How to add Readables

How to add Books, Fanfictions, and Webcomics to your Readables.

How to add Books to your Readables

  1. Navigate to your dashboard 

  2. Select the ‘Add a Book’ icon on the ‘Books Read’ widget. 

  3. Type in the ISBN13 number associated with your book.

    1. You can find your ISBN13 code either on the back of your book or on the first few pages with additional printing and copyright information. It is also possible to find the ISBN13 by searching the book on Amazon and looking at the ‘Product Details’

    2. Currently Booktower only supports ISBN13 codes for books. If your book’s ISBN is only 10 characters long, then it is an ISBN10 and you'll need to use a converter. We hope to support ISBN10s in the future!

  4. Select the Status and Date that will be applied to all books entered. 
  5. Select ‘Add it!’ to add the book to your Readables list.

Alternatively, if you wish to add several books at once, select the ‘Bulk Mode’ icon in the top right. 

  1. In the bulk mode, enter the ISBN13s of the books you wish to add on separate lines of the text field. 

  2. Select the Status and Date that will be applied to all books entered. 

  3. Select ‘Add them!’ to add them to your Readables list. 

Once the books have been added to our system, they will appear in your Readables list! Occasionally, some books require more information and will take longer to appear in your Readables list. 

How to add Lots of Physical Books to your Readables via Barcodes

If you have lots of physical books and your books have barcodes you can use a barcode scanner to add them!

While many different barcode scanners may work, the Booktower team has tested with the Tera Barcode Scanner which works on both Windows & Linux and is available for $30 USD at the time of writing this.

Once you have your scanner, you can connect the provided wireless adapter to your computer (for the Terra Scanner the wireless adapter is in the bottom of the handle) and use it to more easily add books via the Bulk Mode.

Just open the bulk mode, make sure to click inside the text field, and scan away! We recommend checking your screen and submitting the list every so often, just in case something goes wrong and your submission doesn't go through.

If you've used another easily purchasable scanner with Booktower and it worked, let us know! We hope to create a list of working scanners on this page.

How to add a Digital Readables to your Readables

Digital Readables are readables that you read via a website or app, like fan fiction or web comics. Click here to see a list of sites that we support.

  1. Navigate to your dashboard

  2. Select the ‘Add Digital Readable’ icon on the ‘Fanfictions Read’ or ‘Webcomics Read’ widget.

    • This can also be done from the ‘My Readables’ menu.

  3. Enter the URL of the desired Fanfiction or Web Comic into the URL field
  4. Select the Status and Date applicable to the readable.
    • Additionally, you can select what bookshelves you would like the readable to display on, favorite status, cover color, and notes under the Additional Settings menu.
  5. Select ‘Add it!’ to add the readable to your Readables list. 

Alternatively, if you wish to add several Readables at once, select the ‘Bulk Mode’ button in the top right. 

  1. In the bulk mode, enter the URLs of the digital readables you wish to add on separate lines of the text field.

  2. Select the Status and Date that will be applied to all readables entered.

    • Additionally, you can select what bookshelves you would like the readables to display on, favorite status, and cover color for all readables in the bulk upload under the Additional Settings menu.
  3. Select ‘Add them!’ to add them to your Readables list. 

Once the Digital Readbles have been added to our system, they will appear in your Readables list! Occasionally, some readables may take longer to appear in your Readables list. You can continue adding more while you wait.

Supported Digital Readable Sources


Supported Fan Fiction Websites

Service Example URLs
Archive of Our Own

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50704222

 

https://archiveofourown.gay/works/50704222

 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58400401/chapters/148751329

 

https://archiveofourown.gay/works/58400401/chapters/148751329
Fanfiction.net

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14431947

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14431947/1/Unexpected-Dramione

 

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14431947/1/Unexpected-Dramione
Wattpad

https://www.wattpad.com/story/250918559-y-n-fujioka-haruhi-fujioka%27s-sister

Supported Web Comic Websites

Service Example URLs
Tapas

https://tapas.io/series/silly-little-abella/info

 

https://m.tapas.io/series/silly-little-abella/info
Webtoons

https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188

 

https://m.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188

 

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/crow-time/list?title_no=693372

 

https://m.webtoons.com/en/canvas/crow-time/list?title_no=693372

Supported Web Novel Websites

Service Example URLs
Tapas

https://tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-novel/info

 

https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-novel/info
Wattpad

https://www.wattpad.com/story/281935161-raising-a-hero

Import Your Ao3 Work History or Bookmarks

This Community Guide was created by Rowan, a Booktower Librarian!

We don't provide official support for it but you can ask other readers for help in the Booktower Discord if you get stuck.


Required Tools

Steps

  1. Install the bookmarklet and add it to your bookmarks bar.
  2. Make sure you're logged into AO3 and have access to your work history and/or bookmarks.
  3. Go to your history/bookmarks and click on the bookmark that you added in step 1.
    • This will download a spreadsheet of that page's fics.
    • You have to do this for each page of your Bookmarks/History.
  4. Open each spreadsheet in your spreadsheet software.
  5. Copy the column that has the links in it.
  6. Paste the links into Booktower's Bulk Digital Readable form.