Awful
I have never written a review before but I had to for this. I can’t believe I spent money on books that I can only use on this godawful app.
cant log in
didn't recognise my email so reinstalled app and still doesn't! presumably my purchases are gone then?? certainly cannot access them! i see from reviews others have this issue too! not good. UPDATE: successfully resolved and purchases available again. Much better!
Junk
This is the most dysfunctional reading app I own. Even when it’s working, it can’t do something as simple as go to a particular page. Every time my iPad times out, I have to start from scratch. Buy from Kobo instead if you can.
Great Books, Terrible APP
I am so sick of this app. I need to reload it almost every time I don’t use it for a month or more as it will not register my books or my email. Then, when I try to log back in it will invariably say “email address is not recognized.” It’s a shame because the Princeton Press books are excellent and the app does a good job of rendering them when it works. Sadly, none of the PUP ebooks purchased on their website, which has excellent sales, will work without this app. The PUP books I’ve purchased for my Kindle work super well. This bloody app is just so inconsistent. Definitely one of the most infuriating out there.
At this point, zero stars would be my choice if I could give the app that rating.
At this point, zero stars would be my choice if I could give the app that rating.
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Princeton app
The ebook and audiobook app is easy to use and the customer service is excellent. Princeton has a fantastic list of books and has many special e book and audiobook promotions. I recommend the app to everyone.
Hideous app
Terrible app and you only have access to ebooks and audiobooks for 2 years, then everything disappears—your notes, annotations, bookmarks, etc. Great books, horrible app.
complete junk
This app has almost zero functionality to begin with, not allowing you to perform basic e-reader tasks like highlight text or swipe to turn the page. Of course, that's when it's functional. Now that I've been running it for a few weeks it has decided to crash every time I open it. Unfortunately, PUP doesn't let you use any of the better-designed e-readers with its e-books, presumably in a craven defense of intellectual property, which I must say it has succeeded in, since even I myself cannot see the material I paid for, and presumably will not be able to accidentally disseminate it by word of mouth. The ivory tower remains secure. Do yourself a favor and find a PDF.
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Worst app I’ve ever used
The app will constantly crash so you can’t view any of your books. When you try to log out and log back in it will say your email address is unrecognized. Absolute garbage. Try to find another way to access textbooks.
Horrible login interface
I purchased a $32 ebook for this app. The app requires logging in with the email I used to purchase. I used my institutional email. But because of a combination of this app’s clunky interface and my institution’s overzealous security filters, the verification email to my account is automatically deleted before I can find the verification code. I have tried four times to log into the app and now I am locked out. I don’t know if I will ever be able to actually read the book I just purchased. If you are seeing this before you buy an ebook from PUP, just … don’t.
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Why is this app so bad?
Besides things other people have mentioned, this app really struggles with being offline. Why would I want to read books on my phone if I’m not on a plane? But what happens is that it says it’s downloaded books and audiobooks, and then it hasn’t really, and that’s bogus.
Stopped working
I installed this app for my audio book. It now stopped working after 2 months. I can’t access my purchase anymore.
It doesn't work
Possibly the worst app Available it simply doesn't work, you cannot log in, when you do log in your books do not appear, this is made worse by tht fact this app is the only way to buy certain books, all it has to do is store and let you access your book it isn't complicated but they can't do it
Horrible
I just want to access my book that I paid over 30 bucks for and i have to resort to unethical resources to complete what I need for class. Nice going dudes 👍🏼.
Would give this a 0 if I could
No app has ever made me as angry as this one, I don’t even recognize myself when I’m using it. This app makes me want to kms
Atrocious !!!!!
Normally I don’t do reviews but this app is so terrible that I felt I must do so, I purchased the book on “The Birds of Southern Africa” hoping I would be able to use the iPad app rather than carry the book in the field. The app is slow, crashes often, freezes on pages and seems to have no means to navigate, including incredibly for a PDF reader, any means of textual search. Basically it is useless and I would give zero stars if I could
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Absolute trash app. Buy from Amazon NOT PUP!!!
There is no ability to annotate, despite following the directions in the FAQ for the reader.
According to an email from Princeton end user help: “annotating is not currently an accessible feature with the PUP IOS app.”This is a bare minimum requirement for a pdf reader. Fail!
According to an email from Princeton end user help: “annotating is not currently an accessible feature with the PUP IOS app.”This is a bare minimum requirement for a pdf reader. Fail!
Absolute trash app
There is no ability to search or even annotate, despite following the directions in the FAQ for the reader. These are bare minimum requirements for a pdf reader. Fail!
Always impossible to access books online
Every time the screen is blank, I was advised to delete the app and download it again, but it does not provide a link, it does not recognise the email and cannot access any book I bought.
Could not get the iPad app to work!
Despite some back-and-forth with the PUP staff and multiple restarts and reinstalls, we could not get my book to show up on the iPad app :-( It is working with the Mac desktop app.
Release your books
Your awesome books are trapped in this horrible app. Please allow users to listen to your books in apps that actually work.
