The New York Times: Stanza: “The iPhone or iPod Touch can act as an electronic book reader.”
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Locking up and page turn issue.

I've been having the same issue as everyone else wherein the page won't turn with this latest update. I'm now having issues with the app locking up on me forcing me to reboot my iPhone. And lastly, I'm also having very slow load times. Sometimes up to 30 or so seconds and now and then, it'll load and be locked immediately following the loading of the book. This has been happening with two different books and I checked the book by using the BooksOnBoard reader on my PC with no problems. Please fix this issue...I paid significantly more for my last two books just so I can read them in Stanza and I'm really regretting it now. Could have saved a few bucks per book and just read them in the Kindle app.

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Stanza iPhone version 1.9

Stanza iPhone version 1.9 does have a bug where it is occasionally impossible to advance to the next page. This usually happens when the font size is especially large, or the current chapter is especially long. We are working on fixing the bug for the next version of Stanza, but in the meantime, the only known workaround is to alter the font size, which will "unlock" the page and allow you to advance to the next page.

There are a number of ways to change the font size, but the easiest solution is to customize the bottom toolbar by tapping the center of the screen and then tapping the "..." button to show the toolbar actions palette. You then tap "Edit" and drag the "F+" and "F-" buttons on to the toolbar and tap "Save". The "F+" and "F-" buttons will then show up in the toolbar, so that the next time the page refuses to advance, you can bring up the toolbar, tap the "F+" button, advance to the next page, and then tap the "F-" button to restore your preferred font size. While this method is cumbersome, the page freezing should only be happening intermittently, so you should only need to use this work-around occasionally.

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