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[Joykins]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Some, if not all, are titles for-sale titles as opposed to free titles.

Some books are for sale AND covered in the subscription (I don't know whether these are separate editions or what). It's weird but if you want a certain book it's probably worth looking for it several ways. And sorting by Best-Sellers will make the curated books float to the top some more. But their search feature is truly suckerific (as is their hit list format tbh. Fortunately I have found a few hundred books to read anyway).

[Atunah]

I am probably the ideal reader for such a percentage reading. I always read all books from page one to last page. I don't flip, I don't skim and I don't go to the end first. From A to Z, that'ts me. .

Heck, I can't even read series out of order, even if they are barely connected. I don't even like reading samples. Just a full book from start to finish.

I am even bothered that the app/website shows the books I finished at 99 percent, even though while in the book it says 100. There are no more pages to go to and it says 99 on both I finished.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I am probably the ideal reader for such a percentage reading. I always read all books from page one to last page. I don't flip, I don't skim and I don't go to the end first. From A to Z, that'ts me. .

I can accidentally tap a Table of Contents chapter while paging through and accidentally end up halfway through a book...I HATE that!

[detayls]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Yes, and no way to indent paragraphs. And only two fonts. So I won't keep it beyond the trial.

Yes, I agree. I started my 3 months free and immediatley emailed the Scribd support. I was sure that I had missed something.

" Hi! I'm a new trial user.

Basically I find the appearance of books on the iPad severely lacking. Maybe I am used to Caecilia on the Kindle app with the ability to control line spacing and margins.

How do I achieve the same level of control with the Scribd reader? Thanks, David "

Support responded: "Hi David,

Thanks for contacting Scribd.

Sorry for the trouble. While we do offer some basic viewing options such as enlarging text, we don't offer line spacing or managing margins."

So I wrote back:

"I find this baffling. Surely your readers and their comfort should be your top priority.

As it stands the reading experience could only be described as poor and this must affect every trial that your users start. I'm the squeeky wheel but I'm totally sure that I am far from alone.

Please change this request to NOT resolved and HIGH priority.

Thanks, David"

They responded:
"

(Support Desk)

Apr 21 12:12 PM

Hello, David.

We take all suggestions into account, and I've passed this along to our team for review as a feature request. As such, I have marked this ticket as solved pending any further support issues."

Clearly these people would be happy selling books carved onto stone tablets.

Silly beyond belief!

David

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I am probably the ideal reader for such a percentage reading. I always read all books from page one to last page. I don't flip, I don't skim and I don't go to the end first. From A to Z, that'ts me. .

Heck, I can't even read series out of order, even if they are barely connected. I don't even like reading samples. Just a full book from start to finish.

I am even bothered that the app/website shows the books I finished at 99 percent, even though while in the book it says 100. There are no more pages to go to and it says 99 on both I finished.

That is me too. Unless there is a preview at the end I read everything. Some previews contain spoilers so I avoid those.

[Atunah]

I agree that they should add some more features like line spacing, fonts and such. So far its looked pretty good on my fire, besides the little slow page changing. I am surprised still how much I like the san serif font in this app. I never read san serif normally, can't stand them. But this one almost looks like a serif font. And so far the spacing has been just about right for me, so I guess I am lucky on that front.

My fire is a 8.9 model, so I am holding and reading like a hard cover since there are no colums. I have gotten somewhat used to it. I wish I had a smaller tablet though, if for weight alone.

But I am just happy they even have a fire app now, they didn't always have that. And other services like Oyster have only app for i thingies so it leaves everyone else out completely.

I wonder how different the apps look compared to the Fire, android app, Ithingy app. I can't compare as I only have this fire.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by detayls

"

(Support Desk)

Apr 21 12:12 PM

Hello, David.

We take all suggestions into account, and I've passed this along to our team for review as a feature request. As such, I have marked this ticket as solved pending any further support issues."

Clearly these people would be happy selling books carved onto stone tablets.

Silly beyond belief!

David

They're just treating it as an enhancement request and not a bug. Their search feature is almost a bug, but I'm sure anything I ask for would be considered a "feature request" too.

(I have to admit I kind of like the doublespacing, it's easier on my eyes, but it does make you have to turn pages a lot on a phone.)

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I am probably the ideal reader for such a percentage reading. I always read all books from page one to last page. I don't flip, I don't skim and I don't go to the end first. From A to Z, that'ts me. .

Heck, I can't even read series out of order, even if they are barely connected. I don't even like reading samples. Just a full book from start to finish.

I am even bothered that the app/website shows the books I finished at 99 percent, even though while in the book it says 100. There are no more pages to go to and it says 99 on both I finished.

