Bookari User Manual
Bookari User Manual
Table of contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................. 7
2.7.3 How to change the cover or a metadata (title, authors,) of an item .....22
2.8.1.2 Available options when one or more items are selected .........25
4.6.2 Seeing others annotations in the book (Paid plans only) ........74
1 Introduction
Bookari is a powerful and user-friendly platform for PDF and EPUB documents, support-
ing the Adobe DRM technology. It is compatible with any Android 4.0+ smartphone and
tablet.There is also a version for iOS smartphones and tablets, which is compatible with
the latest version of iOS and the previous major update.
There are two Editions of the Bookari Reader, the Free edition and the Premium Edition.
The detailed comparison between them is available here:
http://www.bookari.com/book-reader-editions-comparisons/
The Bookari Reader includes a Free Cloud Plan allowing you to Sync your library be-
tween your devices. There are also paid plans with advanced functions.
3
- The new books from one of our partner bookstores
1
If you have a Bookari Cloud paid plan
2
If you have a Bookari Cloud paid plan
3
Only in the Free version
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The Books and Notes sections are very similar with respect to their structure and
behavior. They include:
A header which contains controls to change the sort criterion and order and to
select items, an information label on the current filter and the number of avail-
able elements;
A central area, which contains a list of items. In the Books section, the way
these items are displayed can be changed, from a list with detailed information
to a simpler view with only covers and titles;
A retractable filters panel on the right that allows direct access by collection,
tag, author, format ...
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Two display options (sort criterion / order) and a few buttons are present in this header,
as explained in the following table:
Hint: You can click on the Search button of your device (if any) to quickly access
the search option of the active module.
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Sort the displayed list by the title, author or other criteria for
which an alphabetical order applies
The toolbar contains icons that allow triggering general operations, such as adding new
books, changing the display mode
The toolbar is located at the bottom of the display, on both smartphones and tablets:
Caution: The toolbar can scroll horizontally. On small displays, not all the options
can be visible at the same time. In such a case, scrolling with a lateral swipe on the
toolbar will reveal more options.
Some functions apply to specific items: classify, tag, remove, etc They are accessible
only when they can apply, i.e. when at least one item is selected.
The general toolbar buttons are replaced by the available options, and is also
scrollable if the display is too small to display all the options available:
o Android:
Add tags to one or several items in the same time. Please refer to
the 2.3 Classifying and indexing the books section.
Arrange
Please refer to the 2.3 Classifying and indexing the books section
You can organize and classify your contents in order to quickly retrieve a specific ele-
ment thanks to two slightly different tools: tags and collections. Both are additional
pieces of information (meta-data) associated to a book or a note:
A tag is an arbitrary string label and can be associated with several elements;
A collection is like a tag, an arbitrary string label and can be associated with
several elements. However:
Like other metadata, tags and collections can be renamed (see Using filters below).
Tags are created on the fly, when they are associated to an element. Managing the tags
associated to an element is straightforward:
From the toolbar, after having selected, at least one item in the list, tapping on
Android devices only Using the overflow button on each item and se-
lecting the Tag menu
Enter the tag name. While you type, Bookari Reader suggests existing tag
names. You can select one of them to use an existing tag, or type a new tag
name.
From the toolbar, after having selected, at least one item in the list, tapping on
Android devices only Using the overflow button on each item and se-
lecting the Arrange menu
1. In the main screen, when you are in list view or details view, check the boxes
corresponding to the books or notes that you want to add to a certain collec-
tion. Then:
2. A window opens where you can choose the collection or sub-collection where
you want to add the items, in the collapsible tree of collections.
3. In this window, you can also create the collection on the fly thanks to the
button.
While tags are created only on the fly when you associate them with elements, collec-
tions can be also created beforehand, before associating elements to them. There are
several possible ways to create a collection:
By pressing the icon near the My collections label in the left column
of the Books or Notes sections on tablets, or in the Filter/Collection panel
on smartphones
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On Android only: In the Collections Manager screen, which you access by tap-
Then by pressing the Plus icon next to My collections in the top right side of the
screen.
In both cases, a popup window opens where you can type the name of your collection or
sub-collection and select its parent collection in the Parent spinner (by default, the par-
ent is My collections). You save your new collection by pressing the Create button.
When you are in the Library Manager screen, the default parent collection is the current
collection (colored bar on the left edge of the thumbnail in the tree of collections). If you
want to create a sub-collection with a different parent from the default one, you can
change it with the Parent spinner.
Another way to create a sub-collection in the Library Manager is to check the box next to
the desired parent collection and to tap on the down arrow besides to open the drop-
down menu where you can select Create sub-collection:
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You exit the Collections Manager by tapping on the < icon on the top left of the screen.
