You can now ask Alexa whether your library has a book on a topic. The LibraryKeeper skill is free. Enable it from its Amazon page, or search for "LibraryKeeper" under Skills & Games in the Alexa app.
Before it can answer, the skill needs to know which library is yours. In the Alexa app, open the skill and select Link Account. Sign in with the email and password you use for LibraryKeeper, then select Allow. The skill searches the library you have open when you sign in, so if you look after more than one, switch to the right one first.
Then just ask:
- "Alexa, ask library keeper if I have a book about prayer."
- "Alexa, ask library keeper to search for a book about nature."
You can also say "Alexa, open library keeper" and ask your question after it answers.
Alexa tells you how many books it found, up to three, and reads out the title and author of the best match. It also says how many copies are on the shelf, or that the book is checked out.
It's the same search you get on the Books page. If your plan includes semantic search, Alexa uses it too, so a question about "space" can turn up a book on planets even when the word isn't in the title.
For now the skill only answers questions. It can't check books out, place holds or add books.