I am mostly the same way, although I'll skim ahead to see what happens with a particular plot-line sometimes. I normally always go back and read everything in detail however. I can only really think of one book that was so horribly bad that I skimmed to the end and never went back. (Rama Revealed by Gentry Lee & Arthur C. Clarke, it's truly awful.) There have been more books I just disliked and stopped reading, but I rarely get very far into them. But if I disliked a book enough not to finish it on Scribd, I'd skim ahead to get the completion to help out the author, instead of just dropping it.

That 99% thing bugs me too, the Kindle app is bad about it, pretty much every completed book shows 99% instead of 100%.

Originally Posted by detayls

(Support Desk)

Apr 21 12:12 PM

Hello, David.

We take all suggestions into account, and I've passed this along to our team for review as a feature request. As such, I have marked this ticket as solved pending any further support issues."

Clearly these people would be happy selling books carved onto stone tablets.

Silly beyond belief!

David

To be fair that's the proper way to handle that, it's not a support request any longer at that point, but something requiring adding features. So it'll get turned over to the development team to deal with. Hopefully they'll put it into their queue of features to actually add. Amazon has done something similar to me once when I ran into a serious bug where the updated Kindle app renamed my Nexus 7 on my account, then prevented it from being renamed. Even the support people couldn't rename it! They had to turn it over to development to fix and warned me it could be a while before I heard anything else. It's still not resolved 6+ months later, and I suspect it's a seriously rare bug that they're having trouble figuring out how it happens.

Originally Posted by Atunah

I wonder how different the apps look compared to the Fire, android app, Ithingy app. I can't compare as I only have this fire.

Well, once I signup for the trial (probably later this week), I'll contribute some screenshots on my Nook HD+ Android tablet.

[BearMountainBooks]

Color me confused. I came across a book in the subscription area that was 13 pages. I assume that meant short story/novella. But I think it was just a sample of the full book. Now why anyone would want to bother putting samples in there is beyond me. There's something I am not understanding. And I can't find where it would have told me either. It does say something about Read it first at the top, so maybe it isn't even published yet (Publisher is macmillan).

Don't know if this link will work.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/116372701/...ornish-Mystery

Anyway, I guess I'll be warned not to start anything short unless I know for sure it is a short story and not a sample. I can read samples anywhere so why would I waste time doing it this way?

Bother.

[Mims]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Color me confused. I came across a book in the subscription area that was 13 pages. I assume that meant short story/novella. But I think it was just a sample of the full book. Now why anyone would want to bother putting samples in there is beyond me. There's something I am not understanding. And I can't find where it would have told me either. It does say something about Read it first at the top, so maybe it isn't even published yet (Publisher is macmillan).

Don't know if this link will work.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/116372701/...ornish-Mystery

Anyway, I guess I'll be warned not to start anything short unless I know for sure it is a short story and not a sample. I can read samples anywhere so why would I waste time doing it this way?

Bother.

When i searched for your books a few days ago, one came up that was a 24(?) page greek edition that said it had to be bought to read the complete book. This book showed up when i clicked on your name from a book that showed up from an author search.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by Mims

When i searched for your books a few days ago, one came up that was a 24(?) page greek edition that said it had to be bought to read the complete book. This book showed up when i clicked on your name from a book that showed up from an author search.

I checked on that one and the Greek edition should be showing up for both purchase AND subscription (if you are looking for the English version look for Tracking Magic. It's in that collection in English. It's the first story.)

Thanks for letting me know. I will send in a question about why it is only for sale. I am wondering about a few others that I can't find--Snitched, Snatched and Dragons of Wendal won't ship, even though I tried. Those books don't have a notice in the front that says they are Smashwords versions so I believe Smashwords will not ship out to any retailers unless I upload a special copy with a notice that says it is the Smashwords version (I believe that is the problem, although I've been round and round trying to figure it out. It's one of the reasons I am not uploading any of my new stuff there.)

Thank you again. Much appreciated.

[BearMountainBooks]

Does anyone know if Carina Press signed up with SCRIBD? I know it may have been talked about earlier, but I don't remember if that one was mentioned.

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Does anyone know if Carina Press signed up with SCRIBD? I know it may have been talked about earlier, but I don't remember if that one was mentioned.

I don't see anything by Carina, or Harlequin for that matter.
So far I found HarperCollins, Sourcebooks, Diversion Books, Dreamspinner Press, Kensington Books, Open Road.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I don't see anything by Carina, or Harlequin for that matter.
So far I found HarperCollins, Sourcebooks, Diversion Books, Dreamspinner Press, Kensington Books, Open Road.

Thanks. I found something by Carina, but I think it may have been illegally uploaded. It shows subscription stuff under my search and then "other documents" and the book is an "other document." I'll try to figure it out and I can email someone at Carina and ask them if it is legit if I can't.

[little and large]

90 days as a free trial has to be good, no? If you don't like it, you don't have to take it on, if you do then you keep it going. Suck it and see. Good spot OP.