Bookwise present books as a long scroll of text. You can move forward a screen’s-worth at a time by tapping. In this way you can zip about easily to find stuff as fast as you like, but you can also settle in for a long reading session, tapping to scroll with minimal effort.

You’ll see there’s a small amount of info about your book in the top bar, on the left and on the right. If you want to alter what’s shown, tap in those corners. You can also tap the bottom right corner to show info there too.

(Also, you can adjust how everything looks and works in the Settings panel in the Menu.)

You’ll never lose your place in a Bookwise book.

• Bookwise always remembers where you left off.
• You can see where you were before in the “Notes & Highlights” panel (plus you can highlight anything you want to come back to).
• If you jump more than a screen’s-worth away from your current position, an arrow appears at the bottom left. Tap it to return from whence you came.
• Footnotes always include links back to where you were.

You can search a Bookwise book the way you search a web page. Use the menu on your phone or tablet, or type Apple-F or Ctrl-F on your Mac or PC.

The menu is tidied away to avoid distraction, but it’s very easy to use.

Open the menu by tapping near the left edge of the screen. Or swipe the text to the right - either action will do.

Close the menu by tapping your book again. Or tap the ‘Back to your book’ icon.

There’s five icons in a row at the top of the menu. Here’s what they do:

	‘Back To Your Library’ Close your book, and return to the main library page.
	‘Contents’ Every Bookwise book that needs one has a contents page, allowing you to track your progress and quickly get to wherever you like.
	‘Notes & Highlights’ Your reading progress will show up here. So will any notes and highlights you make.
	‘Settings’ You can make your text bigger or smaller, or change fonts here. You can also switch colours, including a red Nightvision mode which is ideal for late night reading since it doesn’t spoil your night vision.
	‘Back To Your Book’ Close the menu, and get back to reading.

You can tap them, or swipe left and right between the menu panels.

Any book that you mark with the hashtag #wanttoread is ‘cached’ automatically so that you can open it again more quickly and without even needing the Internet. You can carry on reading on the train, or anywhere without Internet access - so long as you’ve opened the book before.

Bookwise works like a website, but installs like an app too. It’s a new kind of thing, called a “Progressive Web App”.

If you’re intending to read a whole book, it’s better to install Bookwise. You only have to do it once, and here’s how: