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Est. circa 2013 · re-shelved for the IIIF era

Flipbook

Hover over a book and wiggle your mouseDrag a finger sideways across books to flip through centuries of pages. ClickTap one to open it up and make a GIF.

How do you show a whole book with a single thumbnail? Read the story behind Flipbook

Shelve your own book (or drag a IIIF logo onto the page)

Works with any IIIF Presentation v2 or v3 manifest or collection. It also understands archive.org/details/…, loc.gov/item/…, digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/…, library.nga.gov records, links from IIIF viewers, or a bare Internet Archive identifier.

Flash mode (the 2013 annoyance, lovingly restored) Plates only (skip the text, keep the pictures) Pages per scrub

showing (in the card's color) loaded not loaded yet skipped: a blank page (or text, with plates only on)

The shelf

Images are loaded directly from each library's IIIF servers. Rights and attribution belong to the holding institutions; see each item's source link.

Inspired by the animated book thumbnails that used to flicker through Internet Archive search results. Here's the backstory.

Run a IIIF image server? Here's how Flipbook treats it, and how to reach us.

Drop it on the shelf!IIIF logos, manifest links and viewer links all work

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IIIF manifest ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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Keys: ← → step · Space play · Esc close

Use the left and right arrow keys to flip through pages. Press Enter to open the book.