My Books – Unlimited Library Reviews

by Disappointedhunter6

I’ve started to read three different classic books. When I’ve read three to five chapters the book is no longer available, when I return to continue. So, I open another book.
When I try to contact support I receive “403” or “404,” unavailable. Same with asking questions. “Unavailable.” For the past ten days to two weeks the phrase, ‘we are trying hard to ....’
Well, I don’t believe MyBooks . will ever perform as designed. This is extremely disappointing, considering classic literature has provided so much enjoyment in the past. The lack of an explanation is mystifying. I would not recommend downloading or using MyBooks. at this time.
I can only hope whatever problem exists will be solved. The loss of such treasures is truly disheartening.

by Say No To Audiobooks

I had several books downloaded only to go back and found they were removed. Went to search, to replace them because I was ready to continue the series, and realized they have been replaced by audio versions, which I have to subscribe to. One, I don't like, want or need audiobooks and two, if I have to subscribe, it's not free. That was the whole point of adding MyBooks, unlimited FREE access to Classic Literature. This used to be a favorite app, which is saying something because I prefer actual books to digital ones, but not so much anymore.

by Ccwtf7

My subway commute is a little over an hour, I’ve found that watching downloaded netflix movies, playing phone games during that hour will at most take 10-15%off my battery.
In comparison, an hour of MyBooks for some reason - with cellular data, bluetooth and wifi turned off, and background apps closed - takes 50-60% of my battery life.
This is devastating because I enjoy reading, and back when MyBooks was Freebooks, it didn’t seem to drain as much of my battery life.
60% of battery life in an HOUR?!
That’s ridiculous.

by Nhv71

I have had various versions of MyBooks for years. In the past it has worked very well and i like being able to read classic titles. The newest upgrade however seems to have significant problems. For example, books get added to My Library i did not pick. The last time i opened MyBooks around 100 titles were dumped in and more keep getting added. I did not search or pick any of these. Its time consuming to delete them and it makes it difficult to find the books i do want to read.

Sometimes when i click to exit a title it exits MyBooks . While effort was made to make MyBooks look more attractive, the functionality seems to have gone down from previous versions. I miss the old versions of MyBooks. Please fix the problems.

by TwilightZoneRefugee

I’ve had MyBooks for many years and admit I don’t use it with great frequency. That being said, I often have issues when I do.
I purchased it in 2015 to remove the ads and open more audiobook options, etc. They want me to pay again to remove adds and open more audiobook content! There is no “sign into account” option either which is really strange. I’ve reached out to them twice by email and have had no response. I’m very disappointed because MyBooks had great potential. I’ve given it 2 stars because I can at use it like a free app. Don’t waste your money if you want more from MyBooks!

by Jwec3

For the past short while, I have been unable to get MyBooks to open at all. Half-way through Don Quixote (and loving it), but now unable to finish. I click on the icon, and MyBooks opens up for about a half second and then disappears. I am using an iPad Pro, so it should not be an issue with out-of-date operating system

In MyBooks store, the link to support is broken - only get an error message. It is tough to fix a problem if you cannot get in touch with the developers….

by Book Lover 79

I’ve read quite a few books on MyBooks over the last few years. I’m finally writing this review hoping they will fix the biggest bug they have. Every 20 pages or so, it will duplicate a page (sometimes more than once). When you scroll past the duplicate, it has skipped a page in the story. I wouldn’t mind the duplicates if they didn’t replace another page. I really love the ability to read classic literature for free, but I would like to read all of it.

by Staceyafaceylacey

I’ve only had MyBooks for a couple days and I was really happy about the “pay once” that was relatively cheap for all of the audio books. Having only gotten half way through one audio book, I’ve been REALLY frustrated by the facts that
- I can’t pause the audio and can only stop it by closing MyBooks
- I can’t place book marks to save my place anywhere so I’m always shutting MyBooks to talk for half a second then spending five minutes trying to find where I was
- when a chapter ends, the automatic continuation skips a chapter and I have not realized that before and missed big plot points by skipping entire chapters.

Even though those are the only things I’ve seen, they’re driving me crazy. I am NOT one to complain and be negative, but I really want this fixed. Why bother having a pause button if I can’t use it??

by AidynH

I didn’t relize that MyBooks would be originals like divergent series doesn’t exist Harry Potter non-existent The maze runner not there I thought that MyBooks would have those kind of books not the classical original books. I was very exited to read a book I’ve been wanting to read for a while and it wasn’t there I tried so many different searches and the books I wanted were not there I am sorry but u guys need to put more modern day books in there instead of classics.

by Bookworm9999999

Many words aren’t found in the dictionary, and it would be handy to be able to copy foreign words or phrases to plug into Google Translate for translation.

