uBooks Free Update Issues

Dear users, unfortunately, the last update of the uBooks app has resulted in a few problems for some devices. The most famous of them is the disappearance of the text (white text on a white background), which is perceived as “the book does not open.” A simple change of settings can solve this problem in most cases.

We present our apologies and would like to announce that at the moment we are working on the solution, so we will release the updates soon.

While we are working on the elimination of bugs, we’ll keep the community informed about all detected defects and ways of troubleshooting which you can perform yourself to enable the use of the application before we release the updated patch.

If you see incorrect application behavior which is not described on the application page on our site, please let us know in the following ways:

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Tips on Troubleshooting

When You Open a Book You See a Clean Screen

The white background has white letters. To change the font color, just follow the steps:

1. Tap the Settings button in the lower left-hand corner of the Bookshelf Screen
2. In the section “Reading books,” click “Settings reading”
3. Select “Font”
4. Set color and font size

Auto-rotate Works when the Screen is Locked and Does Not Work when It is Unlocked

The bottom bar on the reading screen shows what functions can be selected. If there is a lock, tap on it, you can lock the screen rotation. Accordingly, if the lock is not selected – screen rotation is enabled.

How to Change Reader Background?

To change reader background follow these steps:

1. Tap the Settings button in the lower left-hand corner of the Bookshelf Screen.
2. In Additional Features tap the button Interface Appearance.
3. Choose the theme where you want to change Reader Background and tap the icon with a pencil on the right side to edit the theme.
4. Scroll down and tap Reader Background.
5. Tap button Background on the Book Appearance screen.
6. Choose a color, image from the library, texture for your reader’s background.
7. Tap the button Done in the upper left-hand corner.

First of all, we should mention that in the free version you can create only one theme, while in the full version the number of themes has no limits.

1. Tap the Settings icon in the lower left-hand corner of the Bookshelf Screen.
2. In Additional Features tap the button Interface Appearance.
3. Tap Create a theme.
4. Enter a title for your theme instead of the standard title New Theme and tap Enter and Save.
5. In menu Bars, you can set the color for the text and background of the buttons. After you have chosen the colors tap Done.
6. In the menu Screen Appearance, you can set the color of text inside cells, background color of cells, and color of the text in headings. After you have finished tap Done.
7. In the menu, Font Family chooses the typeface you like. You can see text in the example area changing when you tap on a font from the list. After you have finished tap Done.
8. The background menu contains a set of textures that can be used as a background for your theme. It is possible to take a picture with the camera and use it as background as well. You can also choose a color if you are not interested in pictures. It is important to remember that themes for Portrait and Landscape should be adjusted separately. If you set the theme up only in Portrait view, then in Landscape you will see default background colors.
9. After all, changes are finished tap Save.
10. Tap Back to return to the list of Themes.

How to Edit the Theme?

You should remember that it is impossible to edit the existing themes before you duplicate them. If you want to edit the themes created by yourself just follow the steps:

1. Tap the Settings button in the lower left-hand corner of the Bookshelf Screen.
2. In Additional Features tap the button Interface Appearance.
3. Choose the theme which you want to edit and tap the icon with a pencil on the right side to edit the theme.
4. Enter a title for your theme instead of the old one, tap Enter and Save.
5. In menu Bars, you can set the color for the text and background of the buttons. After you have chosen the colors tap Done.
6. In the menu Screen Appearance, you can set the color of text inside cells, background color of cells, and color of the text in headings. After you have finished tap Done.
7. In the menu, Font Family choose the typeface you like. You can see text in the example area changing when you tap on a font from the list. After you have finished tap Done.
8. The background menu contains a set of textures that can be used as a background for your theme. It is possible to take a picture with the camera and use it as background as well. You can also choose a color if you are not interested in pictures. It is important to remember that themes for Portrait and Landscape should be adjusted separately. If you set the theme up only in Portrait view, then in Landscape you will see default background colors.
9. After all, tap Save when you finished all the changes.
10. Tap Back to return to the list of Themes.

How to Copy the Theme?

If you want to edit one of the existing themes, you will have to copy it. That’s a very simple task:

1. Tap the Settings button in the lower left-hand corner of the Bookshelf Screen.
2. In Additional Features tap the button Interface Appearance.
3. Choose the theme which you want to copy and tap the icon with white paper sheets on the right side to copy the theme. It may take up to 1 minute as it copies all the settings of the theme. After copying is finished you will see the Screen Appearance menu for editing the new theme.
4. Enter a title for your theme instead of the old one and tap Enter and Save. If you don’t give a new name to the copied theme, it automatically will get the title of the source theme with Figure 1 added.

How to Delete the Theme?

To delete the theme, you just swipe it with your finger from left to right and the button Remove will appear.