[skillachie]

So it's there on the web for now. Curiously, that's where it's probably least needed (I don't really use the web/desktop for reading books; only for processing annotations made earlier on handheld devices), but I get that you need to start implementing new features somewhere, so it's perfectly OK and understandable if a new feature is first only available on the web, and only later on iOS and Android. I'll be patient!

By the way, it goes (yet again) to the credit of Moon+ Reader that it at least attempts to make the annotation of image-based PDF files possible, but this functionality in Moon is rather unpolished. For example, the thickest drawing line supported by Moon is still too thin for highlighting in certain books. So, there can be pitfalls when implementing this feature.

Yup we started with the Web and then plan to have them in iOS and Android. You read a lot of non-fiction correct? We have a few features planned around knowledge management that will benefit non-fiction readers.

We will release support starting with iOS later this year.

Nope, I didn't use the same ones, and that's one of the features sorely missing in BookFusion currently, when compared to Marvin and especially Moon: background textures.

Please take a look at Moon+ Reader: it's absolutely terrific and exemplary, in the way it makes it possible to set up background textures (custom-uploaded user pictures, too!) for reading your books.

BookFusion (as far as I can see) currently only supports solid background colors, and that's no match for Moon's and Marvin's background textures.

Marvin lags behind Moon in that it doesn't make custom background textures possible, only those provided by the app, but at least there's something other than solid-color backgrounds... I kept requesting custom background textures from Kris, but this feature simply never got implemented in Marvin while it was still in development.

BookFusion must match Moon's functionality in this respect if it hopes to compete with Moon.

It seems impossible for me to overstate the importance of custom background textures – as mentioned earlier, you spend dozens of hours intently looking at the book while reading it, so it makes a huge difference whether what you're looking at is pleasant to look at or not. And sorry, but I just find allsolid-background colors too dull and unattractive; it's "custom background textures or bust" for me.

This is quite interesting, we support fully custom colors beyond even the default themes but as you pointed out those are not textures but images.

I thought custom background images/textures were more of a distraction. But each reader has their preference, we did not have this scoped for this year to be honest but have added it to the backlog for us to look into further. Any feature we support will always be supported on all platforms (iOS, Android and Web).

Also, I don't think BookFusion currently makes it possible to use custom fonts. Yeah, there's a pretty nice selection of fonts in BookFusion, but custom fonts are custom fonts. Once again, Moon+ Reader absolutely shines in this department, and you can load as many custom fonts in Moon as you wish. I expect nothing less from BookFusion.

Yup we provide a good set of defaults. However, we will not be able to support all the possible font types and plan to add support for custom fonts. We will likely start with picking up the system installed fonts first. That way, you could install the fonts on the device and have them available in BookFusion also.

I'd point out that it's important for an e-reader app not only to support custom background textures, but also to make it very easy to save all those customized themes, and to switch among them on demand and on-the-fly very quickly.

Marvin is not very good in this (it only allows you to save no more than five customized themes), but once again, Moon+ Reader's treatment of custom themes is superb, pretty much flawless, so I would recommend for @skillachie to take a good look at Moon's treatment of custom themes and, if possible, replicate that functionality in BookFusion.

Fully agree with this. We do not allow you to save the custom themes or settings now but we already have this scoped and planned. It will be rolled out to iOS first. The beauty is that these settings will then be synced across Android, iOS and Web

So, for me to become an annual BookFusion subscriber on a higher tier, introducing custom background textures, and custom fonts, and customized headers and footers (long-established Moon and/or Marvin features), plus fixing current bugs (such as the forceful conversion of highlights to plain-text upon export), plus adding currently missing functionality (such as annotating image-based PDF files: already available on the web in BookFusion) – all of those (and more, to be specified later in a list) are a must for me, if I am to switch to BookFusion "full-time".

Got it. The only one that seems not planned for the short term is customized headers and footers, would love to understand more about this particular use case. What are the changes that readers typically make in these headers and footers and why would it be a deal breaker