Athene Docs
Athene is a free reader for the books you already own, on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. These pages explain every part of it: how to bring your books in, how to read, mark and listen to them, and how to keep them in step with calibre, Zotero, KOReader and your other devices.
What you can do with Athene
- Read EPUB and PDF as real pages, and bring in MOBI, AZW3, Word, Pages, FB2, TXT and HTML, which become books on the way in. Adding Books
- Make the page yours: any paper colour, any Google Font, and your own size, spacing and margins. The Page
- Highlight, write or draw notes, and find every one again in the Notebook, with your reflections. Highlights & Notes
- Have a book or a PDF read aloud, in English, French or Italian, with the screen locked. Listen
- Look up a word, offline, and translate a passage. Look Up & Translate
- Ask the Owl about the page you’re on, on your device or with your own model. Ask the Owl
- Browse and download from calibre, Zotero, Project Gutenberg and OPDS catalogs. calibre, Zotero
- Keep your place and your marks in step through iCloud and KOReader, and your highlights with calibre and Zotero too. Sync & Backup
All topics
Getting StartedInstall Athene, add a first book, and find your way around.ReadingThe reader’s buttons, turning pages, contents, search and bookmarks.The PagePaper, brightness, type, size, spacing, margins and the app’s light.PDFsZoom, two pages, highlights, ink on the page and the slider.Highlights & NotesHighlight in five colours, write or draw a note, and mark pages.The NotebookEvery highlight and note in one place, reflections, and export.Look Up & TranslateA dictionary that works offline, and Apple’s translation.ListenAny book or PDF read aloud, in English, French or Italian.Ask the OwlQuestions about the page, answered on your device or your own model.LibraryThe shelf, search, collections, and a book’s own menu.Adding BooksOpen Shelf, Files and folders, Wi‑Fi, links, OPDS and formats.calibreBrowse your calibre library, download, and send highlights back.ZoteroRead your papers, with highlights both ways, and cite them.Sync & BackupiCloud between your devices, KOReader, and keeping a copy.iPad & iPhone DuoTwo pages, keyboard and Pencil on iPad; Duo open, propped and shut.Settings & ExtrasEvery setting in order, and the extras some readers love.TroubleshootingWhat to do when a book, a server or a sync won’t work.
More help
- Athene Support: the short answers, and how to write in.
- athene@theadipost.com reaches the person who makes Athene.
- The privacy policy sets out exactly what is stored and what is sent, and where.
- Athene Reader on the App Store.
Written for Athene 3.4. Something here wrong, or missing? Write to athene@theadipost.com.