A little frustrating
I’ve bought Moskalenko’s “Even more flexible French”. I’ve found that there are many moves in the text which do not bring up the chessboard when clicked. And many moves get an exclamation mark with no further explanation, which is tough for a very modest club player like me. I try to get the chess engine to clarify, but it is intensely fiddly. However, I’d still recommend the book.
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Still too hard to find purchases
Love the concept, purchases should show up in my library. I have to scroll in the store till I find them. Also the app crashes some time ps when loading a book. Maybe due to the new book format they are moving to. Fix these primer issues and could be a 5 star
Great and thankfulness!!
Dears at NIC:
Since 40 years ago, when I bought my first New in Chess Book…
I have been yours loyal customer and I will be for ever and ever!!.
Thank you very for your work, attention and superior quality of NIC Books and eBooks nowadays!!.
Best wishes,
Hermann Bernal.
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Since 40 years ago, when I bought my first New in Chess Book…
I have been yours loyal customer and I will be for ever and ever!!.
Thank you very for your work, attention and superior quality of NIC Books and eBooks nowadays!!.
Best wishes,
Hermann Bernal.
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Library issues and more…
As several reviewers noted, finding books purchased in your library is somewhat of a hit and miss. In addition, while the available content is great, the experience of using the app is not great. There is no option of highlighting text, bookmarking pages or entering comments on text or positions.
Good board
Dry good price keep it up
Too hard to find your purchased books
First, there is no dedicated search field. Once you purchase a book you have to scroll through all the books to find the one you own. There is no filter for books you own and don't own. The app user experience is poor.
Second, the font formatting and font color doesn't make it obvious to the eye which moves are a variation, viewable in the chess viewer, or a simple comment. Several times I tapped on the move notation and it was not viewable in the game viewer.
Second, the font formatting and font color doesn't make it obvious to the eye which moves are a variation, viewable in the chess viewer, or a simple comment. Several times I tapped on the move notation and it was not viewable in the game viewer.
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Why is this app available?
This app is down right dishonest and leads to people making purchases where they are unable to get the product they have purchased. I say that because the same problems I experienced today have been going on for the past 3 years. New in chess is a great source for chess tips and strategies. However, this app doesn’t have bugs, it is simply non-functional. New in chess shouldImmediately remove this app until it is fixed. It is dishonest to advertise interactive e-books that available through a app that simply does not work. You have to sign in multiple times while trying to run the app, books are not available in your library that you purchased from new in chess.com, and if you try to download a book you purchased from their website the app prompts you to sign in again and then to purchase the e-book from the apple store. In fact the only part of this website I have been able to get to work properly is the free sample. Once again that is dishonest. That leads a potential customer to believe that a purchase will work on the app when in fact it does not.
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Good but not as good as the magazine app
Would be great if it had the same features as the magazine app (board size etc.)
My Library doesn’t show my purchase
I recently purchased “Endgame Tactics” but couldn’t find it when I tapped the My Library button. There isn’t even a Search function to search by title. I have to tap a button for their Middlegame/Endgame category and scroll down to look for the book I bought! Just by how user-hostile this app is I would like to get a refund.
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Disappointing app
The content is fantastic but the fact that the app cannot keep track of your library of bought books is crazy. It makes it so hard to go back to the book I’m reading which is the main purpose of the reader. There are much better readers for chess books in the AppStore.
Ajedrecista
Son muy buenos, muy caros
Complex unusable interface for NIC books.
I bought a book, signed up for an account on the app, then tried to access the book. The interface is Byzantine. The interface sends you here and there, but never gives access to the book or the opportunity to enter the code received when I purchased the book. I was totally unable to access the book. The only option seems to be to purchase again. Not going to do that. The help files were useless.
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Take care! Paid for a book, but didn’t get it.
I purchased a book of the week, but they failed to deliver it. I asked for a solution, but they stoped the communication and didn’t answer anymore.
It was a test for me and I learned that it’s better to stay at more trustworthy chess ebook stores like forward chess for example.
It was a test for me and I learned that it’s better to stay at more trustworthy chess ebook stores like forward chess for example.
Impossible to sign in and read purchased books
I have purchased a book in this app about a month ago. I was reading it on and off. I don’t know what they did but today I saw I was signed off and I am unable to sign in into their system with my credentials in order to read that book. I recommend to fire all developers and their managers who create such frustrating bugs and not even bothering to test this basic login functionality!
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ereader gameviewer should have white/black flip
as in title
Good app but some improvements are needed
Good app for chess books with a really useful option to make game movements and read the text.
On the other hand, the possibility to take same notes or put marks is needed.
On the other hand, the possibility to take same notes or put marks is needed.
Very buggy.
App frequently kicks you back to its Home Screen and won’t let you back into your library of books without signing out and back in again. Then at some point you will need to repeat the process.
The developer won’t respond to issues, so hopefully they’ll push yet another useless update that’ll create another issue.
I am on iOS 14.2.1
The developer won’t respond to issues, so hopefully they’ll push yet another useless update that’ll create another issue.
I am on iOS 14.2.1
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Many Bugs
Even though I purchased a book from the website, I get asked to restore previous purchases from the Apple Store every time I try to open the book. Then it says no Apple Store purchases to restore, and then I get kicked out of the book, even if I am logged in with my NIC account. Sent an email to support, no response a week later. Avoid this app.
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Books Disappear
Ordered books have disappeared. Not only books from the previous NIC book app. Also my recent order of Hendriks, The Origin of Good Moves. This is ridiculous. Also, the board is far too small. Same as in game viewer for the NIC journal. None of this is up to the standards of NIC. Improve!
Wo sind meine bereits gekauften Bücher?
Bereits in einer früheren App Version gekaufte Bücher lassen sich nicht wieder herstellen. Zum Teil werden die Bücher auch gar nicht mehr in der neuen App als verfügbar angezeigt (z.B. die ganze S.O.S Reihe). Ich habe für die Bücher bezahlt und jetzt sind sie nicht mehr für mich nutzbar. Unter anderem habe ich folgende Bücher in der alten App gekauft: „winning chess middlegames“, „sacrifice and initiative in chess“, „how Magnus Carlsen Béchamel...“. Ich erwarte, dass alle meine bereits gekauften Bücher in der neuen App zur Verfügung stehen oder ich mein Geld zurück erhalte. Wann wird der Fehler in der App endlich behoben?
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Wie wäre es nach einem Jahr mal mit einer Antwort?
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Wie wäre es nach einem Jahr mal mit einer Antwort?
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