diff --git a/scripts/e2e/suite-registry.mjs b/scripts/e2e/suite-registry.mjs
index 74b4ec20a..3fef12e3d 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/suite-registry.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/suite-registry.mjs
@@ -513,6 +513,25 @@ export const E2E_SUITES = Object.freeze({
       ...SHARED_DB_AND_HELPER_PATHS,
     ],
   },
+  "koreader-progress-position": {
+    id: "koreader-progress-position",
+    name: "KOReader Progress Position Routing",
+    timeout: 45,
+    lane: "full",
+    description: "KOReader progress position routing into cfi or pageNumber per book format",
+    vitestTarget: "test/koreader-progress-position.e2e-spec.ts",
+    junitOutput: `${TEST_RESULTS_DIR}/koreader-progress-position-e2e-junit.xml`,
+    prepareDedicatedDatabase: true,
+    useDedicatedDatabase: true,
+    changedPaths: [
+      "server/src/modules/koreader/**",
+      "server/src/modules/book/book.service.ts",
+      "server/src/db/schema/reader.ts",
+      "server/test/koreader-progress-position.e2e-spec.ts",
+      "server/test/e2e/reader-state-isolation/**",
+      ...SHARED_DB_AND_HELPER_PATHS,
+    ],
+  },
   "koreader-file-naming": {
     id: "koreader-file-naming",
     name: "KOReader File Naming",
diff --git a/server/src/db/schema/reader.ts b/server/src/db/schema/reader.ts
index 500609802..d1ff4e393 100644
--- a/server/src/db/schema/reader.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/schema/reader.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export const readingProgress = pgTable(
     percentage: real('percentage').notNull().default(0),
     // EPUB: CFI string pinpoints exact location
     cfi: varchar('cfi', { length: 2000 }),
-    // PDF / CBX / CBR: zero-based page index
+    // PDF / CBX / CBR: 1-based page number
     pageNumber: integer('page_number'),
     // Audio: playback position in seconds
     positionSeconds: real('position_seconds'),
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-plugin.service.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-plugin.service.ts
index 29bf5b270..0518e0b26 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-plugin.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-plugin.service.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class KoreaderPluginService {
         }
 
         entries.push({
-          bookFile: { id: match.bookFileId, bookId: match.bookId, libraryId: match.libraryId },
+          bookFile: { id: match.bookFileId, bookId: match.bookId, libraryId: match.libraryId, format: match.format },
           percentage: item.percentage,
           progress: item.progress,
           timestamp: item.timestamp,
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.test.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0eccf852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { isPagedReadingFormat, parseKoreaderPageNumber } from './koreader-progress-position.util';
+
+describe('isPagedReadingFormat', () => {
+  it.each(['pdf', 'PDF', 'cbz', 'cbr', 'cb7', 'cbx', 'CBZ'])('treats %s as paged', (format) => {
+    expect(isPagedReadingFormat(format)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['epub', 'mobi', 'azw3', 'azw', 'fb2', 'txt', 'EPUB'])('treats %s as reflowable', (format) => {
+    expect(isPagedReadingFormat(format)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['m4b', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'opus', 'ogg', 'flac'])('treats %s as non-paged', (format) => {
+    expect(isPagedReadingFormat(format)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it.each([null, undefined, '', '   ', 'djvu'])('falls back to non-paged for %s', (format) => {
+    expect(isPagedReadingFormat(format)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseKoreaderPageNumber', () => {
+  it('parses the page number KOReader sends for a paged document', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('117')).toBe(117);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts the first page', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('1')).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates surrounding whitespace and leading zeros', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('  42  ')).toBe(42);
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('0042')).toBe(42);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an xpointer that reached a paged file by mistake', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('/body/DocFragment[8]/body/p[12]/text().0')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each([null, undefined, '', '   '])('returns null for %s so the stored page is cleared', (progress) => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber(progress)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(['0', '-1', '-12'])('rejects %s because KOReader pages start at 1', (progress) => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber(progress)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(['12.5', '12.0', '1e3', '0x2a', '4 2', '12abc', 'NaN', 'Infinity', '+7'])('rejects the non-integer %s', (progress) => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber(progress)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('accepts the largest page a PostgreSQL integer column can hold', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('2147483647')).toBe(2_147_483_647);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a page that would overflow the integer column', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('2147483648')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a digit string too long to survive as a safe integer', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber('9'.repeat(400))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects non-string input defensively', () => {
+    expect(parseKoreaderPageNumber(42 as unknown as string)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6df21d2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader-progress-position.util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { getFormatGroup } from '@bookorbit/types';
+
+/** reading_progress.page_number is a PostgreSQL integer, so anything above int4 would fail the insert. */
+const MAX_PAGE_NUMBER = 2_147_483_647;
+
+/**
+ * KOReader reports a reading position two different ways: reflowable documents get a
+ * CREngine xpointer, paged ones (PDF and the CBX comic containers) get a plain page number.
+ * The two land in different reading_progress columns, so every incoming position has
+ * to be routed by the book file's format.
+ *
+ * An unknown or missing format resolves to the reflowable group, matching getFormatGroup.
+ */
+export function isPagedReadingFormat(format: string | null | undefined): boolean {
+  const group = getFormatGroup(format ?? '');
+  return group === 'pdf' || group === 'cbx';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses the 1-based page number KOReader sends for paged documents
+ * (ReaderPaging:getLastProgress). Returns null for anything else, including an xpointer
+ * that reached a paged file by mistake, so the caller clears the stored page instead of
+ * replacing it with a position the reader would misinterpret.
+ */
+export function parseKoreaderPageNumber(progress: string | null | undefined): number | null {
+  if (typeof progress !== 'string') return null;
+
+  const trimmed = progress.trim();
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(trimmed)) return null;
+
+  const page = Number(trimmed);
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(page) || page < 1 || page > MAX_PAGE_NUMBER) return null;
+
+  return page;
+}
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.test.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.test.ts
index 67674aba0..0db7bca82 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
     });
 
