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A little help for your reading life.

Practical guides for building your library, tracking pages and listening time, and sharing only what you choose.

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Install MyBibliotheca on Android or iPhone

Add MyBibliotheca to your Home Screen for an app-like window, one-tap access, and offline reading tools.

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Sync reading progress with KOReader

Connect KOReader to MyBibliotheca, match each ebook safely, keep devices in sync, and rotate a sync password when needed.

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Send KOReader highlights and notes to MyBibliotheca

Install the MyBibliotheca KOReader plugin, connect it with your KOReader sync credentials, and send highlights and notes directly from your e-reader.

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Import Readwise highlights and notes

Connect your Readwise account with an access token, choose what to import, and match highlights to books in your library.

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Add a book by title, author, or ISBN

Find an edition from the catalog, choose its shelf, or enter a book manually when search comes up empty.

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Scan a book’s ISBN

Use your phone or computer camera to scan a book’s barcode and find the exact edition in MyBibliotheca.

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Claim and manage your author profile

Create your MyBibliotheca account, submit an author claim, and keep your public Commons profile and catalogue current.

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Import a Goodreads, StoryGraph, or CSV library

Bring over books, reading statuses, ratings, notes, and reading dates with a guided CSV import.

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Organize books with reading statuses

Use five shelves to make your library reflect what you are actually reading right now.

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Organize your TBR and choose what to read next

Turn Plan to read and Up next into a focused, private reading queue with lists, priorities, filters, and a pick for what to read next.

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Edit a book’s details, dates, rating, and notes

Keep the parts of a book record that matter to you, from a corrected edition to a note you want to revisit.

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Find a better cover for a book

Search alternate editions when the automatic cover is missing or does not match the copy you own.

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How reading logs and progress work

Understand the difference between a reading position and a session total, track different editions, and keep your history accurate.

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Use Reading Timeline to look back

Explore your calendar, session history, dates, and monthly reading milestones in one place.

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Set up reading streaks and your timezone

Carry in an existing streak, understand how a reading day is counted, and keep midnight in the right place.

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Make a reading recap card

Create a private, browser-rendered PNG for a finished book or a month, year, or all-time reading view.

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Manage privacy and your public library page

Keep everything private or publish a simple page with only the reading details you choose.

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Get recommendations from your recent reads

Ask MyBibliotheca for three reading ideas based on the books already in your library.

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Back up and export your data

Download a private CSV copy of your profile, books, ratings, notes, dates, and reading logs.

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Remove books and reading sessions

Clean up duplicate books, remove a single session, or manage several library entries at once.

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Recover account access

Reset a forgotten password or resend the verification email without exposing account details.

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Troubleshoot a CSV import

Fix the most common import problems before you run the final step.

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Troubleshoot common issues

A calm checklist for missing covers, stale pages, sign-in trouble, and other everyday snags.

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