FAQ

Bookopedia is available on iOS 16+. You can download it here for free: AppStore.

Bookopedia's interface is available in English and French. You can add books in any language. Don't hesitate to contact us if you want to see another language supported or if you simply wish to help us.

Yes! It is possible to import a csv file containing a list of books as long as you provide a title and an author column.

Even better, Bookopedia facilitates the importation of your data from Goodreads, The StoryGraph, Calibre, BookBuddy and "Book Tracker". If you wish to see the support of another service, send us an email. We will gladly look into it.

If you need help exporting your data, you may check out the step-by-step guides on this page (section "Import / Export").

Sure thing! You can import a csv file containing a list of quotes.

You have 2 ways to open the edit form of a book.

• Option 1

  

  Open a book, go to the section "Info", then swipe to the left on the first block. An edit button with a pencil icon will appear. Tap it.

• Option 2

  

  Open a book, go to the section "Info", then tap the top right button with the "..." icon. It will reveal a menu whose last button is "Edit".

You have 3 ways to add a cover to a book. First you need to edit a book (see question B1. for help). Then tap on "Edit Cover" as shown on the following screenshot.

• Option 1

  Copy an image from anywhere (web browser, messaging app, etc). Then tap "Paste".

• Option 2

  By tapping "Select From Album", you can import your own cover.

• Option 3

  

  With "Search Online", Bookopedia will try to find the right cover from internet. By default, it will try to search using the ISBN (if provided), this method usually gives better results. However, if the book doesn't have an ISBN, you can enter the title and the author's name.

• 

  Open a book, go to section "Info" and tap the top right "..." button. Then tap Track Purchases. You can then define the purchase date, the purchase place and the book's price.

You have 4 ways to track progress of a book.

• Option 1

  

  (Only available for unread books)
  Open a book, go to section "Info" and tap the top right "..." button. Then tap Start Reading. This will automatically track today as the starting day.

• Option 2

  

  Open a book, go to section "Info" and go down to the "Reading Status" block. Then swipe to the left to reveal an edit button.

• Option 3

  

  Open a book, go to section "Info" and go down to the "Reading Status" block. Then long tap the block to reveal an edit menu.

• Option 4

  Open a book, go to section "Info" and edit it (See question B1. for help).
  By the end of the edit form, you will find a section related to the reading status.

Do you have a multi-content book such as a collection of short stories, a book of poems or a single volume book? Would you like to independently note and review them?
You have 2 ways to set the multi-content type.

• Option 1

  

  Open a book, go to section "Chapters" and tap the top right "..." button to reveal an "Edit Content" button.
  A sheet will appear. You can rename the multi-content type. You can also disable the feature altogether for the current book.
  
  NOTE: If you disable this feature and wish to re-enable it, refer to the steps explained in the following Option 2.

• Option 2

  

  Open the "Add Book" form or the "Edit Book" form. Scroll down until you find "Book Sections > Divided Into". You can now select the content type.
  
  NOTE: If you select "None", the entire section related to multi-content will disappear from the current book. You can always re-enable it by changing it back to another value.

• 

  Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Sections. On the next screen, select Order Book Sections. You can now drag and drop the sections using the 3 horizontal lines on the right side.

• You can place the section selector either at the top or the bottom of the screen.

  Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Sections. On the next screen, tap Placement and select your position.

Goodreads offers a way to export your book list as a CSV. In order to facilitate the export then import process, it is recommended to follow this guide directly on your device with Bookopedia.

• Step 1

  Open the Goodreads website and log in with your account.
  NOTE: Exporting won't work with the Goodreads iOS app. You must use the website.

• Step 2

  Follow this link (www.goodreads.com/review/import) to go to the Import/Export page of Goodreads.

• Step 3

  The first section of Goodreads' Import/Export page should be the "Export" section which has two possible states.

  Possibility A
  

  The section displays a button "Export Library". If this is your case, you are all good and you can go to Step 4.

  Possibility B
  

  The section displays the message "Once you've added some books, you can export and download a backup of your bookshelves".
  If this is your case, you need to add a book (any book will do) to your Goodreads library. Then come back to this page and you should see Possibility A.

• Step 4

  Click on "Export Library".
  You should see a temporary message similar to "We are currently generating your export. This may take some time if you have a large library".
  Once the export is completed, the temporary message should be replaced by a clickable text similar to this screenshot:
  

• Step 5

  Click the tinted text. Your browser will download a CSV file. The file should be downloaded as goodreads_library_export.csv.
  NOTE: If you are on Safari iOS, you might see a confirmation popup. Select Download.
  

The Story Graph offers a way to export your book list as a CSV. In order to facilitate the export then import process, it is recommended to follow this guide directly on your device with Bookopedia.

