Oyster, the app that offers unlimited access to thousands of ebooks with a paid subscription, has been updated to support the iPad.
With Oyster, members enjoy instant access to more than 100,000 titles including everything from international bestsellers and celebrated classics, to cult sci-fi and seminal biographies. Designed and developed for mobile reading, our editorial sets, related titles, and personalized recommendations get you into a book you’ll love in as few taps as possible.
Highlights:
· Read endless books, with new titles added each week
· Beautifully designed all-in-one reading experience
· Share books and activity to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
· Follow friends and explore the libraries of interesting people
What's New In This Version:
Oyster for iPad is here! But wait, there’s more...
With this update, you’ll also see a better browsing experience, new updates in the reader, performance improvements throughout the app, and over 2,000 new books added in the past two weeks! Read below for more details on each.
◇ NEW iPad Features ◇
· New dark design with more space between elements, complementing night-time browsing and a more relaxed user experience.
· Immersive full-screen browsing with bigger, higher-quality cover images.
· Landscape-mode for entire app and reader.
· Sync activity and books between devices.
◇ Browsing & Discovery ◇
· More recommendations are now featured in Home based on your recent activity.
· Each genre now features a “Recommended for You” section surfacing books based on your activity.
· “Recently Added” books are now featured in Home.
· Added instant results (as you type) to Search.
◇ Reading ◇
· Added cross-fade transition to go forward and back between pages.
· New, faster book-opening animation.
· Landscape-mode support (iPad-only).
◇ Other Updates ◇
· New design for all iOS 7 devices.
· Added unlimited invites (via Settings) — invite ALL of your friends!
· “New & Noteworthy” is now called “Oyster’s Picks” — same great picks, just a new name.
◇ Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements ◇
· Improved performance of book downloads on unreliable internet connections.
· Fixed issue where book pages rendered incorrectly.
· Fixed issue causing downloaded books to be deleted between app updates.
· Fixed issue causing reader to load indefinitely when opening some books (EPUB filename issue).
You can download Oyster from the App Store for free.
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With Oyster, members enjoy instant access to more than 100,000 titles including everything from international bestsellers and celebrated classics, to cult sci-fi and seminal biographies. Designed and developed for mobile reading, our editorial sets, related titles, and personalized recommendations get you into a book you’ll love in as few taps as possible.
Highlights:
· Read endless books, with new titles added each week
· Beautifully designed all-in-one reading experience
· Share books and activity to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
· Follow friends and explore the libraries of interesting people
What's New In This Version:
Oyster for iPad is here! But wait, there’s more...
With this update, you’ll also see a better browsing experience, new updates in the reader, performance improvements throughout the app, and over 2,000 new books added in the past two weeks! Read below for more details on each.
◇ NEW iPad Features ◇
· New dark design with more space between elements, complementing night-time browsing and a more relaxed user experience.
· Immersive full-screen browsing with bigger, higher-quality cover images.
· Landscape-mode for entire app and reader.
· Sync activity and books between devices.
◇ Browsing & Discovery ◇
· More recommendations are now featured in Home based on your recent activity.
· Each genre now features a “Recommended for You” section surfacing books based on your activity.
· “Recently Added” books are now featured in Home.
· Added instant results (as you type) to Search.
◇ Reading ◇
· Added cross-fade transition to go forward and back between pages.
· New, faster book-opening animation.
· Landscape-mode support (iPad-only).
◇ Other Updates ◇
· New design for all iOS 7 devices.
· Added unlimited invites (via Settings) — invite ALL of your friends!
· “New & Noteworthy” is now called “Oyster’s Picks” — same great picks, just a new name.
◇ Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements ◇
· Improved performance of book downloads on unreliable internet connections.
· Fixed issue where book pages rendered incorrectly.
· Fixed issue causing downloaded books to be deleted between app updates.
· Fixed issue causing reader to load indefinitely when opening some books (EPUB filename issue).
You can download Oyster from the App Store for free.
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