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Annotate books in the Books app on iPad

You can highlight, underline, and take notes as you read books in the Books app, and then share your annotations with others.

A page of a book in the Books app, with a portion of the page’s text selected. The Highlight, Add Note, Translate, Search, Copy, and Share buttons are above the selected text.

Highlight or underline text

  1. Go to the Books app on your iPad.

  2. Tap a book cover to open it.

  3. Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.

  4. Tap Highlight.

    To change the highlight color or switch to underline, tap the text, tap Highlight, then tap an option.

    To remove a highlight or underline, tap the text, then tap Remove Highlight.

To see all of your highlights, tap the page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights. Tap a highlight to go to that location in the book.

Add a note

  1. Go to the Books app on your iPad.

  2. Tap a book cover to open it.

  3. Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.

  4. Tap Add Note, enter text, then tap Done.

    To remove a note, tap the text, then tap Delete Note.

To see all of your notes, tap the page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights. Tap a note to go to that location in the book.

Share highlights and notes

  1. Go to the Books app on your iPad.

  2. Tap a book cover to open it, tap any page, then tap the Menu button.

  3. Tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights.

  4. Tap Select, tap the items you want to share, then tap the Share button.

  5. Choose a sharing method such as AirDrop, Messages, or Mail.

  6. After you share, tap Done to close Bookmarks & Highlights.

Delete highlights and notes

  1. Go to the Books app on your iPad.

  2. Tap a book cover to open it.

  3. Tap a highlight or note, then tap Remove Highlight, Delete Note, or Remove Highlight & Note.

    To delete multiple items at once, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, tap Highlights, then tap Select. Choose the items you want to delete, then tap the Delete button. Tap Done to close Bookmarks & Highlights.

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