     it('returns the book file when found by current hash', async () => {
-      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1 };
+      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1, format: 'epub' };
       db.select.mockReturnValue(makeQueryChain([file]));
 
       const result = await repo.resolveBookFileByHash('abc123', null);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
     });
 
     it('falls back to hash history when current hash lookup returns nothing', async () => {
-      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1 };
+      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1, format: 'pdf' };
       db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([file]));
 
       const result = await repo.resolveBookFileByHash('oldhash', null);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
     });
 
     it('falls back to a user-scoped manual link after direct and history lookups miss', async () => {
-      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1 };
+      const file = { id: 10, bookId: 20, libraryId: 1, format: 'cbz' };
       db.select
         .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]))
         .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]))
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
       expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     });
 
+    it('selects the file format on every lookup so callers can route the position', async () => {
+      db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]));
+
+      await repo.resolveBookFileByHash('manualhash', [1], 7);
+
+      expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+      for (const call of db.select.mock.calls) {
+        expect(call[0]).toHaveProperty('format');
+      }
+    });
+
     it('returns null when a user-scoped manual link lookup also misses', async () => {
       db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]));
 
@@ -122,41 +133,52 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
       db.select
         .mockReturnValueOnce(
           makeQueryChain([
-            { hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 },
-            { hash: null, bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32 },
+            { hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'epub' },
+            { hash: null, bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32, format: 'epub' },
           ]),
         )
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'old', bookFileId: 13, bookId: 23, libraryId: 33 }]));
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'old', bookFileId: 13, bookId: 23, libraryId: 33, format: 'pdf' }]));
 
       const result = await repo.resolveBookFilesByHashes(['current', 'old'], [31, 33]);
 
-      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 });
-      expect(result.get('old')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 13, bookId: 23, libraryId: 33 });
+      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'epub' });
+      expect(result.get('old')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 13, bookId: 23, libraryId: 33, format: 'pdf' });
       expect(result.size).toBe(2);
       expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
 
     it('skips hash history lookup when all hashes resolve directly', async () => {
-      db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 }]));
+      db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'pdf' }]));
 
       const result = await repo.resolveBookFilesByHashes(['current'], null);
 
-      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 });
+      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'pdf' });
       expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
     it('resolves remaining hashes from user-scoped manual links', async () => {
       db.select
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 }]))
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'current', bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'epub' }]))
         .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]))
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'manual', bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32 }]));
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([{ hash: 'manual', bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32, format: 'cbr' }]));
 
       const result = await repo.resolveBookFilesByHashes(['current', 'manual'], [31, 32], 7);
 
-      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31 });
-      expect(result.get('manual')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32 });
+      expect(result.get('current')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 11, bookId: 21, libraryId: 31, format: 'epub' });
+      expect(result.get('manual')).toEqual({ bookFileId: 12, bookId: 22, libraryId: 32, format: 'cbr' });
       expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     });
+
+    it('selects the file format on every lookup so callers can route the position', async () => {
+      db.select.mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([])).mockReturnValueOnce(makeQueryChain([]));
+
+      await repo.resolveBookFilesByHashes(['current', 'manual'], [31, 32], 7);
+
+      expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+      for (const call of db.select.mock.calls) {
+        expect(call[0]).toHaveProperty('format');
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   describe('unmatched books and manual hash links', () => {
@@ -743,12 +765,22 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
   });
 
   describe('upsertReadingProgress', () => {
-    it('upserts percentage and clears stale web locator fields on conflict', async () => {
+    function mockUpsertChain() {
       const onConflictDoUpdate = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       const values = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ onConflictDoUpdate });
       db.insert.mockReturnValue({ values });
+      return { onConflictDoUpdate, values };
+    }
 
-      await repo.upsertReadingProgress(44, 12, 41.25);
+    function conflictSet(onConflictDoUpdate: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>) {
+      const arg = onConflictDoUpdate.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as { set?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined;
+      return arg?.set;
+    }
+
+    it('upserts percentage and clears stale web locator fields on conflict', async () => {
+      const { onConflictDoUpdate, values } = mockUpsertChain();
+
+      await repo.upsertReadingProgress({ bookFileId: 44, userId: 12, percentage: 41.25 });
 
       expect(db.insert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(values).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -756,6 +788,9 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
           bookFileId: 44,
           userId: 12,
           percentage: 41.25,
+          cfi: null,
+          pageNumber: null,
+          koreaderProgress: null,
         }),
       );
 
@@ -767,12 +802,47 @@ describe('KoreaderRepository', () => {
             cfi: null,
             pageNumber: null,
             koreaderProgress: null,
+            koboLocationSource: null,
+            koboLocationType: null,
+            koboLocationValue: null,
+            koboContentSourceProgressPercent: null,
           }),
         }),
       );
 
-      const conflictArg = onConflictDoUpdate.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as { set?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined;
-      expect(conflictArg?.set?.['updatedAt']).toBeDefined();
+      expect(conflictSet(onConflictDoUpdate)?.['updatedAt']).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('persists a paged position on both the insert and the conflict update', async () => {
+      const { onConflictDoUpdate, values } = mockUpsertChain();
+
+      await repo.upsertReadingProgress({ bookFileId: 44, userId: 12, percentage: 30, xpointer: '117', pageNumber: 117 });
+
+      expect(values).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: 117, cfi: null, koreaderProgress: '117' }));
+      expect(conflictSet(onConflictDoUpdate)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: 117, cfi: null, koreaderProgress: '117' }));
+    });
+
+    it('persists a reflowable position without touching the page column', async () => {
+      const { onConflictDoUpdate, values } = mockUpsertChain();
+
+      await repo.upsertReadingProgress({
+        bookFileId: 44,
+        userId: 12,
+        percentage: 30,
+        cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)',
+        xpointer: '/body/DocFragment[7]',
+      });
+
+      expect(values).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)', pageNumber: null }));
+      expect(conflictSet(onConflictDoUpdate)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)', pageNumber: null }));
+    });
+
+    it('clears a stale stored page when the sync carries no page', async () => {
+      const { onConflictDoUpdate } = mockUpsertChain();
+
+      await repo.upsertReadingProgress({ bookFileId: 44, userId: 12, percentage: 30, pageNumber: null });
+
+      expect(conflictSet(onConflictDoUpdate)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: null }));
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.ts
index 4e185909b..b53aaf49c 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.repository.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { DB } from '../../db';
 import * as schema from '../../db/schema';
 
 type Db = NodePgDatabase<typeof schema>;
-type ResolvedBookFileByHash = { id: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number };
+type ResolvedBookFileByHash = { id: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number; format: string | null };
+type ResolvedBookFileByHashes = { bookFileId: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number; format: string | null };
 type KoreaderUnmatchedSource = 'current_file' | 'file' | 'statistics';
 type KoreaderUnmatchedCandidate = {
   hash: string;
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ type KoreaderHashLinkMetadata = {
   lastOpen?: number | null;
 };
 
+export interface ReadingProgressUpsert {
+  bookFileId: number;
+  userId: number;
+  percentage: number;
+  /** Reflowable position converted from the device xpointer; null for paged formats or a failed conversion. */
+  cfi?: string | null;
+  /** The device position string verbatim, so the next pull hands KOReader back what it sent. */
+  xpointer?: string | null;
+  /** 1-based page for paged formats; null for reflowable and audio. */
+  pageNumber?: number | null;
+}
+
 export interface DeviceProgressUpsert {
   bookFileId: number;
   userId: number;
@@ -71,7 +84,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
     const libraryFilter = accessibleLibraryIds ? inArray(schema.books.libraryId, accessibleLibraryIds) : undefined;
 
     const [byFileHash] = await this.db
-      .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId })
+      .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId, format: schema.bookFiles.format })
       .from(schema.bookFiles)
       .innerJoin(schema.books, eq(schema.books.id, schema.bookFiles.bookId))
       .where(and(eq(schema.bookFiles.fileHash, hash), libraryFilter))
@@ -80,7 +93,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
     if (byFileHash) return byFileHash;
 
     const [byFileHashHistory] = await this.db
-      .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId })
+      .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId, format: schema.bookFiles.format })
       .from(schema.bookFileHashHistory)
       .innerJoin(schema.bookFiles, eq(schema.bookFiles.id, schema.bookFileHashHistory.bookFileId))
       .innerJoin(schema.books, eq(schema.books.id, schema.bookFiles.bookId))
@@ -91,7 +104,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
 
     if (userId !== undefined) {
       const [byManualLink] = await this.db
-        .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId })
+        .select({ id: schema.bookFiles.id, bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId, libraryId: schema.books.libraryId, format: schema.bookFiles.format })
         .from(schema.koreaderBookHashLinks)
         .innerJoin(schema.bookFiles, eq(schema.bookFiles.id, schema.koreaderBookHashLinks.bookFileId))
         .innerJoin(schema.books, eq(schema.books.id, schema.bookFiles.bookId))
@@ -108,8 +121,8 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
     hashes: string[],
     accessibleLibraryIds: number[] | null,
     userId?: number,
-  ): Promise<Map<string, { bookFileId: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number }>> {
-    const result = new Map<string, { bookFileId: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number }>();
+  ): Promise<Map<string, ResolvedBookFileByHashes>> {
+    const result = new Map<string, ResolvedBookFileByHashes>();
     if (hashes.length === 0) return result;
     if (accessibleLibraryIds !== null && accessibleLibraryIds.length === 0) return result;
 
@@ -121,6 +134,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
         bookFileId: schema.bookFiles.id,
         bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId,
         libraryId: schema.books.libraryId,
+        format: schema.bookFiles.format,
       })
       .from(schema.bookFiles)
       .innerJoin(schema.books, eq(schema.books.id, schema.bookFiles.bookId))
@@ -128,7 +142,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
 
     for (const row of direct) {
       if (row.hash && !result.has(row.hash)) {
-        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId });
+        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId, format: row.format });
       }
     }
 
@@ -141,6 +155,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
         bookFileId: schema.bookFiles.id,
         bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId,
         libraryId: schema.books.libraryId,
+        format: schema.bookFiles.format,
       })
       .from(schema.bookFileHashHistory)
       .innerJoin(schema.bookFiles, eq(schema.bookFiles.id, schema.bookFileHashHistory.bookFileId))
@@ -149,7 +164,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
 
     for (const row of history) {
       if (!result.has(row.hash)) {
-        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId });
+        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId, format: row.format });
       }
     }
 
@@ -162,6 +177,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
         bookFileId: schema.bookFiles.id,
         bookId: schema.bookFiles.bookId,
         libraryId: schema.books.libraryId,
+        format: schema.bookFiles.format,
       })
       .from(schema.koreaderBookHashLinks)
       .innerJoin(schema.bookFiles, eq(schema.bookFiles.id, schema.koreaderBookHashLinks.bookFileId))
@@ -170,7 +186,7 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
 
     for (const row of manualLinks) {
       if (!result.has(row.hash)) {
-        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId });
+        result.set(row.hash, { bookFileId: row.bookFileId, bookId: row.bookId, libraryId: row.libraryId, format: row.format });
       }
     }
 
@@ -533,24 +549,27 @@ export class KoreaderRepository {
     return row ?? null;
   }
 
