diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerstatus.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerstatus.lua
index 3542be215..31fd0c94a 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerstatus.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerstatus.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
-local StatusWidget = require("ui/widget/statuswidget")
+local BookStatusWidget = require("ui/widget/bookstatuswidget")
 
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local _ = require("gettext")
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function ReaderStatus:addToMainMenu(tab_item_table)
 end
 
 function ReaderStatus:showStatus()
-    local status_page = StatusWidget:new {
+    local status_page = BookStatusWidget:new {
         thumbnail = self.document:getCoverPageImage(),
         props = self.document:getProps(),
         document = self.document,
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/statuswidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/bookstatuswidget.lua
similarity index 63%
rename from frontend/ui/widget/statuswidget.lua
rename to frontend/ui/widget/bookstatuswidget.lua
index 33a0f5c1d..8a8263448 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/statuswidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/bookstatuswidget.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
 local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
 local LeftContainer = require("ui/widget/container/leftcontainer")
 local HorizontalGroup = require("ui/widget/horizontalgroup")
+local OverlapGroup = require("ui/widget/overlapgroup")
 local VerticalGroup = require("ui/widget/verticalgroup")
 local HorizontalSpan = require("ui/widget/horizontalspan")
 local VerticalSpan = require("ui/widget/verticalspan")
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ local _ = require("gettext")
     ["status"] = "Reading"
     ["modified"] = "24.01.2016"
 },]]
-local StatusWidget = InputContainer:new{
+local BookStatusWidget = InputContainer:new{
+    padding = Screen:scaleBySize(15),
     settings = nil,
     thumbnail = nil,
     props = nil,
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ local StatusWidget = InputContainer:new{
     }
 }
 
-function StatusWidget:init()
+function BookStatusWidget:init()
     self.stats.pages = self.document:getPageCount()
     self:getStatisticsSettings()
     if self.settings then
@@ -86,84 +88,25 @@ function StatusWidget:init()
     self[1] = statusContainer
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:showStatus()
-    local main_group = VerticalGroup:new{ align = "left" }
-
-    local img_width = Screen:scaleBySize(132 * 1.5)
-    local img_height = Screen:scaleBySize(184 * 1.5)
-
-    if Screen:getScreenMode() == "landscape" then
-        img_width = Screen:scaleBySize(132)
-        img_height = Screen:scaleBySize(184)
-    end
-
-    local thumb
-    if self.thumbnail then
-        thumb = ImageWidget:new{
-            image = self.thumbnail,
-            width = img_width,
-            height = img_height,
-            autoscale = false,
-        }
-    end
-
+function BookStatusWidget:showStatus()
     local screen_width = Screen:getWidth()
-
-    local cover_with_title_and_author_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = screen_width, h = img_height },
+    return VerticalGroup:new{
+        align = "left",
+        OverlapGroup:new{
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = screen_width, h = Screen:scaleBySize(30) },
+            CloseButton:new{ window = self },
+        },
+        self:genBookInfoGroup(),
+        self:genHeader(_("Statistics")),
+        self:genStatisticsGroup(screen_width),
+        self:genHeader(_("Review")),
+        self:genSummaryGroup(screen_width),
+        self:genHeader(_("Update Status")),
+        self:generateSwitchGroup(screen_width),
     }
-
-    local cover_with_title_and_author_group = HorizontalGroup:new{ align = "top" }
-
-    local span = HorizontalSpan:new{ width = screen_width * 0.05 }
-
-    table.insert(cover_with_title_and_author_group, span)
-
-    if self.thumbnail then
-        table.insert(cover_with_title_and_author_group, thumb)
-    end
-    table.insert(cover_with_title_and_author_group,
-        self:generateTitleAuthorProgressGroup(screen_width - span.width - img_width,
-            img_height,
-            self.props.title,
-            self.props.authors,
-            self.view.state.page, --current page
-            self.document:getPageCount()))
-    table.insert(cover_with_title_and_author_container, cover_with_title_and_author_group)
-
-    --portrait mode
-    local rateHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
-    local statisticsHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
-    local summaryHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(140)
-    local statusHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(105)
-
-    --landscape mode
-    if Screen:getScreenMode() == "landscape" then
-        summaryHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(70)
-        statusHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
-    end
-
-    local header_group = HorizontalGroup:new{
-        align = "center",
-        self:addHeader(screen_width * 0.95, Screen:scaleBySize(15), _("Progress")),
-        CloseButton:new{ window = self }
-    }
-
-    table.insert(main_group, header_group)
-    table.insert(main_group, cover_with_title_and_author_container)
-    table.insert(main_group, self:addHeader(screen_width, Screen:scaleBySize(25), _("Rate")))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:generateRateGroup(screen_width, rateHeight, self.summary.rating))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:addHeader(screen_width, Screen:scaleBySize(35), _("Statistics")))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:generateStatisticsGroup(screen_width, statisticsHeight,
-        self:getStatDays(self.stats), self:getStatHours(self.stats), self:getReadPages(self.stats)))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:addHeader(screen_width, Screen:scaleBySize(35), _("Review")))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:generateSummaryGroup(screen_width, summaryHeight, self.summary.note))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:addHeader(screen_width, Screen:scaleBySize(25), _("Update Status")))
-    table.insert(main_group, self:generateSwitchGroup(screen_width, statusHeight, self.summary.status))
-    return main_group
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:getStatDays(stats)
+function BookStatusWidget:getStatDays(stats)
     if stats and stats.performance_in_pages then
         local dates = {}
         for k, v in pairs(stats.performance_in_pages) do
@@ -174,129 +117,59 @@ function StatusWidget:getStatDays(stats)
     return "none"
 end
 
