Bookshop.org Ebooks 12+

I’m so excited to be able to switch to Bookshop and support local bookstores! I attempted to read a book on here and I have a couple issues. I don’t understand why vertical scroll only works when my iPad is upright vertically. When I read on my iPad, I read with it flipped horizontally since most iPad cases have a stand to hold them up horizontally. It would be easier for couch and bed reading if there was vertical scroll no matter what way the iPad is turned. I’m a big fan of continuous scroll horizontally and hate having to “turn the page”. Another thing I’d love to see is more fonts, as I’ve seen a few others mention. It would also be interesting to see if there was a way to change font color. I enjoy reading in dark mode, but have noticed some other apps opt for a light gray for font color because stark white on the black background can be harsh on the eyes. Overall, I’m glad that there seems to be regular updates to concerns that others have mentioned. I know this is a new app, so I’m excited to see what improvements will be made in the future!

Thank you for your feedback! I'm sorry for the issue with the vertical scroll - we have a fix coming in our next release to resolve the issue you're experiencing so you can use vertical scroll in horizontal/landscape mode. We also are planning to launch several more font options and give more flexibility to readers with font and background choices, so stay tuned for those enhancements, and happy reading!

It is a solid app for how new it is and definitely has some kinks to work out, but I was able to read the book I bought. It’s a little sensitive and I often accidentally skipped ahead several pages just by brushing my finger on the wrong part of the screen. Also needs italics! Had trouble reading a book that uses it frequently because the font was never italicized. Other than that, no big complaints! Will buy another book here for sure!

Thank you for the feedback, and we agree we have some kinks to work out. We just launched an update that should allow for italics to show if they are included with the publisher's styles, so we hope that helps. If you have any additional suggestions, don't hesitate to email us at [email protected]. Happy reading!

Tried the search function and couldn’t scroll through the list of hits—took a bunch of tries each time I tried to scroll up or down. Checked it a few times and same results. There’s a continuous scroll setting for reading ebooks, but it still makes you hit a button to go to the next page when you hit the end of a chapter, and it treated each poem in a poetry collection as a chapter. If you don’t select the annoying “continuous scroll” option the text is automatically two column, at least on the iPad, no matter how I rotated it, which is not how I want to read ebooks. Easily the worst commercial ebook reader I’ve encountered.

Thanks for the review! Your feedback is noted and appreciated.

The column issue specifically should be addressed in a forthcoming update.

The continuous scroll requiring a button press between sections is well known and something we hope to fix in the future.

Curious to know if the issue with scrolling through search results is still an issue in the newer versions of the app. In any case, don't hesitate to reach out to our customer service team with any further questions or feedback here: [email protected]. Thanks again!