Ex libris: your personal library

An ex libris is the bookplate readers used to stick in their books to say "this one is mine". In Kevra, Ex libris is a library that doesn't fill itself: from everything you've connected (this phone, your clouds, your home servers, Audiobookshelf…) you pick the books you'd put on your living-room shelf. It's free on every plan.

Where to find it

In Library, tap the title at the top to see Your libraries: Ex libris is the first card. More on switching libraries in Your libraries.

Marking a book as yours

There are several ways:

• From Ex libris, tap Pick, go into one of your libraries and choose books.
• On a book's page or in its menu (long-press it): Mark as mine (Ex libris).
• By selecting several books at once in your library or in a cloud.
• If Ex libris is empty, it suggests starting with the books you're already reading.

Only identified books can be added. If one isn't, Kevra helps you identify it when you add it. If you mark several at once, unidentified ones are left out and Kevra tells you how many. See To review.

Also, once you pass 10% of a book you haven't marked, Kevra asks you once whether it's yours. You can say Not now.

The screen

• Tabs: All, Books, Comics and Audio.
• Your shelves, your series and All your books.
• A cloud on a cover means that book isn't on this device; headphones mean you also have it as an audiobook.

Tapping a book opens it if it's on this device. If not, its page appears with Download and read, which downloads it from where you picked it or, if it's no longer there, from another of your clouds.

Shelves

Tap the folder button in the top bar and choose:

• New shelf: you decide which books go on it. On a book's page, under On your shelves, tap a shelf to add the book or take it off.
• Smart shelf: it fills itself using rules that must all be met: how far along you are (not started, reading, finished), what it is (book, comic, audio), tags, author, only books from a series, and when it was added. Before saving you see how many books would be on it. To change it, use Edit rules in its menu.

Shelves belong to your account, so they look the same on all your devices.

Tags

On a book's page, Tags → Add a tag (for example: summer, gift, reread). To tag several at once, tap Select, choose the books and tap Tags. Above All your books you can filter by tag.

Series

Ex libris groups your series and shows the volumes you're missing with a faded cover. If a missing volume is in one of your libraries, you'll see In your libraries and can mark it. If you'd rather not see the gaps, turn off Show the volumes you're missing. More in Series and authors.

Common questions

Does removing a book from Ex libris delete the file? No. Remove from Ex libris only takes it out of here and off your shelves; the file stays where it was.

What if the file disappears from the cloud? The book stays in your Ex libris: its page tells you with No longer there.