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This wikiHow teaches you start reading books on your Android using Moon+ Reader. You can import your e-book files from your Android's storage or download books from free online repositories like Project Gutenberg. This wikiHow article teaches you how to use Moon+ Reader on Android.
Quick Steps
- Open Moon+ Reader.
- Import ebook flles under ☰ > My Shelf > ⋮ > Import Books .
- Open your bookshelf by tapping ☰ > My Shelf .
- Tap a book to open it.
- Swipe up and down to scroll through the book.
- Tap the center of the screen to open the interface.
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Open Moon+ Reader on your Android. It's the icon with a book and yellow moon, and you'll find it in the app drawer.
- Use this method if you want to download new free books from online sources.
- Moon+ Reader is available for free on Android devices. You can download it for free from the Google Play Store . Moon+ Reader is not available for iPhone or iPad.
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Tap the ≡ menu. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-left corner. A menu will expand.Advertisement
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Tap Net Library . It's the option with a gray globe. A list of online book repositories will appear.
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Tap one of the free e-book distributors. Depending on the source you choose, you may have to agree to some terms before you can proceed.
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Browse the available books. The process will be different depending on which service you selected, but you can usually search by keyword and browse by category.
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Tap the Download button for a book you want. A list of available formats will appear.
- Alternatively, you can tap Read to start reading the book immediately.
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Tap the format you want to download. EPUB, MOBI, and PDF are all open formats that are completely compatible with Moon+ Reader. Once you select a format, the book will start downloading.
- The differences between the formats are negligible for most users. As you start reading lots of e-books, you may find yourself gravitating more towards a specific format.
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Open Moon+ Reader on your Android. It's the icon with a book and yellow moon, and you'll find it in the app drawer.
- Use this method if you have book files saved to your Android (either on the SD card or in local storage) that you want to add to Moon+ Reader.
- The first time you open the app, you will be asked to give the app access to your phone's files. Tap Okay and then tap the toggle switch to grant it permission.
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Tap the menu icon ≡ . It's the three horizontal lines at the top-left corner. A menu will expand.
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Tap My Shelf . It's near the top of the menu.
- The first time you access My Shelf, the Import Books box will open automatically.
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Tap the ⋮ button. It's at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap Import Books . It's at the top of the menu.
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Tap the current path. It's the line that lists the current path location. It will probably be called "/sdcard" or something similar. This brings up a file navigation window.
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Browse to the folder where your books are located. This could be your Downloads folder if you downloaded your books on your Android, or whatever folder you transferred them to from your computer.
- It's recommended that you keep all your eBook files in a single folder. Free eBooks that you download will be located at "/sdcard/Books/MoonReader."
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Tap OK to scan the folder for eBook files. The scan will display all PDF, EPUB, and MOBI files in the selected folder.
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Tap the files that you want to import. This places a blue-and-white check mark next to each book you select.
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Tap Import . It's at the bottom of the window. The selected books will be added to your shelf.
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Click OK . This closes the window and returns you to My Shelf, where you can now browse your books.
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Tap the ☰ menu. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-left corner of the screen.
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Tap My Shelf on the menu. This displays your bookshelf, where you'll find all of your imported books.
- To change the look of your shelf, tap the Options button at the bottom of the menu. Toggle "Use woody background" on of off. Tap the gear icon next to the toggle switch and tap an image to select the wood finish for your bookshelf.
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Scroll up and down to view all of your books. You can browse your entire library of books by swiping up and down.
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Tap the All Books menu to change your view. All books are displayed by default, but you can choose which titles to see.
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Tap the view you want to use. You can sort by authors, view books you've marked as your favorites, browse by tags, and view your device storage folders. My Shelf will then refresh to display only those titles that meet the criteria you select from this menu.
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Tap the funnel icon to filter My Shelf even further. It's near the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap a "Sort By" option. These options display the order in which your books are displayed.
