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.

View all books

Note

To make the function available, update Yandex Browser.

To view all books, tap МенюDownloadsBooks.

Add a book to the library

Add a book:

To find a book, use the SmartBox.

Download the file, and it will be automatically added to the Books section.

You can open the book immediately after that. To do this, tap Read on the panel at the bottom of the screen. The book will open in a Yandex Browser tab.

Open the downloaded book via the notification panel
  1. Swipe down the upper edge of the phone screen to open the notification panel.
  2. On the panel, tap the file name.
  3. In the list, select Reader. The book will open in a Yandex Browser tab. After you open the file, the notification about it will no longer appear on the panel.
  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. In the lower-right corner, tap Добавить книгу.
  3. Select the file on your device.

The book will be added to the Books section of your downloads.

Open

  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. Tap the book you want to open.

If you've read that book before, it will open on the page where you left off.

Below the title of each book, you can see your current progress (XX% read).

Open the book in another reading app
  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. Find the book you want to open in the list.
  3. To the right of the title, tap Меню.
  4. In the menu that appears, tap Open with...
  5. Select a reading app from the list.

Read

Tap the right edge of the screen to turn the page, and the left edge to return to the previous page.

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

  • Downloads — Open the library.

  • Открыть оглавление — Open the table of contents. To go to a specific chapter, tap its title.

  • Изменить размер шрифта и отступы — Change the font size and margins. To change the font size, tap Увеличить шрифт or Уменьшить шрифт. You can adjust the text width on the screen with the icons Ширина текста.

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  • Темная темаLayer 1 — Switch to the dark theme. To switch to the light theme, tap Светлая тема.

  • Navigation slider: Jump to the page you need. At the bottom of the screen, drag the slider left or right.

To close the book:

  1. Tap the center of the screen.
  2. Tap the tab counter on the bottom panel (Вкладки if you have seven tabs open).
  3. Swipe the page left or right or tap Закрыть in the upper-right corner of the tab.

Listen

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

  1. Open the book.
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While listening, you can control the narration on the bottom panel:

  • Поставить на паузу — Pause.

  • Продолжить чтение — Continue reading.

  • Прокрутить на 10 секунд назад — Skip 10 seconds back.

  • Прокрутить на 10 секунд вперед — Skip 10 seconds forward.

  • Выбрать скорость чтения и голос — 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.

  • Выключить чтение — Turn off reading. To make the icon appear, first tap Поставить на паузу.

Delete

Note

If you remove a book from the library, it remains in your device's memory.

  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. To the right of the title, tap Меню.
  3. In the menu that appears, select Remove.

Share

You can share a book via other apps:

  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. To the right of the title, tap Меню.
  3. In the menu that appears, tap Share.
  4. In the list, select the app where you want to share the book.

Settings

Sort books

  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. In the upper-right corner, tap Меню.
  3. Select the option you need in the Sort by section:
    • Recent: Books are sorted by the date they were last opened.
    • Download date: Books are sorted by the date they were added to the library.
    • Name: Books are sorted alphabetically.

Download settings

  1. Tap МенюReader.
  2. In the upper-right corner, tap Меню → Settings.
  3. Set the download settings:
    • File storage directory: Select a folder to save books.
    • Download files without notification: Enable the option for automatic downloads.

Search in downloaded books

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  3. Enter the book title in the search bar.
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