The way to do it is the same as for books (see 2.3 Classifying and indexing the
books )
Filters are available in the Books and Notes sections. By default, the selected filter is
Collections.
To select a filter, tap on Collections on the top of the right side panel in the main
screen of the section, and choose in the drop-down list.
Tags
Authors
Publishers
Series
o Please note that for creating series you must fill the two input areas.
1. On a phone, drag from right to left to show the Filters side panel
Select the items to remove with a long press on an item to enter selection
mode, then with a tap on other items to select / deselect or with the select
all button displayed in the header bar after at least one item is selected;
Confirm.
Click on the standard Search button of your device (some devices do not
have such a button) or on the Search button in the toolbar (or in the upper
right corner on some devices). The search panel appears as shown below:
The module (Books) lists all the EPUB and PDF documents present in your bookshelf.
By default, all these electronic documents are listed with some information:
Title or File name, Author, Addition Date or Last Access, Expiration date for
eBooks
Tags (Please refer to the What are Tags and how to use them for more in-
formation about Tags)
Rating
List
Please refer to 3.1 Reading PDF / EPUB eBooks or documents to discover more about
the Reading functions.
With Bookari Cloud: please refer to section 4.6 Sharing books and social
reading
NOTA:
When importing eBooks, tags are automatically extracted from the eBook
metadata.
A double tap on a book in the list opens the Book Information window.
If you tap on a label followed by the icon you can edit it.
A tap on the cover image displays it in a full screen which allows you to replace
it with another one to choose in your own collection of images.
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When the file of a book has been accidentally deleted from the device or moved to an-
other folder with an external file manager, its thumbnail gets displayed in lighter colors
on your Books.
either with a long press on the thumbnail to open the book information window
and press the Search button near the access path of the previous file
or by simply opening the book and press Search in the popup. Then you can
navigate to the new location of the file on the device (in case of a deleted file
youve downloaded the file again somewhere) and select it.
It is important to do this way instead of re-importing the book in the app because re-
importing would only create a second entry on the Books, having no connection with the
previous bookmarks, notes and highlights.
When you need to move the file of a book present in your app, you can do it with a dou-
ble tap press on the thumbnail to open its information window and by pressing the Move
button near the access path of the file in this window.
There is also a dynamic collection called Without files for the books that are non-
synchronized and without their book file, what helps you to detect them.
Bookari Reader allows creating standalone text or sketched notes. They can be
attached to a page or a highlight in a document, or simply standalone .
It also allows storing words that have been looked up into a dictionary into a
personal lexicon . The entries of this lexicon are also considered as annota-
tions.
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The Notes tab lists all the highlights, notes and annotations as well as the
words from the personal lexicon.
Title
Tags (Please refer to 2.3 Classifying and indexing the books for more infor-
mation about Tags)
An avatar icon if the annotation was not created by you but one of your con-
tacts
In addition to the common options described in 2.2 Common commands for books and
annotations lists, a few additional functions are available in the toolbar of the Notes
tab. Once again, the available options displayed depend on whether there are selected
items or not.
Create a note
Select the people from whom you want to see the annota-
tions
Please refer to 0
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Creating and editing a note to know more about the creation of notes.
Please refer to 3.2 Sharing books, selected text and annotations through my other
applications to know more about the Sharing functions.
This module allows you to browse through hundreds of online free or paid catalogs
compliant with the OPDS catalog format, and to download any electronic book you dis-
cover into your personal Bookshelf.
My feeds: Here you can add any OPDS Catalogs you want or the URLs of
your favorite bookstores on the web
Some functions are available. The following table lists all icons and their functions:
In the Books section, click on the document you want to read. It will be opened on the
last read page or on the first page if not opened before.
Use the scrollbar (to display it, press the Menu button of your device, or simply
touch the center of the page)
Click on the current page number to open the Go to page popup; enter the
desired page number in the popup window; click on OK
Some display options are controlled with finger gestures on the page:
Swipe up / down to increase / decrease the font size (for EPUB or reflowed
PDF)
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Drag the page with your finger to move around (in a PDF)
The Display Settings icon controls other display options, as described below.
In "Horizontal" mode, you can turn pages using left to right swipe gesture. A
fast and long gesture will start a fast scroll, whereas a simple tap will turn only
1 page.
In "Vertical scroll" and Auto scroll modes, you can continuously scroll using a
vertical swipe gesture
In Horizontal scroll mode, when you zoom on a page, the next page is not
zoomed. It allows you to quickly find the interest areas of the new page.