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Tap a "Read Filter" option. This will allow you to display only unread books, only books you're currently reading, or only books you've finished.
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Tap a "Shelf Type" option. This just changes how your books appear on My Shelf. You can view a list, a grid pattern, or open book-to-open book.
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Tap the ≡ menu and select My Shelf . This displays your Moon+ bookshelf, where you'll find your imported books.
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Tap a book to open it. Depending on the file, you may see an intro page, a table of contents, or some other information.
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Swipe to turn the page. You can swipe right to left or down to up to move to the next page. Swiping left to right or up to down will return to the previous page.
- You can also change pages by tapping the top or the bottom of the screen.
- If your book displays a table of contents, you can tap a chapter or section to jump to it.
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Tap the center of the screen to open the reader controls. This displays a row of icons along the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the rotate icon to change the screen orientation. It's the first icon on the bottom of the screen. This allows you to switch between portrait and landscape mode.
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Tap the contrast icon to switch between dark and light modes. It is the second icon, which is a circle divided in two. Dark mode, which is usually better at night, displays white text on a dark gray background. Light mode displays black text on a beige background.
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Tap the auto-scroll to enable automatic scrolling. It's the third icon, which looks like two arrows separated by a dot. This will open a new menu where you can set up auto-scrolling, a feature that allows you to read without having to manually turn the page.
- After making your selection, tap OK to confirm.
- Tap the screen at any time to pause auto-scrolling.
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Tap the list icon to manage your chapters and bookmarks. This will usually display two tabs— Chapters and Bookmarks .
- Tap Chapters to view the chapter list and jump between chapters/sections (if available).
- Tap Bookmarks to browse existing bookmarks or add a new one. When you want to add a new bookmark, go to this screen, tap Add new bookmark at the bottom, set your preferences for the bookmark, and then tap OK .
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Tap the three-dot ⁝ menu to view more options for that book. It's at the top-right corner of the screen. This will open a menu that allows you to further customize your reading experience for this particular title. Browse through the menus and experiment with settings until you find the right setup.
- Some options in this menu, including syncing your reading position to Google Drive or Dropbox, are only available in the Pro (paid) version of Moon+ Reader.
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Highlight text on the page. If you want to illuminate a portion of the text with a certain color, you can do so using the highlighter. Here's how:
- Tap and hold a word in the text you want to highlight. After a second or so, the word will be selected and some handles will appear on either side.
- Drag the handles to select the text you want to highlight.
- Tap a highlighter color to highlight the selected text.
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Add a notation to some text. If you want to add your own notes, you can do so using the Note feature. Here's how:
- Tap and hold a word in the text where you want to add your note. After a second or so, the word will be selected and some handles will appear on either side.
- Drag the handles to select the text.
- Tap Note to open a window that allows you to type.
- Type your note and tap Save . This adds a post-it note icon to the selected text.
- To read the note, click the post-it icon. To delete it, tap Delete .
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Research or translate text. If you want more information on some text or just need to look up a word, you can use the app's built-in research tools. Here's how:
- Tap and hold a word in the text where you want to add your note. After a second or so, the word will be selected and some handles will appear on either side.
- Drag the handles to select the word or phrase you want to look up.
- To look a word up in the dictionary, tap Dict . The first time you use this feature, you'll be prompted to choose a default dictionary and set some preferences. You may have to install a dictionary app for some of the options, but they are all safe (and free).
- To search for a word or phrase online, tap More to display some research options (including Google , Translate , and Wikipedia . Tap the option you want to use and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Open a book. Go to "My Shelf" under the menu and tap a book you want to open.
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Tap the center of the screen and then tap ⋮ . It's the icon with three vertical dots in the upper-right corner. This displays the More Options menu.
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Tap Visual Options . It's at the top of the More Options menu. This opens the Visual Options menu, which allows you to customize the look of the book.
- Some options may not be available for all books.
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Adjust the font size. Swipe up and down on the numbers next to "Font Size" to adjust the size of the text in the book.
