so good english

Can you read textbooks comfortably on the N72?

Hey guys, long time XDA viewer but first time poster. I am a college student currently with the ipad mini. I use my tablet mainly for textbooks since my campus takes up to 30 minutes to walk across and I would hate to lug around huge textbooks for biochemistry and the like all day. My ipad mini is decent for textbooks, the width allows me to view text fine. But I was wondering what your opinions were using the N72 for textbook viewing. It is narrower but the resolution is higher so maybe text would be easier to read?

I find it great. I haven't used an actual textbook file but I do have a PDF of comp science and it's awesome for that. Also I read eBooks on it daily. If using Google Play App you can even adjust the font size to make it bigger/smaller (which all epub/pdfs files can be uploaded to Play Books through the website).
Let me take a picture of an eBook on the tablet next to a real book. 1 sec.
EDIT: Here you go.
Here is the tablet next to a real book, notice the text is just as readable (book has larger font than eBook but that can be adjusted):
And here is a close up of the text to see how crisp it is:
Sorry for subpar pics, they were taken with my Nexus 4 in my low lighting room.

The display looks brilliant! Wow, I did not know about that functionality in play books. I will definitely test it out and purchase a N7 if it works well. Haha I'm pretty excited to ditch my boring mini...
How exactly do you alter the font size? Maybe I am being a little unobservant here or is this only possible for epub versions?

troyyi said:
The display looks brilliant! Wow, I did not know about that functionality in play books. I will definitely test it out and purchase a N7 if it works well. Haha I'm pretty excited to ditch my boring mini...
How exactly do you alter the font size? Maybe I am being a little unobservant here or is this only possible for epub versions?
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I think it might only be available for epubs. Apparently my comp science is epub as well, thought it was PDF. Either way just tap the middle of the screen and press the "Aa" button, it will let you change the font size if PDF also supports it. You can also change the text alignment, background color, font and line height.

TaintedByte said:
I think it might only be available for epubs. Apparently my comp science is epub as well, thought it was PDF. Either way just tap the middle of the screen and press the "Aa" button, it will let you change the font size if PDF also supports it. You can also change the text alignment, background color, font and line height.
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Ahh I see. I guess I can always convert the files and read them that way. I'll definitely look into it when i get back to the states. Thanks a lot Tainted!

I had a question regarding books. My wife uses the Kindle app to read books on my tablet. I usually convert the books to pdf and drop them in the Kindle folder.
What is the best way to use the Google Play app to read her books? Convert? Will they just open or do they need to be dropped somewhere?
Thanks

FormeriPhoney said:
I had a question regarding books. My wife uses the Kindle app to read books on my tablet. I usually convert the books to pdf and drop them in the Kindle folder.
What is the best way to use the Google Play app to read her books? Convert? Will they just open or do they need to be dropped somewhere?
Thanks
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The only way to read non-Google Play books in the Play Books app is to upload them through the website. You can upload any PDF or ePUB file here: https://play.google.com/books/uploads
It will automatically show up on all your devices logged in to your account.

TaintedByte said:
The only way to read non-Google Play books in the Play Books app is to upload them through the website. You can upload any PDF or ePUB file here: https://play.google.com/books/uploads
It will automatically show up on all your devices logged in to your account.
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Thank you sir.

For PDF font size adjustment you have to use some app with text reflow capability.
I use EasyPDF Reader - the best in class in my opinion.
For ebooks I use Moon Reader, which also can read PDF files.
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Looking for a PDF Reader

Hello guys
I'm looking for an app for my Nexus with some kind of way to open multiple PDFs at the same time and change between them quickly, for studying purposes. Adobe Reader doesn't do this. Do you know any app with this function?
Thanks

Duarteman said:
Hello guys
I'm looking for an app for my Nexus with some kind of way to open multiple PDFs at the same time and change between them quickly, for studying purposes. Adobe Reader doesn't do this. Do you know any app with this function?
Thanks
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Try iannotate
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Duarteman said:
Hello guys
I'm looking for an app for my Nexus with some kind of way to open multiple PDFs at the same time and change between them quickly, for studying purposes. Adobe Reader doesn't do this. Do you know any app with this function?
Thanks
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If you are only looking for PDF reader, then just go with any really. All are good!
However, you are looking for PDF reader + epub, mobi etc support go for moon+reader. It has speech and many cool options
If you are looking for PDF+ Office documents, just try office365
I am using both apps (paid versions) and there is not any app better than them in my opinion. Free ones are as great but Office365 free version won't let you edit documents.

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Try iannotate
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I tried iannotate and it really has a nice system of tabs to open multiple PDF files and that was what I needed. But the App itself is a little buggy and not very fluent (can't even compare to Adobe). Do you know any other?
Thank you

Radaeel pdf , not sure if its compatible if you get it from playstore, but google the apk if u can't get in the playstore

QuickOffice by Google ?
Maybe OfficeSuite (not free)...
I never used a multi-pdf viewer so I couldn't really tell

Kingsoft Office?

Duarteman said:
Hello guys
I'm looking for an app for my Nexus with some kind of way to open multiple PDFs at the same time and change between them quickly, for studying purposes. Adobe Reader doesn't do this. Do you know any app with this function?
Thanks
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You need EBookDroid.
HTML:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ebookdroid
It's a great PDF reader, and I use it to read my university books all the time, jumping from one book to another.
I paid for Moon+ Reader Pro in the past, but I've found EBookDroid works a lot better.

I like Foxit.

I tried EbookDroid and even though I liked it, it doesn't have a decent way to change quickly between PDFs. I think I'm gonna stick to iAnotate.

just go for adobe reader.

Try RepliGo Reader, ability to add notes and stuff
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I read a lot pdf's on my nexus and i tried most of pdfs readers and i can truly say that mantano reader is the best for big pdf files

Mantano is slow as hell and does not support in pdf files included page numbers.

I have to read an insane amount for school, so i personally use Moon Reader or Foxit for those few PDF's that Moon Reader has a problem rendering. Kingsoft is nice for just reading but doesnt have any good markup options like Moon or Foxit. Moon is pretty feature rich and has options for both day and night time reading to reduce strain on your eyes which is helpful if you have to go late into the night.
Cheers

I like Adobe Reader but the tabs system is really important for me. I study engineering and I need to have one PDF with exercises opened and another PDF with the theory, that's the way I'm used to work with my computer and I bought a tablet mainly because it's very light and portable.
The ability to write notes and underline words/sentences on PDFs isn't very important to me, I don't use it.

ezPDF reeder is the best on android, and 10% of GoodReeader on IOS
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I tried a lot of PDF readers only ones with both good text reflow and reversed/nightview ifound were ezPDF Reader (paid) and Adobe Reader. I think paid Moon+ has that too with PDFI. For epub it is by far the best imo and I am consisering buyong pro.
In my opinion every reader should have reversed/nightview for when one has to read much or at night.So ridiculous that so much pdf readers don"t have that or automatic resizing text to fit screen They shouldn't even be called a reader-app.
In EzPDF Reader you can switch easy to other pdf's via recent documents. It will remember the pages of all the pdf's where you were at. If that is what you mean. I like it a lot it has a lot of options. .
But if Moon + pro is as good with pdf as with epub I might switch in the near future. (It has better animated page flip with epub than Ez with pdf also by the way).

try SmartQ Reader.it's the best PDF reader that i ever used
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Duarteman said:
I tried EbookDroid and even though I liked it, it doesn't have a decent way to change quickly between PDFs.
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I think EBookDroid's tab interface is very decent.