He did say that yes.

But this looks a lot like the gnome sidebar. Most likely in a Ubuntu install. In wich case the sidebar is very much movable.

You could just move the immovable sidebar to the bottom or to the right. Or you could enable auto hide.

the i would also suggest, that reading the books counts duble.

just remember everyone, preorders are how we got into this mess in the first place. dont make the same mistake twice.