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Custom ebook files can be read on Android devices by employing a collection of software, detailed below.

Both Android and iOS devices can simply use iBooks or Stanza, and connect to Calibre.

A more manual method employes Astro for browsing Android files manually. For any ebook file format, if an appropriate app is installed, Astro will be able to open the ebook. See Wikipedia for a table of ereaders vs ebook file formats supported.

Secondary software will be required to actually get the ebook files onto the mobile device:

SugarSync

Dropbox

Each ereader app looks for books in a different directory. A good compromise is to store all ebooks in /mnt/sdcard/Books, organizing ebooks at will through folder hierarchies, and using Astro to navigate to and open individual ebooks.

FBReader

  • Autorecognition: /mnt/sdcard/Books
  • Custom browsing: FBReader library -> File tree

Kindle

  • Autorecognition: /mnt/sdcard/Kindle

nook

  • Autorecognition: /mnt/sdcard/Nook/MyDocuments

Adobe Reader

  • Autorecognition: /mnt/sdcard/Download/Adobe Reader
  • Custom browsing: Documents -> All PDFs -> Folder View
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