# Find and manage your books

The Library shows what needs attention and the sidebar keeps every book task close.

Chapbook manual. Web page: https://chapbook.ink/manual/library/

## Read the Library

Use **All**, **Writing**, **Ready to finish**, and **Finished** to narrow the shelf. The continue card returns you to the most useful next step; each book also shows its status and chapter progress. Use the sort control when you want the newest or oldest work first.

An empty Library keeps the new-book composer in view so the next useful action is always available.

## Use the sidebar

The open book expands into **Overview**, **Manuscript**, **Notes & research**, **Look & cover**, **Launch elsewhere**, and **Publish here**. Global places are **Library**, **Readers**, and **Author profile**.

The bottom of the sidebar holds your plan meter, appearance choice, **Help & guides**, and account menu. Fold or expand the sidebar with Command-B on Mac or Control-B on Windows and Linux.

## Search across your work

Search books, chapters, and notes from one box with Command-K or Control-K. Type a query, move through the returned results with the arrow keys, and press Enter to open one. The result labels tell you whether you are opening a book, chapter, or note.

## Move a book to trash

Moving a book to trash takes its live public page offline and starts a 30-day recovery window. Open the book card’s **More** menu, choose **Move to trash**, and confirm the title shown in the dialog.

There is no Trash screen in the app. Contact [support@chapbook.ink](mailto:support@chapbook.ink) during the recovery window if you need the book restored.