Packt Reader

Packt

About this app

Now you can take your Packt subscription with you anywhere, untethered from your desktop.

The new Packt app for Packt subscribers lets you read and watch books and videos from your device. Featuring offline reading: download selected sections and learn on the go wherever you are.

Ratings and reviews

Contents is rich. Monthly pricing is reasonable. Good value overall There's a few caveats though : - video reader lacks the important controls you have online (notably speed and captions) ; I just end up using my browser on mobile instead of the app - video reader isn't seen as a media on Android (you can't read it / listen to it with the screen locked; eg. Some videos can be listened to while walking for instance just like you would with a podcast) ; while you can on a mobile browser

While I love Packt books, their app is the only way to properly view their ebooks in a smart phone, and unfortunately, I have to agree with others that it's sorely lacking in features. Can't bookmark a page, for one, and it more often than not fails to keep track of where you left off. Inexcusable for a company specializing in programming related books!

Doesn't download books, doesn't remember reading position (only the section/chapter, not where you were in that section) and loads each page one at a time, even if you've just come from that page. Their previous app which suffered from many of the same problems was better than this. This is why I no longer subscribe to them. They should take a close look at BookFusion, Kindle, etc to see how it should be done.

What’s new

-- Improved search results in search tab