KOReader: sync your position

If you already read with KOReader (on a Kobo, a PocketBook, an Android device or a jailbroken Kindle), you can connect it to Kevra using two standards KOReader already supports:

• Progress sync (KOReader Sync): your position goes back and forth between KOReader and your other devices.
• OPDS catalog: you see and download your Kevra books from the reader itself.

The same works for CrossPoint (Xteink) and other apps that support OPDS.

1. Create a device password

1. In the Kevra app, go to Settings → Other readers.
2. Tap Create device password. You'll see your Username, the Device password and two addresses: Sync server (KOReader Sync) and OPDS catalog.
3. Write the password down: for security it's only shown once. If you lose it, tap Create another password (the old one stops working).

It isn't your account password: it's one just for your readers.

2. Set up KOReader

• Progress: tools menu → Progress sync → Custom sync server → paste the sync server, then log in with your username and the device password.
• Books: search menu → OPDS catalog → add → paste the catalog address, with the same username and password.

Which books appear in the catalog

Your Ex libris, what you're reading and your connected libraries (Dropbox, Google Drive…), with search; plus what you've sent to Kevra and your Kevra cloud. Books from your clouds download straight from them, without going through our servers.

Books that are only on your phone don't appear: they're never uploaded.

Plus plan: your cloud libraries and what you've sent to Kevra need Plus; your Kevra cloud, Pro.

How the position matches up

• If you download the book from Kevra's catalog, KOReader's position is translated to Kevra's and back: you can read a while in KOReader and carry on on your phone.
• If you copied the book to KOReader yourself, the position syncs between your KOReader devices, but it may not match your reading in the app.

KOReader syncs when you ask it to, or according to how you've set it up in its sync menu.

Reading time

KOReader doesn't send how long you read. Kevra estimates it from how far you got between one sync and the next, and adds it to your stats as approximate.

Disconnecting

In Settings → Other readers, tap Disconnect. Your readers will stop syncing with Kevra until you create another device password.