The New York Review of Books

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About this app

Since 1963, The New York Review of Books has been the place where the world’s leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day and reviews the most engrossing new books and the ideas that illuminate them.

The print edition of The New York Review of Books, included in the app, is published 20 times a year. The app also includes all of our online-only content. Articles can be bookmarked for later reading, and the app includes a link to browse our shop, The Reader’s Catalog.

Current print and online-only subscribers receive full access to the app through existing website login credentials (email and password). The app may also be purchased directly through the app store. Purchases made through the app store do not include access to The Review’s website and complete archive.

SUBSCRIBERS’ AUTOMATIC-RENEWAL FEATURE:
Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal, as stated above, within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.

Current subscriptions may not be cancelled during the active subscription period, but you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase.

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Ratings and reviews

I love NYRB, but this is an extremely basic and bare bones app. Works as intended, but it's not really intended to do much at all. No reason to use this over the website on your mobile browser. You can't look through articles by topic. And since you can't save articles online, you can't use your phone to go back to what you were reading on the computer unless you search for it or remember what issue it's in. I would expect more from a serious outlet.

Great content, but a junky app. The worst problem is the "mobile-optimized" menu from which you select pieces to read. On the menu, you can't identify the titles of the books reviewed or book authors. The menu only states the titles of the pieces, which are typically more whimsical than descriptive. You end up having to click through every article to figure out which to read. Another problem is that block quotes don't appear indented, so you just have to guess where they begin and end.

The chief problem with the nyreview app is that it does not remember what article (or, indeed, what issue) you were reading most recently. You have to locate the piece anew, which is made more difficult by the fact that the the app does not list adequate headings for the articles (the item and author reviewed are not included), Thank God, the app DOES remember where you were in the article, once you have relocated the article.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements