The KOReader Reading Tracker That Can Sync Your Progress With Your Library
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The KOReader Reading Tracker That Can Sync Your Progress With Your Library
KOReader already knows how far you have read.
Your reading tracker should not make you type it in again.
If you use KOReader on a Kobo, PocketBook, Kindle, reMarkable, Android device, or another supported platform, MyBibliotheca can turn that progress into part of your personal reading history.
MyBibliotheca includes a KOReader-compatible progress sync service. Once your ebook is linked to the correct book in your library, KOReader reading positions can be connected with the same place where you track print books, audiobooks, reading sessions, notes, series, and your TBR.
For readers who are tired of manually updating percentages after every ebook session, that is a very different kind of book tracker.
Your e-reader already has the data
A normal ebook tracking workflow often looks like this:
- Read in KOReader.
- Close the book.
- Open Goodreads, StoryGraph, or another tracker.
- Find the same title.
- Remember whether you stopped at 42%, 44%, or 46%.
- Update it manually.
The problem is not that entering a percentage takes very long.
The problem is that you have to do it over and over again.
Eventually you forget.
Then your reading tracker stops reflecting what you are actually reading.
MyBibliotheca's KOReader integration is designed to remove that duplication.
Sync KOReader progress into MyBibliotheca
MyBibliotheca can act as a custom KOReader progress-sync server.
You create separate KOReader credentials in MyBibliotheca, enter the MyBibliotheca sync server in KOReader, and enable document metadata.
When KOReader sends progress, MyBibliotheca can use the title and author information to help connect the document to a book already in your library.
If there is one clear match, it can link automatically.
If the title is ambiguous or you have multiple editions, you can choose the correct book yourself.
That matters because ebook libraries are messy.
The same novel may exist as a paperback, hardcover, EPUB, omnibus, revised edition, or audiobook.
A reading tracker should not silently guess when it is not sure.
Keep multiple KOReader devices on the same reading position
KOReader's progress-sync feature is also useful when you read on more than one device.
For example, you might have:
- a Kobo at home
- a PocketBook in your bag
- an Android e-ink device
- KOReader installed on another supported reader
When those devices use the same MyBibliotheca KOReader sync credentials, the current document position can be shared through the sync service.
That gives MyBibliotheca two useful roles at once:
- a progress-sync endpoint for your KOReader devices
- a private reading tracker that connects the ebook to the rest of your library
Your reading location is no longer isolated from your reading history.
Match the ebook edition you actually read
Page counts are one of the most frustrating parts of ebook tracking.
An EPUB might report a very different page count from a paperback edition.
A catalog might say a book has 858 pages while your ebook renderer shows more than 2,000.
MyBibliotheca lets you keep an edition page count for the version you actually use.
That means KOReader's percentage can be translated into a position that makes sense for your edition rather than blindly using an unrelated print edition's page count.
If the percentage is correct but the displayed page number looks wrong, the edition can be corrected without rewriting your reading history.
Progress becomes part of a larger reading history
The most useful part of the integration is not simply seeing "63%" on another website.
It is what that progress can connect to.
Inside MyBibliotheca, the same book can also have:
- start and finish dates
- reading sessions
- notes
- ratings
- series information
- reread history
- edition details
- highlights and annotations
- reading timeline entries
- monthly and yearly statistics
This turns KOReader progress into part of a much richer reading record.
Your highlights can come over too
Progress is only one piece of ebook reading.
The passages you highlight and the notes you write may be the parts you most want to remember.
MyBibliotheca also has a separate KOReader highlights and notes plugin.
That plugin can send annotations directly from KOReader to your MyBibliotheca account.
It does not require Readwise.
Progress sync answers:
Where did I stop?
The highlights plugin answers:
What did I want to remember?
Together, they create a much more complete connection between your e-reader and your reading tracker.
Already use Readwise? Keep using it.
MyBibliotheca also supports Readwise imports.
If your highlights already flow through Readwise from several different reading sources, you can connect Readwise to MyBibliotheca and import those annotations.
MyBibliotheca then matches them to books in your library.
This means you can choose the workflow that fits you:
- KOReader → MyBibliotheca directly for KOReader highlights
- Readwise → MyBibliotheca if Readwise is already your annotation hub
- KOReader progress sync → MyBibliotheca for ebook positions
You do not have to force every reading tool through the same path.
A better companion for Kobo, PocketBook and Kindle readers using KOReader
KOReader runs on a wide range of e-ink platforms, including Kobo, PocketBook, Kindle, reMarkable and others.
That gives readers freedom to choose hardware.
MyBibliotheca extends that idea to the reading tracker.
Instead of tying your history to one e-reader manufacturer, your library can sit above the device layer.
Change from PocketBook to Kobo?
Keep MyBibliotheca.
Use two KOReader devices?
Keep the same library.
Read print books and audiobooks too?
Keep them in the same reading history.
Import your old Goodreads or StoryGraph history
You also do not need to choose between your existing reading history and your new KOReader workflow.
MyBibliotheca can import Goodreads and StoryGraph library exports.
Bring the books you have already tracked, then let future KOReader reading become part of a more detailed system.
Your reading tracker should work with your reader
The best reading tracker is not the one that gives you the most homework.
It is the one that quietly records useful information while you actually read.
For KOReader users, MyBibliotheca is built around that idea.
Create your MyBibliotheca library and connect KOReader progress sync to start bringing your e-reader activity into your reading history.