The new eBooks.com app is now available. If you want to install it please see the instructions here.

Please note that the eBooks.com app and the Ebook Reader app are completely different apps, so simply updating the Ebook Reader app will not work.

If you need help with our legacy Ebook Reader app please see the help section for our Ebook Reader app.

The eBooks.com app is our new reader app for iOS Android and Kindle Fire devices. It is intended to replace our legacy Ebook Reader app. If you have the Ebook Reader app installed on your device please install the eBooks.com app. Please note: annotations in the Ebook Reader app will not be automatically transferred to the eBooks.com app due to incompatibility between the app renderers.

If you need help with instructions on downloading an ebook to the eBooks.com app you can find that here.

This guide is intended to cover the rest of the app's functionality once you have already downloaded your ebook.

Reading your ebook / in-book options

When the app opens it will display your Library. Tap the cover of your ebook to open it in the app.

If your Reading Direction is set to "Flip left & right" (this is the default), then to turn pages, you can tap the left and right sides of the screen. Or you can swipe left and right. You can also use your device volume up and down buttons to turn pages (when audio isn't playing).

If you are using "Scroll up & down" as your Reading Direction then you swipe up and down to move back and forth within that chapter, then tap the left and right sides of the screen to move between chapters.

Selected Text Menu

When you select some text in your ebook a Selected Text Menu will appear on the screen.

Highlight

To create a highlight simply select the color you want to apply (orange, green, blue, or purple) and the highlight will be applied to the currently selected text.

Note

If you want add a note, select the Note icon. This will open a larger note creation menu.

You can select a color for the note icon that will be displayed on the page once the note has been applied. Then you have the note text field where you can enter the text for your note.

Once you have entered your note and selected a note color, then select the Save button.

If you wish to cancel and not create a note then select the X icon.

A completed note will appear in the margin of your ebook like this:

Select the note icon and the note will be displayed.

Copy

If you select the "Copy" button and the text will be copied to your clipboard (if the publisher allows copying). Copying text will use up part of your copy allocation from the publisher. Once you have reached the limit, no more copying will be allowed until the allocation resets.

Share

The "Share" button is similar to the Copy function, but rather than just copy the text to your clipboard it will allow you to share the selected text via another app (social media, email, etc.). As it is effectively the same as copying it is subject to the same copy allocation, and won't be available if the publisher does not allow copying.

In-book Menu

If you tap the middle of the ebook page it will bring up the main in-book menu.

	In the top left you will find an X icon which, when selected, will close the book and return you to your Library.
	In the top right is the Bookmark icon. If you select it the icon will change showing that this page has now been bookmarked. To remove a bookmark simply select the icon again.
	This is the Progress Slider. Slide the dot along the line to jump to any part of the ebook.
	This opens the Chapters window. When the Chapters window is open, select a chapter or section in the table of contents to jump to that chapter or section in the ebook. Within the Chapters window, if you select "About this ebook" it will display some bibliographic information about the ebook To close the Chapters window select the X icon.
	This opens the Search window. When the Search window is open, enter your search term to see all the times that term appears within the ebook. Select a result to jump to it in the ebook. Each instance will be highlighted on the page. These highlights will remain visible, even if you close the Search sidebar. To remove them, either search for a new term, or delete the search term in the Search window. To close the Search sidebar select the X icon.
	This opens the Annotations window. When the Annotations window is open, you can switch between three Notes, Bookmarks and Highlights tabs to view your annotations. If you select any annotation it will take you to it's position in the ebook. You can also sort the annotations by page number, color, or last modified. If you select the menu icon (three dots) next to an annotation, you will have the option to go to it in the ebook, or edit the annotation, or to delete it. To close the Annotations window select the X icon. Creating an annotation: Information on creating annotations appeared earlier in the guide. Here are links to the information on how to create bookmarks, notes, and highlights.
	This opens the Settings window. Here you can alter the display settings for the ebook. The settings options are: Text size Use the slider to adjust the text size. Bold Select to make all of the text within the ebook bold. Or select again to revert. Font Choose between Simple, Traditional, and Open Dyslexic fonts. Color Select the theme for the ebook pages. The default is to match the them on your device, but you can select from Light, Dark, Soft, Outdoors, or you can select your own custom page color and text color. Reading direction If your Reading Direction is set to "Flip left & right" (this is the default), then to turn pages, you can tap the left and right sides of the screen. Or you can swipe left and right. You can also use your device volume up and down buttons to turn pages (when audio isn't playing). If you are using "Scroll up & down" as your Reading Direction then you swipe up and down to move back and forth within that chapter, then tap the left and right sides of the screen to move between chapters. Spacing & layout This opens the Layout menu which allows you to adjust text alignment, Line spacing, word spacing, page margins, and letter spacing. Brightness Use the slider to adjust the brightness within the app, independent of your device's brightness settings. Rotation Select the lock icon to lock the screen rotation regardless of your device's orientation. Select it again to unlock. To reset your settings to the default at an time, select the Reset option at the top of the Settings window. To close the Settings window select the X icon.

