Perlego: Books & Textbooks

Overall speaking, I love this website! It makes reading academic literature more affordable and accessible for people like me. Here are a few things that can be improved: 1. the app on ipad isn’t great to use. it feels difficult to navigate. As much as I want to spend more time reading on my phone or tablet when I am on the road, I avoid doing so. 2. please add more books, both the new ones and the old ones!! 3. by any chance that you could make scrolling smoother? 4. some updates need to be made. For example, the career page of Perlego is still shown as “2022 Perlego’s Career Page.” It’s now 2025!

Perlego is a lifesaver if you don't have access to a good academic library. And perhaps even more convenient than one if you do. But the interface leaves a bit to be desired: the scrolling is somewhat buggy, for instance, where the top and bottom margins may stretch; the viewing options are rather limited in many cases; there's no copy or citation option for referencing, etc. So while there's room for improvement, I'm nevertheless very glad it exists!

I really love the premise of this company. I discovered it in college and have never stopped using it since. Unfortunately, the best way to experience Perlego is on a computer. Their website has more features, less glitches, and is overall holds much better experience. I want to love the app, but it is, unfortunately, subpar. My books download and are fine for a while, but after a few days of reading, chapters go missing and the books take forever to load. The interface is a bit wonky to navigate as well. Despite all this, I’ll still keep using Perlego. It’s been such a help in saving money and in exploring new titles and authors. I hope the app does improve!