Editing Book Details

Once a book is in your collection, you can personalize it with notes, tags, reading status, quantity, and a custom cover.

Editing a Book

1. Go to Collection and open the book you want to edit
2. Look for the section you want to change (Notes, Tags, Library Sharing, etc.)
3. Make your changes — they save automatically

What You Can Change

Reading Status and Progress

Mark a book as Want to Read, Reading, Paused, or Finished. See Tracking your reading progress for the full flow.

Reviews

A short review you can share with members of your libraries, with an optional “recommend” flag. See Writing book reviews.

Tags

Your own labels like “book-club” or “read-2025”. See Using tags.

Quantity

If you own more than one copy (useful for lending):

1. Open the book
2. Tap the Your copy bar near the top of the page, then Manage
3. Update the number of copies you own in the Copies control and tap Done

You can’t reduce quantity below the number currently loaned out.

Library Sharing

The same Your copy manage dialog holds the sharing toggles — switch on each library you want the book available in. See Sharing books with a library.

Recommend

Tap the Recommend button (the star) in the book page’s In your community section — right where you see who else recommends it. The star fills right away; a dialog opens where you can optionally add a short review. Tap the filled button again to edit or remove. See Recommending books.

What’s Global (Can’t Be Edited)

Some information comes from a shared book database and is the same for everyone:

• Cover image
• Title, author(s), subtitle, series
• Description and publisher details
• ISBN and edition metadata

If you spot incorrect global data, contact support and we’ll review it for everyone.

Related Articles

• Adding books to your collection
• Using tags

Still Need Help?

If you’re having trouble editing book details, contact support.