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Platform guide
How Libme works
A concise overview of the main areas — from your personal library to Bookland, loans, and auctions.
What is Libme?
Libme is a platform for managing books and libraries. You create libraries, catalog copies, discover other collections, exchange, sell, lend, and gift books, track your reading, join sprints and auctions, and message other readers.
- Every registration includes a personal library.
- You can create additional libraries and invite members.
- Public libraries and books appear in Bookland.
Bookland
The social and discovery layer — not tied to a single library.
- Dashboard — summary and quick access to main features.
- Catalog — books from public libraries with filters and search.
- Libraries — browse public collections.
- Auctions — global real-time book bidding.
- Messages — direct contact around books, auctions, and sprints.
Location in Bookland
Country and city filter the catalog, libraries, and public sprints.
- Set location in your profile.
- Allow location access to see libraries and sprints from your country.
- The sidebar filter limits Bookland content to the selected region.
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In the catalog and on book cards you will see these markers:
For sale
The book is offered for purchase at a listed price.
For loan
You can request to borrow it from the owner.
For exchange
The owner is looking to swap for another book.
Free
The book is gifted or handed over at no cost.
On auction
The book is listed in a live auction.
Favorite
Marked as a favorite on the library’s public page.
Want to read
Added to your want-to-read list.
Photos
Number of photos of the physical copy.
Rating
Independent literary rating for the edition (color shows the tier).
Armchair
Your personal reading and participation in the community as a reader.
- Reading journal, sessions, streaks, and yearly goals.
- Want-to-read list.
- Group reading sprints with invites.
- My loans — track what you have on loan.
Reading & sprints
Track personal progress and join group activity.
- Start reading from a catalog or library book.
- Log sessions and pages for statistics.
- Set an annual books-read goal.
- Create or join a reading sprint.
My card
A permanent QR borrower card for borrowing, returning, or transferring books.
- Open “Card” from the Armchair menu.
- Show the QR code to the owner when borrowing, returning, selling, or transferring a book.
- The card is tied to your account and works across all libraries.
My libraries
Manage the library selected in the menu.
- Books — add manually, by ISBN, from a photo, or quick add.
- Loans — lend and return books from this library.
- Auctions — start auctions from this library.
- Statistics — collection summaries, from the Books page.
- Settings — members, invitations, photos, and public page theme.
Book availability
Each library book can be marked with one or more availability types.
- For sale — with a price and optional auction.
- For loan — other users can request to borrow.
- For exchange — looking to swap for another book.
- Free — gift or no-cost handover.
- Private — for you only, not shown publicly.
Loans
Loans connect the book owner with a reader who borrows it.
- Request a loan from a public book or via QR loan card.
- The owner approves or declines the request.
- An active loan is tracked until return.
- You cannot delete a book or library with an active loan.
Auctions
The seller lists a book with a starting price and end time. Bidding is proxy — you set a maximum limit and the system bids automatically on your behalf.
- Proxy bidding: enter the highest amount you are willing to pay. The system bids in small steps and you usually pay less than your limit.
- Auction tokens are spent when listing an auction and on each bid. You receive them on registration, with a subscription, or by purchasing a pack.
- Winner and seller communicate via messages.
- An active auction blocks deleting the book.
Auction tokens
Tokens are an in-platform currency for participating in auctions. They are not money and cannot be exchanged for cash.
- Listing an auction costs tokens (see current prices under Subscription & tokens).
- Each bid costs 1 token, regardless of the bid amount.
- Registration and purchased-pack tokens do not expire. Subscription tokens renew monthly and unused ones expire.
- As the platform operator we may change limits, prices, and token rules at our discretion.
Profile & subscription
Manage your account, security, and plan.
- Profile — name, email, location, and avatar.
- Security — password, two-factor authentication, and passkeys.
- Subscription — plans with different limits for books, image recognition scans, and auctions.
- Delete account — deactivates your profile and cancels an active subscription.
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