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Book Reader

ununnamedununnamed64 downloads

Read books with ease: scroll-position memory, remaining reading time, and book progress bars.

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Read books in Obsidian: scroll-position memory, remaining reading time, and book progress bars.

Shows the remaining reading time and reading progress (%) in the Status Bar in real time:

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Use this code block to add book progress bar:

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Add "reset" if you want to reset the reading progress:

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How to turn on Remaining reading time on Obsidian mobile

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About
Read books in Obsidian with scroll-position memory and automatic progress tracking. Show remaining reading time and real-time progress percentage in the status bar, and insert visual book progress bars inside notes.
Status barNavigationVisualization
Details
Current version
1.0.2
Last updated
2 weeks ago
Created
Last month
Updates
3 releases
Downloads
64
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
ununnamedununnamed
github.com/ununnamed
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