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Ellie Moore (38 KP) rated Pocket Library in Apps

Apr 13, 2019

Pocket Library

Book, Catalogs

7.3

(3 Ratings)

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No longer have to wonder "do I have this one already?" When buying new books, you've got your library in your pocket! (0 more)

Web search lag sometimes. (0 more)

I love this app. There are a few things that I feel may need a little tweaking (like the web search lag and the fact that there isn't a wish list option yet), but the app developer is very responsive and eager to make this a successful option for everyone.

This app allows you to scan barcodes for easy uploading, type in ISBNs, web search, and add manually if all else fails. It counts how many books you have in your collection, as well as how many you have read or not read. You can mark each finished book with the red bookmark to indicate that you've read it and you also have the ability to keep track of who you lent your books out to, which comes in very handy for me because I don't want to lose track of my babies!

You can search through your shelf by the easy access search bar at the very top of the app. Allows for origination by A-Z title or A-Z author, and even most recently added. You have the ability to search with a filter selection of either the author, language, read status, lent to, and favorites.

After adding your books to your virtual shelf, there is an edit tab that lets users customize the added information, even allowing for image change of the book covers by adding your own photos or downloaded images. I love that idea because sometimes after you have added a book by the web search action, it uploads a cover that may not be the same as the one that you have on your shelf, so, for me, having the ability to change it out is a must.

There is, for those who worry about something going wrong, a backup and restore option in the left side menu.

So what are you waiting for? Check out "Pocket Library: Book Organizer"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajaxmobiletech.pocketlibrary

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Kindle E-Reader in Tech

Dec 6, 2018

Kindle E-Reader

eBook Readers

8.3

(46 Ratings)

Tech Rating

Couldn’t live without it

I’m one of those people that loves real books. I collect real books, and used to enjoy going to the library and borrowing stacks of books all the time. I always mocked Kindles, because you couldn’t borrow books like in a normal library and I just didn’t see the benefit to owning one. However as time went on, I began to reconsider a Kindle, especially as I found out some of my local libraries were closing down and they had instead launched an e-book borrowing service with a fairly decent catalogue of books. Eventually I caved and bought a Kindle last year in the Black Friday sales, and I’ve never looked back since.

I bought a Paperwhite (3rd gen) and I absolutely love it. The screen is fantastic and is perfect to read in any type of light, and there are enough functions available to adjust the display to meet your own personal requirements. It has only 3gb of space, which sounds terribly small, however I have over 500 books saved on mine and have used only 800mb, so storage space definitely isn’t a problem. The battery life is impressive, to the point where I forget it actually has a battery that needs charging, it lasts that long. It’s fairly light and is so easy to carry around and take out, no matter how small my bag is.

My only criticism is around the user interface itself. I like that it allows you to create collections to be able to sort your books easily and also that it can be easily linked to your Goodreads account. However the interface itself is very clunky and quite slow at times. When you’re used to tapping away on smart phones and tablets, it can be frustrating to navigate through the Kindle’s menus which are a lot slower than I’d like. But that said, the interface minor issues are never usually a problem when you’re reading a book, it’s only on the menu/store screens.

But this is only a really minor criticism. I absolutely love my Kindle, and although I do still enjoy reading normal books, the Kindle is definitely here to stay.