Dark eBooks Reader for Kindle Books Online Tutorial

This tutorial is for Dark eBooks Reader for Kindle Books users so that they can know and make use of the app better.

In this online tutorial, we cover the following topics: how dark mode can benefit you? how to switch themes? how to open an eBook? what document formats are supported? how to navigate a book? how to use zoom, rotate and presentation mode?

How can Dark Mode Benefit You?

Dark mode can benefit you in many ways. Here are two common ones.

Benefit 1, dark mode reduces eye strain. It can increase the amount of contrast between the text and the background. This would make it easier to read on your computer. Since reading for a long time on a screen can lead to eye strain and dry eye, dark mode can give your eyes a break.

Benefit 2, dark mode cut down on blue light exposure. Blue light exposure does have side effects, such as difficulty sleeping and eye strain. Dark mode cut down on your exposure to blue light, thus would make you sleep better.

How to Switch Themes?

Select the menu “Settings” -> “Theme”, and then you can select different theme.

How to Open an eBook?

There are three ways to open and start to read an eBook document.

Method 1, in the main UI, directly click the link “Open a document”.

Method 2, click the open button which is located at the left end of the toolbar.

Method 3, click the menu button then “File” -> “Open”.

What Document Formats are Supported?

Dark eBook Reader for Kindle Books supports all popular digital publication formats, including:

– .azw, .azw3 (un-encrypted Kindle eBook file format)
– .epub (un-encrypted EPUB)
– .mobi (Mobipocket Reader file format)
– .pdf (Portable Document Format)
– .djv, .djvu (DjVu file format)
– .xps, .oxps, .xod (Open XML Paper Specification format)
– .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cb7 (Comic book format)
– .fb2, .fb2z, .zfb2 (FictionBook format)
– .pdb (Palm Doc format)
– .tcr (Psion Series 3 palmtop devices format)
– .chm (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help file format)
– .jpg, .png, .gif, .webp, .tiff, .tga, .j2k, .bmp, .dib (Images formats)
– .tar, .7z, .zip, .rar (Archive file formats)

How to Navigate through a Book?

Similar to other common eBook Reader software, Dark eBooks Reader for Kindle Books provides you the basic navigation control by menus, as shown below.

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What makes Dark eBooks Reader for Kindle Books more convenient to use, is that it provides a whole set of keyboard shortcuts to control and navigate through a book.

j / k – Scroll up / down by line
Up / Down – Scroll up/down by line
space – Scroll by screen
Shift + space – Scroll back by screen
n / p – Next / previous page
Page Down / Page Up – Next / previous page
Ctrl + Down / Ctrl + Up – Next / previous page
Alt + Left – Go back
Alt + Right – Go forward
Ctrl + G – Go to page
g – Go to page
Home – Go to first page
End – Go to last page
b – Flip a page in book mode
Ctrl + Shift + Right – Open next document in the directory
Ctrl + Shift + Left – Open previous document in the directory

How to use zoom, rotate and presentation mode?

Note: zoom, rotate and presentation mode only works for PDF format.

Zoom and Rotate buttons are located in the toolbar, as shown below.

The presentation mode can be enabled from the menu, as shown below.

To exit the presentation mode, just press the key “Esc”.

E-mail Support

If you have any further questions or feed-backs about the app, please feel free to reach us by email. We are here to listen and help.