diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4f10b00ac..4bb9b6560 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ dependencies {
   compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
   compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.1'
   compile files("$buildDir/native-libs/native-libs.jar")
-  compile 'com.yahoo.squidb:squidb:2.0.0'
   compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
+  compile 'com.yahoo.squidb:squidb:2.0.0'
   compile 'com.yahoo.squidb:squidb-annotations:2.0.0'
   apt 'com.yahoo.squidb:squidb-processor:2.0.0'
   compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.2.0'
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/KiwixDatabase.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/KiwixDatabase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3339b1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/KiwixDatabase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU  General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import com.yahoo.squidb.data.SquidDatabase;
+import com.yahoo.squidb.data.adapter.SQLiteDatabaseWrapper;
+import com.yahoo.squidb.sql.Table;
+import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database.entity.BookDatabaseEntity;
+
+public class KiwixDatabase extends SquidDatabase {
+
+  private static final int VERSION = 1;
+
+  public KiwixDatabase(Context context) {
+    super(context);
+  }
+
+  @Override public String getName() {
+    return "kiwix.db";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Table[] getTables() {
+    return new Table[] {
+        BookDatabaseEntity.TABLE
+    };
+  }
+
+  @Override protected boolean onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabaseWrapper db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected int getVersion() {
+    return VERSION;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/BookDataSource.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/BookDataSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c15188604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/BookDataSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU  General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database.entity;
+
+import com.yahoo.squidb.annotations.TableModelSpec;
+
+@TableModelSpec(className = "BookDatabaseEntity", tableName = "book")
+public class BookDataSource {
+
+  public String bookId;
+
+  public String title;
+
+  public String description;
+
+  public String language;
+
+  public String bookCreator;
+
+  public String publisher;
+
+  public String date;
+
+  public String url;
+
+  public String articleCount;
+
+  public String mediaCount;
+
+  public String size;
+
+  public String favicon;
+
+  public String filePath;
+}
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/LibraryDataSource.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/LibraryDataSource.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e1b2a03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/database/entity/LibraryDataSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU  General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.database.entity;
+
+import com.yahoo.squidb.annotations.TableModelSpec;
+
+@TableModelSpec(className = "LibraryDatabaseEntity", tableName = "library")
+public class LibraryDataSource {
+  public String libraryVersion;
+}