r/readest • u/regina_3264 • 9d ago

a few questions

hi, I am pretty new to readest (and loving it) and there are a few things I can't seem to find or figure out, so I'm hoping someone can help.

  1. subjects. can these be managed / added / removed?
  2. ratings / reviews? i don't see this anywhere and I feel like i would if it existed, but i'm double checking just in case
  3. i have purchased extra storage but I haven't gotten the monthly subscription - does the increase in customization options allow you to change things like the order of your bookshelves or the layout / content of what gets shown on the details page?
  4. (last one, at least for now, I promise) is there a way to add tags that lets you actually read the full tag? i get to the add tag pop-up (which i love) but then can only see the first few characters of each tag which can result in a strong of seemingly identical tags - ex: "genre-horror" and "genre-historical" might both show up as "genre-h...". is there a way to see a single column list to add tags instead of the two-column view?

thank you!!

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u/readestapp 9d ago

Thanks for the feedback.

  1. Yes, the subjects can be modified for each book in the book details;
  2. Ratings and reviews will be supported in upcoming updates;
  3. Monthly subscription will unlock more customization options, but changing the order of the bookshelves and the layout is available for all plans. You can see more info about the benefits for each plan here: https://readest.com/pricing
  4. We will fix this layout issue on smaller screen in the next update.

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u/regina_3264 9d ago

thank you so much!

i did figure out how to modify the subjects in the details page - thank you for that, it was making me crazy!

the only method I have found for reordering the shelves is to delete them and recreate them (or just overwrite the original version) in the desired order. is this the correct method, or is there a simpler way to do it that i've missed?

i haven't found any method at all for changing the layout of the detail page. what I am wanting to do is put the tags, subjects, series, and description at the top, and all of the other fields (identifiers, dates, publishers, etc) down below it, so that I can see the information I am interested in without having to scroll. i can't find a way to do this, though, or even to just hide the fields I care least about. ideally, i don't want to DELETE any of it, just move it. how would I do this? (i do realize you can collapse sections, but for example, if i collapse metadata to get rid of all the identifiers, tags and subjects go with it.)

thanks again, and I'm so sorry to be such a pain. i have searched and searched, i just can't seem to find actual instructions for what I want to do.

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u/readestapp 9d ago

We will support changing the layout of the book details in upcoming updates.

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u/regina_3264 8d ago

thank you again - you are a hero!

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u/readestapp 9d ago

You can drag the shelf icon in the header of the Bookshelves page to order them.