In Vertical Scroll mode, the zoom level is always remembered when you move
from page to page
Many reading options have been thought to make your reading easier. The following
table lists all of these options with their icons and explains how to use them:
Item Function/Action
The icon will appear and the page number will be added to
the bookmark list
To take a text or sketch note. Tap this icon to call the next two
icons below.
Annotate
Draw
Write
Open the Navigation panel. You will see 4 tabs: TOC, Book-
marks, Highlights, Notes.
Navigation
The list of all the chapters, highlights, notes or bookmarks in
the current eBook will be displayed, depending on the tab
Highlight
See the Looking for a word in the book chapter for more in-
formation.
Search
Scroll
NOTA: This option does not remove the original PDF margins
You can switch to night mode with a tap on the / icon in the toolbar or
on the top right bar, depending on devices and Android versions.
As explained in the next section, you can customize your night theme.
You can customize everything you want like fonts, margins, colors For this, tap the
Theme icon in the toolbar to open the Theme selection, then press the New button.
When youve typed the name of a new theme, the customization screen appears.
You can choose a custom theme for the day mode and another one for the night mode.
By default, there is a night mode default theme and you can create your own night
mode theme. To select it as the night mode to choose when switching to night mode
with the toggle, you just need to select it as a custom theme when you are in night mode
and it will be remembered.
By default, bookmarks display the page on the book and the date that you created it. It
you want to display your own title to use it as a custom Table Of Content item:
3.1.3.4.1 To highlight
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Click on the toolbar icon to activate the highlight mode . The high-
light panel appears under the header as shown below:
Choose the color between all the colored disks displayed or using the icon to
open the color chooser popup:
You can hide the panel staying in highlight mode using the icon
Tap on a highlight
The actions popup appears with all available actions in the highlight:
Free Edition
Validate
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See 3.1.3.5 Using the vocal synthesis option for detailed description
3.1.3.4.2.3 Deleting
After saving your note, you will see the icon near the highlight or on the top of
the page.
By clicking on the icon, you can edit it (see section Erreur ! Source du ren-
voi introuvable. Erreur ! Source du renvoi introuvable.)
After saving your note, you will see the icon in the page as previously de-
scribed.
By clicking on the icon, you can edit it (see section Erreur ! Source du ren-
voi introuvable. Erreur ! Source du renvoi introuvable.)
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3.1.3.4.2.7 Sharing
Free
By default, the most recently used type of highlighting type and color is selected. You
can change the type of highlighting and color by pressing the corresponding options in
the popup.
From a selection you can do other operations such as adding a note, sharing, searching
for a word in the dictionary, listening to the excerpt, copying the selection or even remov-
ing highlight.
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The text to speech function only works on PDF and EPUB files (it does not work on notes
By default, the whole text is read. If you have selected a text, only this text will be read.
Stop reading the text by clicking on the cross icon in the Text to Speech panel.
Jump to the previous block of text with the backward arrow button.
Jump to the next block of text with the forward arrow button.
Set the tone of the reading voice with the tone slider
C. By clicking on the popup icon after selecting text to listen to the selected
text only
You have permissions to use it (in case of DRM protected books). To see the
permissions you have on the book you can view the metadata information of
The current book has the language information set. You can do it on the
Text to Speech uses any of the preinstalled languages that come with the device. You
can buy more languages on Google Play.
Text to Speech uses any of the preinstalled voices that come with the device. You can
buy more voices on Google Play.
Click on the standard Search button of your device (some devices do not have such a
button) or on the Search button in the toolbar (or in the upper right corner on some
devices).
Results appear gradually grouped by chapter with the page number on the
right.
Use the < and > signs to navigate to the previous or next occurrence of the
word in the book.
Item Function/Operation
Font Size
Manage the margin depth using the scroll bar. Please refer to
3.1.3.8.1 Using Crop Option
Crop
The text loses its layout (this option works pretty well on liter-
acy books, but can give unexpected results in documents with
complex page layouts such as technical books).
Reflow
Screen rotation
Themes
o Manuel crop: Use the red handles to set the margins on each page
Click on the icon to go back to your document with your selected mar-
gins options
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Please note that for some protected PDF documents a password will be required to
open.
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From the reader: while you are reading an eBook or a document, click on the reader
Open the color chooser popup with the toolbar icon as shown below:
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From the color selector by moving the selector circle and clicking on it
From your last used colors by clicking on the disks at the bottom
Draw
Save
Google
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
If ColorDict is installed on your device, you also can search a word in ColorDict .
You can add embedded dictionaries in the Dictionaries section of the settings as de-
scribed in the Setting my embedded dictionaries section .
