When I press the "full-screen" button in Google Books, about a third of my vertical space is still taken up by various toolbars. This makes it extremely difficult to read efficiently. Is there any way to remove these toolbars in "full-screen" mode?
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The new "reader" Google eBook interface is quite minimal, and if you use f11 you can make it extremely full screen. Here's Google eBook Reader I get by clicking the reader button...
and here's the old traditional Google Books UI I get when I click the book cover itself:
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Jeff's answer is correct, but unfortunately it only applies to the so-called eBooks in Google's collection, as those are the only ones that have the red "READ NOW" button in the left panel. However, I have found a simple workaround that seems to provide this same functionality to other books (if they offer preview privileges): place the parameter http://books.google.com/books?id=HCkBC0dcjHAC&printsec=frontcover to this: http://books.google.com/books?id=HCkBC0dcjHAC&output=reader&printsec=frontcover (By doing this, you will exchange the ability for scrolling through books for that of page turning, but the benefit is additional screen real-estate at the top of the page.) |
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I also prefer kmote's solution when it works, but it only works for books that google has added on to google play. I have written a small Greasemonkey script to make the full-screen button on google reader behave the way it should. |
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What seems to works for me (I am currently using Firefox, if that is of any relevance) is this:
I admit this is not a very practical solution and it shrinks any other Google books sites you have open, but it is another way of fixing the problem. I hope some of this works for you! |
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