There are numerous preferences to digest, so I suggest reading the brief Help section for additional information. Numbers at the top of the screen represent the page you're reading and the number of pages in total. Tapping and holding a comic thumbnail lets you assign a star rating and fill in metadata information (title, issue number, genre, and more). YACReader's page scrolling, however, is smoother than ComicRack's (which had the occasional lag). YACReader's page scrubbing is adequate, but isn't as impressive as ComicRack's, which lets you rifle through thumbnail versions of comic pages. YACReader remembers where you finished reading, so that when you return to a comic after exiting the app, you'll pick up where you left off-a nice touch. You cannot, however, flip the iPad into landscape so that YACReader displays two pages at a time (a function found in Comics and ComicRack). YACReader's automatic scrolling isn't nearly as impressive as Comics' Guided View, so if you're a fan of that particular feature, you may want to stick with Comixology's apps. Left or right swipes, naturally, turned pages. Should you want to tinker with a comic's presentation, pinching, zooming, and dragging the image around the screen are available options. Word bubbles and captions were legible so I didn't have to utilize the zoom feature. Rucka and Lark's Lazarus #1 looked fabulous on the iPad's 9.7-inch display. Comic fans with deep libraries will like the option to view comics in an alphabetical index or find them using the built-in search engine. Turning the PagesYour collection lives in the My Comics section, which you can customize with three eye-catching layouts. The entire management system works remarkably well. I created a series of folders and sub-folders within a few minutes time. Swiping a comic entry from right to left selects a file so that you may copy it when you create or open a folder, the paste option becomes available. Moving digital comics into folders is simple. I prefer ComicRack's Smart Lists as they automatically sorted new library additions into categories that I pre-defined, but ComicRack requires a computer to do so I created YACReader folders on the fly without the need for a Mac or PC. YACReader also lacks ComicRack's awesome Smart Lists, but you can create folders and sub-folders. That said, you can also transfer comics using iTunes (both wired and wirelessly) or Dropbox which is important, as YACReader lacks an integrated store like Comics. Like ComicRack, YACReader has a desktop client (available for Linux, Mac, and Windows) that lets you read, manage, and transfer comics to the iPad app. You'll need to download the Comics or Marvel Comics app if you want to read the latest Hawkeye issue, however. The Splash PageYACReader is an open comic-book reader that supports DRM-free CBR, CBZ, PDF, RAR, and ZIP files, which makes it a solid app for reading indie efforts and Image Comics' new DRM-less catalog.
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