-  async upsertReadingProgress(bookFileId: number, userId: number, percentage: number, cfi: string | null = null, xpointer: string | null = null) {
+  async upsertReadingProgress(entry: ReadingProgressUpsert) {
+    const { bookFileId, userId, percentage, cfi = null, xpointer = null, pageNumber = null } = entry;
+
     await this.db
       .insert(schema.readingProgress)
-      .values({ bookFileId, userId, percentage, cfi, koreaderProgress: xpointer })
+      .values({ bookFileId, userId, percentage, cfi, pageNumber, koreaderProgress: xpointer })
       .onConflictDoUpdate({
         target: [schema.readingProgress.bookFileId, schema.readingProgress.userId],
         // Deliberately do NOT update updatedAt here. reading_progress.updatedAt must only
         // change when the web reader writes it, so getProgress can use it as an accurate
         // "last web-reader sync time" for comparison against koreader_device_progress.updatedAt.
-        // The cfi stored here is the server-side conversion of KOReader's XPointer (null when
-        // conversion fails) so the web reader resumes at the same paragraph; stale web locator
-        // fields are never kept, or clients may resume at an older location. Kobo location
-        // fields clear because the position no longer matches the device's bookmark; the Kobo
-        // pull path recomputes a precise Location from the cfi.
+        // Exactly one of cfi and pageNumber carries the position, chosen by the book file's
+        // format: cfi is the server-side conversion of KOReader's XPointer for reflowable
+        // documents, pageNumber the page KOReader reports for paged ones. Both are written on
+        // every sync so stale web locator fields are never kept, or clients may resume at an
+        // older location. Kobo location fields clear because the position no longer matches the
+        // device's bookmark; the Kobo pull path recomputes a precise Location from the cfi.
         set: {
           percentage,
           cfi,
-          pageNumber: null,
+          pageNumber,
           koreaderProgress: xpointer,
           koboLocationSource: null,
           koboLocationType: null,
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.test.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.test.ts
index a486ce749..642fdb354 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.test.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
 
   describe('saveProgress', () => {
     it('resolves the book file, parses progress, extracts chapters, and updates synced progress', async () => {
-      mockRepo.resolveBookFileByHash.mockResolvedValue({ id: 44, bookId: 55, libraryId: 3 });
+      mockRepo.resolveBookFileByHash.mockResolvedValue({ id: 44, bookId: 55, libraryId: 3, format: 'epub' });
       mockChapterService.parseChapterIndexFromProgress.mockReturnValue(6);
       mockChapterExtractor.extractAndStoreChapters.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('extract failed'));
 
@@ -383,11 +383,18 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
         chapterIndex: 6,
         syncTimestamp: 1700000000,
       });
-      expect(mockRepo.upsertReadingProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith(44, 12, 50, null, '/body/DocFragment[7]');
+      expect(mockRepo.upsertReadingProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        bookFileId: 44,
+        userId: 12,
+        percentage: 50,
+        cfi: null,
+        xpointer: '/body/DocFragment[7]',
+        pageNumber: null,
+      });
       expect(mockBookService.syncKoboReadingStateForExternalProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith(12, 44, 50);
       expect(mockBookService.autoUpdateReadStatusForProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         12,
-        { id: 44, bookId: 55, libraryId: 3 },
+        { id: 44, bookId: 55, libraryId: 3, format: 'epub' },
         50,
         expect.objectContaining({ origin: 'koreader', strongRereadEvidence: false }),
       );
@@ -438,7 +445,7 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
     });
 
     it('uses the default device and generated device id when the payload leaves them empty', async () => {
-      mockRepo.resolveBookFileByHash.mockResolvedValue({ id: 88, bookId: 99, libraryId: 4 });
+      mockRepo.resolveBookFileByHash.mockResolvedValue({ id: 88, bookId: 99, libraryId: 4, format: 'epub' });
 
       await service.saveProgress(12, {
         document: 'default-device-document',
@@ -458,11 +465,71 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('shared progress position routing', () => {
+    async function syncFormat(format: string | null, progress?: string) {
+      mockRepo.resolveBookFileByHash.mockResolvedValue({ id: 44, bookId: 55, libraryId: 3, format });
+      await service.saveProgress(12, { document: 'abcdef1234567890fedcba', percentage: 0.5, progress });
+      return mockRepo.upsertReadingProgress.mock.calls[0]![0] as { cfi: string | null; pageNumber: number | null; xpointer: string | null };
+    }
+
+    it.each(['pdf', 'cbz', 'cbr', 'cb7', 'PDF'])('stores the KOReader page as pageNumber for %s', async (format) => {
+      const written = await syncFormat(format, '117');
+
+      expect(written.pageNumber).toBe(117);
+      expect(written.cfi).toBeNull();
+      expect(mockPositionConverter.xpointerPointToCfi).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the raw device position alongside the parsed page', async () => {
+      const written = await syncFormat('pdf', '117');
+
+      expect(written.xpointer).toBe('117');
+    });
+
+    it('converts the xpointer to a cfi and writes no page for a reflowable format', async () => {
+      mockPositionConverter.xpointerPointToCfi.mockResolvedValue({ status: 'exact', cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)' });
+
+      const written = await syncFormat('epub', '/body/DocFragment[7]/body/p[3]/text().0');
+
+      expect(written.cfi).toBe('epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)');
+      expect(written.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+      expect(mockPositionConverter.xpointerPointToCfi).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ bookFileId: 44, pos: '/body/DocFragment[7]/body/p[3]/text().0' });
+    });
+
+    it('treats an unknown format as reflowable', async () => {
+      const written = await syncFormat(null, '/body/DocFragment[7]');
+
+      expect(written.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+      expect(mockPositionConverter.xpointerPointToCfi).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('clears the stored page when a paged sync carries no position', async () => {
+      const written = await syncFormat('pdf', undefined);
+
+      expect(written.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+      expect(written.cfi).toBeNull();
+      expect(written.xpointer).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('clears the stored page rather than storing an xpointer that reached a paged file', async () => {
+      const written = await syncFormat('pdf', '/body/DocFragment[7]/body/p[3]/text().0');
+
+      expect(written.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+      expect(written.cfi).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('still records the percentage when the page cannot be parsed', async () => {
+      const written = (await syncFormat('pdf', 'not-a-page')) as unknown as { percentage: number };
+
+      expect(written.percentage).toBe(50);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('applyBulkProgress', () => {
     const device = { device: 'Kobo Libra 2', deviceId: 'device-a' };
 
