Read books

You can read books in Yandex Browser. Download a book, choose your convenient mode, and start reading.

Note. Supported book formats: EPUB, FB2, and MOBI.

Add a book to the library

Note. To make the function available, update Yandex Browser.

To open the library:

  1. Tap  in the browser (if you don't see the icon, press the menu button on your smartphone).
  2. Tap Reader.

Add a book:

To find a book, use the SmartBox or search in the Reader  → Search Yandex.

After you follow the link to download the file, it's downloaded and added to the All books section.

You can open the book immediately after that. To do this, tap Read on the panel at the bottom of the screen.

Open the downloaded book in the notification bar
  1. Open the notification bar (to open the bar, swipe down from the top of your smartphone screen).
  2. Tap the file name. After opening the file, the download notification won't be shown in the notification bar.

Open

  1. Tap  in the browser (if you don't see the icon, press the menu button on your smartphone).
  2. Tap Reader.
  3. In All books, tap the book to start reading.
Open the book in another reading app
  1. Tap and hold the book.
  2. In the menu that appears, tap Open with....
  3. Select a reading app from the list.

Read

To go to the next page, tap the right edge of the screen. To go to the previous page, tap the left edge.

To open settings, tap the center of the screen. In settings mode, you can:

  • : Close the book.
  • : Open the table of contents. Tap the title of the chapter to start reading it.
  • : Change font size and margins. To change font size, tap or . Adjust the text width on the screen by tapping one of the icons.
  • : Listen to the book.
  • : Switch to the dark theme. To switch back to the light theme, tap .
  • My books: Open the library.
  • Navigation slider: Jump to the page you need. At the bottom of the screen, drag the slider left or right.

Listen

You can also listen to books in Yandex Browser. You can choose between a female or male voice. To listen to a book:

Method 1
  1. Tap  in the browser (if you don't see the icon, press the menu button on your smartphone).
  2. Tap Reader.
  3. Tap and hold the book.
  4. In the menu that opens, tap Read aloud.
Method 2
Open the book, tap the center of the screen, and then tap the icon.

While listening, use the bottom panel to control the track:

  • : Pause.
  • : Continue reading.
  • : Skip 10 seconds back.
  • : Skip 10 seconds forward.
  • : Select reading speed and voice. If the normal speed doesn't feel right, select fast or very fast reading. You can also select a female or male reader here.
  • : Turn off reading. To make the icon appear, first tap .

Remove

Note. If you remove a book from the library, it remains in your device's memory.
  1. Tap  in the browser (if you don't see the icon, press the menu button on your smartphone).
  2. Tap Reader.
  3. Tap and hold the book.
  4. In the menu that appears, select Remove.

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