BookFusion eBook Reader & Management Sync Across All Devices Android, iOS & Web

[skillachie]

BookFusion iOS 1.36.3 - Inline Footnotes/Link Previews, Image Gallery & Other Improvements

• Blog: https://blog.bookfusion.com/bookfusion-ios-1-36-3-inline-footnotes-link-previews-image-gallery-other-improvements/
  
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...link_previews/

[graatch]

Originally Posted by skillachie

This is now done in the latest release for iOS.

NICE! Sorry for my dudgeon above. Really happy this has arrived!!! Hail bookfusion!

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by skillachie

The reason why this worked in Marvin was because they just used the system toolbar, meaning it had no form of customizations or development was done by Marvin to enable this . Based on the features such as the top 5 colors and others we have to use a custom toolbar .

In using the custom toolbar we use https://developer.apple.com/document...viewcontroller provided by Apple to show the definitions. Unfortunately Siri is not exposed in this way for dictionary lookups

I'm a bit confused - both Marvin's and MapleRead's system toolbars are customisable. I'm not a coder, but I wonder why you have to use a custom toolbar?

All of these were addressed in the latest release.

Image tab is much more improved and better than Marvin since you can not only browse and swipe in a gallery view but you can immediately navigate to the page of that image.

You guys are really great.

Going back and forth works like a charm and yes, BF's image tab works even better than Marvin's - I upgraded to advance tier.

Now a few more wishes in my priority order:

• PDF: The option to handle the cover separately in the two-page view
• Clock
• Deleting books should also remove series. Empty series doesn't make sense to me.
• Reading statistics per book and maybe saved in a history
• Bulk edit for iOS app like delete. Switching to web view is a bit annoying.
• The previous mentionend sync history
• Calibre's author sort by LN FN
• Show selected tags from Calibre in the bookshelf and book details, including custom ones

In web view no publisher is showing up


I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens next and thank you again for listening to the users' wishes!

[skillachie]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

I'm a bit confused - both Marvin's and MapleRead's system toolbars are customisable. I'm not a coder, but I wonder why you have to use a custom toolbar?
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They don't use a custom toolbar. The expand the current default toolbar and expose those functionality. The default toolbar does not support the custom color picker and keeping the last 5 used colors. As a result we could not use the same approach as the other apps.

If we did not have the custom color picker in the toolbar then we could have taken a similar approach. Hope it helps to explain it without going into the weeds. None of the other apps support this functionality in the toolbars.

Originally Posted by Wiggo

You guys are really great.

Going back and forth works like a charm and yes, BF's image tab works even better than Marvin's - I upgraded to advance tier.

Now a few more wishes in my priority order:

• PDF: The option to handle the cover separately in the two-page view
  

• Planned
  
  

  Clock

  Planned for when we do custom header/footer
  
  
  

  Deleting books should also remove series. Empty series doesn't make sense to me.

  This is a good suggestion. If it is the last book in the series.
  
  

  Reading statistics per book and maybe saved in a history

  Oh you will like the detailed statistics coming next year. You will be able to drill down per book and other options
  
  

  Bulk edit for iOS app like delete. Switching to web view is a bit annoying.

  The previous mentionend sync history

  Calibre's author sort by LN FN

  Planned as well
  
  
  

  Show selected tags from Calibre in the bookshelf and book details, including custom ones

Not sure if we understand this one. We import all tags from the Calibre tag field. How else would tags be stored and why not used the tags section ?

In web view no publisher is showing up
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Thanks we will address this


I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens next and thank you again for listening to the users' wishes!

[skillachie]

Originally Posted by graatch

NICE! Sorry for my dudgeon above. Really happy this has arrived!!! Hail bookfusion!

No worries, we know sometimes it might take a while to get the improvements out but they do come. Happy Holidays.

[skillachie]

• https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...start_of_eink/
  
• https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...apter_in_eink/

[skillachie]

More details at https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...calable_fonts/

[skillachie]

• BookFusion iOS 1.37.6 Friends List,Portrait Mode Update & More - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...portrait_mode/
  
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.37.3 - Smart Shelves, Enhanced Privacy Controls & More! - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...lves_enhanced/
  
• BookFusion Android 2.17.6 – Custom Fonts, Paragraph Spacing & More - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...nts_paragraph/

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by skillachie

Guys,

Dont be afraid to make comments, give feedback or voice your concerns in the forum. Let us know what you think

I think a good idea was to allow us to download eBooks from calibre server.

[skillachie]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I think a good idea was to allow us to download eBooks from calibre server.

