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oftenwrong

This seems like a step in the wrong direction when it comes to the online reading experience.

- can't save it for offline reading

- can't scroll, have to scroll and flip through fake paper book

- can't search inside the book

- resizing text can cause pages to be cut off

Why would I read it on bubbl.in when I can read it like this? http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25420/25420-h/25420-h.htm

or any other format I want? http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25420

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1. You can scroll to flip through the book using SPACEBAR! Bubblin is iPad first though, that's where people read books/magazines.

2. Search is something we're still working on.

3. Resizing text will NOT have any effect on the book, we've taken care of that.

1. I would still have to scroll down the (web) page and flip the (bubblin) pages. In any case, if I'm on a tablet, I would rather scroll through the book with my finger (like a web page) instead of flipping between pages.

2. Awesome. Search is one of the top reasons I prefer reading ebooks.

3. I was getting text cut off from the bottom of the page at larger text sizes. Firefox 26 on Ubuntu 13.10

Hey @oftenwrong we're head over heels to get search in place. Just finished setting up Thinking_Sphinx moments ago!

> Text-cut off from the bottom.

Have noted the issue. We will get it right on Ubuntu as well.

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