How to Manage Multiple Books with Bulk Actions

When importing dozens of books at once or tidying your library after a semester of intense study, organizing each title individually takes unnecessary time and effort.

GemReader provides an intuitive multi-selection mode. With a single long-press, you can select five, twenty, or fifty titles and apply batch actions—such as transferring them to a new shelf, favoriting them, or removing finished reading materials—in one swift step.

To perform bulk actions, you will need:

• Platforms: GemReader installed on your phone or tablet (Android or iOS).
• Prerequisites: Multiple books present on your bookshelf or inside a collection.

1. 1
   Open your Library view.
2. 2
   Touch and hold your finger on any book cover until selection checkmarks appear, entering multi-select mode.
3. 3
   Tap additional book covers to include them in your batch. The header bar will update to display the exact number of selected titles.
4. 4
   Use the actions available in the selection header:

   • Move to collection (folder icon): Opens the collection picker so you can transfer all selected titles into another shelf or subfolder.
   • Favorites (heart icon): Stars or unstars all selected titles simultaneously.
   • Share: Exports the selected book files to your device's share sheet.
   • More options (three dots icon): Opens a detailed menu where you can choose Delete from library to safely delete the selected books.
5. 5
   Tap the ✕ button on the far left of the header bar to exit selection mode when you are finished.

• Single Batch Confirmation: When deleting multiple titles, GemReader displays a single confirmation prompt stating the total count of books to be removed, preventing repetitive alerts.
• Deselecting Titles: If you accidentally tap a book you didn't mean to include, simply tap its cover again to uncheck it without clearing your other selections.
• Beam Transfers: On Android devices, the selection bar also features a Beam button (P2P Wi-Fi transfer), allowing you to send an entire batch of books directly to a nearby device without needing internet access.