The Audira
User Guide

Three ways to move through it:

• ✦Jump around. Use the contents list (on the left, or “Jump to a section” on mobile) to leap straight to what you need.
• ✦Search it. Type in the search box above the contents to filter every section by name.
• ✦Read it through. A progress bar rides the top so you always know how far you’ve come.

The app is organized into six tabs along the bottom — you’ll get to know each one:

• ✦Home — the marquee: featured originals, what’s recommended, quick ways to browse.
• ✦Library — your shelves: what you’re reading, your lists, your notes, your downloads.
• ✦New — fresh releases and what’s coming soon.
• ✦Social — the community feed, book talk, and clubs.
• ✦Shop — your points, daily rewards, streak shields, and point packs.
• ✦Settings — your account, membership, and every preference.

There are three ways to sign in — pick whichever you like:

• ✦Continue with Apple or Continue with Google — one tap, nothing to remember.
• ✦Email and password — toggle between Create account and Sign in on the same screen.

Prefer to look around first? Just browse as a guest — there’s no “guest” button, you’re simply not signed in yet. Tap the ✕ on the sign‑in screen to keep browsing.

If you forget your password

1. 1On the sign‑in screen, tap Forgot password and enter your email.
2. 2We email you a 6‑digit code — type it in (there’s a “Resend code” link if it’s slow).
3. 3Choose a new password. A live checklist shows the rules as you type, and you’re signed straight in.

Confirming your email

If you signed up with email, you’ll see a gentle Confirm your email card. Tap the button in the email we send (a preview alone never confirms it — that’s on purpose, to keep your account safe). Signed in with Apple or Google? You’re already confirmed.

The hero up top rotates through three scenes — swipe it or tap the dots:

• ✦A splash welcome,
• ✦a featured original with a “Read or listen free” button,
• ✦and an Audira Max invitation (which disappears once you’re a member).

Below it: a Books / Audiobooks filter, genre chips (tap “Explore more” for the full theme browser), your Continue card, a Recommended for you rail, and every original in one grid.

Two shortcuts always sit at the very top: the bell (your notifications) and the search magnifier.

Tap the magnifier and type. Results update as you go. You can:

• ✦Switch between Books, Audiobooks, and Lists,
• ✦add theme filters as chips and stack as many as you like,
• ✦and open a public list a fellow reader has curated, then save it to follow.

From Home, tap Genres or Explore more to open the full browser. Themes are grouped the way readers actually think — Relationship Type, Character Type, After Dark, Tropes, Tone, Setting, Time Period, and more. Tap any one to see every story that fits.

You can also set your Favorite Genres so your recommendations lean the way you do — pick as many bubbles as you like and tap Save.

At the top: the cover (tap it for a full‑screen view, and to save it to your Photos), the synopsis, and pills telling you if there’s audio. Then:

• ✦Start reading or Listen instead — and if you’ve been here before, Resume right where you left off.
• ✦Save (the heart) drops it on your shelf; Share sends a link.
• ✦An Episodes list shows each chapter’s status, and a Clubs reading this shelf if a book club is on it.

The reader is immersive: the bars fade as you read and come back with a tap in the middle of the page. Choose how pages move in settings:

• ✦Paged — swipe, or tap the left/right edges to turn.
• ✦Scroll — one flowing column.

The top bar holds the chapter menu, appearance, search, and your marks; the bottom shows your place and a Talk chip for the chapter’s conversation. Your spot is always saved, and follows you to your other devices.

Tap Aa in the reader to open appearance. Two tabs and a brightness slider:

• ✦Type — font, size, and spacing (line, paragraph, and letter).
• ✦Page — the six themes (ClassicWarmMintNightInkRose Dusk), page‑turn style, alignment, and margins.

Prefer a clean slate? Reset to Audira defaults is right there.

From that bar you can:

• ✦Highlight in one of four tints — RoseEmberVioletGold,
• ✦add a Note,
• ✦Quote a passage into a book club,
• ✦Search for it in the book, or Look up a word in the Lexicon.

Tap any marked passage later to edit its tint or note. Every highlight and note across every book gathers in My Notes (in your Library), and tapping one jumps you back to that exact spot.

