After months of effort, the long-awaited tablet version of Aldiko Book Reader app is finally here, with a brand new user interface and many more optimized functions.

• Brand New User Interface

• New “Open As…”

With the updated Aldiko Book Reader app, you can now open and import your own eBook files and documents directly from browsers, email attachment and some third-party apps like Dropbox. What’s more, it supports opening PDF file attachment in Gmail client on Android 3.0+ tablets.

• And much more…

Beside the above changes,we have also made a lot of improvements, here are some key points that we are thrilled to share:

• Support new OPDS (Open Publication Distribution System) callbacks feature
• Performance improvement, making the app faster and more reponsive
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

This is not the end, we will continue to make the Aldiko Book Reader app better and better. We love to hear your feedback, please drop us a line and tell us what you think!

This update is now available for Premium users on the Android Market(Premium version), it will soon be released to Free users on the Android Market(Free version). Alternatively, you can use your Android device to scan the QR code below. Get it today !

P.S.: The new update will be available on Amazon Appstore as well after Amazon completes reviewing the app.

The long-awaited Aldiko 2.0 is now here! You can download it from the Android market or on our website. The Aldiko 2.0 brings you a brand-new user interface, new features and additional eBook format support.

Highlights of Aldiko 2.0 are:

• Supporting ePub and PDF eBook formats, as well as Adobe DRM
• A new eBook marketplace for you to access eBooks from different booksellers at one place
• Fully customizable reading experience: font type, font size, font and background colors, margin, alignment, line spacing, brightness, display orientation and navigation control are all adjustable to fit your personal reading preference
• Rich features including bookmark, dictionary, full-text search, copy and paste, day/night themes, table of content, progress bar, hyphenation support as well as sharing your favorite texts/quotes in a book
• An advanced library management system which enables you to sort books by different criteria as well as organize books by tags and collections
• A new import feature which make it even easier for you to transfer all your ePub and PDF files to Aldiko and read them on the go.
• A “My Catalog” feature which allows you to add your own eBook catalogs
• Supporting eBooks from public libraries and enabling you to return your borrowed eBooks right within the app

Here is an intro video and some screenshots to give you an overview of Aldiko 2.0

Here is a gallery of screenshots of Aldiko 2.0: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldiko/

Download Aldiko 2.0 today, turn your Android device into a full-featured eBook reader, and enjoy a brand-new eBook experience.

Happy reading!

We have rolled out three updates (version 1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.3) for both Aldiko Book Reader Premium and Aldiko Book Reader Applications over the last few weeks. New features in the updates include:

Full Text Search

This allows you to search words globally within a book.

Dictionary Lookup

With the dictionary feature, you can look up a word in dictionary, on Wikipedia or Google.

If your device has a keyboard, you can even start typing while reading a book to  bring up the dictionary dialog automatically.

Option to Lock Display Orientation

With the lock display orientation feature, you can lock the display in either portrait or landscape view.

Option to Set Text Alignment

Now you can set your text alignment to left, justify or right.

Go To

This allows you to quickly access any position within a book. It’s very useful when your book has no table of content.

Option to Enable/Disable CSS Style Sheet

As always, please feel free to provide feedback to help make Aldiko better.

Since Aldiko was released, we have received a lot of feedback from engaged users telling us how much they like Aldiko and what improvements they would like to see. We want to thank you all for your feedback. It is your appreciation which motivates us to deliver as high quality a product as we can.

However, a point that was raised on repeated occasions was that a lot of people who had interest in the app were unable to get their hands on it, simply because they are located in a country where the Android Market does not yet support paid applications. In order to make it as widely available as possible, we’re excited to announce that we have put Aldiko for free on the Android Market.

The paid version is still available as a “Premium” package, which we encourage you to get if you like Aldiko and would like to support us.

Moreover, we have also listed the application on SlideMe, thus making Aldiko available anywhere in the world (including countries where the Android Market is not currently supported). The Aldiko package can be directly downloaded from SlideMe’s website from your computer, or directly installed to your phone through the SAM application.

Thanks for your interest and support! Enjoy!