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Originally Posted by Philantrop
ebook library lending - doesn't really exist in Europe.
pinch zoom on images - because ebooks are about images, not text.
Priorities are so warped I can hardly understand it anymore. I give up.
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photos, diagrams, etc are common in Textbooks and other non-fiction - particularly STM, Professional, Travel Guides etc. These verticals represent a promising area of growth for us right now, and we have several current customers that have been asking for such features too e.g. HMH, Millennium Medical, Rick Steve's Travel, etc. We need to have income to keep developing these apps, and to get on new platforms such as the desktop. In some cases our current customers pay us to add specific features as well.
Feedback we have from our users indicate that a high percentage of them use the apps for library ebooks. In Europe as well (particularly Scandinavian countries). In fact, in terms of volume of email requests for features, improvements related to loans were among the highest.
In the US we are helping a couple forward-looking library systems build their own ebook infrastructures. We've offered free consulting and free white label apps to help them along. It is something important to me personally rather than income related. These features were part of that.
Can only do so much and I try to strike a balance between features that are based on user requests, based on customer requests, based on sales strategy, etc.
I get it seem bonkers to you. Don't give up, I'm listening. Our roadmap tends to have longer throws than you might think e.g. features coming out now were put in motion months ago.
-Micah