-
-function StatusWidget:getStatHours(stats)
+function BookStatusWidget:getStatHours(stats)
     if stats and stats.total_time_in_sec then
         return util.secondsToClock(stats.total_time_in_sec, false)
     end
     return "none"
 end
 
-
-function StatusWidget:getReadPages(stats)
+function BookStatusWidget:getReadPages(stats)
     if stats and stats.performance_in_pages and stats.pages then
         return util.tableSize(stats.performance_in_pages) .. "/" .. stats.pages
     end
     return "none"
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:addHeader(width, height, title)
-    local group = HorizontalGroup:new{
-        align = "center",
-        bordersize = 0,
-    }
+function BookStatusWidget:genHeader(title)
+    local width, height = Screen:getWidth(), Screen:scaleBySize(35)
 
-    local bold = false
-
-    local titleWidget = TextWidget:new{
+    local header_title = TextWidget:new{
         text = title,
-        face = self.large_font_face,
-        bold = bold,
+        face = self.medium_font_face,
+        fgcolor = Blitbuffer.gray(0.4),
     }
-    local titleSize = RenderText:sizeUtf8Text(0, Screen:getWidth(), self.large_font_face, title, true, bold)
-    local lineWidth = ((width - titleSize.x) * 0.5)
 
+    local padding_span = HorizontalSpan:new{ width = self.padding }
+    local line_width = (width - header_title:getSize().w) / 2 - self.padding * 2
     local line_container = LeftContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = lineWidth, h = height },
+        dimen = Geom:new{ w = line_width, h = height },
         LineWidget:new{
             background = Blitbuffer.gray(0.2),
             dimen = Geom:new{
-                w = lineWidth,
+                w = line_width,
                 h = 2,
             }
         }
     }
 
