v1.12.0

New - Read along: the narration is highlighted in the ebook as the audiobook plays, word by word or a sentence at a time, and the pages turn themselves. Turn pages freely and tap Back to narration to return
New - Live transcript on the card for podcasts and books without an ebook, on streamed books too

New - Scroll mode, left-aligned text, and an option to keep the title bar on screen
New - Picture-only ebooks open in the comic reader, which now has bookmarks
New - The reader's player opens chapters, sleep timer, bookmarks, equalizer, cast and more
Improved - Ebooks you've opened stay on the phone for offline reading, even after the audio download is deleted
Fix - Books open where you left off after reading on the web or in another app

New - Sign in to BookOrbit servers, including SSO and magic links
New - Smart Scopes, Book Dock, matching across every source, and book requests
New - Filter the library by reading status

New - Speed up to 5x, and on Android the loudness boost really raises the volume
New - Choose what the notification, lock screen, Android Auto and CarPlay show on each line
New - Keep the screen on in the player and car mode
Fix - Streaming no longer gets stuck buffering, starting a download no longer cuts out the stream, and chapter jumps no longer restart the book
Fix - Play picks up the newer spot from another device, and progress that fails to send is kept and sent later

New - Adding to Absorbing asks whether it plays next or goes to the end
New - The series sheet opens on the covers around your next book, with series stats and an up next button
Fix - The series queue plays the actual next book and works past book 100

New - Car settings with sort options, and Collections and Playlists in the car library
Fix - Android Auto no longer restarts the book when you switch to the radio

New - Download several books at once, play straight from Downloads even offline, and play downloads from the sign-in screen if you get signed out
Fix - A failed download says why

New - New Collection and New Playlist buttons in the Lists tab, and search across bookmarks and highlights
New - Sort series by total duration or last book added, and upload files into an existing book
New - Find the start in the chapter editor listens around a marker for where the chapter really begins

Improved - SSO sign-in returns to absorb://oauth. Server admins need to allow it under Settings, Authentication, Mobile redirect URIs (#417)

New - A release notes link after an update, and a button background setting for the player card
Fix - Book details use each library's cover shape and show every genre and tag, and authors without a photo no longer trip fail2ban (#418)
Fix - Settings sync no longer wakes the phone every 45 seconds in the background (#409)

pounat/absorb v1.12.0 on GitHub