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Select a font color. To select a font color, tap the colored box next to "Font Color" and use one of the options to select a color for the font.
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Select a background color or image. To select a background color, tap the colored box next to "Background Color" and use one of the options to select a color for the background. To select a background image, tap the box next to "Background Image" and tap one of the images you want to use for a background.
- Alternatively, you can tap Album at the bottom of the screen and select a picture on your phone.
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Change the font. To change the font, tap the box next to Font Name and then tap a font you want to use. Additionally, you can tap the toggle switch next to "Bold," "Italic," "Underline," "Shadow," or "Smooth(Anti-alias)" to adjust the style of the font.
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Enable or disable justified alignment and hyphenation. Justified alignment automatically spaces the text so that each line is the same length. Tap the toggle switch next to "Justified Alignment" to enable or disable justified text. Hyphenation allows the alignment to use hyphens to carry words over from one line to the next. Tap the toggle switch next to "Hyphenation" to toggle this on or off.
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Adjust the text spacing. Use the slider bars next to the various spacing options to adjust the spacing of the text. The options are as follows:
- Paragraph Spacing: This bar adjusts the spacing between paragraphs.
- Line Spacing: This bar adjusts the spacing between lines of text.
- Font Spacing: This bar adjusts the spacing between letters.
- Font Scale: This bar adjusts the size of the letters.
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Adjust the size of the margins. Use the slider bars next to the margin options to adjust the margin spaces. You can adjust the top, bottom, left, or right margins.
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Select a page-turn animation. Tap one of the options below "Page Flip Animation" to select itSave the look as a theme. To do so, tap Save as theme at the bottom of the screen. Enter a name for the theme at the bottom and then tap the icon that resembles a floppy disk at the bottom of the screen.
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Purchase Moon+ Reader Pro. You'll need the paid version of Moon+ in order to link your Dropbox or Drive account. Once linked, any e-books that you add to your cloud storage will automatically sync with Moon+ reader.
- To buy Moon+ Reader Pro, tap the ☰ at the top-left corner, tap About at the bottom, and then tap Buy Pro Version . Follow the on-screen instructions to make your purchase.
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Tap the ☰ menu in Moon+ Reader Pro. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-left corner of the screen.
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Tap Options . It's at the bottom of the menu.
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Tap the gear next to the service you want to use. Once you choose your service, you'll be prompted to sign in with your account.
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Sign in to Google Drive or Dropbox using your existing account. Once you're logged in, the accounts will be linked.
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Enable reading position syncing. This feature allows you to save your position in the book to Google Drive or Dropbox so you can resume from the same position on another phone or tablet: [1] X Research source
- Go to My Shelf .
- Tap the book you want to sync.
- Tap the center of the screen to view the controls.
- Tap the ⁝ menu at the top-right corner.
- Scroll down and tap "Sync reading positions" next to the service you want to use.
- Tap anywhere outside of the window to save your changes.
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QuestionHow do I import books from JW library through a regular Moon reader?Community AnswerMake sure you download the book in EPUB format. Open it from the File menu for the first time; after that, it will show up in your Recent Books when you open Moon reader.
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QuestionWhere does Moon+ Reader store its downloaded epubs? I can't find them anywhere on my device or SD card, but they were definitely downloaded.Community AnswerYou can change this in Moon+ settings, but by default they store in /moonreader/books on your SD card.
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QuestionHow do I remove highlights in a highlighted text?Community AnswerClick over the highlight, a pop-up should appear with a bin on it, click that. You can also go to the highlight list (by clicking the bookmark icon) and edit them one by one.
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1. Install Moon+ Reader from the Play Store.
2. Import EPUB, MOBI, and PDF files from your Android.
3. Download free books from the Net Library.
4. Manage books on the My Shelf
page.
5. Tap a book to open it.
6. Swipe left or right to flip through pages.
7. Sync to Google Drive or Dropbox with the Pro version.
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