-    local text_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = titleSize.x, h = height },
-        titleWidget,
-    }
-
-    table.insert(group, line_container)
-    table.insert(group, text_container)
-    table.insert(group, line_container)
-    return group
-end
-
-function StatusWidget:generateSwitchGroup(width, height, book_status)
-    local switch_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
-    }
-
-    local args = {
-        [1] = "complete",
-        [2] = "reading",
-        [3] = "abandoned",
-    }
-
-    local position = 2
-    for k, v in pairs(args) do
-        if v == book_status then
-            position = k
-        end
-    end
-
-    local config = {
-        event = "ChangeBookStatus",
-        default_value = 2,
-        toggle = {
-            [1] = _("Complete"),
-            [2] = _("Reading"),
-            [3] = _("Abandoned"),
+    return VerticalGroup:new{
+        VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(25) },
+        HorizontalGroup:new{
+            align = "center",
+            padding_span,
+            line_container,
+            padding_span,
+            header_title,
+            padding_span,
+            line_container,
+            padding_span,
         },
-        args = args,
-        default_arg = "reading",
-        values = {
-            [1] = 1,
-            [2] = 2,
-            [3] = 3,
-        },
-        name = "book_status",
-        alternate = false,
-        enabled = true,
+        VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(5) },
     }
-
-    local switch = ToggleSwitch:new{
-        width = width * 0.6,
-        default_value = config.default_value,
-        name = config.name,
-        name_text = config.name_text,
-        event = config.event,
-        toggle = config.toggle,
-        args = config.args,
-        alternate = config.alternate,
-        default_arg = config.default_arg,
-        values = config.values,
-        enabled = config.enable,
-        config = self,
-    }
-
-    switch:setPosition(position)
-
-    table.insert(switch_container, switch)
-    return switch_container
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:onConfigChoose(values, name, event, args, events, position)
-    UIManager:scheduleIn(0.05, function()
-        if values then
-            self:onChangeBookStatus(args, position)
-        end
-        UIManager:setDirty("all")
-    end)
-end
-
-function StatusWidget:onChangeBookStatus(option_name, option_value)
+function BookStatusWidget:onChangeBookStatus(option_name, option_value)
     local curr_time = TimeVal:now()
     self.summary.status = option_name[option_value]
     self.summary.modified = os.date("%Y-%m-%d", curr_time.sec)
@@ -304,44 +177,7 @@ function StatusWidget:onChangeBookStatus(option_name, option_value)
     return true
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:onUpdateNote()
-    self.summary.note = self.input_note:getText()
-    self:saveSummary()
-    return true
-end
-
-
-function StatusWidget:saveSummary()
-    if self.summary then
-        self.settings:saveSetting("summary", self.summary)
-        self.settings:flush()
-    end
-end
-
-
-function StatusWidget:generateSummaryGroup(width, height, text)
-
-    self.input_note = InputText:new{
-        text = text,
-        face = self.medium_font_face,
-        width = width * 0.95,
-        height = height * 0.55,
-        scroll = true,
-        focused = false,
-        margin = 5,
-        padding = 0,
-        parent = self,
-        hint = _("A few words about the book"),
-    }
-
-    local note_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
-        self.input_note
-    }
-    return note_container
-end
-
-function StatusWidget:generateRateGroup(width, height, rating)
+function BookStatusWidget:generateRateGroup(width, height, rating)
     self.stars_container = CenterContainer:new{
         dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
     }
@@ -350,7 +186,7 @@ function StatusWidget:generateRateGroup(width, height, rating)
     return self.stars_container
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:setStar(num)
+function BookStatusWidget:setStar(num)
     --clear previous data
     self.stars_container:clear()
 
@@ -379,7 +215,106 @@ function StatusWidget:setStar(num)
     return true
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:generateStatisticsGroup(width, height, days, average, pages)
+function BookStatusWidget:genBookInfoGroup()
+    local screen_width = Screen:getWidth()
+    local split_span_width = screen_width * 0.05
+
+    local img_width, img_height
+    if Screen:getScreenMode() == "landscape" then
+        img_width = Screen:scaleBySize(132)
+        img_height = Screen:scaleBySize(184)
+    else
+        img_width = Screen:scaleBySize(132 * 1.5)
+        img_height = Screen:scaleBySize(184 * 1.5)
+    end
+
+    local height = img_height
+    local width = screen_width - split_span_width - img_width
+    -- title
+    local book_meta_info_group = VerticalGroup:new{
+        align = "center",
+        VerticalSpan:new{ width = height * 0.2 },
+        TextBoxWidget:new{
+            text = self.props.title,
+            width = width,
+            face = self.medium_font_face,
+            alignment = "center",
+        },
+
+    }
+    -- author
+    local text_author = TextWidget:new{
+        text = self.props.authors,
+        face = self.small_font_face,
+        padding = 2,
+    }
+    table.insert(book_meta_info_group,
+        CenterContainer:new{
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = text_author:getSize().h },
+            text_author
+        }
+    )
+    -- progress bar
+    local total_pages = self.document:getPageCount()
+    local read_percentage = self.view.state.page / total_pages
+    local progress_bar = ProgressWidget:new{
+        width = width * 0.7,
+        height = Screen:scaleBySize(10),
+        percentage = read_percentage,
+    }
+    table.insert(book_meta_info_group,
+        CenterContainer:new{
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = progress_bar:getSize().h },
+            progress_bar
+        }
+    )
+    -- complete text
+    local text_complete = TextWidget:new{
+        text = template(_("%1% Completed"),
+                        string.format("%1.f", read_percentage * 100)),
+        face = self.small_font_face,
+    }
+    table.insert(book_meta_info_group,
+        CenterContainer:new{
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = text_complete:getSize().h },
+            text_complete
+        }
+    )
+    -- rating
+    table.insert(book_meta_info_group,
+                 VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(30) })
+    local rateHeight = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
+    table.insert(book_meta_info_group,
+                 self:generateRateGroup(screen_width, rateHeight, self.summary.rating))
+
+    -- build the final group
+    local book_info_group = HorizontalGroup:new{
+        align = "top",
+        HorizontalSpan:new{ width =  split_span_width }
+    }
+    -- thumbnail
+    if self.thumbnail then
+        table.insert(book_info_group, ImageWidget:new{
+            image = self.thumbnail,
+            width = img_width,
+            height = img_height,
+            autoscale = false,
+        })
+    end
+
+    table.insert(book_info_group, CenterContainer:new{
+        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
+        book_meta_info_group,
+    })
+
+    return CenterContainer:new{
+        dimen = Geom:new{ w = screen_width, h = img_height },
+        book_info_group,
+    }
+end
+
+function BookStatusWidget:genStatisticsGroup(width)
+    local height = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
     local statistics_container = CenterContainer:new{
         dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
     }
@@ -414,27 +349,26 @@ function StatusWidget:generateStatisticsGroup(width, height, days, average, page
         }
     }
 