• Step 1

  You can either open The Story Graph website and log in with your account.
  Or you can use the Story Graph iOS app directly.
  Both cases are covered so follow the right Step 2.

• Step 2 - Website only

  If you are on the website, go to the "Export your library" page by following this link (app.thestorygraph.com/user-export).
  You can also find this link by clicking on your profile (top-right icon), then "Manage Account". You will then find a "Export StoryGraph Library" button.

• Step 2 - iOS App only

  If you are on the app, go to your profile tab, then tap the top-right menu icon (icon represents 3 horizontal bars).
  
  
  Then select Manage Account.
  
  
  By the end of the page, you should see a button Export StoryGraph Library.
  
  
  Tap it.

• Step 3

  On the "Export your library" page, click on the button Generate export.
  The Story Graph will take some time to generate your export file and will notify you by email once the operation is completed. The email contains a link to re-open this page "Export your library".
  Coming back to it, you should now see a new line: "Your export from Today's date - Download".
  

• Step 4

  Click on Download.
  
  NOTE: If you are on an iPhone or iPad, Safari iOS will attempt to open the file in the application Numbers but that's not what we want. Instead, you will have to download the file by tapping on More....
  
  Finally tap on Save to Files.
  

You have 2 ways of adding reading sessions.

• Method 1: Automatically

  Whenever you update the reading progress of a book, a reading session is automatically created with the following info:
  

  • End date of the session is set to now.
  • The number of pages (or length or percentage depending on the book format) is calculated based on the progress you have made. So if you were at page 15 and you have updated it to page 35, your reading session is set to 20 pages.
  • In the case of an audiobook, the length of the session is equal to the duration listened.
    In the case of a book or ebook, the length of the session is calculated following these rules:
    • If this is the first reading session of a book, a customizable average time-per-page is used.
    • If the book has already reading sessions, their average time-per-page will be calculated and used to set the new session.

  NOTE: If you wish to disable automatic reading sessions, check out question J3.

• Method 2: Manually

  • Step 1

    Open the Journal.

  • Step 2

    Tap the "+" button at the top-right corner.

  • Step 3

    Select a book to associate your reading session. This is mandatory.

  • Step 4

    You have several fields. Some are optional, others are mandatory.

    The optional fields are: Number of pages (or the audiobook counterpart), Notes.

    The mandatory fields are: Session end date, Session start date (or Length of session).

    NOTE: You have multiple methods to set the session start date / length of the session.
    You can use a fast input mode which uses a time wheel with specific lengths such as "15min", "20min", "30min" and so on.
    You can manually set the start date.
    You can enter an exact length to the second.

  • Step 5

    Finally tap the Save button at the top-right corner.

By default, Bookopedia uses a fix time-per-page to generate the length of automaticallt created reading sessions. It varies per language. For example the length to read a page in English is about 70 seconds but in French, it takes about 75 seconds, while in Japanese it only takes 45 seconds.

Because it is an estimation, it is by definition inaccurate and you can make it better by following these 2 actions:

• Action 1: Customize the global time-per-page

  IMPORTANT: This is an upcoming feature and is not available yet.

  You have your own reading pace and naturally your speed won't be the same between a classic novel and a comic book. But we still recommend you to find and set your own global time-per-page by going to the app's Settings and find Configure Reading Sessions. Then change the Average time-per-page.
  
  NOTE: This global value is only used for the first reading session of each book. Subsequent reading sessions exclusively use the average time-per-page of a book's previous reading sessions.

• Action 2: Customize a book's time-per-page

  You can tailor the average time-per-page of each book by editing reading sessions and setting a more precise length (or start date).
  To edit a reading session, go to the Journal screen and long-tap a session you wish to edit. You may also swipe-to-left in some cases.
  An "Edit" button should appear, tap it.
  You can now edit the session's length and finally tap "Save" (top-right corner).
  All subsequent automatic reading sessions of the same book will be calculated using the edited value.

Go to the app's Settings and find Configure Reading Sessions.
Then disable Generate Sessions.

Markdown is a markup language for creating formatted text. In order words it transforms something like **Bold text** into Bold text. You can learn more about Markdown on this website: Markdown Tutorial.

Go to the Settings tab, then open Books > Books Notes. On the next screen, you will be able to activate "Use Markdown". This feature is only available for the Notes section.

iOS offers OCR (short for Optical Character Recognition) out of the box for any device with a neural engine processor (starting from iPhone X).
It is possible to use your device's camera to copy text from a book then paste it anywhere on Bookopedia.
For the following example, let's try to add a note using the OCR feature.
NOTE: This feature is globally available on your device. You can use it with Mail, WhatsApp, Messages and all your other applications.

• Step 1

  

  Activate the option from your phone's Settings. You can follow the official instructions here: Apple help.
  Open Settings > General > Language & Region.
  Then turn on "Live Text".