Page formatting (and chapters) leaves a lot to be desired. Just finished Middlemarch and found it impossible to figure out where I was in the book and how much remained. Page “breaks” seem to be in awkward places and errant touches on the screen can send you to far off chapters.

by #happyplace10

I tried looking for about 20 books that I actually wanted to read and found nothing. I think that they should have books that people actually want to read. I am a big book fan, not that picky. My other problem is that you have to pay for audio books. I like to read more than listen to audio books, but some books you might want to read and you’re stuck paying $1.99 a month to subscribe to get an audio book. The only reason I didn’t give this 1 star is because overall MyBooks is neatly set out and I can easily read with no problems.

by Ajlanna16

MyBooks doesn’t have almost any popular or new books. I wanted to read a very popular book that came out in 2018 and when I searched for it, it wasn’t there. Then I thought “okay well maybe it just doesn’t have new books” and so I searched up “the hunger games”, a book that almost every book store and app has, and it didn’t even have that. It’s great that everything’s free but if you’re looking for something newer then I would not recommend MyBooks.

by Surdnade

I would give MyBooks more stars but it won’t let me register. Whenever I try to access the support and FAQ link it comes back with “403 forbidden!” I get the same response when I try to go to the developer’s website. I wish there was someone to contact for help and I wish I could use the features that come with registering an account.

by Nenaneen

I love MyBooks and agree with review above from August. However, some changes were made recently. The pages no longer scroll up; you need to swipe side to side. AND pages are missing!! When you swipe to the next page the page number progresses but the text is repeated. You swipe back then forward and the next page is skipped, losing a whole page of the book. This is happening on book title “Grace Harlowe’s Senior Year at High School” by Jessie Graham Flower.
I ask that someone look into this. Thank you.

by Mstdancer

I enjoy the classic audio books here. The selection is good. I just wish there was a sleep timer option as I like to fall asleep listening to books but it don’t want them running all night as I sleep.

by Lulu5467

I really really enjoy MyBooks I don’t have a problem with that I don’t like reading but I need to so I downloaded like 10 reading apps so I could find one that fit me so this was the one as soon as I went on to MyBooks I loved it I’m on my first book and it’s great!!

by Never Complain

Love MyBooks and I’ve found many books that I’ve enjoyed. There were also some that sounded promising but didn’t capture my interest after a few pages or chapters.
However, there are two problems that have been reported but never corrected :
1. You can’t delete any books you’ve downloaded. My library is become cluttered and I’m using storage space needlessly.
2. Often the lower part of a page is not displayed. I’ve found a workaround by changing the size of the font from the default 100% to something higher or lower. It is annoying when you’re really focused on whatever you’re reading.
Otherwise how can you complain about so many free books!

by Samuraic4t

I’ve had MyBooks for a very long time. It is a good resource for classic old, older, and oldest books that are out of copyright. It’s great to have when something is referenced that you don’t know enough about. These are important works because everything we read has these as their foundation. Many are harder to read because they are on a higher, more intellectual level, as were most writings of the past. Also, the grammar, the way of writing and speaking, has changed dramatically in just the last 100 years. That adds another level of difficulty. This is an awesome app and every time I open it I am grateful that it is still working and being updated. Thank you!

by Nadel-1

I really do enjoy “my books”. However, with the last two updates and using my iPad 2, it’s almost impossible to delete books that I have read or decided not to read. Fault is there are no instructions as to use the application. A year or two ago I had no problems with the application. Please help to make it better.

by Feistyoak

A real eclectic collection of historic and family books that gives an insight into real lives and documents. Love MyBooks!

Recently opening ap it wants to update. As soon as it reaches 63, it shuts down on my iPhone. I’ve done every update, so am wondering what is stopping this ap May be a lack of current comparability. Posting here as no other links to assistance are working. Fine on an old iPad that can no longer be updated. Hmmmm....

by Mr. Sadly Disappointed

Nothing is quite so annoying as getting half way through a book just to see it suddenly disappear from the list. Add to that the frequent and lengthy ads that get worse and worse. Initially, the ads were tolerable. Now, they are vexing. When I first downloaded MyBooks, it was nearly a five star app. But it has plummeted down to two stars. I will be removing it and using the kindle app from now on.

by Lolmakeupcjfhf

I downloaded MyBooks because my iBooks app wasn’t working. I was disappointed to find out that a lot of my favorite books were not on there. It was surprisingly good. I would recommend MyBooks if you want some quick reads. If you’re not the type of person who likes to read classics, don’t waste your time.

by Kaela Clarke

I went to find a book that I was looking at that was $5 on Apple Books but when I went to look here it was never there. I am very disappointed in this book app and that it is more of old fashion books.