[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n7of9:
i was REALLY disappointed to see that the TF doesn't connect as a mass storage device :( one of the main reasons i purchased it was to use as an ereader (previously had the Sony Reader which was completely awesome)...i naively thought a tablet could run rings around an ereader

i have a large library which i manage on PC using Calibre, and every book (over 700) has customised tags which is how i navigate it...the first problem was that Calibre could not recognise the TF in MTP mode, the second was finding an ereader app that suited me, but THEN i found that all apps i tried either couldn't read my tags and the Calibre metadata, or (which is much much worse) they add a bunch of nonsense crap tags when importing books

i'm at my wits end! it really shouldn't be this difficult!

this is what i have come up with -

if you have any other options, please let me know

(and after trying, but failing, to find online solutions, i thought i'd list my half-arsed solution here)

EREADER APP

i chose Aldiko as my ereader app because it supports dual-page landscape view, epub, and pdf (but in single page view only)...i prefer the readability of Kindle app (but it has no dual page view), and i prefer the interface of Mantano (but you can't change the margin sizes and it can't connect to my Calibre server - though i do have my library in Dropbox, the interface of the online Calibre server has the ability to sort by tags)

SYNC

again, because it is an MTP device when connected to PC, none of my auto-sync PC programs will recognise it...for wifi syncing with my Calibre database when i am at home i chose WifiSyncr...it has only 1-way sync (which is what i want as i don't want my library changed by my tablet!)...the downside is that it doesn't 'sync' only changed files, it just copies everything over to the tablet every time you connect (around 1GB for me), but until i find something else this will have to do (i can always just unplug and use the usb/power cable, but i'm lazy)

ACCESS TO CALIBRE LIBRARY

i set up my Calibre server with a no-ip http address, and Aldiko connects to this flawlessly

USAGE

when i first used the 'import' function within Aldiko (or maybe it was one of the other ereader apps i tried), my ebook folder structure had been changed (!!!) with things like new folders created for authors' names - a consequence of the apps not reading the Calibre metadata and just using ****tycrapballs metadata info from some internet hell dimension...i found LegerCalibre, which is 100% perfection on reading my Calibre tags and metadata database - but that's all it does, it's not an ereader, just an interface

so this is what i'm left with

:

-wifi sync my Calibre library when changes are made

-use Leger Calibre to navigate local library on tablet and open books using Aldiko

-use Aldiko to read books - but not to manage them, and ignore any Aldiko sort options

-use Aldiko to navigate Calibre server (if i ever need to)

the only other option i can see at this stage is to go out and buy the new Sony Reader and let the TF rot in the corner :(

addendum: the Asus MyLibrary app just craps itself, and the Asus Sync program only allows syncing of contacts and calendar - who the.f still does this!!!