Add your first books

Every route starts in the Library tab → Add a book (or the + if the screen is narrow). You'll see the options grouped under To read now and For your list.

A file already on your phone

1. In Add a book, tap A file on this device.
2. Choose one or more files. Kevra adds them one by one and tells you at the end how many came in.

Kevra reads EPUB, PDF, FB2 and CBZ comics, plus MOBI, AZW3 (Kindle without DRM) and CBR, which it converts as they come in. Audiobooks: M4B, M4A and MP3. More in formats Kevra reads.

"Open with Kevra" from another app

If the book is in Files, your email, your browser or Telegram, tap it and choose Kevra under "Open with" or in the Share menu. It's added to your library and opens.

A folder on your phone

A folder on your phone brings in everything in that folder now, and anything new every time you open Kevra. Handy if you always download books to the same place. See watched folder.

Free books

Free books opens a catalogue of thousands of classics and rights-free books that download instantly. See free books.

From your clouds and servers

Your own storage connects your Dropbox, Google Drive or your own storage, and you read from there without downloading everything. You can also connect your home server, Audiobookshelf or Telegram.

Plus plan: libraries in your own cloud need Plus or Pro. See cloud libraries.

By email

By email gives you a Kevra address: send the book as an attachment and it shows up on your devices. See send books by email.

Plus plan: if the option carries a Plus label, you need that plan.

From another device or from Kevra Cloud

• Sent from another device appears when you've sent yourself a book from another device. See send a book to your devices.
• Your books saved in Kevra are the ones you uploaded to Kevra Cloud (Pro plan).

Books you don't have (yet)

Under For your list:

• I want to read it: save it to your Want to read list even if you don't have the file.
• I've already read it: add it to your history and stats, even if you read it on paper.

Coming from another app? In Settings → Account → Migrate from another app you can bring your history from Goodreads or Moon+ Reader.

Common questions

Are my files uploaded anywhere? No. The file stays on your device; Kevra only uses its title, author and cover to recognize it.

The book shows up with a strange name or no cover. See a book has a strange name or no cover.

It won't open or says it has DRM. See I can't open a book.