Reading books

Select Read next to a book to open it. Click or tap the edge of the book to turn pages.

As long as you're connected to the internet, you can close the book and reopen it where you left off.

An image of a book open in the reader

Features

Navigation

  • See your progress displayed as a percentage. Your progress percentage may change based on your device, screen size, and text size.
  • Use the navigation bar at the bottom to move forward or backward in the book, or select Previous chapter or Next chapter to skip to previous or upcoming sections.
    Note: On mobile devices, tap the screen to show or hide the navigation bar.
    The navigation bar in the reader displaying section and chapter breaks in the title_ indications of highlighted passages_ and navigation controls
  • Markers in the navigation bar show section breaks and any annotations you've made. Select a marker to jump there.
  • Select Table of contents to open the table of contents. From there, you can search for a chapter or section.

Reference

  • Select Search to search for a word or phrase within the book. Search results are sorted by their order of appearance in the book. You can also see and rerun recent searches.
  • Select Annotations to view and print your annotations.
  • Select Highlight to use highlighter mode.
  • On larger screens, select Print to print the current pager or section.
  • Select Display settings to change your display settings.

    Note: On mobile devices, tap the center of the page, then List more actions to find these options.

    • Theme: Choose Bright (black text on a white background), Sepia (dark red text on a tan background), or Dark (light gray text on a black background).
    • Column layout: On larger screens, choose between one- or two-page display.
    • Text weight, Text size, Typeface, Text alignment, and Line spacing: Adjust various aspects of the text appearance in the book to fit your preferences.

The actions menu

Select List more actions to access more options.

Note: On mobile devices, tap the center of the screen to show this button.

  • Open a guide to keyboard commands.
  • Find the title's author, read a summary, and see how much time you've spent reading.
  • Review or delete your recent activity in the book.
  • Follow a link to LexisNexis Help.