Bookshelf

11.4.1

Vital Source Technologies

4.11

13,317 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Use Bookshelf by VitalSource® for a comprehensive study experience.

About Bookshelf

Bookshelf is an education app developed by Vital Source Technologies.

Download Statistics

Bookshelf has been downloaded 4.9 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 30 thousand times.

User Ratings

Bookshelf is rated 4.11 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 13 thousand ratings.

App Information

Bookshelf is FREE to download. The APK download size is 185.62 MB. The latest version available is 11.4.1. The last update was on July 24, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Bookshelf requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2012.

Description

With Bookshelf, you can enjoy a digital-first, comprehensive study experience from the convenience of your Android phone or tablet.

More data about Bookshelf

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	4.9 million
Recent downloads	30 thousand
Rating	4.11 based on 13 thousand ratings
Ranking	Medium ranked
Version	11.4.1
APK size	185.6 MB
Number of libraries	31
Designed for Android	7.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Downloads over time

Bookshelf has been downloaded 4.9 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 1 thousand downloads per day.

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Developer information for Vital Source Technologies

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Comments on Bookshelf for Android

★★★★★ Patrick Vamboi · Apr 7, 2026

I used Bookshelf from the start of my Post-graduate program to the end, and it was very helpful and more flexible than the physical book. I listened to the audio in my car and house because I comprehend more when I listen as an auditory learner. Bookshelf is great because you can carry it everywhere.

★★★★☆ Daniel Wood · Apr 20, 2026

I love that I can read books offline, that it has a dark mode, and that it has the ability to read aloud to me. What I don't like is that when I am listening to a textbook it stops every few minutes when the app seems to just shut down. So I have to relaunch the app, go back into the book and start listening all over again. When I am listening to three chapters of a textbook for one week worth of reading, it is really annoying to have to restart it over and over.

★☆☆☆☆ Dimitar Ugrov · Feb 24, 2026

Took all of 5 minutes to hate it, cant scroll properly through pages, reading aloud feature has a robotic voice that's painful to follow. FAQs button inside the app leads to a webpage with a broken cookies button (simply would not f away). Thought I'd use this app to listen to my ISC2 textbook while commuting, fastest uninstall in a while.

★☆☆☆☆ Michael Langston · May 15, 2026

After opening book content displayed for less than a second, then returns to bookshelf view. Can't read ebook at all.

★☆☆☆☆ Saundra G. · Feb 13, 2026

I can't open my bookshelf because it has a bug in it. I have books that I paid from the institution in my bookshelf. This only happened after it asked me about an update it needs to be fixed.

★☆☆☆☆ Clara Patricia Alfonso · Mar 23, 2026

This app is beyond frustrating. Highlighting is either impossible or mind-bendingly clunky. My highlighter capacity has just disappeared, and I can't find out how to get it back. Every time I take a break from the app I have to reconfigure most of the formatting. I thought Kindle was clunky and just tried to figure out if I could move my book to Kindle. The answer is its possible to a type of Kindle I don't have.

Google Play Rankings for Bookshelf

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
141	United States	Education	Top Free
156	Canada	Education	Top Free
119	Denmark	Education	Top Free
152	Norway	Education	Top Free

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Technologies used by Bookshelf

Bookshelf is requesting 18 permissions and is using 31 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, pair with Bluetooth devices, full network access, receive data from Internet

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos

System tools

change network connectivity, run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.vitalsource.bookshelf.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

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Social libraries

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

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Android Jetpack Widgets Firebase Android Library Icon

Firebase

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup Google gson Android Library Icon

Google gson AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Okio Android Library Icon

Okio

AndroidX Concurrent Futures Glide Android Library Icon

Glide

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Google Protocol Buffers ReactiveX Android Library Icon

ReactiveX

Lottie

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Volley

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