You mean via OPDS right? If so then this is planned just have not gotten to that item just yet.

[skillachie]

Several updates were made over the past few months:

BookFusion iOS 1.39.2 - Multi Window Support, Instant Highlights & More - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...pport_instant/

BookFusion Android 2.18.9 - A Better Way to Read Fixed Layout EPUBs, Fixes & Improvements - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...r_way_to_read/

BookFusion iOS 1.38.2- Collaborative & Social Features, Family Plans - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...cial_features/


BookFusion Android 2.18.4 - Fixes for Bugs - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...ixes_for_bugs/

BookFusion Android 2.18.3 – Dictionaries, Translation, and a Better E-Ink Experience - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...s_translation/

[JSWolf]

Would it be possible to do away with the subscription? I don't mind a one time price if it's not too much. Thanks. A Subscription is going to keep on costing and that's not good.

[skillachie]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Would it be possible to do away with the subscription? I don't mind a one time price if it's not too much. Thanks. A Subscription is going to keep on costing and that's not good.

Would you only be using features that are local to your device only? Not requiring cross device sync of your files, highlights and reading progress?

If no then, sadly no. We would if we could.

Unfortunately, we cannot charge a single one time fee as it is not sustainable nor reasonable. We are not Apple/Google/etc, nor do we sell user data or ads.

Expectations of continuous updates and new features are not a "one time" expense also. We cannot reasonably offer a one time payment due to the following reasons:

• Salaries are also due monthly(app needs to be maintained) . Developers have expenses and families too.
• Infrastructure, storage and other costs are due monthly
• Other recurring expenses

Most apps that offer a one time payment, often end up not being maintained pass a couple years since the developers/company need to work on other projects to supplement their income. This has happened to Marvin 3, Kybooks and multiple others. Or they plan to just flip it along with user data to another entity. We want to build a sustainable company that does not depend on ads or selling users data that stands the test of time.


We do our best to provide reasonable and transparent pricing . There are projects that always pop up and then disappear with the guise of "free" or "open source" but with subscriptions tacked on at a later date or hidden until you sign up, these are also just strategies to gain user adoption (think about it like Google offering no limits on storage in Gmail or drive but now users must pay to use these services as they have now adopted them).

We don't do tricks or gimmicks but are just upfront and transparent. If I told you yes, it would not be honest since we know there is are recurring costs involved in what we do and there are no plans to sell readers data or explorer some other kind of monetization strategy. I know what we plan to provide. however is a bring your own storage option in the future but will still have a subscription cost.

I know this is not the ideal response you would have liked to hear but it's the best we can do. We do also understand the need to save and reduce cost especially in this economy. However, a single payment would mean all team members would need to stop working on BookFusion full time and secure other full time jobs to cover their personal expenses that we all have in this journey called life. Hope you understand.

[skillachie]

• BookFusion Android 2.19.3 – Precise Syncing, Better Downloads, and E-Ink Enhancements - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...yncing_better/
  
  
• Introducing Smart Queries & Smart Shelves - Discover. Organise. Read Smarter. - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...lves_discover/
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.39.5 - Crop PDFs & Comics, Filter Highlight Colors , IOS 26 Beta Workaround & More - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...comics_filter/
  
  
• Android 2.20.0: Custom Tap Zones & Fixes For A Smoother Reading Experience
• - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...s_fixes_for_a/
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.40.1- Better Highlights, PDFs & Comic Reading Experience
• - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...ts_pdfs_comic/
  
• BookFusion Android 2.20.4 -Saved Themes, TTS Improvements & Many Fixes
• - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...ed_themes_tts/
  
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.40.3 - Improvements & Fixes Focused Build - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...fixes_focused/
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.40.4 - Vertical Writing Polish Margins, TTS EPUB3 & Other Fixes - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...riting_polish/
  
  
• BookFusion Android 2.20.10 - Fixes & Improvement Focus - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...ovement_focus/
  
  
• BookFusion iOS 1.41.4 - Native CarPlay Support!, Smoother Listening, and Big Wins for Vertical Writing - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...rplay_support/
  
  
• BookFusion Android 2.20.17 - Polished & Faster, Custom Fonts, Bookshelf Refresh, and Samsung PDF Fixes - https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...faster_custom/

[skillachie]

BookFusion Web 2025 Wrap-Up: Faster PDFs, Better Highlights, and a Big 2026 Roadmap


You can read more about this at https://www.reddit.com/r/BookFusion/...r_pdfs_better/