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How To Sample Books for Free on Fable

Jason BoogMay 16 2023

Have you tried free samples of books on Fable? It's an easy way to test our unique social reading features and get to know a new writer's work. We'll show you how to download a free sample of "It Ends With Us," the bestselling book by Colleen Hoover.

Sample Colleen Hoover books & a million more

Fable is a social reading platform for book clubs, specially designed for sharing books with friends. Our webstore is filled with ebooks from the best publishers in the world.

Start by downloading the free Fable app.

Once you have the app, you can start discovering new books in seconds! You can make highlights and notes in sample ebooks, enjoying all of Fable's social reading features as you read. If you like the book, you can purchase it in our bookstore. Your purchased copy will include all your notes and highlights from the sample!

How to sample a book on Fable

1. Open the Fable app and tap the magnifying glass icon to search for your book.

"It Ends with Us" by Colleen Hoover is one of the most book-clubbed books on Fable, with more than 250 book clubs choosing the book! Find book

2. Tap "Read sample" and start reading, highlighting, or adding notes

Hundreds of Colleen Hoover readers have used Fable to share thoughts, highlights, photographs, music, videos, and other special links while reading her books. Social reading book sample

3. Start a book club with the book sample

Tap the book club icon at the bottom of the menu
Tap the + icon to start a new book club
Add a name and description for the club
Add "It Ends with Us" or any other book sample to the book club
Start reading, highlighting, or adding notes

If you have any trouble with locating book samples on your device, visit your favorite app store and make sure you have the most recent version of the Fable app. If that doesn't work, reach out to Fable Reader Support!

Sample more ebooks on Fable

Now you can start reading free samples of any of the millions of books in Fable's catalog. We've rounded up the most book clubbed books on our platform to get you started--these books have already inspired hundreds of book clubs!

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Keep reading on Fable

Reading together with friends, family, and co-workers is a great way to enjoy the full mental and physical benefits of reading. We call this “social reading.” The Fable app is built for social reading, with tools for sharing highlights, comments, insights, links, pictures, and videos as you read together. Find a book club to join for free!We also make it easy to launch your own free book club. With our platform, you can host every aspect of an online discussion at a single destination, to reach readers and build safe online communities regardless of location or time zone.Start your own book club today!You can sample our ever-growing collection of Folios, exceptional book recommendations from some of the world’s great tastemakers. Each Folio covers a critical theme, and some of our Folio curators include LeVar Burton, Paulo Coelho, Wolfgang Puck, and Jasmine Guillory. Discover great book recommendations!

By Jason Boog

Jason Boog is a writer living in Los Angeles and part of the editorial team at Fable. OR Books published "The Deep End: The Literary Scene During the Great Depression and Today," his book about how different writers survived the Great Depression. Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone imprint published "Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age," his handbook about how to raise kids who love to read. His work has appeared in The Believer, The Awl, Salon, NPR Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Peace Corps Writers, and other outlets. He was the West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly.