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Meet us at FIL Guadalajara · 29 Nov – 2 Dec · Book 30 minutes

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Reading and app

Every book you sell is read under your brand.

Your readers open your ebooks, PDFs and audiobooks in the browser or in the app, offline too. The original file never reaches their device.

A reader curled up in an armchair reads on her phone with headphones on, a tablet open on the armrest.

Wherever your readers are

The same library in the browser and on the phone.

There’s nothing to install: the reader runs in any modern browser. In the app, readers can download their books and audiobooks to read and listen offline, and they always pick up where they left off, whatever the device.

The web reader shows a two-page spread with a minimal toolbar.
The reading app on a phone, with a highlighted passage and the selection toolbar: highlight, note, AI, quote, translate and read aloud.

Formats

Your whole list, in one reader.

  • EPUB

    Text that reflows to any screen, and fixed-layout editions true to the original, with page numbers to search and cite by.

  • PDF

    Zoom, spreads and thumbnails. Smart Zoom turns magazines and newspapers into editions read article by article.

  • Audiobooks

    A streaming player with 0.5× to 2× speed, 30-second skips, chapters and a saved position.

  • Previews

    Samples of every title to try before buying: pages of an ebook, minutes of an audiobook.

Tools

Your readers pick a passage and choose what to do with it.

You decide which tools they see, and switch each one on or off for your shop.

  • Search inside the book, with the passage in context and a jump to the result.
  • Colour-coded highlights and notes, kept in a notebook you can export.
  • Highlights and notes shared by link, for study groups, classrooms and reading groups.
  • Citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver, ABNT and ISO 690, with the page included.
  • Definitions, and translation of any passage into 112 languages.
  • Read-aloud of a page or a selection.
  • Chat with the book: an assistant that summarises, builds quizzes and answers questions about the book.
  • Study cards from any passage.

Made to measure

Every reader reads their own way, on any device.

Themes

Light, dark, the system setting and a high-contrast mode that goes beyond WCAG AA.

Text and page

Font size, line spacing, margins, and single page, spread or continuous scroll.

Keyboard

Full keyboard navigation: pages, search and the audio player.

Protection

You sell your list, and it stays yours.

We never hand over the original file. The reader gets the content encrypted and in parts, and access is checked on every request.

  • Content streamed with AES-256 encryption through signed requests that expire.
  • Limits on simultaneous sessions and devices, which you can revoke at once.
  • The app blocks screenshots, and downloaded content expires automatically.
  • Copying, quoting and sharing are capped, and unusual access triggers anti-piracy defences.

For you

The reader works for your business too.

Embed it

Put the reader on your own site with an iframe: previews on a landing page, in a course or on a kiosk.

Your own tracking

Your own Google Tag Manager inside the reader, respecting cookie consent.

Reading data

Reading and listening sessions, including offline ones from the app, with exportable reports.

Want your readers to find you on their home screen?

As well as the reader, you can have a reading app of your own, under your name, on the App Store and Google Play.

Meet the app with your brand

A book’s page in a branded reading app: cover, author, format, language and the Read button.

Frequently asked questions

Do your readers need to install anything?
Can books be read offline?
How is the content protected?
Can I put the reader on my own site?
Which tools can I switch off?

See the reader with your own books.

In half an hour we show you your EPUBs, PDFs and audiobooks open in the reader, under your brand. No commitment.

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Find any book. Buy it wherever you like.

Search for an ebook or an audiobook and see which independent bookshops sell it. Then buy it from the one you prefer. It’s free and open to everyone.

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