I like Apple Books for epub (syncs across devices) but I don't like the random offloading of books from the device to iCloud. I read the most when I'm offline (at the beach or camping in the mountains) and I'll get there only to discover half of my books have been offloaded from my phone. There's no setting to prevent this.
Get an e-ink reader to bring to the beach! They are cheap and incredible for reading. You'll never want to squint-read on your phone again.
Not just that, if you get an e-ink reader that runs a modern version of Android, you can also edit documents, write emails, etc on a paper-like display. Far better than using a traditional tablet or phone for text communication. If there were a display compatible with PC inputs that I could put on my desk instead of a second monitor, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
> If there were a display compatible with PC inputs that I could put on my desk instead of a second monitor, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
For me, Apple Books for MacOS will aggressively and unnecessarily sync epubs to iCloud, even with the current book while I'm reading. It makes it difficult to actually use Apple Books, as I get kicked out of my book every few minutes. It is even worse when I have no internet connection, as it will randomly attempt and fail to sync, blocking you from reading that book at all.
I am quite upset and feel betrayed by Apple that they disabled the ability to export all highlights from a book in Apple Books. I would take notes of certain books for future summarization, and then suddenly with an update this is no longer allowed.
Readwise has a tool on the Mac that can pull highlights in. I believe it still works, but it's not an officially supported solution from Apple, if that's what you're looking for.
Except apple books is horrible. Truly. Why can't Apple give me more control over formatting???
In it's defense, it's epub3 friendly and the majority of the major epub readers are not.