ReadLume: How to Import a Web Novel by URL

URL import is the heart of ReadLume. Instead of hunting for a file, you hand the app a link to any chapter of a web novel and it takes over from there. Here is exactly how to do it.

The steps

• Copy a chapter link. In your browser, open any chapter of the web novel on its site (freewebnovel.com and similar free sites), and copy the page URL.
• Add it in ReadLume. Open ReadLume, choose to add a web novel, and paste the link.
• Let it read the series. ReadLume loads the chapter, strips out the menus and ads, and identifies where the next chapter is.
• Press play. It reads the chapter aloud and, when it ends, advances to the next one automatically.

From there you can lock the phone and the audio keeps going. If this is your first time, the broader walkthrough is in set up ReadLume for hands-free web novel audio.

Start from chapter one, or wherever you are

Beginning a brand-new novel? Open the first chapter, copy its link, and paste it into ReadLume to enjoy the whole series uninterrupted. Already partway through a serial somewhere else? Copy the URL of the chapter you are on and continue reading in ReadLume from that exact point, with zero ads in your way.

Which link to paste

Paste a link to an actual chapter, not the novel's cover or index page. A chapter URL is what lets ReadLume find the "next chapter" link and keep advancing. If you start from chapter one, you get the whole series in order. Start from wherever you are and it picks up from there.

Which web novels work

One important limit to know: ReadLume works with free web novels only, the ones whose chapters are openly readable on the page. Content locked behind a paywall or a subscription, such as Wattpad or WebNovel's paid chapters, cannot be imported, because the text is not publicly accessible to fetch. Free sources work well, including freewebnovel.com, novelfull.com, fanmtl.com, readnovelmtl.com, asianovel.net, and novellive.com.

If a site will not load

Most sites work on the first try. If one does not, try these in order:

• Use a different chapter link. Some pages are previews or paywalled; a full chapter page imports cleanly.
• Check the page shows the whole chapter. If the site hides text behind a login or a "unlock" button, the text is not publicly available to read.
• Confirm it is a supported reading site. ReadLume is built for web-novel and story sites, not general web pages.

After it is in

Once imported, a web novel behaves like everything else in ReadLume: neural-voice playback, automatic chapter advance, screen-off listening, and saved position. For the full feature tour, see the ReadLume app guide, and for the other import routes see how to import a web novel into ReadLume.

URL import is part of the paid plans, from $2.50/month with a 3-day free trial. Your own PDFs and EPUBs are always free to read and listen.