EbookReader android v4 0 guide

Ebook Reader app - A simple guide for Android users (v1.0) Logging in to the app (and logging out) 1.1 Logging in to the app 1.2 Logging out of the app Downloading your purchase Reading your book / using the in-book options menu Adding more books to your bookshelf 4.1 Via the eBooks.com store 4.2 Importing your own ebooks 4.3 Downloading from the web Managing collections 5.1 Creating a collection 5.2 Adding or removing books from a collection 5.3 Deleting a collection Deleting or re-downloading a book Further help and assistance Logging in to the app (and logging out) You don’t need to log in to the app in order to use it However you need to log in in order to: download a purchase from eBooks.com access the online store create and use collections backup your annotations (bookmarks, notes, highlights) on to our online backup server We recommend staying logged in to the app at all times You don’t have to be connected to the internet to remain logged in, but if you log out of the app you will need an internet connection to log back in 1.1 Logging in to the app Step 1: Launch the app & press the login icon Press the login icon in the top left corner to bring up the login box Step 2: Enter your ebooks.com username & password and tap Login button If you have not previously created an account you can so by tapping “No account yet? Register please.” 1.2 Logging out of the app We recommend staying logged in to the app at all times But you may want to log out if for instance you have multiple people using one device (i.e a family tablet and each family member has their own bookshelf) Step 1: Launch the app & press the menu icon Step 2: Press Logout, then confirm by pressing OK Downloading your purchase So you have made a purchase and want to know how to download it to the app In these instructions we are going to assume you have launched the app on your Android device and logged in If you haven’t already done this please follow the steps detailed in 1.1 Logging in to the app, then return to this section Step 1: Scroll down to the book you wish to download and tap the cover Step 2: Tap Download to begin download of the book Step 3: Once the download finishes, the book will open and paginate Please wait for pagination to reach 100% before reading your book If it gets stuck or doesn’t complete, please exit the book and reopen it Reading your book / using the in-book options menu When you have a book open the controls are simple Tap the right side of the screen to turn forward a page Tap the left side of the screen to turn backward a page Tap the middle of the screen to bring up the menu Note you can also swipe your finger from right to left to turn the page when reading an EPUB, or swipe bottom to top to turn the page when reading a PDF Once you have opened the menu you have multiple options across the top of the screen: Add a bookmark Add a note Highlight text Along the bottom of the screen you have the menu bar You can swipe to scroll through the options, or press the next arrow (4) There is also a slide bar where you can quickly press and drag the slider to jump to any page in your book (5) Step 3: Press the menu icon, then All books All books means the app will search your devices memory and display all books possible to import, both PDF and EPUB Step 4: Select the books you want to import, then press Import You can select book, or as many as you like If you want to import all books, just press the to highlight them all icon Step 5: Return to bookshelf and start reading 4.3 Downloading from the web Many websites offer free ebooks available to download Or many website offer reports and other documents in PDFs Using Ebook Reader you can download these files directly from your browser to Ebook Reader Note that in order to download books from the internet the files need to be DRM-free and either EPUB or PDF format Step 1: Launch your web browser and navigate to your website of choice Step 2: Press the download link to initiate download Step 3: Press Ebook Reader, then press Just once Or press Always if you want to always use Ebook Reader to open this file type Managing collections Creating collections is a good way of organising and grouping your books Please note you need to be logged in to the app to access the collection menu 5.1 Creating a collection Step 1: Launch the app, press the collections icon, then Manage collections Step 2: Add a new collection Press the new collection button Enter the collection name of your choice (e.g Young Adult Fiction, History textbooks, Autobiographies, Holiday reads, Vampire romance, Book club) Press Save Press the back button to return to your bookshelf 5.2 Adding or removing books from a collection Step 1: Press the collections icon, then select the collection Step 2: Select the books to add/remove to this collection Press the edit collection icon Tap each book you want to add to the collection, so the green tick is showing Tap any book you want to remove from the collection, so the green tick is removed from the cover Press the edit collection icon again to save your changes Note that pressing the X for a book will delete the book from the device (not just the collection) 5.3 Deleting a collection Step 1: Launch the app, press the collections icon, then Manage collections Step 2: Press the X icon, then OK, then the back icon Deleting or re-downloading a book Deleting books can create more space on your device If they are in your eBooks.com account they can always be re-downloaded Or if you are having trouble with a book, re-downloading the file may help resolve the problem Step 1: Press and hold the book cover you wish to delete / redownload Step 2: Select Re-download, or Remove from shelf Further help and assistance For more assistance downloading books to your device, please first check our troubleshooter For any other help or assistance please contact our support team ... Once the download finishes, the book will open and paginate Please wait for pagination to reach 100 % before reading your book If it gets stuck or doesn’t complete, please exit the book and reopen... download it to the app In these instructions we are going to assume you have launched the app on your Android device and logged in If you haven’t already done this please follow the steps detailed in... zooms in instead Decrease font size For PDF ebooks the symbol is just (-) and zooms out instead 10 Search within the entire text of the book 11 Share menu: twitter, facebook, google+ and email