-
     local data_group = HorizontalGroup:new{
         align = "center",
         CenterContainer:new{
             dimen = Geom:new{ w = tile_width, h = tile_height },
             TextWidget:new{
-                text = days,
+                text = self:getStatDays(self.stats),
                 face = self.medium_font_face,
             },
         },
         CenterContainer:new{
             dimen = Geom:new{ w = tile_width, h = tile_height },
             TextWidget:new{
-                text = average,
+                text = self:getStatHours(self.stats),
                 face = self.medium_font_face,
             },
         },
         CenterContainer:new{
             dimen = Geom:new{ w = tile_width, h = tile_height },
             TextWidget:new{
-                text = pages,
+                text = self:getReadPages(self.stats),
                 face = self.medium_font_face,
             }
         }
@@ -447,82 +381,130 @@ function StatusWidget:generateStatisticsGroup(width, height, days, average, page
     return statistics_container
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:generateTitleAuthorProgressGroup(width, height, title, authors, current_page, total_pages)
+function BookStatusWidget:genSummaryGroup(width)
+    local height
+    if Screen:getScreenMode() == "landscape" then
+        height = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
+    else
+        height = Screen:scaleBySize(130)
+    end
 
-    local title_author_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
+    local text_padding = 5
+    self.input_note = InputText:new{
+        text = self.summary.note,
+        face = self.medium_font_face,
+        width = width - self.padding * 3,
+        height = height * 0.75,
+        scroll = true,
+        bordersize = 2,
+        focused = false,
+        padding = text_padding,
+        parent = self,
+        hint = _("A few words about the book"),
     }
 
-    local title_author_progressbar_group = VerticalGroup:new{
-        align = "center",
-        VerticalSpan:new{ width = height * 0.2 },
-        TextBoxWidget:new{
-            text = title,
-            width = width,
-            face = self.medium_font_face,
-            alignment = "center",
-        }
-    }
-    local text_author = TextWidget:new{
-        text = authors,
-        face = self.small_font_face,
-        padding = 2,
-    }
-
-    local author_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = text_author:getSize().h },
-        text_author
-    }
-
-    table.insert(title_author_progressbar_group, author_container)
-
-    local read_percentage = current_page / total_pages
-    local progress_height = Screen:scaleBySize(10)
-
-    local progress_bar = ProgressWidget:new{
-        width = width * 0.7,
-        height = progress_height,
-        percentage = read_percentage,
-        ticks = {},
-        tick_width = 0,
-        last = total_pages,
-    }
-
-    table.insert(title_author_progressbar_group,
+    return VerticalGroup:new{
+        VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(5) },
         CenterContainer:new{
-            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = progress_bar:getSize().h },
-            progress_bar
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
+            self.input_note
         }
-    )
-    local text_complete = TextWidget:new{
-        text = template(_("%1% Completed"),
-                        string.format("%1.f", read_percentage * 100)),
-        face = self.small_font_face,
+    }
+end
+
+function BookStatusWidget:onUpdateNote()
+    self.summary.note = self.input_note:getText()
+    self:saveSummary()
+    return true
+end
+
+function BookStatusWidget:saveSummary()
+    if self.summary then
+        self.settings:saveSetting("summary", self.summary)
+        self.settings:flush()
+    end
+end
+
+function BookStatusWidget:generateSwitchGroup(width)
+    local height
+    if Screen:getScreenMode() == "landscape" then
+        -- landscape mode
+        height = Screen:scaleBySize(60)
+    else
+        -- portrait mode
+        height = Screen:scaleBySize(105)
+    end
+
+    local args = { "complete", "reading", "abandoned" }
+
+    local current_status = self.summary.status
+    local position = 2
+    for k, v in pairs(args) do
+        if v == curent_status then
+            position = k
+        end
+    end
+
+    local config = {
+        event = "ChangeBookStatus",
+        default_value = 2,
+        args = args,
+        default_arg = "reading",
+        toggle = { _("Complete"), _("Reading"), _("Abandoned") },
+        values = { 1, 2, 3 },
+        name = "book_status",
+        alternate = false,
+        enabled = true,
     }
 
