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It’s a good story on living through grief
Edward, a 12 year old boy, surviving a plane crash, muddles through life in a daze until he finds a constructive way to deal with his grief. This book is well written and has a realistic feel of what it’s like to grieve ( having lost many family members, in a short period of time, myself). The psychology behind a grieving child, is not directly stated, but does touch on the emotions on each stage of a child, tween, teen, young adult; grieving again, yet differently at each stage.Show lessJillybeansswimmer
Great app, but needs improvement
I am a NYPL member and have been borrowing books through this app during the pandemic. I can’t say how much I appreciate the chance to do this! The idea behind the app and the initiatives connected to it are fantastic, period. Still, there are some improvements or bug fixes that I’d like to recommend:
(1) changing the default language of the app messes with the search feature, I think. It shouldn’t.
(2) Add some sorely needed features to the ebook reader, such as highlighting, adding notes, and SEARCHING. Even though some of these features might seem counterintuitive because ebooks are available for a limited period, they’re actually still useful for some (perhaps most) readers.
(3) easy to implement: add a reading history! We want to keep using the app in the long run and keeping track of what we read and when is essential.
Looking forward to giving a 5-star rating soon :)Show lessJoajos1
Doing great, just needs a few more tweaks
I love this app and what it represents. I’m so grateful to be able to check out books this way. The reading interface has some good options, but there are a few problems I found that need to be addressed.
Images aren’t always displayed properly. In a book I’m reading now, the images get stretched vertically over a few pages.
Also whenever there is a linked footnote (with an underlined asterisk) clicking it brings me to a page with the footnote text in a minuscule font size that I can’t read. I’d love it to just pop up with a bubble there on the page when I tap it.Show lessJQ W
Pharaoh - Wilbur Smith
Only way I can re-dowload a book that I haven't had the chance to finish is to uninstall and reinstall the app. Every. Single. Time.pimsla
Nice, but .....
Nice simply app, but when I exit the app OR take a break from reading and come back to the iPad I have to reopen the book. Why not just stay on the page that I left?
It would also be much better if I can see where I am in the book. Seeing just the chapter is not good enough. I need to see what % I am done in the book. I might see Chapter 12, and not know if I have 30 more chapters left to read or 3 more Chapters remaining. It would be great to see something like 20% done or 30% done or 40% done – you get the idea.
Also a history of books that I have read would be very useful. Thank you and I hope to See the app Improve.Show lessEyePad2ReadWith
Can’t figure out how determine how many pages left
I’ve tried a bunch of different things but I can’t figure out how to determine how many pages are left in the book. Mine is only displaying how many left in the chapter, but that’s kind of useless info unless you are reading a textbook and are assigned chapters to read by a certain time. I’m much more interested in knowing how many pages in a book and how far along I am. Is this book a 4-5 hour read? A 6-7 hour read? Will I finish it before it needs to be returned? Of course I’d rather be reading, but I have to work too! Can someone point me to where I change the setting to show pages in the book not just pages in the chapter?Show lessNew to SimplyE
Not Terrible
The app allows me to read more...when it works. For starters, if you accidentally select the wrong library, it’s in your list for good as far as I can tell. The UI changes color based on the different library you use. Of course the one I needed was in black, so all the titles for each section were black text on a black background - invisible.
The offerings for books seem to be larger than the books you can actually download, which may not be the apps fault, but be prepared.
Lastly, have a strong cell service, it stops working the moment I get to 2 bars or lower, even on WiFi.Show lessRz1993
Great app. Amazing selections. Few suggestions.
I love the app.
A few suggestions from an avid e-reader:
It is very important to personalise e-reading. With books and papers I can see crumples and dog-ears. I see where I’ve been. Ebooks are always new. Too new. If you have too many you don’t see where you’ve been.
Let us mark and annotate and save our marks and bookmarks and highlights and notes (or share them?) so that when we look back or even if we check out the same book again, we know where we’ve been and what we’ve seen. It gives us a living record and turns us into truly active readers. I have hundreds of books and papers on my phone and value annotation in all my reader apps (kindle, iBooks, GoodReader, Adobe and Documents). I can look back and see what I thought was important when I first read it.
Kindle also gives a sense of community by letting you see what others have highlighted (ie, the choicest quotes) and allowing you to share. Nice colours (and Multiple selections) as in iBooks makes it even more enjoyable.
If the reader can save those snippets after returning the book they can also sense their own accomplishments with a few choice quotes. It makes it all the more personal.
Thank you.Show lessNicksterini
Love it but...
Two things:
1. If I get interrupted while reading (have to lock my phone or go to a different app) I lose my place and get sent back to the “my books” list instead of the page I was reading when I left off. When I reopen the book I was reading it sometimes takes me one page back and it takes time to find my place again.
2. I would like a list of the books I have previously had so if I wasn’t finished or if I need them again I can find them easily.Show lessTom AB
Great concept but needs improvements
No notifications unless you open the app so I’m not noticed when I have a new book available for download then by the time I do log in the time to download has expired and I have to rejoin the weeks long waiting list. I also almost always get 2-3 books that become available all at once. Wish there was a ‘skip’ feature so you can download the one you want but skip the others without totally losing your place in line. Would also be nice to be able to extend rental for a few days if needed. Hate having one chapter left and then rental expires and you have to wait to download again to finish the book.Show lessJas9305
