Great & sometimes funny bugs
First of all, thank you to the developers for continued development & maintenance of this app! 🙏
Reading consistency is simpler than a few months ago when sometimes the app logged me out while borrowing.
Appreciate the fix.
I Utilize Open Library Reader regularly to….
1) …. read available books,
2) …. update status of books or remove from shelves,
3) ….find & add “new” books to my shelves (possibly better via the open library web interface currently, however the app is ok to add some books; some unfortunately do not yet show up in the app search).
Suggestions for future updates:
1) Maybe we can see easier whether a book is available to borrow and read *before* we click on the book and get feedback that it were unavailable? For example, a simple green circle 🟢 for available and red circle 🔴 for unavailable could help.
Could be wrong for a reader app but if relevant:
2) How could we improve the search? 🔍
In my experience, the search seems quite strict and takes strings literal, therefore sometimes removing results the more words I give. I do not know how the search functions “under the hood” though. Idea: Maybe a looser “AI”-/ cosine similarity-based search could help here.
Thanks for reading my whole review; enjoy your day 🙏🥰
Reading consistency is simpler than a few months ago when sometimes the app logged me out while borrowing.
Appreciate the fix.
I Utilize Open Library Reader regularly to….
1) …. read available books,
2) …. update status of books or remove from shelves,
3) ….find & add “new” books to my shelves (possibly better via the open library web interface currently, however the app is ok to add some books; some unfortunately do not yet show up in the app search).
Suggestions for future updates:
1) Maybe we can see easier whether a book is available to borrow and read *before* we click on the book and get feedback that it were unavailable? For example, a simple green circle 🟢 for available and red circle 🔴 for unavailable could help.
Could be wrong for a reader app but if relevant:
2) How could we improve the search? 🔍
In my experience, the search seems quite strict and takes strings literal, therefore sometimes removing results the more words I give. I do not know how the search functions “under the hood” though. Idea: Maybe a looser “AI”-/ cosine similarity-based search could help here.
Thanks for reading my whole review; enjoy your day 🙏🥰
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Can’t use it if you can’t download a book
I am logged in. I have logged out, and logged back in. I have logged out, and deleted the app, and re-downloaded the app, and logged back in. No matter what I do, when I try and select the book, it says it can’t download it because I’m not logged in.
Login issue
There is an existing login issue that's blocking us from using the app. Please fix it
Not working
Though I am logged in, the app tells: This book requires you to be logged in. Please log in and try again.
A good idea, but poorly designed app
I really like being able to read from my phone, but the app is incredibly frustrating sometimes. It’s basically impossible to scroll through pages. The bar at the bottom has a tiny hit box and it doesnt scroll when you hold it. It also resets your progress through the book if another person checks it out (or sometimes just randomly for some reason). I’ve also been logged out for no apparent reason multiple times.
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Bad App
App does not work. You can create an account, but you can not log in.
Broken features
This app would be great but I cannot save bookmarks which is a required feature. Instead it shows me a login button even when I’m already logged in. The bookmarks I’ve saved via the site I cannot see in this app.
Awful
It opens a book with this bubble on top with instructions but I can’t figure out how to get rid of the bubble so I can actually read the book!
Great resource! But it lost my whole history.
I was so excited to see how many classic text books were available to borrow for research in my field. I spent an hour searching by the names of several favorite scholars and putting them in my “To Read” collection. Then I logged out and tried to log in again, using the same email as before, but my whole list is gone now. What a loss and a frustration.
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Can't sign up
Since I first learned to program in 1964, I figured I would have the ability to sign up for an account. Nope. After 20 minutes I gave up.
Impossible
Couldn’t sign up or sign in at all. A waste of storage.
Timed out
Times out very quickly, therefore unable to load. Retried many times, needs fixing!
Can’t get pass login screen
It would be nice if you can even get past the login screen. It just seems like the app doesn’t function at all because you can’t login there’s always an error message.
Ahhh
Does not let me login
Can’t get past the loving part
Hi I can’t even get past the login part everything is correct but I will say loading and then back to sign up
Google Auth
Google Auth would be great if it was added to the app for login as well
none
horrible would not even let me make a account to even try and read any books spent 45 minutes on it don’t waste your time
What happened
This app needs an update can’t find some of the books that use to be on here other than that I really like this app.
Schlecht
Dass ich mich mit meinem Google Konto nicht einloggen kann macht diese App nutzlos.
Used to love OL Reader but I Cant’t Log In
I used OL Reader fine for so long but one day it logged me out and I haven’t been able to log back in. Please help! Thanks.
