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Many who are really serious about reading prefer paper publications to electronic works or buy a book reader. However, you will also find a native application on the iPhone, i.e. the iPad, which is designed directly for reading. You can use the application both for titles purchased in a digital store and for those you download from other online libraries. If you haven't had time to explore Books in detail, you're in the right place - we'll show you 5 tricks in this app.

Publishing a work to Apple Books

If you enjoy creating and would like to publish and sell your texts publicly, there is nothing easier than doing it directly through native applications. You need an editor to publish your work Pages, in which the book must be written. The first step you need to take is creating an iTunes Connect account and then get a document with a book Save to iCloud. It also depends on whether you perform the publishing step on an iPhone and iPad, or a Mac. It's enough for iOS and iPadOS open a document in Pages, tap on More, subsequently on Publish to Apple Books, and then follow the on-screen instructions. On a Mac, after opening a document, move to a tab File, select again Publish in Apple Books and according to the instructions the work you can issue

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Backup books to iCloud

If you want your purchased books, your bookmarks, and your reading goals to sync across all your devices, you can set everything to be saved to Apple's remote cloud storage. At that point, just click on your iPhone Settings, they went further into the section Knihy and in the section They activated the synchronization switches Calculated a iCloudDrive. The first switch will ensure that all purchased titles will sync where you left off by turning on the switch iCloud Drive ensure the synchronization of PDF documents that you add to the library from sources other than the Apple Books bookstore.

Adjusting the daily reading goal

If you can't motivate yourself to read, perhaps the native Reading Goal feature, where you have to read for a certain amount of time each day, could help. To activate the target, first move to Settings -> Books a turn on switch Reading goals. Then open the application Knihy and tap on goal countdown icon. Here, just select the button Adjust and by using sliders target alter.

Notification settings

Avid readers would certainly not be thrilled to miss anything from their favorite author. Those who are less interested sometimes look for inspiration, what they could read. To customize notifications in the app Knihy click on the top right of your account, where tap on Notice, and as needed turn on whether turn off switches Recommended books, Book Club a Reading goals. After activating all the switches, you will be informed about everything you need from the reading area.

Customize downloads

It is true that books in PDF or EPUB format are not at all voluminous, i.e. as far as virtual space is concerned, but the same cannot be said about audiobooks. Therefore, it is useful to customize which works will be automatically downloaded and whether this will be possible only on a Wi-Fi network or also via mobile data. Go to Settings -> Books, and in the section Automatic downloads turn off whether turn on switch Purchases from other devices. At the section Mobile data set if you want to have it activated automatic downloads, Next, choose if you want to download normally always download, ask over 200 MB or ask every time.

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