A Better Reading Tracker for Kobo, PocketBook and Kindle Users Who Run KOReader
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A Better Reading Tracker for Kobo, PocketBook and Kindle Users Who Run KOReader
One of the best things about KOReader is that it is not tied to one e-reader brand.
Readers use it on Kobo, PocketBook, Kindle, reMarkable, Android, and other supported platforms.
That gives you more freedom over the hardware you read on.
Your reading tracker should offer the same kind of freedom.
MyBibliotheca is a private reading tracker that connects directly with KOReader for reading progress and annotations while also tracking print books, audiobooks, TBRs, series, reading sessions, and statistics.
So whether your current device says Kobo, PocketBook, or Kindle on the front, your reading history can live somewhere independent of the manufacturer.
Your reading history should not belong to the device brand
E-reader ecosystems naturally encourage you to keep everything inside one company's services.
That works well until you switch devices.
Maybe you move from Kindle to Kobo.
Maybe you use a PocketBook because you prefer its hardware.
Maybe you have more than one reader.
Maybe you deliberately use KOReader because you do not want the software experience tied to the device manufacturer.
MyBibliotheca follows the same philosophy at the tracking layer.
The device is where you read.
MyBibliotheca is where your broader reading history lives.
Kobo + KOReader + MyBibliotheca
Kobo devices are a popular home for KOReader.
With MyBibliotheca configured as the KOReader progress-sync server, supported KOReader reading positions can be connected to books in your MyBibliotheca library.
You can also use the separate MyBibliotheca KOReader plugin to send highlights and notes.
That means a Kobo session can contribute more than a manually entered percentage.
It can become part of the history around the book.
PocketBook + KOReader + MyBibliotheca
PocketBook is also officially supported by KOReader.
For readers who like PocketBook hardware but want a richer cross-platform reading tracker, MyBibliotheca can provide the library layer above the device.
Progress from KOReader can be connected to the book.
Highlights and notes can be sent with the plugin.
If you later move to another KOReader-compatible device, the MyBibliotheca library does not need to move with the hardware.
It was already independent.
Kindle + KOReader + MyBibliotheca
KOReader also supports compatible Kindle models.
Readers who have installed KOReader on supported Kindle hardware can use the same MyBibliotheca integrations once KOReader itself is running.
That means your reading history does not have to stop at Amazon's ecosystem boundaries.
The books you track in MyBibliotheca can include titles read on Kindle alongside Kobo, PocketBook, print, and audio.
One account for mixed-device readers
This becomes especially valuable if you use multiple devices.
Imagine:
- Kobo Libra at home
- smaller PocketBook while traveling
- Android e-ink tablet for PDFs
- audiobooks on your phone
- paperbacks on weekends
A device-specific reading history fragments quickly.
MyBibliotheca is intended to sit above that fragmentation.
Your reading timeline is about you, not which hardware happened to display the book.
KOReader progress sync reduces manual updates
One of the most practical advantages is simple.
Your KOReader device already knows your current position.
MyBibliotheca can receive that progress through KOReader's sync mechanism.
Once the ebook is matched to a book in your account, future positions can update the reading record without requiring you to manually re-enter every percentage.
For anyone who reads daily, removing even a small repetitive task matters.
KOReader highlights can live beside the book
The MyBibliotheca highlights plugin handles another important part of ebook reading.
You can send KOReader highlights and notes directly into MyBibliotheca.
They then appear with the associated book rather than remaining only on one reader.
This helps preserve the parts of the book you actually cared enough to mark.
Readwise users are covered too
If you already use Readwise, you do not need to abandon it.
MyBibliotheca can import Readwise highlights and notes and link them with books in your library.
This gives mixed-device readers flexibility.
Some annotations may arrive directly from KOReader.
Others may come through Readwise from different sources.
They can still become part of the same personal library.
Track print and audio without pretending they are ebooks
A cross-device reader is often a cross-format reader too.
MyBibliotheca handles print, ebook, and audiobook tracking in the same system.
For audiobooks, you can track listening in minutes, current position, percentage, and duration.
For print and ebooks, you can use pages or percentages.
The measurements can differ while the reading history remains unified.
Keep your TBR independent too
The same principle applies to books you have not started yet.
Instead of a device-store wishlist deciding what you read next, MyBibliotheca gives you private TBR lists, priorities, moods, reasons for saving books, manual ordering, and an Up Next queue.
That means your future reading plan is not tied to whichever retailer sold your current e-reader.
A device-independent reading life
KOReader gives readers more control over how they read.
MyBibliotheca extends that control to how the reading is remembered.
Use the hardware you want.
Use KOReader where it makes sense.
Keep your progress, annotations, print reading, audiobooks, and TBR in a library that is about your reading rather than your device brand.
Start a MyBibliotheca library and connect your KOReader device to build a reading history that can follow you from Kobo to PocketBook to Kindle and beyond.