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Am I crazy for thinking that the scroll view is significantly better than the paginated view, regardless of the animation used?

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I didn't even realize they had a paginated view, I haven't used that (on Apple Books or Kindle either one) in forever. Scroll view is much better.

My only complaint with the iOS 16 version of Books is that it's way, way too easy to double tap a bookmark into existence. I've gotten good at ignoring it. Kinda like it's too easy to create a section of highlighted text on the Kindle app. Both of these are probably just a case of 'holding it wrong' but whatever.

I find I switch depending on the type of book. Technical books I prefer scrolling and fiction I prefer page flip

I actually prefer it the other way around myself. I find pdf that technical books to be better since the equation typesetting, and any other similar things, can be done with a single page size and font in mind. I find that really suffers from trying to reflow when you change the eBooks font size.

I was surprised to see how many people are using the paged view too! Scrolling with dark mode is the only way I read ebooks. Works well in any indoor lighting, and it’s great for reading in bed too.

Not crazy at all. It reduces all the clutter and just the most seamless implementation ever. They have even removed the page numbers they had on the left side of text in last iOS version

Scroll view is way better, it’s how you do most of your other reading on the phone.

The old page flip animation was always distracting to me. I haven’t used the new one.

Depends on the device... phone vs tablet.

On tablet I actually load the book in a narrow column to recreate the phone experience, and use the rest of the screen for note taking.

That or crank the font size way app.

That being said. It’s beyond me why the mac version only allows for a paginated view.

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