Reader basics

How to turn pages, open the menu, use the table of contents and search inside a book.

When you open a book (EPUB or FB2), the page fills the whole screen. Everything else is one tap away.

Turning pages

Tap the right side to go to the next page and the left side to go back.
Tap the center to open or close the reader menu.
On Android you can turn pages with the volume buttons: go to Settings → Reading → Turn pages with volume buttons and choose Automatic (on together with e-ink mode), Always on or Off. Volume down goes forward and volume up goes back. This isn't possible on iPhone: iOS doesn't let apps use those buttons.

Note: to open Settings, tap your photo (or initial) at the top of Home.

Paged, Slide or Scroll

In the reader settings (the gear in the menu), under Page, choose how the book moves:

Paged: page by page, tapping the sides.
Slide: the page follows your finger as you drag it. Here a tap opens the menu instead of turning the page, so you don't turn pages by accident.
Scroll: continuous text going down. At the end of a chapter, keep pulling up (or tap Next chapter) to move on to the next one.

Switching modes doesn't move you from where you were.

The reader menu

Tapping the center shows a bar at the top with the title, ‹ to leave and a row of icon buttons. You can choose which ones appear in settings → More settings → Toolbar buttons: Day/night, Reading modes, Listen, Sync, Notes, Search, Companion, Contents, Help and Rotation lock. Leave and settings are always there.

At the bottom you'll see your progress and the « and » buttons to jump to the previous or next chapter.

If you ever forget the gestures, the Help button opens How to read.

The Contents button shows the chapters exactly as the book lists them, with its parts and subsections. Parts that contain chapters fold and unfold with the arrow; when you open it, the part you're reading is unfolded. Tap a chapter to go there.

Search in the book

Open the menu and tap Search.
Type a word or phrase. You'll see how many results there are, each with its sentence and chapter.
Tap one to jump to that exact spot.

You can also long-press some text and choose Search in book in the bar that appears.

Bookmarks

The Notes button has Bookmark here to bookmark the page you're on, plus the list of your bookmarks and notes so you can go back to them. More in Highlights and notes.

Images, maps and illustrations

Pinch on the page or long-press an image to open it full screen, where you can zoom in with your fingers or a double tap.

Footnotes and links

Tap a footnote marker (the small raised number) and its text appears in a sheet, without losing your page. To read it in place, tap Go to the note. Links to other parts of the book take you there, and links to websites open in your browser.