Subj : Apple Books just got a Spotify Wrapped-style recap for readers  a
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Nov 29 2023 16:00:05

Apple Books just got a Spotify Wrapped-style recap for readers  and it beats 
Apple Music Replay

Date:
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:56:26 +0000

Description:
Apple Books Year in Review shows all your reading stats from 2023, right 
there in the app.

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Apple has just launched Year in Review , a Spotify Wrapped -style round-up 
for its Books app, where youll be able to see personalized stats covering all 
the books you read in the app over the past year. If youre curious about who 
your most-read author is and how long you spent leafing through literature in 
2023, youll want to take a look. 

Youll need to open the Books app and select the Read Now tab in the 
bottom-left corner, then find the 'Your Year in Review' card under the Top 
Picks header. Tap that and youll find a bunch of fascinating facts about your 
reading habits from the last 12 months. Note that youll need to have marked 
at least three books as completed to get your reading summary. 

For example, Apple has created six reader types that are defined by the way 
you read or listen to literature. These types include 'The Completionist' for 
readers who consume multiple books in a series, and 'The Contemporary' for 
people who love trending titles. 

Apple has also published several lists of the most-read books across all 
Books users  Spare by Prince Harry took the top spot for a non-fiction title, 
while Only the Dead by Jack Carr was the top fiction audiobook. The company 
did something similar for its Podcasts app, where you can see all the 
top-ranked shows among listeners. Better than Apple Music Replay (Image 
credit: Apple) 

Apple has put an emphasis on sharing this year, with book cover collages, 
graphs and statistics to send to your friends. All of this reading info is 
contained within Apples Books app, which makes it easy to catch up with your 
year-end review in between reading a novel or listening to an audiobook. 

That makes it very different from Apple Music Replay . This is Apple Musics 
take on Spotify Wrapped and, like Books Year in Review, gives you a deep dive 
into your music tastes in 2023. 

The difference, though, is that Apple Music Replay is hosted on Apples 
website, not in the Apple Music app . You can still see all the same stats 
and figures as youd expect, but theres an extra degree of friction in the 
process. Compare that to Spotify, where its Wrapped round-up is right there 
at your fingertips in the app. 

Why Apple built the Year in Review into its Books app but still refrains from 
making Apple Music Replay an app-based feature is a mystery. Regardless, head 
over to Apples Books app if you want to get the lowdown on your reading 
habits in 2023. You might also like Apples AI audiobooks won't kill off human 
narrators just yet Spotify Wrapped 2023  when will it be released and how can 
you find it? I wish my Spotify Wrapped had this Apple Music Replay feature



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/apple-books-just-got-a-spotify-wr
apped-style-recap-for-readers-and-it-beats-apple-music-replay


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