[QUOTE=Valkrider;3630779]
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Originally Posted by cedhax
This is totally inaccurate. Marvin SxS allows the reading of two pages at a time side by side on the screen, so is ideal for landscape reading on an iPad.
This was NOT a marketing ploy by the programme author but is genuinely useful if you like reading this way.
Please do not post misleading information @cedhax.
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Since Valkrider's reply, I double check Marvin SxS description on App Store. Here's what it says in its notes:
(1) the second library and side-by-side reading requires the corresponding Marvin 3 app.
(2) works best on devices that support Split View and Slide Over.
In other words, you don't get the so-called side-by-side reading as defined in the context of Marvin SxS unless you also buy Marvin 3. It means showing the views of two apps running side-by-side, enabled by the then-new features of iOS 10. This matches what I said in my previous posting.
Yes, in landscape mode on an iPad, it is useful to be able to read two columns (or pages) of text (of the same book) on the screen at the same time. But technically, this is called two-column layout, a feature widely available in many ereader apps, including Marvin 3, and is thus not a unique feature of Marvin SxS.
However, Marvin SxS fills a need created by the very restriction of iOS itself -- limitation of running only one instance of any app. In principle, any other reader app foobar can also promote another variation, say, foobarSxS. There is nothing wrong with this approach per se. Unfortunately, this kind of unconventional strategy has led to much consumer confusion historically. It was certainly a confusion to me when Marvin SxS was first released. Apparently, some people are still confused about it.