diff --git a/src/common/reader.js b/src/common/reader.js
index 1ec93059..3642a7c7 100644
--- a/src/common/reader.js
+++ b/src/common/reader.js
@@ -1029,6 +1029,15 @@ class Reader {
 		return this._annotationManager.mergeAnnotations(ids);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param {BufferSource} metadata
+	 * @returns {{ count: number, lastModified?: Date }}
+	 */
+	getKOReaderAnnotationStats(metadata) {
+		this._ensureType('epub');
+		return this._primaryView.getKOReaderAnnotationStats(metadata);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param {BufferSource} metadata
 	 */
@@ -1037,6 +1046,15 @@ class Reader {
 		this._primaryView.importAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param {string} metadata
+	 * @returns {{ count: number, lastModified?: Date }}
+	 */
+	getCalibreAnnotationStats(metadata) {
+		this._ensureType('epub');
+		return this._primaryView.getCalibreAnnotationStats(metadata);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} metadata
 	 */
diff --git a/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts b/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
index 9c26c5c2..1a7f3c0b 100644
--- a/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
+++ b/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
@@ -491,6 +491,22 @@ class EPUBView extends DOMView<EPUBViewState, EPUBViewData> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	getKOReaderAnnotationStats(metadata: BufferSource): { count: number, lastModified?: Date } {
+		try {
+			let annotations = parseAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata);
+			if (annotations.length) {
+				return {
+					count: annotations.length,
+					lastModified: annotations.map(a => new Date(a.datetime)).reduce(
+						(max, cur) => (cur > max ? cur : max)
+					),
+				};
+			}
+		}
+		catch (e) {}
+		return { count: 0 };
+	}
+
 	importAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata: BufferSource) {
 		for (let koReaderAnnotation of parseAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata)) {
 			let range = koReaderAnnotationToRange(koReaderAnnotation, this._sectionRenderers);
@@ -514,6 +530,22 @@ class EPUBView extends DOMView<EPUBViewState, EPUBViewData> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	getCalibreAnnotationStats(metadata: string): { count: number, lastModified?: Date } {
+		try {
+			let annotations = parseAnnotationsFromCalibreMetadata(metadata);
+			if (annotations.length) {
+				return {
+					count: annotations.length,
+					lastModified: annotations.map(a => new Date(a.timestamp)).reduce(
+						(max, cur) => (cur > max ? cur : max)
+					),
+				};
+			}
+		}
+		catch (e) {}
+		return { count: 0 };
+	}
+
 	importAnnotationsFromCalibreMetadata(metadata: string) {
 		for (let calibreAnnotation of parseAnnotationsFromCalibreMetadata(metadata)) {
 			let range = calibreAnnotationToRange(calibreAnnotation, this._sectionRenderers);
diff --git a/src/dom/epub/lib/calibre.ts b/src/dom/epub/lib/calibre.ts
index dc750b3e..51d02530 100644
--- a/src/dom/epub/lib/calibre.ts
+++ b/src/dom/epub/lib/calibre.ts
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@ export type CalibreAnnotation = {
 		kind: 'decoration';
 		which: 'wavy' | 'strikeout' | string;
 	};
+	timestamp: string;
 };
diff --git a/src/dom/epub/lib/koreader.ts b/src/dom/epub/lib/koreader.ts
index 6bb40455..14328b95 100644
--- a/src/dom/epub/lib/koreader.ts
+++ b/src/dom/epub/lib/koreader.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ export function parseAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata: BufferSource): KO
 			pos0: findField(annotationTable, 'pos0'),
 			pos1: findField(annotationTable, 'pos1'),
 			text: findField(annotationTable, 'text'),
+			datetime: findField(annotationTable, 'datetime'),
 		};
 		for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(annotationFields)) {
-			if (['pos0', 'pos1', 'text'].includes(key) && !value) {
+			if (['pos0', 'pos1', 'text', 'datetime'].includes(key) && !value) {
 				throw new Error(`Invalid KOReader metadata: annotation is missing required field "${key}"`);
 			}
 			if (value && value.type !== 'StringLiteral') {
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ export function parseAnnotationsFromKOReaderMetadata(metadata: BufferSource): KO
 			pos0: parseKOReaderPosition((annotationFields.pos0 as StringLiteral).value),
 			pos1: parseKOReaderPosition((annotationFields.pos1 as StringLiteral).value),
 			text: (annotationFields.text as StringLiteral).value,
+			datetime: (annotationFields.datetime as StringLiteral).value,
 		});
 	}
 	return annotations;
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ export type KOReaderAnnotation = {
 	pos0: KOReaderPosition;
 	pos1: KOReaderPosition;
 	text: string;
+	datetime: string;
 };
 
 export type KOReaderPosition = {