Select a word and choose Look up. A house‑styled dictionary sheet slides up with the senses and examples — plus quick links to Search the Web or Apple’s Dictionaries if you want to go deeper. It’s open to everyone, guests included.

You get the essentials and the extras:

• ✦Play / pause, skip 15 seconds back and forward, and a scrubber with times.
• ✦Playback speed — tap to cycle from 0.75× up to 2×.
• ✦Autoplay — roll straight into the next chapter, hands‑free.
• ✦A chapter menu, a light/dark toggle, and the chapter’s Talk.

It keeps playing in the background and on your lock screen, and a mini‑player rides along the bottom of the app so you can wander and keep listening.

Open the sleep timer and choose End of chapter or a set number of minutes. A little countdown shows how long’s left; playback fades out when it’s up. Turn it off anytime.

Autoplay is its own switch on the player — leave it on to keep the story going chapter to chapter, or off to stop at the end of each one.

From a book page or the player, choose Download — everything, text only, or add the audiobook. In the Downloads screen (Library or Settings) you can:

• ✦Flip on Wi‑Fi only, or allow cellular per book,
• ✦Pause / resume a download and see its size,
• ✦and remove a download (your reading progress always stays).

The Shop tab shows your balance and today’s rewards:

• ✦+10 for opening the app today,
• ✦+10 for reading ten minutes,
• ✦+20 for reading an hour,
• ✦and a 7‑day streak bonus on top.

Need more now? Grab a point pack — Starter, Reader (best value), or Binge — right from the Shop.

A Streak Shield is quiet insurance. Hold a few, and if you miss a day, one steps in automatically — no tap, no setup — and your streak carries on like you never left. Buy them with points in the Shop, up to your cap.

• ✦Shields protect both your 7‑day reward and the milestone 100‑Day badge.
• ✦When one saves you, you’ll get a warm “Your shield stood guard” note in your inbox.

In the Shop, open Invite friends to get your personal link and code. Share it however you like. Your friend gets starter points for joining, and once they’ve read a few chapters, points land in your wallet too. The card tracks who’s joined and who’s still reading.

Max includes:

• ✦Every chapter, unlocked instantly. No points, no five‑hour waits.
• ✦Offline downloads — whole books, including full‑cast audio.
• ✦A rose‑gold ✦ star and ring on your community profile, and a gold app icon.
• ✦Your place syncs everywhere you read or listen.

Choose Monthly or Yearly (the best value), subscribe right in the app, and manage or cancel anytime. On the app your subscription is managed in the App Store or Google Play, depending on your device; if you subscribed on the web, you’ll manage billing on audirabook.com.

The Library tab keeps your Continue reading rail up top, then your books and lists. You can:

• ✦Filter by All / Books / Audiobooks / Saved Lists,
• ✦Create a list — name it, give it a genre and themes, and add books,
• ✦make a list public so other readers can follow it,
• ✦and follow other readers’ public lists from your Saved shelf.

Your built‑in My List is always private, and everything here syncs with the website.

Filter by tint or by notes‑only, and tap any mark to jump straight back to that passage in the story. It’s the fastest way back to the line that undid you.

The Social tab has four rooms:

• ✦For You (sort by Newest or Top Awarded) and Following,
• ✦Book Talk — per‑chapter threads (peeks stay blurred if you’re behind, so nothing spoils),
• ✦and Clubs.

Post from the composer — up to 600 characters, attach a book, and flip on a spoiler shield if you’re about to say something. On any post you can like, comment, award a crown, repost, save, share, or report.

Tap Talk while reading or listening to open that chapter’s thread. Sort by Newest or Most Loved, post with a spoiler shield, and give a comment a like or a crown. Haven’t reached a chapter yet? Its talk stays gently sealed until you do.

A profile shows their posts, their followers and following, their achievements, and how long they’ve been a member. Tap Follow to see them in your Following feed. Max members wear a rose‑gold ✦ and a ring. On your own profile you also get Comments and Saved tabs, just for you.

Your achievement wall groups badges into families. Earned ones glow; locked ones show what it takes and how close you are. You can:

• ✦Showcase up to three favorites at the top of your profile,
• ✦tap any badge for its story and lore,
• ✦and hide a badge you’d rather not display.

