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Bookopedia's interface is available in English and French. You can add books in any language. Don't hesitate to contact us if you want to see another language supported or if you simply wish to help us.
You have 2 ways to open the edit form of a book.
Option 1
Open a book, go to the section "Info", then swipe to the left on the first block. An edit button with a pencil icon will appear. Tap it.
Option 2
Open a book, go to the section "Info", then tap the top right button with the "..." icon. It will reveal a menu whose last button is "Edit".
You have 3 ways to add a cover to a book.
First you need to edit a book
(see question B1. for help).
Then tap on "Edit Cover" as shown on the following screenshot.
Option 1
Copy an image from anywhere (web browser, messaging app, etc). Then tap "Paste".
Option 2
By tapping "Select From Album", you can import your own cover.
Option 3
With "Search Online", Bookopedia will try to find the right cover from internet. By default, it will try to search using the ISBN (if provided), this method usually gives better results. However, if the book doesn't have an ISBN, you can enter the title and the author's name.
Open a book, go to section "Info" and tap the top right "..." button. Then tap Track Purchases. You can then define the purchase date, the purchase place and the book's price.
You have 4 ways to track progress of a book.
Option 1
(Only available for unread books)
Open a book, go to section "Info" and tap the top right "..." button.
Then tap Start Reading.
This will automatically track today as the starting day.
Option 2
Open a book, go to section "Info" and go down to the "Reading Status" block. Then swipe to the left to reveal an edit button.
Option 3
Open a book, go to section "Info" and go down to the "Reading Status" block. Then long tap the block to reveal an edit menu.
Option 4
Open a book, go to section "Info" and edit it (See question B1. for help).
By the end of the edit form, you will find a section related to the reading status.
Do you have a multi-content book such as a collection of short stories, a book of poems or a single volume book? Would you like to independently note and review them?
You have 2 ways to set the multi-content type.
Option 1
Open a book, go to section "Chapters" and tap the top right "..." button to reveal an "Edit Content" button.
A sheet will appear. You can rename the multi-content type. You can also disable the feature altogether for the current book.
NOTE: If you disable this feature and wish to re-enable it, refer to the steps explained in the following Option 2.
Option 2
Open the "Add Book" form or the "Edit Book" form.
Scroll down until you find "Book Sections > Divided Into".
You can now select the content type.
NOTE: If you select "None", the entire section related to multi-content will disappear from the current book. You can always re-enable it by changing it back to another value.
Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Sections. On the next screen, select Order Book Sections. You can now drag and drop the sections using the 3 horizontal lines on the right side.
Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Sections. On the next screen, tap Placement and select your position.
Markdown is a markup language for creating formatted text. In order words it transforms something like **Bold text** into Bold text. You can learn more about Markdown on this website: Markdown Tutorial.
Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Notes. On the next screen, you will be able to activate "Use Markdown". This feature is only available for the Notes section.
You have 2 ways to add a vocabulary entry. Either from the "Vocabulary" bottom main tab or from the "Vocabulary" tab within a book.
Step 1
Tap the top right + button from either the main Vocabulary tab or the book's Vocabulary tab.
Step 2
On the first text field, enter a term (expression, word, anything you want).
NOTE: It is highly recommended to write common nouns in lowercase and proper nouns with a capital letter, as you would find them in an official dictionary.
Step 3 (Optional)
Below the Vocabulary input field, you might see a button Search Definitions Online.
This feature allows you to retrieve the definitions from Wiktionary.
Upon finding the definitions, you can select the ones that you wish to save, then tap the top-right button "Save".
NOTE: This is currently only available for English, French, Russian and Spanish entries.
Bookopedia offers multiple places to set a language.
To determine the language used, the "Search Definitions Online" will look up, by priority:
Step 4
Add a definition or select an existing definition to edit it.
You can associate synonyms to each definition.
Step 5 (Optional but recommended)
Add a quote (example) to a definition.
NOTE: This is the only way to definitively associate a vocabulary entry to a book - via this quote from the book.
IMPORTANT: You must tap the top-right button "Add" to confirm your quote (example) and your definition.
Did you add a vocabulary entry from within a book (rather than from the Vocabulary bottom main tab)? And now you don't see your entry listed on the book's list?
It's probably because the vocabulary entry doesn't have an associated quote to the book.
To fix this, follow these steps: