Open current book

Shows the most recently-active book you’ve been reading and opens it.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20current%20book
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open current book” end tell

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