Hi Yogaman:
That's great that you found an app (GoodReader) on your iPad/iPhone/iPod that can do all the stuff we have been talking about. And it is good that you brought it up here in the forum for anyone who might be interested. But I would not put paid apps in the "
Download Instructions" as long as we have a
free one that does all the same stuff, which the recommended app does --
UbiDisk.
UbiDisk accepts the downloads, does the unzipping (automatically into a folder with the same name as the zip file, which is important for audiobooks with 40+ MP3 files), directly plays the audiobooks in continuous album mode if desired, has a PDF reader, and "Open In" function that enables exporting and opening of all the ebook formats in the popular readers -- iBooks (EPUB, PDF), Kindle (MOBI, PDF), Nook (EPUB), Kobo (EPUB), Adobe Reader (PDF), etc. Like GoodReader, UbiDisk does not export files to the Apple audio player, but that may be because it is accessing it directly already from within UbiDisk.
In fact, UbiDisk and GoodReader look very similar in capabilities, except UbiDisk is free, while $5 GoodReader is powerful for handling large PDF and text documents, which is not really needed for the AYP ebooks.
As mentioned in the download instructions, UbiDisk accepts USB and wireless transfers from external sources. The only thing I was not sure of was whether UbiDisk could
export to other computers. It turns out UbiDisk can import
or export folders and files by FTP (with an FTP client like
Filezilla installed on the external desktop or laptop computer), and maybe other ways. I am going to update the
download instructions to cover exporting to other computers.
So UbiDisk does it all, including the ability to download and store the AYP ebooks and audiobooks, and then send them to any other computer with FTP client software installed, which works like a drag and drop file manager going in either direction between computers. So everything is covered with UbiDisk. That is a big plus for those who are using an iDevice as their primary means for downloading and accessing the AYP ebooks and audiobooks, who would then like to send them to their desktop or laptop as well. It can be done easily!
Over the past several weeks, I looked at a lot of free file managers for iPad/iPhone/iPod, and
UbiDisk is by far the best (free one) I have seen to date. Have you taken a look at it yet?
If you let me know via email which AYP ebooks and/or audiobooks you have, I'll be happy to reactivate the links so you can try some experiments.
Many thanks and all the best!
The guru is in you.
PS: Finding the "Open In" function in UbiDisk is a little tricky. It is an icon at the bottom of the page on any file list selected -- then scroll left to right to select the file to open in any compatible app on the iDevice. From the native file list itself MP3s and PDFs can be opened directly, but the bottom icon must be used to get to the "Open In" function that takes you to all the other compatible apps on the iDevice.