Library

When you open the app it will display your Library tab. All ebooks in your account will be displayed. Tap the cover of any ebook showing a cloud symbol to download it. Tap the cover of any downloaded ebook to open it.

Below the cover of each ebook a progress bar is displayed showing your progress in that ebook.

There is also a menu icon below each book. Tap this to bring up the following options:

Resume reading:

This opens the ebook so you can read it (the exact same as simply tapping the cover of the ebook in your library)

Mark as finished:

This changes the progress bar to a green FINISHED icon, so you can easily see that you have completed reading this ebook.

Add to collection...:

You can use this to add an ebook to a collection of your choice. Ebooks can be placed in multiple collections at once, and it will not remove the ebook from your library.

When you tap "Add to collection..."  it will display all of your currently created collections. Tap the collection to add the ebook. If you have not created a collection yet you can do so by selecting "Create new collection".

Collections

On the Library screen, by default it will display "All ebooks", however if you select "Collections" you can switch to viewing only ebooks in that collection.

If you have not created a collection yet you will be prompted to do so. If you select the plus (+) icon next to "Your Collections" it will open a new screen to create your collection.

Give your collection a name, and then assign your collection an icon. Then select "Create Collection".

Once a collection has been created, you can add individual books using the menu icon below the ebook as shown here.

Bookshelf View

Below the collection tabs, on the left side, are two icons that allow you to change how your bookshelf is displayed.

Tile View

The ebook covers are displayed as tiles. Three tiles to a row.

Rows View

Each ebook has it's own row and they are displayed as a list.

An example of each view is shown below:

Tile View	Rows View

Bookshelf Sort

Below the collection tabs, on the right side, is the sort icon that allow you to change how your bookshelf is ordered.

You can choose from the following options:

• Recently added
• Recently read
• Book title (A-Z)
• Author name (A-Z)

Search

If you select the search tab, this will enable you to search through all of the ebooks in your account.

You can search by title or author. And results will be displayed in relevance order.

Account

The Account tab is divided in to 4 sections:

Reading

Selecting "Update Library" will have the app contact our server and refresh the list of ebooks in your account. If you have recently purchased an ebook but it isn't yet showing in the app, selecting this can help.

Customize

If you select "Accessibility" you will be shown our accessibility options.

Toolbar labels

Will remove the text underneath the icons in the in-book menu.

Highlight and note borders

This will change the way highlights and notes appear in ebook to make them more visible, or less obtrusive, depending on your preference.

Your reading experience

This contains some of the same functionality as the Settings in the in-book menu.

Text size

Use the slider to adjust the text size.

Bold

Select to make all of the text within the ebook bold. Or select again to revert.

Font

Choose between Simple, Traditional, and Open Dyslexic fonts.

Color

Select the theme for the ebook pages. The default is to match the them on your device, but you can select from Light, Dark, Soft, Outdoors, or you can select your own custom page color and text color.

Reading direction

If your Reading Direction is set to "Flip left & right" (this is the default), then to turn pages, you can tap the left and right sides of the screen. Or you can swipe left and right. You can also use your device volume up and down buttons to turn pages (when audio isn't playing).

If you are using "Scroll up & down" as your Reading Direction then you swipe up and down to move back and forth within that chapter, then tap the left and right sides of the screen to move between chapters.

Spacing & layout

This opens the Layout menu which allows you to adjust text alignment, Line spacing, word spacing, page margins, and letter spacing.

Support

Here if you select "Help" it will take you to our help centre where you can search help articles to address any issues you are having, or read this guide for more information on using the app.

If you can't find the help that you need, please contact our support team. Please tell us that the issue is occurring with the new eBooks.com app (as opposed to the legacy Ebook Reader app), also mention which of your ebooks experienced the problem, and whether you downloaded the PDF or EPUB (if the ebook is available in both formats). If you experience an error message please send a screenshot. For any other error or issue please do send a screenshot and/or explain in detail what the issue is. We can then investigate and resolve the problem.

Manage

Here you can select "Logout" to sign out of your account.