Apple Books

App Service · Bookshops, libraries & audiobook apps · 23 mentions · 9 subreddits · discussed in r/ereader, r/audiobooks, r/books, r/iphone

Reddit take

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Pros

There are browser extensions like Yomitan that do this, and I think you can set it up on Apple Books as well.
Apple Books. You can use the jp-jp and jp-en iOS dictionaries in Apple Books.
I made shortcut which automatically opens the book in Apple Books app by that reason I have started to read a lot of books
It’s been great for reading books via the Kindle app and Apple Books 🏴‍☠️😉.
I had no trouble reading the book in the Calibre e-book viewer and in Apple Books.

Cons

I don't even use Apple Books for the same reason as Google Play - no physical purchase hub. Plus they angered me when I preordered a book and I had to talk with the author to fix the purchase because I wanted the preorder benefit, and it...
Parent context: Wish there was an audiobook player that wasn’t too expensive. I love BookPlayer but don’t want to pay that much for a subscription just to not have to have my phone with me on a run. Apple Books only plays audiobooks if y...
Chirp books, Libro.fm, audiobooks.com, Google Books or Apple books.
the UX/UI of both AppleBooks and Kindle are too small and are not adjustable. She cannot see the icons to close the book, return to the the library to choose another book, the page numbers, etc. Navigating is impossible.
Other ebook retailers pushing their own ebook app (e.g. Everand, Apple Books)- probably not DRM-free, because the apps generally put some sort of DRM on whatever epub they get by default.

Sentiment

11 positive (48%) · 4 mixed (17%) · 8 negative (35%)

Trust + time weighted score: +24% · raw score 13%

What redditors said (10 of 23)

There are browser extensions like Yomitan that do this, and I think you can set it up on Apple Books as well.

positive · u/T****t · r/languagelearning · comment · Dec 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Apple Books. You can use the jp-jp and jp-en iOS dictionaries in Apple Books.

positive · u/M****0 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jul 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I made shortcut which automatically opens the book in Apple Books app by that reason I have started to read a lot of books

positive · u/F****3 · r/productivity · comment · Jan 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I don't even use Apple Books for the same reason as Google Play - no physical purchase hub. Plus they angered me when I preordered a book and I had to talk with the author to fix the purchase because I wanted the preorder benefit, and it never downloaded on the release day.

negative · u/Y****u · r/ereader · Feb 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

It’s been great for reading books via the Kindle app and Apple Books 🏴‍☠️😉.

positive · u/V****e · r/ereader · comment · Nov 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Parent context: Wish there was an audiobook player that wasn’t too expensive. I love BookPlayer but don’t want to pay that much for a subscription just to not have to have my phone with me on a run. Apple Books only plays audiobooks if you buy from Apple. Good grief. Reply: My only wish is that Libby creates a watch app at some point to listen to audiobooks, but I’m not holding my breath.

negative · u/j****a · r/AppleWatch · comment · Aug 31, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I had no trouble reading the book in the Calibre e-book viewer and in Apple Books.

positive · u/r****a · r/books · comment · Jul 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Chirp books, Libro.fm, audiobooks.com, Google Books or Apple books.

mixed · u/M****e · r/audiobooks · comment · Jul 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Apple Books treats PDF files the same way, figuring out Title, Author, and Cover, on it's own.

positive · u/I****4 · r/ereader · comment · Feb 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Apple Books is smart enough to do that on it's own. For one book it's not a big deal, but I buy Humble Book Bundles, so I'm adding 15 to 20 books at a time.