Search Books
Asks you to enter a query, then searches for the result in the Books app.
Actions
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Open current book
Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.
Show what I’m reading now
Changes the Book app’s view to the Reading Now section (the main section).
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.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20Books
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20Books
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search Books”
end tell
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