LITERA Reader 📖

Hello, book lovers,

January is already in full swing, and we’re back with plenty of ideas and plans after the fireworks, good food, and a bit of time offline.

Today, we’d like to talk about how to start your reading journey in LITERA.

You can sign in directly on litera-reader.com.
Intentionally simple: just your email and password, and you’re in.

All features become available.
You can upload your own books or documents, read them online, save your reading position, add notes, highlight quotes, and adjust the text to fit your needs — everything we’ve been sharing in our previous posts: here, here, and here.

In short, signing in is the point where Litera starts working at full scale.
All the tools are there, in one place, ready to use.

Get started with LITERA Reader and 💙

We’ll see you soon!

Hello to all our readers,
Happy New Year officially!

Wow! So many of you are here.
We’re really glad to have you with us!

Here’s a quick overview of what this space is about.

LITERA Reader is designed for working with text in a way that feels natural and adaptable. It’s built to adjust to how you read.

You can bring in your own files in different formats and adjust how the text is displayed.
This makes long sessions, complex materials, and everyday reading more comfortable. We’ve talked about these tools before — you can find more details and demos here → (link to the earlier post1, post2 and post3)

On this channel, we share what’s happening inside the project and where it’s heading, as well as updates and new tools in the reader. And most importantly, this space is meant for dialogue. We pay close attention to what you share and use that feedback to guide what we build next.

Stay with us — there’s more ahead!

What’s the first book you brought into LITERA in 2026?⬇️

Year in Review: How Litera Reader Started — and Where We Are Now

Not long ago, Litera was a very simple web application.
It did one thing: helped you open a book and read it online.

Over the past year that changed.
Little by little, Litera grew into something more. Not just a place to read, but a place to pause, take notes, think, and sometimes even talk to others through the text.
And a big part of that happened because of you.

As the year comes to an end, we wanted to take a moment to look back and see how far we’ve come together.

In 2025:

We made navigation clearer and reading progress easier to follow, added flexible text settings, a two-page mode on desktop, and new ways to read on mobile.

Notes, filters, privacy controls, saved settings across browsers — and the ability to suggest new features — all became part of Litera.
(Take a look at the cards for the full story.)

But this year wasn’t really about features.

It was about the people using them.
People who read carefully, save lines that matter, leave thoughts in the margins, and come back later.
You sent us feedback, pointed out problems, shared ideas, and helped Litera become better than what we first imagined.

Thank you for that. Truly. Thank you for reading with us, thinking with us, and growing Litera together.

We’re not slowing down.
A new year is ahead, with more ideas, careful improvements, and a lot of things we’re excited to build next.

Happy New 2026 ❤️

Finding Your Way: Navigation Inside Litera Reader

Litera is built to make reading feel natural and navigation smooth.
Here’s a quick reminder of the tools that help you move through your book and always find your place.

Table of Contents

At the top, the list icon opens your table of contents.
It lets you jump to any chapter with a single click.

In some flow-based formats — like EPUB, FB2, or DOCX — the table of contents is generated automatically.
That’s why you might see titles such as “AUTOGENERATED SECTION 1.”
It’s not an error, but a technical structure inside the file itself.
(We don’t plan to change this, since it ensures the content displays correctly and the reader stays stable.)

Arrows

The simplest way to turn pages is with the arrows.
You can use your keyboard or the small on-screen buttons on each side of the page.
They’re especially handy in two-page view — so you can flip through your book without breaking the reading flow.

Pan Mode

Need to explore an image or a detailed page?
Turn on Pan Mode — it lets you move freely across the page by dragging, as if you were holding it in your hands.
Perfect for books with illustrations, diagrams, or tables.

Navigation is designed to stay simple and reliable.
We’re already working on more updates to make your reading even smoother.

See you soon right here, with the next chapter of Litera.

Reader’s Corner: Answers to Common Questions

After our previous post about feedback, many of you wrote to us not only with new ideas and kind words, but also with small, thoughtful questions that help make reading smoother.
We loved your messages and how engaged you are with the details of Litera.
Today, we’ve gathered the most common questions and answered them all in one place.

Zoom and Text Size

A question we often hear:
“Why do some books have zoom buttons, while others don’t?”

The zoom control — those familiar “+” and “–” icons — appears in page-based formats like PDF, DJVU, or CBZ.
Since these pages have a fixed layout, zooming adjusts the entire image.
By contrast, flow-based formats such as EPUB, FB2, HTML, or DOCX are flexible, adapting text to your screen size.
That’s why instead of zoom, you can adjust font size in the Aa panel, using the “A A” buttons or the slider.
It’s a more natural way to fine-tune your reading view without distorting the layout.

Theme Switching

“Where can I find the theme switch?”

If you prefer reading in Light or Dark mode, the option is right there in the Aa panel — the very first buttons at the top.
Switching themes takes just one tap, instantly adjusting the look of your reading space to your surroundings.

Two-Page Mode and arrows

Inside the Aa panel, you can switch between a single-page and a two-page view. In the two-page mode, you can flip through pages using the keyboard arrows or! - the small on-screen arrows placed on the left and right sides of the page. In whatever way feels right for you.

Search in Flow-Based Books

Another frequent question:
“Can I search inside EPUB or FB2 books?”

For now, it works through Ctrl + F, but a built-in search feature is on our development roadmap.
We’ll share an update as soon as it’s ready.

And finally, thank you for your messages.
We truly read them all, and they always make our day brighter.
Here are a couple that recently warmed our hearts:

“Wow, I remember LITERA Reader was so rudimentary a few months ago and now it works amazingly well. Good job!”

“And thank you again for your efforts to make this platform work — you guys are the true warriors for the human future.”

Together, we’re shaping what digital reading can feel like.

Something exciting is coming soon — stay tuned.
See you between the lines.

Your Voice Helps Shape LITERA

We’re building LITERA together with you to keep it simple, elegant, a joy to use.
And sometimes, it’s our readers who notice the small things we might miss.

Now it’s easier than ever to share your thoughts, ideas, or report an issue.
In the bottom-right corner of the reader, you’ll find the bug button 🪲
Click it to open a quick feedback form and you can choose what’s happening.

If none of the options fit there, just select “Another reason” and describe it in your own words as detailed as possible.
And if there’s something you’d love to see in LITERA, just tap “Suggest feature” to share it.

Every message goes straight to our team.
We read them carefully and use your insights to make LITERA better with every update.

Your experience guides our progress, your ideas shape our work, and your feedback keeps LITERA growing the way it should.

Thank you for noticing the details, and helping us make our reader truly worth using every day.

We’ll be back with more soon!