If the selected dictionary is embedded the definition of the word appears under
the search area (Case 1), if it is remote the definition is displayed in an inte-
grated web browser (Case 2), if you have selected ColorDict, the definition ap-
pears in a ColorDict window (Case 3)
Case 3: ColorDict
You can download embedded dictionaries in the global preferences. See the Download-
ing embedded dictionaries section in the next chapter.
You can see again the definitions you have added by activating the Notes tab and filter it
by the type Lexicon.
On Android devices, thanks to the share icon, you can share books, text selec-
tions from books, notes and word definitions using one of your Android applications
allowing you to share.
o If you have selected more than one book, the books will be sent
compressed in a zip file
Tap your comment and click on the submit" button. Your comment will
be added. It will be seen by all the users with whom the note was shared.
In Notes, select one or several notes. Then you can see the icon Review sheet in the
toolbar.
Tap this icon to display the review sheet to see how it looks like before sharing it. A pop
up will ask you if you want to include the comments on the notes, if at least one of the
selected notes has been commented.
Click on the Preferences icon in the toolbar (Ipad / Iphones) or in the main navi-
gation panel in Android Devices.
Store Accounts
External Services
Options
o Bookshelf
o Reader
o Dictionaries
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User Interface
Help
About
Bookari allows you to activate multiple DRM accounts. You can use your Adobe ID, a
Vendor ID or an URMS Account
Activate. The current Adobe ID is shown in the Adobe DRM Section. You can
deactivate it by selecting the Disable this account option
Click on Automatic search to select the folders that Bookari Reader will scan when
importing eBooks and documents.
Click on Import with covers to choose the strategy to import book covers:
Always
On demand
Never
Click on generate book covers to generate the missing book covers. Be careful: it could
be slow on large libraries.
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Important note: Some options are only available in the Premium Edition such as Enable
animations, Enable magnifier, Show page border, Gestures and Keys.
Select Screen always on if you want to disable the devices automatic screen
power off
Select the screen orientation you want between Portrait, Landscape and Au-
tomatic (default)
You can also post your question into Bookari Support through the Help section.
Click on the Help section and go to Bookari Support, a support platform that allows
you to:
- Send us a message
4 Bookari Cloud
Bookari Cloud makes it easy to read on the go, discuss with friends about your preferred
excerpts from the latest best-seller, help each other to get a better understanding of
some obscure passage, or do collaborative bibliographic research, directly from the
books.
Access your books and annotations from your personal space on Bookari
Cloud
Manage the contacts that you will use to share your documents
On the first launch the app displays the login screen. Thanks to it, you can login in to
your Bookari Cloud or create one.
2. Sign up for the Free or a Paid plan of your choice according to your needs
You can create your account from Bookari Reader or from Bookari Cloud.
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a. From Bookari Reader: In the Settings, tap on Sign in in the Sync and
sharing section.
2. Complete your e-mail, pseudo and password in the New user form.
3. Validate. Within minutes you will receive a confirmation e-mail of your account
in your mailbox.
4. Click on the link provided by this e-mail, your account will be activated from
this moment.
4.1.2 Subscribing
3. Choose the plan which suits you best. The plans descriptions are available
here: https://my.bookari.com/cms/pricing
4. Click on Next
5. Verify your Order information. If its ok, click on the Subscribe button for
payment through the Paypal system or use the payment form embedded in the
page if you live outside of the USA. If you use the Paypal system, you will be
redirected to the paypal website
6. Enter your email and password on the paypal website and click on the Log in
button.
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7. Check the Amount in the Review your payment page. If its ok, click on
Agree and Pay. Your purchase will be completed. You can:
8. If you choose the a. option and go to Bookari Cloud, you will see :
Bookari Reader automatically backs up your books and annotations on Bookari Cloud
and synchronizes them between all your devices.
When you open a book that you are also reading on another device, it will be opened on
the same last page that you opened, no matter the device on which it was. This allows
you to easily resume where you left off regardless of which device you are using.
Enter your Bookari Cloud login and password or sign in with a Gmail or Face-
book account by clicking on Sync and sharing
The Bookari Cloud account screen is displayed with your Cloud information
and options. Please read the default options carefully and change it if you
want.
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Click on synchronize (in the toolbar). This will mark the selected books as to
be synchronized.
o If you want to force the synchronization, you can use the Refresh
Enter your Bookari Cloud login and password or sign in with a Gmail or Face-
book account by clicking on Sync and sharing
The Bookari Cloud account screen is displayed with your Cloud information
and options. Please read the default options carefully and change it if you
want.
2/ When you return to the Books list, you will be asked if you want to sync. Just select
YES and all the changes on device A will be sent to device B.
