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Master your reading goals
Books can help you make time to catch up on your reading (and listening)
IT WILL TAKE
5 minutesYOU WILL LEARN
How to set daily and
annual reading goalsYOU’LL NEED
Some books or
audiobooksWe all know that reading is
good for us, but sometimes
we’re not brilliant at making
the time to do it.
Apple’s Books app can help with that: it
enables you to set a daily and annual reading
goal for books and audiobooks that gently
encourages you to read or listen in much
the same way that Activity encourages you
to complete your step count each day.
Books, however, is more like a librarian
than a fitness coach: it won’t nag you intofinishing that novel and when it congratulates
you it does so with just a quiet notification.
The first time you use the Reading Goals
feature, you’ll only see your progress towards
today’s goal – but as you read each day,
you’ll see little Activity-style rings appear
underneath today’s goal so that you can see
what you’ve done each day this week. It’s a
good motivator to make sure you make time
for reading, and it’s great that it includes the
kind of books you listen to as well as the books
you read. Carrie MarshallHOW TO Adjust your reading goals in Books
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See today’s progress
If you look under the Reading Now
heading on the Books home screen,
you’ll see a little link – Today’s Reading.
Tap on it and you’ll be taken further down
the page to see an arc showing your
progress towards today’s goal.2
Adjust your goal
Tap on the displayed time to adjust
your daily reading goal. The default is five
minutes per day but, if you’re really keen,
you can go up to 1,440 minutes. You can
also share your goal with others via
Messages, Mail or apps.3
Aim higher
The default annual goal is three
books or audiobooks a year. You can
change that: in the Books Read This Year
bit of your reading goal, tap and hold a
book or placeholder. You can choose a
target of up to 365 books a year.APPLE APPSAPPLE APPS Master your reading goalsMastdlter your reading goals
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Master your reading goals
Bookscanhelp youmaketimetocatchup onyourreading(andlistening)
ITWILLTAKE
5 minutesYOUWILLLEARN
Howtosetdailyand
annualreadinggoalsYOU’LLNEED
Some books or
audiobooksWe all know that reading is
good for us, but sometimes
we’re not brilliant at making
the time to do it.
Apple’s Books app can help with that: it
enables you to set a daily and annual reading
goal for books and audiobooks that gently
encourages you to read or listen in much
the same way that Activity encourages you
to complete your step count each day.
Books, however, is more like a librarian
than a fitness coach: it won’t nag you intofinishing that novel and when it congratulates
you it does so with just a quiet notification.
The first time you use the Reading Goals
feature, you’ll only see your progress towards
today’s goal – but as you read each day,
you’ll see little Activity-style rings appear
underneath today’s goal so that you can see
what you’ve done each day this week. It’s a
good motivator to make sure you make time
for reading, and it’s great that it includes the
kind of books you listen to as well as the books
you read. Carrie MarshallHOW TO Adjust your reading goals in Books
1
See today’s progress
If you look under the Reading Now
heading on the Books home screen,
you’ll see a little link – Today’s Reading.
Tap on it and you’ll be taken further down
the page to see an arc showing your
progress towards today’s goal.2
Adjust your goal
Tap on the displayed time to adjust
your daily reading goal. The default is five
minutes per day but, if you’re really keen,
you can go up to 1,440 minutes. You can
also share your goal with others via
Messages, Mail or apps.3
Aim higher
The default annual goal is three
books or audiobooks a year. You can
change that: in the Books Read This Year
bit of your reading goal, tap and hold a
book or placeholder. You can choose a
target of up to 365 books a year.APPLE APPSMaster your readinggoals