A book has a strange name or no cover

When you bring in a book, Kevra tries to recognize it so it can add the cover, author, synopsis and series, and link it to the community and the reading companion. It searches by ISBN, by title and author, by file name and, failing that, uses the details inside the file itself.

Sometimes it can't, or it gets it wrong. This happens most with:

• Files with unclear names ("book_final_v2.epub").
• Standalone short stories, self-published books or fan translations, which aren't in any catalogue.
• PDFs and comics, which rarely carry details inside and are recognized by file name ("Author - Title.pdf" works best).
• Books brought in while offline: you'll see "Couldn't identify (offline?)".

Try again

1. In Library, long-press the book.
2. Tap Identification → Re-identify.

Kevra asks the catalogues again. If it finds it, you'll see "Book re-identified".

Pick the book yourself

1. Long-press the book → Identification → Correct match.
2. Type the title and author. If it doesn't show up, try just the author (leave the title empty): their books will appear.
3. Tap the right result.

If it isn't in any catalogue, below the results there's Save with these details: it keeps the title and author you typed.

In your clouds: "To review"

In the libraries you connect (Dropbox, Google Drive…), Kevra gathers whatever it couldn't recognize under To review:

1. Open that library in Library. If anything is pending, you'll see a notice like "12 to review" above the books: tap it. (It's also in that library's ⋯ menu under Manage your libraries, as To review.)
2. Tap each book to fix it. If something has no record (some notes, a fanzine), choose Leave as is and it stops showing up.

Only the owner or an admin of that library can review it. See "To review".

Common questions

Does it change my file? No. The correction only changes how Kevra sees it.

Series come out wrong in my cloud. Deep scan (it reads the exact details of each book in your cloud) is part of the Pro plan.

It's a comic. Comics are recognized by series and issue number. See reading comics.