Open Books library
Changes the Books app view to the Library tab to show all your Books, PDFs, Samples, and more.
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Open Books search
Changes the Books app view to Search, showing Recently Viewed, trending genres for you, a section to Discover books, and Trending searches.
Turn on continuous scroll
Activates the Books setting that allows you to read endlessly without turning pages.
Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Open Finished books
Opens the Books app to the Finished tab where you can see past books you’ve completed.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Books%20library
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Books library”
end tell
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