Track Your Reading Time: See How Long You Spend with Each Chapter
Today, We’ve updated the Library of All and I’m excited to announce the launch of Reading Time Display!
This feature helps you become more aware of your reading habits by showing exactly how long you spend reading with each chapter.
Why Track Reading Time?
In our journey to rebuild deep focus and literacy, awareness is the first step. Just as fitness trackers help you understand your physical activity, reading time tracking helps you understand your cognitive engagement.
When you can see how long you’ve been reading, you gain valuable insights:
- Build Consistency: Track your daily reading sessions and build a sustainable reading habit
- Measure Focus: Understand how long you can maintain deep concentration
- Set Goals: Use concrete data to set and achieve reading targets
- Stay Motivated: Watch your reading time accumulate as tangible proof of your progress
How It Works
The reading time display appears in the top-left corner of the content viewer, right next to the exit button. It’s designed to be unobtrusive yet always visible, so you can check your progress without breaking your reading flow.
Real-Time Tracking
The timer starts automatically when you open a chapter and updates in real-time as you read. It tracks your active reading time using smart detection:
- Automatic Pause: The timer pauses when you switch tabs, minimize the window, or navigate away
- Seamless Resume: When you return to reading, the timer automatically resumes
- Accurate Measurement: Only your actual reading time is counted, not idle time
For Logged-In Users
If you’re signed in, your reading activity is automatically saved to the server whenever you:
- Switch to another tab or application
- Close the browser window
- Navigate away from the chapter
This means your reading progress is safely stored and contributes to your overall reading statistics.
Disclaimer
In the future, you may need to subscribe a membership to save your reading time after a certain amount of time saved.
What’s Next?
The current reading time display is just the beginning. We’re working on comprehensive reading analytics that will help you understand your reading patterns better:
- Total Reading Time: See your cumulative reading time across all books and chapters
- Daily Reading Time: Track how much you read each day
- Weekly Reading Time: Visualize your reading consistency over weeks
- Monthly Reading Time: Understand your long-term reading patterns
- Yearly Reading Time: Celebrate your annual reading achievements
These features will help you build and maintain a strong reading habit, giving you the data you need to become a more consistent and focused reader.
A Step Toward Better Reading Habits
At the Library of All, we believe that reading is the ultimate gym for the mind. Just as you track your workouts to improve physical fitness, tracking your reading time helps you build cognitive strength.
This feature is part of our commitment to help you rebuild deep focus and literacy in an age of distraction. Every minute you spend reading is an investment in yourself, and now you can see that investment grow.
Happy reading!