Now available in Zotero for iOS: EPUB and webpage snapshot annotation and PDF metadata retrieval
We’ve just released a new version of Zotero for iOS that adds two major new features:
EPUB and webpage snapshot annotation
Zotero 7 added the ability to view and annotate EPUBs and webpage snapshots, and it’s now possible in Zotero for iOS as well. You can add highlights, underlines, and sticky notes to EPUBs and snapshots and seamlessly sync those annotations with Zotero on your computer.
EPUBs and webpage snapshots are particularly well suited to mobile devices because of their ability to reflow text based on screen size and orientation, and some publishers now offer EPUBs as alternatives to PDFs. Zotero will still automatically download PDFs rather than EPUBs from most sites, but we’ll be providing a way to choose a preferred attachment format in a future version.
PDF metadata retrieval
Zotero for iOS can also now automatically retrieve bibliographic details for standalone PDFs shared with the app from your browser or other apps or added directly from within the app. We still recommend sharing an article page from the browser when possible and allowing the app to automatically download the available PDF, but when that’s not an option, you can save a PDF directly and let the app attempt to create a parent item without needing to run Retrieve Metadata back on the desktop.