How to read in your browser with OverDrive Read

• Click or tap the right or left edges of the ebook or magazine to turn the pages.
• Click or tap and hold a word to define it, make a note, or highlight some text.
  Note: These features aren't available for magazines and some ebooks, like read-alongs, picture books, and graphic novels.
• Click or tap the center of the screen to show the navigation bar and timeline, which you can use to move backward or forward in the ebook or magazine. You'll also see chapter breaks, bookmarks, and highlights here.
  
• On the timeline:
  • Click or tap Table Of Contents to show the table of contents.
  • In an ebook, click or tap the number on the left or right side of the chapter name to skip to the beginning of the current or next chapter.
  • In a read-along, click or tap the Play/Pause button to start the narration.
• In a magazine, click or tap to read an article on the current page. While reading an article:
  • Click or tap or (at the bottom of the screen) to skip to the previous or next article.
  • Click or tap (at the bottom of the screen) to see all of the articles available in the magazine issue.

On a larger device, these options appear in the navigation bar (at the top of the screen) by default. On a smaller screen, tap the center of the screen first to make these options appear.

• Click or tap to place a bookmark. On a smaller screen, you can also tap the top-right corner of the screen while reading to place a bookmark.
  
• Click or tap or to switch between a one-page and two-page display.
• Click or tap to zoom into the current page (available for magazines and some ebooks, like read-alongs, picture books, and graphic novels only).
• Click or tap to adjust the appearance settings for the book, including:
  • Text scale: Use the slider to change the size of the text. For a wider range of text sizes, toggle Include accessibility sizes on.
    
    Note: This setting isn't available for some ebooks, like read-alongs, picture books, and graphic novels.
  • Lighting: Choose Bright (black text on a white background), Sepia (dark reddish-brown text on a tan background), or Dark (white text on a black background).
    
  • (Ebooks only) Book design: Choose a preset design, or select Custom to change the font, justification, line spacing, and text weight.
    
    Note: This setting isn't available for some ebooks, like read-alongs, picture books, and graphic novels.
  • (Magazines only) Magazine navigator: Choose how pages appear in the timeline, with a preview or without.
    
  • (Magazines only) Article button: Choose when the read-the-article button appears in a magazine.
    
• Click or tap to search for a word or phrase in the book.
• Click or tap to see your saved bookmarks, notes, and highlights.