-    function bookFile(id: number, bookId = id * 10) {
-      return { id, bookId, libraryId: 1 };
+    function bookFile(id: number, bookId = id * 10, format: string | null = 'epub') {
+      return { id, bookId, libraryId: 1, format };
     }
 
     it('reads state once, writes one device statement, and applies shared progress per entry', async () => {
@@ -488,6 +555,31 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual({ shared: 2, stale: 0 });
     });
 
+    it('routes each entry by its own format within a single sweep', async () => {
+      mockPositionConverter.xpointerPointToCfi.mockResolvedValue({ status: 'exact', cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)' });
+
+      await service.applyBulkProgress(
+        7,
+        [
+          { bookFile: bookFile(10, 100, 'pdf'), percentage: 0.5, progress: '84' },
+          { bookFile: bookFile(11, 110, 'epub'), percentage: 0.2, progress: '/body/DocFragment[3]' },
+          { bookFile: bookFile(12, 120, 'cbz'), percentage: 0.9, progress: '31' },
+        ],
+        device,
+      );
+
+      const written = new Map(
+        mockRepo.upsertReadingProgress.mock.calls.map((call) => {
+          const entry = call[0] as { bookFileId: number };
+          return [entry.bookFileId, entry];
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(written.get(10)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: 84, cfi: null }));
+      expect(written.get(11)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: null, cfi: 'epubcfi(/6/14!/4/2/6)' }));
+      expect(written.get(12)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: 31, cfi: null }));
+    });
+
     it('issues no query for an empty entry list', async () => {
       await expect(service.applyBulkProgress(7, [], device)).resolves.toEqual({ shared: 0, stale: 0 });
 
@@ -550,7 +642,7 @@ describe('KoreaderService', () => {
 
       expect(mockBookService.autoUpdateReadStatusForProgress).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         7,
-        { id: 10, bookId: 100, libraryId: 1 },
+        { id: 10, bookId: 100, libraryId: 1, format: 'epub' },
         5,
         expect.objectContaining({ origin: 'koreader', strongRereadEvidence: true }),
       );
diff --git a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.ts b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.ts
index 0a74cd063..81e926250 100644
--- a/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/modules/koreader/koreader.service.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { KoreaderChapterExtractorService } from './koreader-chapter-extractor.se
 import { KoreaderPackageService } from './koreader-package.service';
 import { pluginRequiresManualUpdate } from './koreader-plugin-update.util';
 import { KoreaderPluginRepository } from './koreader-plugin.repository';
+import { isPagedReadingFormat, parseKoreaderPageNumber } from './koreader-progress-position.util';
 import { BookService } from '../book/book.service';
 import { PositionConverterService } from '../position-converter/position-converter.service';
 import { AchievementEventsService, ACHIEVEMENT_EVENT_BOOK_PROGRESS_CHANGED } from '../achievement/achievement-events.service';
@@ -28,8 +29,16 @@ const FILE_NAMING_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES = 5_000;
 const SHARED_PROGRESS_CONCURRENCY = 4;
 const CHAPTER_EXTRACTION_CONCURRENCY = 2;
 
