The present application discloses a page turning method and apparatus for digital reading. The method comprises: collecting a dynamic image of a face of a user in real time by using a preset light sensing device; for each collected frame of the dynamic image, determining real-time position coordinate information of a current face according to a reference coordinate system of the current face; according to the currently determined real-time position coordinate information of the face, determining whether the face of the user sways at the moment and a sway direction; and when it is determined that the sway occurs, performing page turning on an electronic document currently read by the user according to the sway direction and a preset mapping relationship between the sway direction and a paging turning direction. The method and apparatus provided by the present invention can realize automatic page turning of digital reading.