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No, you can’t. If you’re looking for a great reading experience that offers thousands of free ebooks, we recommend the Kindle app, available for free from the Google Play store:
If you’re looking for a place to discover a great book, a place to discuss your favorite books, or a place to get in touch with your favorite author, Goodreads is the place to be.
And if you're in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom, you can Preview most books within the app to help decide if it's the right one for you. To see if a book has a preview available, just look for the preview button on the book page:
You can see more information about a book you've scanned by tapping on the book cover that appears right after the scan registers. This will close the scanner and open a page containing reviews and other information about the book. Alternatively, you can scan all your books, tap on the “History” tab at the top of the page, and then tap on a book of your choice from the "Scanning History" list on that tab
We're working on adding features to the Android app so we can provide the best experience for our members. While we don't have dates to share for these updates, you can visit the desktop or mobile sites in the meantime to use features currently missing on the app.
You can scan multiple books at once and choose where you would like to shelve them:
- Open the app and tap on "Scan Books" from the main menu.
- If you're not on the Scanning History List, tap "History" tab at the top of the page.
- Check to see if you have scanned books in the list that you don't want to add to the shelf. If you do, tap on the overflow icon (three vertical dots) at the top right corner of the screen. Tap on “Clear History” before moving to step 4.
- Tap "Scan" on the top left to move into camera mode.
- Scan barcodes for all the books you'd like to add. You can just scan one after another tapping ‘yes’ to confirm each title is correct.
- When you're done, tap on the "History" tab at the top of the screen.
- Tap on the overflow menu (three vertical dots) at the top right of the screen and tap on “Select All”.
- Tap on the “Actions” button that appears at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on “Add to Shelf” in the pop up that appears
- Select a shelf. All selected books will be added to that shelf.
To clear the list of scanned books in our Android app:
- Select "Scan Books" from the main menu.
- If it does not open to the list of scanned books, tap on the “History” tab at the top of the page
- To the right of "Scanning History" at the top of the page, tap on the overflow icon (three vertical dots)
- Tap on “Clear History”
This problem occurs when the time on your Android device is incorrect, which is most often due to your time zone setting (PDT, EST, etc) being incorrect. Goodreads turns down important requests when your clock is too far off as part of protecting your account.
For example, let's say you're in California and it's 3:00 PM. Your Android time reads 3:00 PM, but the time zone is set to "Eastern Daylight Time". Since it's 6:00 PM on the East Coast, your clock is actually three hours behind.
Here's how to fix the time:
- From the Android home screen, press on Android's menu button.
- Choose "Settings".
- Choose "Date & Time," which is usually near the bottom of the list.
- Ensure that the date, time zone, and time are all correct.
Yes, you can now sign into the NOOK and Android Apps through Facebook! Just tap the Facebook connect icon on the sign-in page.
To edit your profile on the app, select "Settings." You'll then be redirected to the mobile site, where you can make your preferred changes to your account.
1) Navigate to the page of the book you'd like to update.
2) Within the "My Review" section, tap on the line that reads "Add a status update". If you've already updated your status on the website, it will list "Progress..." instead. Tap on that.
3) A window will pop up. Enter your progress and tap "submit".
1) Start on the main app page.
2) Tap 'My Books' the second option from the top.
3) Tap on the shelf the book is on.
4) Tap on the book's title.
5) Scroll down to the "My Review" section.
6) Tap 'edit review'.
7) You'll see 'date finished' and 'date started' on the top. Tap 'not set' or the date (if there is one already) to update it.
8) Enter the date and tap 'Set'.
We would like to add support for this, so stay tuned!!
In the meantime, you’ll have to create a Goodreads login if you’d like to log in to your account on these apps. Here’s how:
1) Sign into Goodreads as normal using your Twitter/Google login on the computer.
2) Click on your profile picture and select Account Settings from the dropdown menu.
3) Navigate to the Settings tab and enter your email address and password into the appropriate fields.
4) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Save account settings.”
You can also do this on the mobile site by navigating to your Settings from the hamburger menu. Click on “Account,” then click on “Email.” On the resulting screen, you can add, remove or change your email address. Then click on “Save” to update your changes.
That’s it! You can now log in using your unique email address and password, whether on the desktop or mobile sites or one of the apps.
If you see an "Unable to install" message when trying to run the Goodreads app on the NOOK Color then you need to replace it with the new version from the Apps shop. Here are the steps:
- In the "apps" screen, press and hold the Goodreads app icon. A menu will appear.
- Choose "Archive". The old version of the app will now be archived.
- Go to the NOOK Color Apps shop by tapping on "Discover More NOOK Apps"
- Search for "Goodreads" using the search feature at the bottom of the screen. The only Goodreads app in the results is the new version (1.6.1 or higher).
- Choose and install this version.
