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Updates regarding Patreon posts

Paperback has been getting unwanted attention of an anti-piracy firm because of which we have to take down all the content on the social media platforms (namely Twitter and YouTube) that show any serialised manga, this includes thumbnails and chapter pages.Going forward we will be taking necessary precautions to not show any information which we don't have permission for.For future app progress updates please join the Discord server https://d...

App Preview - April 2021

It has been a year since Paperback initially launched, here is how far the app has come.But we're not stopping here, we have a lot of features planned for this year that will only further enhance the experience of using Paperback. Here are some of the features you can expect this year Local device syncingThe ability to sync your library across multiple devices in a local network. App Store releaseThe app will finally be available for everyone...

Backlogged messages

First and foremost, my apologies to everyone who has recently messaged for support on Patreon and haven't gotten a reply.The reason why that has happened is becuase of the sheer number of messages being received and the way Patreon functions, it takes way too long for messages to load and the inbox UI is not all that amazing.That being said, starting from now I will be doing my best to answer most of the questions but please use the Discord s...

Status Update

It's been a while since I've done something like this, huh. So let's discuss the state of the app at the moment and where things are headed.As of version 0.3.0-b11.1.0 the app is in a state where I would consider it to be pretty stable, there are a few bugs here and there and some places where polish is required but in terms of overall usability I think it's pretty solid, that said, I have been paying attention to the occasional f...

Beta Release v0.3.0-b11.0.22

After a long wait, it's finally here. This release fixes a host bugs with the last version and overall improves on the stability and reading experience.iOS 14 - A botched releaseLike many others, iOS 14's release blindsided Paperback's stability for quite some time, and it seems that a majority of the bugs that caused crashes in Paperback have finally been fixed and adjusted.No longer ugly!Once again the UI for Paperback has undergone...

Apple Developer account and App Store release

Paperback finally has an Apple Developer account now thanks to one of the Discord server members and Patron Sirus#0721 and with that, the first App Store release is available for everyone to download here.Going forward, all beta builds will be pushed to TestFlight exclusively. There may be a significant delay between becoming a Patron and getting the TestFlight invitation since adding testers to TestFlight is a manual process at the moment but, t...

Patron Release v0.3.0-b8

Following the approval of an Apple Dev account, the latest build (b8.1.2) has been pushed to TestFlight. Going forward, all beta builds will be pushed to TestFlight exclusively.v0.3.0-b8 includes the following features: Chapter downloading Seamless chapter continuation in Paged reader Light background for the Paged reader History tab to track what you've read Chapter progress tracking for the Paged reader A lot of minor bug-fixesLike always, ...

Patron Release v0.3.0-b7

The 7th beta of the 0.3.0 version is now available to download for all Patrons!The big take-aways of beta 7 are the "Continue reading" support Full Library backups Ability to hide homepage sections from a sourceThe next beta should contain working downloads along with a host of bug fixes, for a complete list of planned features for 0.3.0 checkout the Milestones on Github.For a full change-log and a link to download the .IPA visit Github.A...

Website and multiple sources

In the past half month, I have started to implement the support for community developed manga source extensions. However, due to initial goals of having MangaDex as the exclusive source, a lot of features were baked in to work solely with MD, this has caused an entire rebuild of the foundation of the app to support multiple sources. With that being said, the progress for sources has been strong and multiple extensions have been already pushed ont...

Name change, current state of the app and plans going forward .

I haven't been active on here as much as I'd like mainly because of the insane amount of work that I've had to do in the past month or so. The Discord blew up and the Public releases added to the fire. I would highly recommend everyone to join the Discord, it's the fastest and the preferred way to reach me.The app's development is going swimmingly for the most part, I made a public release a couple days back to help people mov...

Chapter Downloading

Changelog: Implemented Chapter downloading Added bulk options Improved performance issues with chapter list when chapter was downloading Implemented automatic Save/Resume for pages if the application is killed

Update 8

Changelog: Added support for using the app with a slow or no connection (no chapter downloading yet, next update for sure). Manga details for followed mangas are stored offline so you can view the manga page with slow or no internet. Chapters are now synced with MD even if you don't have the manga followed on MD it will still mark it and also keeps track of the read chapters locally.