+/** `format` routes the incoming position to the cfi or the pageNumber column. */
+export interface KoreaderProgressBookFile {
+  id: number;
+  bookId: number;
+  libraryId: number;
+  format: string | null;
+}
+
 export interface BulkProgressEntry {
-  bookFile: { id: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number };
+  bookFile: KoreaderProgressBookFile;
   percentage: number;
   progress?: string;
   timestamp?: number;
@@ -160,7 +169,7 @@ export class KoreaderService {
 
   async applyProgressForResolvedFile(
     userId: number,
-    bookFile: { id: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number },
+    bookFile: KoreaderProgressBookFile,
     data: { percentage: number; progress?: string; device: string; deviceId: string; timestamp?: number },
     options?: { skipSharedProgress?: boolean },
   ) {
@@ -287,13 +296,25 @@ export class KoreaderService {
 
   private async applySharedProgress(
     userId: number,
-    bookFile: { id: number; bookId: number; libraryId: number },
+    bookFile: KoreaderProgressBookFile,
     data: { percentage: number; progress?: string; timestamp?: number },
     previousPercentage: number | null,
   ) {
     const bookorbitPercentage = toBookorbitPercentage(data.percentage);
-    const cfi = data.progress ? await this.convertProgressToCfi(bookFile.id, data.progress) : null;
-    await this.repo.upsertReadingProgress(bookFile.id, userId, bookorbitPercentage, cfi, data.progress ?? null);
+    // KOReader reports a paged document's position as a page number and a reflowable one's as
+    // an xpointer, and the web reader resumes from a different column for each, so the format
+    // decides which one this position becomes.
+    const paged = isPagedReadingFormat(bookFile.format);
+    const cfi = !paged && data.progress ? await this.convertProgressToCfi(bookFile.id, data.progress) : null;
+    const pageNumber = paged ? parseKoreaderPageNumber(data.progress) : null;
+    await this.repo.upsertReadingProgress({
+      bookFileId: bookFile.id,
+      userId,
+      percentage: bookorbitPercentage,
+      cfi,
+      xpointer: data.progress ?? null,
+      pageNumber,
+    });
     await this.bookService.syncKoboReadingStateForExternalProgress(userId, bookFile.id, bookorbitPercentage).catch(() => undefined);
     const strongRereadEvidence = previousPercentage !== null && previousPercentage - bookorbitPercentage >= 10;
     await this.bookService.autoUpdateReadStatusForProgress(userId, bookFile, bookorbitPercentage, {
diff --git a/server/test/koreader-progress-position.e2e-spec.ts b/server/test/koreader-progress-position.e2e-spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..117d0c0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test/koreader-progress-position.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+import * as schema from '../src/db/schema';
+import { createCbzFixture, createEpubFixture } from './e2e/reader-state-isolation/reader-state-isolation-fixture-builder';
+import {
+  authHeader,
+  closeReaderStateIsolationE2EContext,
+  createLibraryWithFolder,
+  createReaderStateIsolationE2EContext,
+  locateBookByAbsolutePath,
+  triggerAndWaitForLibraryScan,
+  type CreatedLibrary,
+  type LocatedBookFile,
+  type ReaderStateIsolationE2EContext,
+} from './e2e/reader-state-isolation/reader-state-isolation-harness';
+
+const KOREADER_USERNAME = `progress-position-device-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+const KOREADER_PASSWORD = 'ProgressPositionPass123';
+const XPOINTER = '/body/DocFragment[8]/body/p[12]/text().0';
+
+/**
+ * KOReader reports a paged document's position as a page number and a reflowable one's as an
+ * xpointer. Both arrive on the same endpoint, so these cases assert the position lands in the
+ * column the web reader actually resumes from for that format, against a real database.
+ */
+describe('KOReader progress position routing (e2e)', { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
+  let ctx!: ReaderStateIsolationE2EContext;
+  let library!: CreatedLibrary;
+  let comic!: LocatedBookFile;
+  let epub!: LocatedBookFile;
+  let comicHash!: string;
+  let epubHash!: string;
+
+  function deviceHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
+    return { 'x-auth-user': KOREADER_USERNAME, 'x-auth-key': KOREADER_PASSWORD };
+  }
+
+  async function fileHashFor(bookFileId: number): Promise<string> {
+    const [row] = await ctx.db.select({ fileHash: schema.bookFiles.fileHash }).from(schema.bookFiles).where(eq(schema.bookFiles.id, bookFileId));
+    expect(row?.fileHash).toBeTruthy();
+    return row!.fileHash!;
+  }
+
+  async function syncFromDevice(hash: string, percentage: number, progress?: string | number) {
+    const response = await ctx.app.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/api/v1/koreader/syncs/progress',
+      headers: deviceHeaders(),
+      payload: { document: hash, percentage, ...(progress === undefined ? {} : { progress }) },
+    });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+  }
+
+  async function storedProgress(bookFileId: number) {
+    const [row] = await ctx.db
+      .select({
+        percentage: schema.readingProgress.percentage,
+        cfi: schema.readingProgress.cfi,
+        pageNumber: schema.readingProgress.pageNumber,
