As this is a paid app I need it to be able to be as user friendly as the original app. After how many months of development I think the development's crawled to the finish line. I have not delved deep into it as I could not get past the user interface. Frankly, it sucks.
No shelves.
Just a plain white background.
Grid display is books displayed in a central column, not a grid at all.
Settings a small percentage of what was in the original app.
This clearly an app where the developer(s) did their own testing i.e. only tested from a developer perspective not a user perspective - never a good idea.
Like I said, I haven't gone into the functionality because the user interface and lack of options did for me. I am frustrated that a perfectly good version of CC as been turned into poor imitation of its former self and it's a subscriber service?
Why could you not have just used the original app? If you always intended to make this a subscription model then you should have opted to pay Kovid (or whoever) for the rights to the full app.
I suggest that people who are disappointed with this app may want to consider a subscription to Scribd - read most published works and tons of audiobooks for $8.99 a month. It's not a plug just something I've done myself to be able to read great books without having to rely on apps like CC. Plus, like Amazon Kindle app, your reading/listening position is kept in the cloud so you can continue reading/listening on any connected device.
Again, I am not touting Scribd but as CC was pretty much unusable I subscribed and I am very glad I did. Just a heads-up.