Bookshelf news & patch notes

Hey Readers, Thanks for the feedback and suggestions! Again, all the feedback is highly valued and I'm slowly but surely ticking off all the boxes.

Here are the new features added:

PDF Support

I can't easily programatically figure out the title of the book; but titles can be updated from the edit page to correctly show on your steam status.

Stat Tracking

Ground work has been implemented to track time spent in the app locally within the runtime. I added a preliminary stats page that shows two of the several metrics tracked starting now.

Settings Menu

Allows for setting the PDF scale (aka size of the rendered pdf) Options to Delete all books, Delete all time tracking, or open the debug console. (Can help troubleshoot potential problems)

New Default Covers for PDF and ePub

Updates planned pre-0.5.0 (Quality of Life and Minor Features):

I was in a rush to get PDF support out, so this update lacked achievements as earlier described. I've laid some initial groundwork and hook points on the various achievement spots in code; but no actual steam achievements. Achievements are first on the priority list for minor updates. The ability to manually add covers. After that, I'll be fleshing out the Stats page a bit more for stats on a per book basis. Then reviewing how much work would be needed for Dark Mode, and possibly Discord integration (status similar to Steam).

Features Planned for 0.5.0:

- Categorizing Books (Attempts will be made to auto-categorize, with the ability to manually move them) - CBZ and CBR formats for Comic Books

Hey Readers, In preparation for supporting PDF, I'm adding some QOL changes. I've added an Edit button onto the book hover. Currently it allows editing just title and author; but lays the groundwork for changing cover art, and category classification in the future. In addition, I've added a confirmation dialog for deleting. This should prevent mis-clicks from instantly deleting the book and losing progress. Finally, I sort the books by progress. The closest to completion will remain the top for ease of access. Thank you for the continued support and suggestions in the discussion!

Hey Readers, I appreciate all the feedback on the forums! I've taken a few of the action items suggested this weekend and implemented them. Key features added: - Paging (Should be reasonably accurate, but for text dense books - can result in displaying multiple 'pages' per view instance. I.E. 450 - 453 all shows at once on the screen.) - Resizing (I've added the ability to resize and have done my best to validate all books should dynamically re-render and paging be updated also.) - Maximize & Unmaximize - Persist App Size (When closing and reopening, the previous size is maintained) Thanks again for all the purchases, and happy reading!

Hey Readers, I greatly appreciate the early feedback in the Steam Discussion Forum. Here is the first change-list of many: Fixed white-screen crashing caused by ePubs without covers Moved add book button Added a file explorer Added better rendering for books, preventing further white-screen crashes Made book save state faster and more accurate Added Error alerting if book fails to add