Reading mode got a day of polish from your first tries with Book.
All choices on one spread. In Book the choices of a chapter always show together. When they do not fit below the text, "What happens next?" stays under the last lines and the choices sit on the facing page. On a small phone with five choices and large text, the choices start on a fresh spread.
Pages that turn like paper. The turning page carries exactly what the page shows. No button outlines, no white flash at the spine and no picture that stretches during a drag or changes shape after the turn.
Whole pictures. A chapter's picture shows complete above the chapter title too, and black bars at the top and bottom of a picture are trimmed away.
Shorter swipes. On a phone a short, quick swipe now turns the page.
Opening and closing the book. The left page fades in once the cover has turned. A picture cover carries the story's title on a plate near its bottom edge. Close to the cover hides the picture at once.
Links into the book. Add ?reading=1 to a chapter link to open it straight in reading mode. Copy link in Reading settings adds the page you are on, so whoever opens it lands there.
Music that answers. The music question now comes first when the book opens, and Yes turns sound on. The sound button opens a menu in the book's own style: Mute, the track for this story (its own, your playlists or any song) and Set up playlists. Next track shows only for a playlist. Closing the book puts sound back the way it was before you opened it.
Starter playlists. A new browser starts with two playlists, Calm reading and Adventure. The top-right sound panel uses the same track list and follows light and dark mode.
Fairer picture prices. The 1.5x price for using a story's reference picture is only quoted when that picture is really used, and a line says so above the button.
Square pictures by default. Chapter pictures start square. Picture styles show as boxed tiles you can zoom before picking. Guests no longer see a picture style row.
Slate mood. A fourth mood with blue paper and rain on a window. Simple settings now stack their rows on a phone.
Tidier choices. The count of chapters that follow sits small in the corner of a written choice, and choices side by side have the same height.
Tidier settings. Buttons centre their text, the chosen option shows a check, and an info icon explains Screen and Picture style. The picture style note above Create a picture is one quiet line with a pencil. Picture shown is hidden in Book, which always shows the chapter's own picture. In Modern the gap above the text is gone.
Desktop view on a landscape phone. The book's buttons and the settings are smaller there and never cover the text, and the margin buttons spread evenly around their corner.