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Read books

You can use Yandex Start to read books. 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 the app.

To open the library:

  1. Tap Services .

  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 from 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, a notification about it will not be displayed in the bar.
  1. Tap  → Upload from device.
  2. Select the file on your device.

The book will be added to the All books section.

Open

  1. Tap Services .

  2. Tap Reader.
  3. In All books, tap the book to start reading.

  1. Tap Services .

  2. Tap Reader.
  3. In the Now reading section, tap the book you want to read. This will open the page where you left off.

Every book has a icon indicating the percentage that you've read.

Open the book in another reader 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. The following actions are available in the settings:

: Close the book.
: Open the table of contents. Tap the title of the chapter to start reading it.
: Change the font size and margins. To change the 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 the app. You can choose between a female or male voice. To listen to a book:

Method 1

  1. Tap Services .

  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, you can use voice-over controls on the bottom panel:

: Pause.
: Continue reading.
: Skip 10 seconds back.
: Skip 10 seconds forward.
: Select the reading speed and voice. If the normal speed doesn't feel right, you can select fast or very fast reading. You can also select a female or male reader here.
: Turn off voice-over. 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 Services .

  2. Tap Reader.
  3. Tap and hold the book.
  4. In the menu that appears, select Remove.
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