• Step 2

  

  Open a book, go to the "Notes" section of the book.
  Add a note by tapping the "+" button at the top-right.
  Tap the "Note" line to open the text editor.

• Step 3

  

  Open the contextual menu of the editor by tapping where the cursor is.
  NOTE: It is the same contextual menu as when you want to copy-paste text.

• Step 4

  

  You should see the option "AutoFill". Tap it to start the OCR process.
  NOTE 1:If AutoFill doesn't appear, it means that you didn't activate "Live Text" on your device's settings as mentionned in Step 1.
  NOTE 2: If you see a right arrow surrounding the contextual menu and AutoFill doesn't appear at first, it might be located further down the menu. You need to tap the right arrow (or swipe to the left).

You have 2 ways of capturing text from your device's camera: "Complete“ capture and "Selected" capture. This question will cover the first method: "Complete".
NOTE: We will assume that you have already opened the OCR feature. Otherwise refer to question TS1.

• Method 1: Complete capture

  

  With your phone, target the page you want to scan. You should see an interface similar to the picture above.

  
  

  Step 1 (Optional)

  

  You can expand the OCR window by dragging to the top a tiny translucent bar as shown on the above picture. Expanding the OCR window will make everything easier to handle.

  Step 2

  Using its neural engine, your device will try to scan text in real time.
  Don't hesitate to move a little bit the book until the device captures exactly what you want.
  NOTE: A good lighting and a stable hand will improve the success of the text recognition.

  Step 3

  Tap the "Insert" button at the bottom to capture the text and quit the OCR mode.

This question will cover the second method: "Selected".
NOTE: We will assume that you have already opened the OCR feature. Otherwise refer to question TS1.

• Method 2: Selected capture

  

  With your phone, target the page you want to scan. You should see an interface similar to the picture above.

  
  

  Step 1 (Optional)

  

  You can expand the OCR window by dragging to the top a tiny translucent bar as shown on the above picture. Expanding the OCR window will make things easier for the next steps.

  Step 2

  

  At the bottom-right, you will see an icon of a lines surrounded by a camera frame.
  By tapping it, it will freeze the current image and open a dedicated popup to allow you to select text.
  NOTE: The button will only activate if the camera has detected text, otherwise it won't display.

  Step 3

  

  Select the text you wish to scan, the same way you would select text in any other app.
  Once you are satisfied with the result, tap the final button "Insert" at the bottom. It will automatically close the OCR window.
  NOTE: Sometimes, the neural engine might fail halfway. In such case, you will need to restart from Step 1.
  
  IMPORTANT: Because the camera is constantly scanning for text, there might be a detection conflict between what you are selecting and the ongoing camera scanning. If such is the case, you won't be able to tap "Insert".
  It is suggested that once you freeze the text (when the popup appears), you move the camera away so that it won't try to scan for additional text.

You have 2 ways to add a vocabulary entry. Either from the "Vocabulary" bottom main tab or from the "Vocabulary" tab within a book.

• Step 1

  

  Tap the top right + button from either the main Vocabulary tab or the book's Vocabulary tab.

• Step 2

  

  On the first text field, enter a term (expression, word, anything you want).
  NOTE: It is highly recommended to write common nouns in lowercase and proper nouns with a capital letter, as you would find them in an official dictionary.

• Step 3 (Optional)

  Below the Vocabulary input field, you might see a button Search Definitions Online. This feature allows you to retrieve the definitions from Wiktionary. Upon finding the definitions, you can select the ones that you wish to save, then tap the top-right button "Save".
  NOTE: This is currently only available for English, French, Russian and Spanish entries.
  Bookopedia offers multiple places to set a language. To determine the language used, the "Search Definitions Online" will look up, by priority:

  1. Vocabulary language (can be set on the Vocabulary form)
  2. Book language (can be set on the Book form)
  3. Settings > Default Book Language
  4. Your device language

• Step 4

  Add a definition or select an existing definition to edit it.
  You can associate synonyms to each definition.

• Step 5 (Optional but recommended)

  

  Add a quote (example) to a definition.
  NOTE: This is the only way to definitively associate a vocabulary entry to a book - via this quote from the book.
  IMPORTANT: You must tap the top-right button "Add" to confirm your quote (example) and your definition.

Did you add a vocabulary entry from within a book (rather than from the Vocabulary bottom main tab)? And now you don't see your entry listed on the book's list?
It's probably because the vocabulary entry doesn't have an associated quote to the book.
To fix this, follow these steps:

1. Edit a vocabulary entry.
2. Tap on an existing definition (of the vocabulary) or add a new definition.
3. Tap "Add Quote (Example)".
4. On the "Quote Source" line, select "Book"
5. On the "Book" line, select your target book.
6. Finally save everything by tapping the top-right button "Add" then "Save".