-    local progress_bar_text_container = CenterContainer:new{
-        dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = text_complete:getSize().h },
-        text_complete
+    local switch = ToggleSwitch:new{
+        width = width * 0.6,
+        default_value = config.default_value,
+        name = config.name,
+        name_text = config.name_text,
+        event = config.event,
+        toggle = config.toggle,
+        args = config.args,
+        alternate = config.alternate,
+        default_arg = config.default_arg,
+        values = config.values,
+        enabled = config.enable,
+        config = self,
     }
+    switch:setPosition(position)
 
-    table.insert(title_author_progressbar_group, progress_bar_text_container)
-    table.insert(title_author_container, title_author_progressbar_group)
-    return title_author_container
+    return VerticalGroup:new{
+        VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(10) },
+        CenterContainer:new{
+            ignore = "height",
+            dimen = Geom:new{ w = width, h = height },
+            switch,
+        }
+    }
+end
+
+function BookStatusWidget:onConfigChoose(values, name, event, args, events, position)
+    UIManager:scheduleIn(0.05, function()
+        if values then
+            self:onChangeBookStatus(args, position)
+        end
+        UIManager:setDirty("all")
+    end)
 end
 
 
-function StatusWidget:onAnyKeyPressed()
+function BookStatusWidget:onAnyKeyPressed()
     return self:onClose()
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:onClose()
+function BookStatusWidget:onClose()
     self:saveSummary()
     UIManager:setDirty("all")
     UIManager:close(self)
     return true
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:getStatisticsSettings()
+function BookStatusWidget:getStatisticsSettings()
     if self.settings then
         local stats = self.settings:readSetting("stats")
         if stats then
@@ -535,7 +517,7 @@ function StatusWidget:getStatisticsSettings()
 end
 
 
-function StatusWidget:onSwitchFocus(inputbox)
+function BookStatusWidget:onSwitchFocus(inputbox)
     self.note_dialog = InputDialog:new{
         title = "Note",
         input = self.input_note:getText(),
@@ -571,10 +553,9 @@ function StatusWidget:onSwitchFocus(inputbox)
     UIManager:show(self.note_dialog)
 end
 
-function StatusWidget:closeInputDialog()
+function BookStatusWidget:closeInputDialog()
     self.note_dialog:onClose()
     UIManager:close(self.note_dialog)
 end
 
-return StatusWidget
-
+return BookStatusWidget
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/closebutton.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/closebutton.lua
index 1a19eebc2..84253c07b 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/closebutton.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/closebutton.lua
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ Example:
 
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
+local HorizontalGroup = require("ui/widget/horizontalgroup")
+local HorizontalSpan = require("ui/widget/horizontalspan")
 local TextWidget = require("ui/widget/textwidget")
 local GestureRange = require("ui/gesturerange")
+local Screen = require("device").screen
 local Font = require("ui/font")
 
 local CloseButton = InputContainer:new{
@@ -28,18 +31,24 @@ function CloseButton:init()
         text = "×",
         face = Font:getFace("cfont", 32),
     }
+    padding_span = HorizontalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(14) }
+
     self[1] = FrameContainer:new{
         bordersize = 0,
         padding = 0,
-        text_widget
+        HorizontalGroup:new{
+            padding_span,
+            text_widget,
+            padding_span,
+        }
     }
 
-    self.dimen = text_widget:getSize()
-
     self.ges_events.Close = {
         GestureRange:new{
             ges = "tap",
-            range = self.dimen,
+            -- x and y coordinates for the widget is only known after the it is
+            -- drawn. so use callback to get range at runtime.
+            range = function() return self.dimen end,
         },
         doc = "Tap on close button",
     }