Never see a 14 (because you only have 14 full days during the moment you start the loan) and 0 indicates you're on your last day. A calendar icon with a number in it indicates you have a 14-day loan, and the number tells you how many full days you have left.A clock icon with a number in it indicates that you have a one-hour loan on this book, and the number tells you how many minutes remain.This is telling you something about the loan status of the book. On some books, you may notice a symbol on the bottom left. Related Titles: Search Open Library for similar books, based on author, title, subjects, etc.Change Edition: Choose a different copy of the book to save on your shelf (see Works and Editions below).Book Info: See more information about the book author, publication date, sometimes a description, plus a link to.Return Book: (only shown if you've checked the book out) Return the book before your loan period is over.Manage shelf: The first set of options on the menu allow you to move the book to a different shelf, or remove it.This allows to you take a variety of actions related to the book: To read a book, just tap the cover.Įach book also has a menu button at the top right (three white dots). Your books are represented as pictures of the covers (or sometimes title pages). As you add and remove books, the shelf will stay sorted automatically.
You'll see the books reordering themselves in the background. Tap the type of sort you want to use, and tap twice to change the sort direction.
Tapping it brings up the sort control for that shelf (shelves can be sorted individually). The stack of three lines next to each shelf name is a Sort button. If you have hundreds (or thousands) of books on a shelf, it may take a minute or two for all of them to load the first time you log in. If you see the spinning progress indicator next to a shelf name, the app is currently synchronizing your books with the Open Library site. You can switch between shelves by tapping the shelf name or swiping left and right. Basic operations like adding, movingĪnd removing books are easy in OL Reader, but you may need to go to Open Library for other tasks. OL Reader represents these categories as visual bookshelves, called To Read, Reading, and Have Read (to save space).Īny changes you make to these categories at Open Library will be reflected in OL Reader, and vice versa. Open Library has a feature called My Reading Log where you can place books in three categories: Want to Read, Currently Reading, and Already Read. That won't affect your Open LibraryĪccount at all it just adds another way to log in. Until that's fixed, if you're used to logging in with Google, you'll need to set up a separate password at Open Library to use with this app. Open Library provides the ability to log into your account using your Google credentials, but they don't offer any way for external apps to take advantage of this ability. Once you've logged in to the app, your credentials are securely stored on your device, so you won't need to repeat this step unless you log out or change your password. You need to be logged in to Open Library in order to manage your bookshelves and read books. OL Reader was designed with tablets in mind, and that will give you by far the best experience however, it is fully functional on phones if that's the way you'd like to read your books. If you need offline access, Open Library offers options for downloading books see their FAQ. It would be nice to be able to read books while offline, but the Open Library's checkout system makes that complex. This app can't do much if it loses contact with the Open Library servers. All of your data is stored on the Open Library site, and reading takes place through Open Library's Bookreader web app. OL Reader requires that you have an Open Library (or Internet Archive) account, and that you be connected to the Internet while you use it. Simpler, tablet-oriented interface to the riches available at Open Library. I created it because I love to read, but I wanted a Welcome to the OL Reader app for Open Library.