Bookshelf

Vital Source Technologies

About this app

With Bookshelf, you can enjoy a digital-first, comprehensive study experience from the convenience of your Android phone or tablet. Access all of your VitalSource textbooks and study anytime, anywhere.

Bookshelf Features:

• Download books to your Android device for 100% offline reading.
• Customize highlighters and add notes for a rich study experience.
• Create flashcards with text and images to learn concepts faster.
• Personalize font, font size, and background colors to make reading easier.
• Listen to your books and learn on the go with Read Aloud.
• Sync your current reading position and all your work across devices so you can easily pick up where you left off.
• Built with accessibility in mind.

Requirements:
• VitalSource Bookshelf account
• Access to one or more VitalSource textbooks.
• Android 5.0+

Ratings and reviews

I love that I can read books offline, that it has a dark mode, and that it has the ability to read aloud to me. What I don't like is that when I am listening to a textbook it stops every few minutes when the app seems to just shut down. so I have to relaunch the app, go back into the book and start listening all over again. when I am listening to three chapters of a textbook for one week worth of reading, it is really annoying to have to restart it over and over.

Highlighting is ridiculously challenging compared to literally any other app I've ever used. The WORST Part is finding a specific key word or phrase. Usually Ctl F will find exactly what you type. This app does not do that. if I type "E-form," this app will search for, "form," or "E" in addition to what I typed. I can get over 200 results for a single search and only 1 or 2 of them will be related to what I want.

I was unable to give ZERO stars!!! There is an explicit no refund policy and they don't let you know that the content can only be accessed through their stupid app! The content is then only allowed to be used on 2 devices. The whole point of having an e-book is so that I may have accessibility on my terms and not tethered to any particular device/platform. I would have liked pay nearly $100 and be able to read this content on my e-reader. I BOUGHT this book and should have access w/o app.

What’s new

* MLA, APA, Harvard, and Vancouver citation formats are available
* Updated Explore UI
* Explore content is integrated into the main search results
* Various bug fixes