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Privacy

Accounts store an email address, a password hash, session records and private reading-library entries. Passwords and recovery keys are not stored as plain text. Create an offline recovery key from My library while signed in; save it privately outside the site. A reset consumes the key, changes the password and signs out existing sessions while keeping the library. A new key replaces an earlier key. Without the password or a saved key, local account recovery is unavailable. Session cookies support sign-in; browser preferences remember your selected language and theme.

Cover-text search reads images in your browser. OCR software and language data download from external CDNs on first use. Only extracted search text and, for cover matching, a short numeric fingerprint of the picture (two 64-bit hashes and a 48-value colour histogram, about 100 bytes) are sent to Sourcebook; selected images are never uploaded or stored by this app.

No analytics or advertising runs in the default preview. Advertising requires site approval and a configured consent provider. You may decline consent and continue using the site.

Export your reading library or delete your account through My library. Account deletion removes its sessions, recovery key and library records. Server logs can contain request paths, including search text; avoid putting personal information in a search. Backup retention and operator contact details must be published before a public launch.

Your private library stores, for each saved title, a reading status, a favorite flag, volumes read (0 to 999) and an optional note of up to 500 characters. It is visible only to you and is not indexed. Feedback reports store the kind (wrong data, missing novel or feature request), your message, an optional series and Wikidata ID, an official source link when required, and the time sent. The Popular shelf shows only aggregate counts of distinct readers per title and appears only when 3 or more readers saved it; no individual libraries are shown.

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Cover text search

Find this novel from an image

Choose a cover or title image. OCR reads printed text on this device, then checks the words against our catalog.

The image stays in your browser. OCR code and the selected language data are downloaded on first use; the image itself is never sent or stored by this site.

This finds readable title text; it does not identify artwork or characters.

Your shelf, kept private

Sign in to Sourcebook

Use at least 12 characters. Email verification is not configured in this local build.

Your library is private and can be exported or deleted from this device's account.

FEEDBACK

Send feedback

Reports go to the site owner for review. We never add a title automatically, and we do not store your email or IP address with the report.

ACCOUNT SETTINGS

Account settings

Change password

Changing your password signs you out on other devices.

KEEP YOUR SHELF SAFE

Your recovery key

A recovery key lets you reset your password without email. Keep it private and save it somewhere outside this site. Each key can be used once; creating a new key replaces the previous one.