Very often, Aldiko users will ask us what the fastest way is to transfer books from computer to the Aldiko Book Reader app on Smartphone or tablet. Making use of Google Drive can make transferring files from your computer to the Aldiko Book Reader on your Smartphone or tablet simple and easy. Google Drive is a cloud service provided by Google.  It allows you to store and access your files anywhere, on the web, on your devices etc. Here is how to transfer files from your computer to the Aldiko Book Reader by using Google Drive:

Setup (This has to be done for the first time only):

(1) Go to Google Drive on the web at drive.google.com on your computer, sign into Google Drive (register a Google account if you don’t have one);
(2) On your Android smartphone or tablet, go to Google Play application and do a search for “Google Drive”. Download and install the Google Drive app on your Android smartphone or tablet;
(3) Sign into Google Drive on your Android smartphone or tablet;

Transferring files from your computer to the Aldiko Book Reader:

(4) Drag and drop the file or upload the file that you would like to transfer to the Aldiko Book Reader to Google Drive on your computer;

(5) Go to your Android smartphone or tablet, open the Google Drive app, you will see the file from your computer syncs and appears on the Google Drive on your Android smartphone or tablet automatically;

(6) Tab on the file, the file will start to download;

(7) When download completes, you will see a pop up window saying “Complete action by”, please choose “Import to Aldiko” and then confirm.

That’s it, now the file has been transferred from your computer to the Aldiko Book Reader. You can find the file in the library in the Aldiko Book Reader and read it on the go.

Enjoy!

Last week, we introduced the Aldiko widget feature. With the Aldiko widget feature, you  can create a widget containing the list of your currently reading eBook titles (a list of books) on your device’s home screen so that you can resume reading quickly and flip through the book covers of your currently reading books beautifully.

This week, we’re going to introduce you the Aldiko book shortcut feature. With this feature, you can create a book cover shortcut of your currently reading book (one single book) on your device’s home screen so that you can come back to read the book with just one tap right from the device’s home screen.

Here is how to add a book shortcut:

-if you are using Android 4.0 or above devices, just go to Add Widget section of your device, touch and hold the Aldiko/Aldiko Premium launcher icon and drag it to the home screen of your device. After that, tab on the book that you would like to create a shortcut;

-If you are using Android 3.0 honeycomb devices, just tab on the “+” icon at the upper right-corner of the device’s  home screen, then select “More” and select “Aldiko/Aldiko Premium”. After that, tab on the book that you would like to create a shortcut;

-if you are using Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices, just tab on the menu key of your device then tap on the “Add” icon. After that, select “Shortcuts” and then select “Aldiko/Aldiko Premium”, tab on the cook that you would like to create a shortcut.

That’s it. Now, you will have the book shortcut on your device’s home screen and you can resume reading more quickly than ever.

Enjoy!

The Aldiko widget will display the list of books that you are currently reading on your device’s home screen. This will not only make resume reading quickly (right from the device’s home screen), it will also provide an elegant way for you to flip through the book covers of your currently reading books. This feature is currently available in the Aldiko Book Reader Premium only and will work on Android devices running on Android 3.0 or above.

To add an Aldiko widget to your device’s home screen, just go to Add Widget section of your device, select touch and hold the Aldiko Premium widget  and drag it to the home screen of your device. That’s it.

You should now see the Aldiko Premium widget showing the list of your currently reading books on your device’s home screen.. Flip through the covers, resume reading  and enjoy!

Please note that you would need to install the Aldiko Book Reader app in internal memory of your device in order to make the widget feature work. To do so, go to System Settings -> select Apps ->Aldiko Premium, then tap on “Move to device” button.

Stay tuned for next week’s tips and tricks! Come back to check it out!