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Three kinds: a single JPEG image (one page), a PDF (rendered page by page), or a ZIP archive of page images — the ZIP is the way to build a full image book with a title, author, collections, and a custom cover.
The app watches that folder and imports new files automatically — usually within a second or two. You don't need to unzip anything yourself.
Put your page images in a folder, name them so they sort in order (page_001.jpg, page_002.jpg, …), optionally add a metadata.json and a thumbnail.jpg, then compress the folder. The full walkthrough is here: Make a book for Reading Room →
Make sure the file is in the Reading Room folder (not a sub-folder), and that a ZIP actually contains image files rather than another ZIP. If it still doesn't show, switch away from the app and back to trigger a fresh scan.
Pages are ordered by the number in each filename. Pad the numbers with leading zeros — 001, 002, … 010 — so page 10 doesn't land before page 2.
By default the first page is the cover. To set your own, include a thumbnail.jpg (or thumbnail.png / cover.jpg) in the ZIP. For a book already in your library, open Edit details → Change cover and pick any photo.
With no metadata.json, the book is named after the ZIP file (underscores and dashes become spaces). Rename the ZIP, add a metadata.json, or just edit it in the app via Edit details.
Yes. With Resume last page on (Settings → Reading), a book reopens where you stopped — unless you'd already reached the final few pages, in which case it starts from the beginning.
Tap the middle of a page to show the menus. From the bottom bar you can switch single vs. two-page, fill the screen vs. fit between the bars, and toggle a blank leading page. Page-turn animation (Slide / Fade / Page turn) lives in Settings → Reading.
Add a book to one or more collections from its Edit details sheet (new collections can be created right there), or include a collection / collections field in the ZIP's metadata.json. Manage and rename collections in Settings → Collections.
In the Library, press and hold any book to enter delete mode — a red button appears on each cover; tap it to remove that book, then tap Done. You can also use Edit details → Remove book.
No account, and no internet required. Your books and reading progress stay on your device — nothing is uploaded. Because of that, the library doesn't sync between devices; each device keeps its own.
Reading Room is built for iPad and tuned for the iPad mini, with a layout that also adapts to iPhone.
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