You can now browse your bookshelf online through the web interface available at
Bookari Cloud (See description in the 4.5 Showing my books and annotations in
Bookari Cloud section)
Local / Unsynced : the book or the annotation exists on the device only
Archived : the book or the annotation exists on the cloud only. This state
is marked with the icon. When you open an archived book or graphical annota-
tion, the files are automatically downloaded.
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Archived and DRM Protected : you need to download the book before
opening it. When you try to open it for the first time, a popup invites you to
download it from the store where you purchased it.
Modifications made through the Web interface or from another device will be
reflected for these items the next time that the device synchronizes. By default,
it synchronizes every 30 minutes. This can be changed in the settings.
Real-time synchronizations can also occur when you exit a book. If you are
connected, the last read page and the books annotations will be immediately
visible on the cloud and downloaded on the other devices.
By default the application shows all items. You can use the "Filter" button in the toolbar
Select the items you want and click on the Sync button and then on the Syn-
chronize option . The file will be tagged as to be uploaded to Bookari Cloud and its
status becomes Synchronized.
Select the items you want and click on the Sync button and then on the Ar-
chive option in the toolbar. The file will be uploaded to Bookari Cloud and deleted from
the device. Its status becomes Archived
Select the items you want and click on the Sync button and then on the M
option . The file will be deleted from Bookari Cloud and its status becomes
Local if the item is synchronized and it just disappears if it was Archived.
Automatic Sync is enabled by default every 60 minutes. You can modify the synchroni-
zation frequency in the Sync and Sharing section of the Settings. To manually sync,
tap the center of your screen to activate the toolbar. Tap the Refresh button on the
toolbar .
To view your documents on Bookari Cloud you must enter your login and password in
the login form.
Once you are logged in, you will see under your avatar number of documents you have:
X Books
Click on one of them to access to your books and annotations (paid plans only)
The left sidebar provides direct links from a selection of filters for simple and powerful
navigation.
Click on the item of your choice, the content area on the right will refresh
From the Bookari Cloud website you can for each book:
Delete from everywhere : to delete the document from each one of your devic-
es
From the Bookari Cloud website you can for each annotation:
Delete from everywhere : to delete the document from each one of your devic-
es
You can share a book form the book details screen if you are logged into Bookari Cloud.
Indicate whether you have the rights or not to share the file
Enter the email address of someone who does not yet belong to your contacts:
o Touch the + button. The entered email is added at the top of your
selected contacts
Depending on whether you have the right to share the file or not
o Press on the Next button to find the link to the book allowing
your friend to download or purchase according to the case
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Selected contacts will receive an email to notify them that you want to share a book with
them. Sharing can be accepted or declined:
When people have accepted your invitation (and downloaded the file if you do not have
the right to share it or if the file is protected by DRM), they will be able to read the book
and see your annotations and vice versa.
If a document is shared, you will see the Sharing icon followed by the usernames
of your contacts for this sharing:
Make sure, you have at least one contact to share some books (See the 4.7 Managing
my contacts / 0
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Go to the My documents section in your personal space on the Bookari Cloud website.
By default, when opening the book you will only see your annotations. To see annota-
tions of contacts that you have shared the book with:
Click on the sharing icon, which can be found in the toolbar and in the naviga-
tion panel
Select the people from whom you want to see the annotations
Go to the My contacts section in your personal space on the Bookari Cloud website.
This section contains all the contacts that have either accepted your invitation to be-
come one of your contacts or who have also accepted at least one sharing of yours.
Add contacts
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Click on the Add contact button on the top of the contacts page. In the text area, type
the contacts email addresses that you want comma-separated, click on the Invite
Button.
If you have some contact requests to accept, an icon is displayed at the bottom, near the
Home icon. By clicking on it, you will see the pending list. You can accept or decline by
clicking on the corresponding button.
Click on "My contacts" on your web space Bookari Cloud and on the "To accept" collec-
tion. Click on "Accept" or "Remove" for each contact or use the multiple selection.
If you have some shared reading to accept, a specific section is displayed on the center
of the screen.
An icon indicates if your friend has the necessary rights to include the book copy in the
sharing:
- No book copy is included. You must also get the book (if you have not al-
ready done so) to be able to get into the shared reading.
When you accept the file the book is automatically added to your bookshelf
In the books list, if the copy is not included, the icon indicates that
you need to download or buy a copy of the book before opening it.
When you try to open it, a popup allows you to go to the direct link provid-
ed by your friend to get the book.
Click on "x Books" on your web space Bookari Cloud and on the collection "Pending
shared items" . Click on "Get" or "Decline" for each document or use the multiple selec-
tion.