Find your wall on your profile’s Achievements tab, or from Settings → My Achievements.

Block from any profile or post (the ⋯ menu). A block hides the two of you from each other — feeds, chapter talk, and clubs — and no one is ever told. Manage everyone you’ve blocked in Settings → Blocked Users, where a tap unblocks.

In the Social tab’s Clubs room you’ll find your clubs up top and a directory below. Filter by Recruiting / Reading now / Finished, search by club or book, and:

• ✦Join an open club, Request a seat at an approval club, or hop the waitlist if it’s full,
• ✦or open a private club with an invite code.

• ✦The Rooms — doors that open as you read to that chapter (with a little celebration when one does).
• ✦The Caravan — how far the whole club has traveled together.
• ✦Sealed Predictions — call what happens next; it stays in rose wax until the ending.
• ✦The Roster — members and their host / co‑host roles.
• ✦The Ending — when the book’s done: write a recap, and found the next club.

You can also mute a club or leave it anytime.

Send messages, heart and pin them, reply, and:

• ✦Start a poll for the room to vote on,
• ✦Seal a prediction in wax,
• ✦and quote a passage — but only up to the room’s chapter and your own furthest‑read, so nothing spoils.

Hosts schedule salons: a discussion or a listening party, with a time and an opening chapter. Take a seat to RSVP and add it to your calendar. When it’s live, step onto the Stage — a podium the host speaks from (with short voice notes), attendee reactions, and, for listening parties, co‑listen that keeps everyone’s audio in sync.

• ✦✦ Community — follows, comments, replies, awards, achievement unlocks, club invites and more. Tap any avatar to open that reader.
• ✦✦ From Audira — house notes like a “Your shield stood guard” save, chapter unlocks, and new releases.

Swipe or tap the ✕ to clear one, or Clear All to sweep the From‑Audira notes at once. Opening the inbox marks everything read.

In Settings → Notifications:

• ✦Turn push on, and pick your community channels (new followers, comments, replies, loves).
• ✦Choose your email topics: the Audira Letter, journal posts, service updates, new releases, birthday surprises, and your monthly recap.
• ✦Set club channels (activity, salon reminders, prediction reveals) and reading reminders.

Settings holds your account card, your Audira Max membership, the App Icon switch (Classic, or the gold Max icon), Promotion codes, Contact support, Appearance (System / Light / Dark), and — under About Audira — this guide and the Audira Journal.

• ✦Set an avatar (uploads may take a moment for a quick review) or remove it to go back to your generated one.
• ✦Edit your username; your email is shown for reference.
• ✦Add your birthday for a surprise on your day — note it’s set once.
• ✦Jump to My Achievements and Blocked Users, log out, or delete your account (you’ll type “delete” to confirm).

New Releases leads with a featured premiere and a grid of the latest arrivals. Coming Soon lists what’s on the way — tap Notify me on any title (or the bell up top for all new releases) and we’ll tell you the moment it lands.

The website mirrors the app for reading and listening, with a few web‑only touches:

• ✦A browser reader and player with their own appearance settings,
• ✦a resume bar that follows you across the site (and becomes a mini audio player),
• ✦and the Audira Journal — our blog of guides, readalikes, and reader polls.

A handful of things are best in the app: live listening parties and the Stage, offline downloads, and the gold Max icon.

Do points expire?

Never. They wait for you.

What happens when I finish my free unlocks for the day?

A chapter opens on a 5‑hour timer, or instantly for 10 points — or unlimited with Audira Max.

Is my place saved across devices?

Yes, on any device you’re signed in. Reading appearance settings are per‑device by design, so each screen can feel right.

Can I read on my computer?

Absolutely — sign in at audirabook.com and pick up right where you left off.

How do I cancel Max?

Anytime. If you subscribed in the app, manage it in the App Store or Google Play; on the web, through your billing portal in Settings.

Open Settings → Contact support (or the Support page on the web) and tell us what’s going on — you can attach a screenshot, which always helps. We’ll reply by email. Welcome to Audira. Now — go read something wonderful. ✦