Beej
Terrible app. There cannot be worse app for a library. Slow, lacking basic features like "sample", misleading " additions" that have been already offered. Got one star because I couldn't review with zero! More. It has gotten even worse! Slow and slower. Whoever chose to switch to this app should forced to use it. Unbelievably lousy! Going back to hard copy. Even more WORSE AND WORSE WITH UPDATES Who is buying this crap? More: No longer can increase font size Freezes every other chapter, every book Bookmark does not work Whoever is praising this app must work for the developer! more....Gets worse with any updates...... Go to,your library and tell them how bad this app is! Bring back OVERDRIVE More Reviews are a few years old and the app still is crap...they can’t fix it. Find one that works...cause it ain’t this one! Final update: After three years, I have seen zero improvements that stay in effect...it is still too glitchy If you are a library or can opt to another app... go to “ OVERDRIVE “ a great app that works. MORE I am still stuck with this terrible app since my library went CHEAP. Over a few years, nothing seems to be improved. Updates, what updates? Try to enlarge the print, huh? Glitchy all the time, try to Log on, watch the circle go round and round......and round. The yellow screen is one of my favs.
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Super frustrating
Since I’m constantly being bugged to rate this app when I’m using it, despite having already left a review and also tapping NO on the “want to be reminded later to rate this?” button, here’s an update for you. This app is such a piece of crap. The only reason I give it 1 star is because it can - when it feels like it - give me the ability to read ebooks on the go. When it goes wrong and it seems to often, however, it goes *really* wrong. I feel like I’m going to light my hair on fire right now because I’m being told “I have no internet to check out and download the book” I have on hold — when I have full bars of 5G on my device or alternately my home wifi which is working for literally every device including the one I’m holding. (Yes, I have restarted the app and phone several times already to try to resolve.) Seriously, what gives with this app?? If issues could be fixed this would be a great and very useful thing. Very frustrating!
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My daily companion
This service, through my wonderful local library, has brought me so much listening-reading pleasure. From a well paired audiobook on a road trip, the latest book club pick, or delving into something I’ve been wanting to learn more about, it is all possible. The ability to download to listen off line is my favorite feature. Bookmarking before I set the sleep timer so if I do fall asleep while listening I am close to where I drifted off, is my second favorite. It seems the catalog and availability just keep getting better and better too. There are some small issues with trying to fast forward but with patience there are work arounds.
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I love it when it works
I listen to a lot of audiobooks and this app makes that possible. I definitely would not be able to afford to buy them all! However, at points in the 4 years that I have been using this app, it has been completely unusable. I assume it’s occasional bugs, but I have seen time where the books won’t load, they won’t show up in the “my stuff” area, or the download button immediately says “expired” even if I checked it out that same day. When these things happen you just have to wait for the app to be fixed.
The main trick that I’ve learned with this app is: DO NOT let the screen sleep while something is downloading. Keep the screen awake even if the connection is terrible/the book is huge and it takes a long time. Also, use the bookmark feature if you end a reading session without an internet connection, otherwise there is a chance that it forgets where you left off and you won’t have the bookmark.
In general, the app has gotten so much less glitchy over these 4 years! As long as my local library only supports audiobooks on this app, I will continue to use it!
The main trick that I’ve learned with this app is: DO NOT let the screen sleep while something is downloading. Keep the screen awake even if the connection is terrible/the book is huge and it takes a long time. Also, use the bookmark feature if you end a reading session without an internet connection, otherwise there is a chance that it forgets where you left off and you won’t have the bookmark.
In general, the app has gotten so much less glitchy over these 4 years! As long as my local library only supports audiobooks on this app, I will continue to use it!
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One of the worst apps I've used
I use this app because it's the main way I can access ebooks and audiobooks from one of my local public library systems.
THE POSITIVE: It has, more or less, let me access the library's collection. (Mostly.)
THE NEGATIVE: Frequent crashes. Even more frequent error messages when I'm trying to open books. (Often saying my device has a poor connection, even when that's not true, and when that *shouldn't matter* because I've downloaded the book to my device.) Long waits to open books, which often end with the app crashing. One book I downloaded - which I was very excited to read - would *never* open; the app crashed or froze every time, so I couldn't even see one word. Sometimes the in-app controls show up when I touch the screen; sometimes they don't. Sometimes page numbers and locations show up; sometimes they don't. I could go on.
All in all: it has enabled access to certain library materials, but actually using this app has been a terrible experience.
THE POSITIVE: It has, more or less, let me access the library's collection. (Mostly.)
THE NEGATIVE: Frequent crashes. Even more frequent error messages when I'm trying to open books. (Often saying my device has a poor connection, even when that's not true, and when that *shouldn't matter* because I've downloaded the book to my device.) Long waits to open books, which often end with the app crashing. One book I downloaded - which I was very excited to read - would *never* open; the app crashed or froze every time, so I couldn't even see one word. Sometimes the in-app controls show up when I touch the screen; sometimes they don't. Sometimes page numbers and locations show up; sometimes they don't. I could go on.
All in all: it has enabled access to certain library materials, but actually using this app has been a terrible experience.
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