Getting started
Free. Everyone gets this.
This page takes about 5 minutes. By the end you’ll have your first book open.
Open Reading Vault
- Look for the open book icon in the ribbon on the left side of Obsidian.
- Click it. Reading Vault opens in a new tab.
You can also open it from the command palette. Press Cmd+P (Ctrl+P on Windows), type “Open library”, and press Enter.
Add your first book
Reading Vault reads two kinds of book files:
- EPUB is the usual ebook file. Most ebook stores and free libraries offer it.
- PDF is the page-by-page file you often get for papers, manuals and scanned books.
To add one:
- Drag the file onto the box that says “Drag a PDF or EPUB here”.
- Or press + Add Books and pick the file.
Reading Vault fills in the title, the author and the cover for you, when the file has them. You can add several books at once.
Don’t have a book handy? Press Add sample books instead (it’s on the same screen, and on the welcome you see the very first time) for four free classics you can start reading right away. See Your Library.
Open the book
Click the book’s cover. That opens the book’s own page. Press Start reading to begin.
The four tabs
Across the top of Reading Vault you’ll see four tabs:
- Grid is your Library, with all your books.
- Detail is the page for the book you picked.
- Reader is where you read.
- Highlights lists the passages you’ve highlighted.