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Apple unveils the top books of 2023 and a new Year in Review experience (www.apple.com)
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Can I import some of my books from Amazon kindle to books?

I just prefer the UI with books than with kindle.

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I just finished “The Wager.” I really liked it. I’m excited to see the film whenever it is released.

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    [–] [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago

    A native experience in Books before Music — who would have thought?

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    Do people even use Books?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Love it. Why do people hate on it?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    As an avid reader, it's far too limited for my usage. I want to be able to Share/AirDrop books from one device to another (books I own in open source epub, not DRM books).

    I want to be able to change the font, add custom fonts, use custom themes, adjust margin width, line height, etc. I can't do any of this in Books. I used to be a Marvin 3 user, but that got abandoned so I moved on to MapleRead SE and have been using that for the past few years.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree with all of your other points and I'm not trying to convince you to switch to Apple Books but you actually can airdrop books between devices! Most of the time I don't need to because I sync my whole library over icloud but occasionally I will download a single epub and then airdrop it to my ipad and it imports immediately.

    I'm otherwise not picky about the rest of the things (my biggest gripe is actually poorly imported metadata! and I've finally gotten Books to show all my cover art so I can't switch now) but the Airdrop ability is a must for me and I use it a lot.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because there's no way to use them in a dedicated eReader. I love my iPad, but for extended reading sessions it's not even comparable to a Kindle (or other eReader). The eInk screen is easier on the eyes and doesn't fuck with my sleep, they're lighter and more easily held than an iPad Mini, and I can toss it in my bag for weeks and it'll still have battery power.

    If the Apple struck a deal with Kobo or BOOX to get Apple Books on their device (or fuck, makes their own) I'd switch in an instant.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    i want an apple ereader an apple book sub that gives both books and audiobooks and whispersync.

    How apple has missed all these features for years is beyond me. They are a trillion dollar company !!

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I hate it now that they started putting ads on the main screen. I wake up one day, decide to open the books app to get some reading in, and they made the continue reading section tiny and now I have a topless Britney Spears staring at me. Immediately went on my pihole and blocked books.apple.com

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)
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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I assume it doesnt track books you upload to the app manually?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've read 56 books in the app this year, all manually uploaded with full metadata. I can even confirm most of the books I have read show up in the Book store as well because I am annoyingly suggested to buy them whenever I try to find them in 'search' (annoying feature)

    The review doesn't show up in my app but someone below thinks their uploaded titles have been tracked. Who knows what the rhyme or reason is.

    In my experience Apple Music Replay is terrible so my expectations are measured anyway but I would like to be able to use this service if it were possible.

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    This looks so good! I wish they would have done something similar for Apple Music Replay and maybe for Apple Podcast too.

    It’s crazy that for Apple Music is still primarily on the web.

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Does anybody use iBooks? I've always use Kindle Reader as it syncs with my Kindle and Audible when I want to use it.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I basically only use Apple Books. But I only read books I find, download, and add to the phone.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s what I do. I think Apple got wise to it though, so they started putting ads directly on the main screen of the app now. Seriously, I open the books app one day and have a topless Britney Spears staring at me. A pretty jarring experience, had to block books.apple.com on my network to get rid of the ads.

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Bro you can't go around putting "Apple Unveils" at the beginning of your post, I got excited thinking a new product launched!

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I actually really like Books, so it’s nice to see it get some love.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Apple Books is the single destination for all the books and audiobooks readers love

    So this is a damn lie. That said, groovy feature - would love to see others riff on it (maybe Kindle does and I just haven’t noticed, I dunno - I read physical books, mostly).

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    This gave me a chuckle because I started blocking books.apple.com on my network because they added two giant rows of ads to the main screen.

    Seriously, I open the books app one day and they made the continue reading section smaller and I have a half naked Britney Spears staring at me lol.

    (On a related note, if anyone has a suggestion for a third party book app, please let me know. I don’t mind paying for it once, but no in app purchases or ads obviously.)

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Apple Books doesn't have a dedicated e-reader and from what I've seen all the books are more expensive than getting them from Amazon. Cool for people who don't care about those things though.

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I would love to use Apple Books but can’t stand reading on anything that’s not e-ink. I’d buy an Apple e-reader for $1500

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just recently got a Kindle and yes, e-ink is wonderful. Have you tried using a matte screen protector and tweaking the warmth of an iPad display? I haven’t but I would prefer using a single book/eBook app that allows me to import both media types into the app.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did the matte ipad mini + warm settings for years, switched to kindle this year and it’s so much better

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I appreciate the input. Something about the Paperwhite with the right warmth and brightness setting has actually helped me fall asleep noticeably faster. I’ve struggled with sleep my entire life and I’m sure the LCDs and OLEDs haven’t helped.

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