Build 412: Book Detail as a sheet, characters on the page, and Reading History

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Build 412 is on TestFlight now.

Book Detail opens as a sheet. Everywhere, iPhone included. On iPhone the sheet covers the tab bar, so the cover gets more room. Swipe down or tap Close to go back. The glass header is gone: the cover and buttons scroll away, and ••• and the main button sit beside Peek.

Characters on the Page. In an ebook with a Book Guide, bring up the controls and cards along the bottom show who's named on the page. Hold a card and the others fade, so that character's mentions stand out. Books in a series now share one cast.

Reading History. Stats now lists every book you've finished, rereads included, each with its own stars.

The same reader controls on every iPhone and iPad. Keep screen awake and Report a Problem sit in the pill, with the menu behind ≡. Buttons give a light tap when pressed. Comics get a Panel Hop switch, and can now open DjVu files streamed from your server.

Your place across devices. On BookOrbit 3.6, when two devices disagree, the most recent save wins. If you'd read further on the other one, Apogee asks which place to keep.

Made for iPhone Duo. I've spent a lot of this build on the Duo. Folding or unfolding no longer closes or reloads an open book, and ebook columns stay put. A comic's two pages part and meet as you fold, and land centred. Book Detail redraws for the screen it's on, and series books open wide on the inner screen. If you have a Duo, I'd love to hear how it feels: what works, what looks off, and what you'd want next.

Also in this build:

• Search results open on the first tap again on iOS 26.
• Series show their count in volumes.
• New Scope has a "Narrated EPUBs only" switch.
• The Continue widget has a Play button on audiobooks.
• CrossPoint: pick Bands, Classic or Bauhaus covers for your reader, for every book or just one.
• Fixed a freeze that could follow opening an ebook while highlights were syncing.
• Recent text is translated into every language, reworded to sound natural.

If the sheet feels harder to use than the old page, or the "which place" question doesn't make sense, please tell me here or with Report a Problem in More.