+        koreaderProgress: schema.readingProgress.koreaderProgress,
+      })
+      .from(schema.readingProgress)
+      .where(eq(schema.readingProgress.bookFileId, bookFileId));
+    return row;
+  }
+
+  /** What the web reader loads when it opens the book. */
+  async function readerProgress(bookFileId: number) {
+    const response = await ctx.app.inject({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: `/api/v1/books/files/${bookFileId}/progress`,
+      headers: authHeader(ctx.adminToken),
+    });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    return response.json() as { percentage: number; cfi: string | null; pageNumber: number | null };
+  }
+
+  async function saveFromWebReader(bookFileId: number, payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    const response = await ctx.app.inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: `/api/v1/books/files/${bookFileId}/progress`,
+      headers: authHeader(ctx.adminToken),
+      payload,
+    });
+    expect([200, 201, 204]).toContain(response.statusCode);
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    ctx = await createReaderStateIsolationE2EContext();
+    library = await createLibraryWithFolder(ctx, { name: `koreader-progress-position-${randomUUID()}` });
+
+    const comicPath = await createCbzFixture(library.folderPath, 'progress-position-comic.cbz', {
+      title: `Progress Position Comic ${randomUUID()}`,
+    });
+    const epubPath = await createEpubFixture(library.folderPath, 'progress-position-book.epub', {
+      title: `Progress Position Book ${randomUUID()}`,
+      uid: `urn:uuid:${randomUUID()}`,
+    });
+
+    await triggerAndWaitForLibraryScan(ctx, library.libraryId);
+    comic = await locateBookByAbsolutePath(ctx, comicPath);
+    epub = await locateBookByAbsolutePath(ctx, epubPath);
+    comicHash = await fileHashFor(comic.bookFileId);
+    epubHash = await fileHashFor(epub.bookFileId);
+
+    const credentials = await ctx.app.inject({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: '/api/v1/koreader/credentials',
+      headers: authHeader(ctx.adminToken),
+      payload: { username: KOREADER_USERNAME, password: KOREADER_PASSWORD },
+    });
+    expect([200, 201]).toContain(credentials.statusCode);
+  }, 180_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (ctx) await closeReaderStateIsolationE2EContext(ctx);
+  });
+
+  it('stores a paged position as a page number the web reader can resume from', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.4, '117');
+
+    const stored = await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId);
+    expect(stored?.pageNumber).toBe(117);
+    expect(stored?.cfi).toBeNull();
+    expect(stored?.koreaderProgress).toBe('117');
+    expect(stored?.percentage).toBeCloseTo(40, 5);
+
+    await expect(readerProgress(comic.bookFileId)).resolves.toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ pageNumber: 117, cfi: null }));
+  });
+
+  it('accepts the numeric page KOReader serializes for a paged document', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.5, 208);
+
+    expect((await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId))?.pageNumber).toBe(208);
+  });
+
+  it('advances the stored page on the next sync of the same book', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.6, '242');
+
+    expect((await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId))?.pageNumber).toBe(242);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the page column empty for a reflowable document', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(epubHash, 0.3, XPOINTER);
+
+    const stored = await storedProgress(epub.bookFileId);
+    expect(stored?.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+    expect(stored?.koreaderProgress).toBe(XPOINTER);
+    expect((await readerProgress(epub.bookFileId)).pageNumber).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('replaces a page saved by the web reader instead of discarding it', async () => {
+    await saveFromWebReader(comic.bookFileId, { percentage: 12, pageNumber: 34 });
+    expect((await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId))?.pageNumber).toBe(34);
+
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.55, '221');
+
+    expect((await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId))?.pageNumber).toBe(221);
+  });
+
+  it('clears a stale page when the device sends a position it cannot supply', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.7, '300');
+    expect((await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId))?.pageNumber).toBe(300);
+
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.75);
+
+    const stored = await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId);
+    expect(stored?.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+    expect(stored?.percentage).toBeCloseTo(75, 5);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a page that would overflow the column rather than failing the sync', async () => {
+    await syncFromDevice(comicHash, 0.8, '99999999999999');
+
+    const stored = await storedProgress(comic.bookFileId);
+    expect(stored?.pageNumber).toBeNull();
+    expect(stored?.percentage).toBeCloseTo(80, 5);
+  });
+});