Feature request: Auto mapping for books added to Storyteller, and handle multiple hashes for plain/readaloud epubs

[nirajsanghvi]

I am using just Storyteller (no Grimmory, ABS, etc) as my book repository to store 3 files for each book I have: the plain epub, the audiobook, and a Storyteller-generated readaloud epub. I don't really want to add another management system/layer to that.

Whenever I add a new book to Storyteller by first adding the epub and m4b/mp3 audiobook and then aligning them to create a readaloud epub, I have to then manually map them in BookBridge by selecting "Add Book" and then searching for the title and selecting the second option for Storyteller (preferred), then select add to queue, and finally click the "match all" button on the queue.

However, BookBridge seems to already be aware of the books I have in Storyteller, because on that Add Book page the search only produces results that match the books I already have in Storyteller.

There's actually two requests here: One would be to have a way to have BookBridge automatically map new books as they are added to Storyteller. The Storyteller API is already configured as an integration, which I assume is how the search is finding the titles. I would be fine with adding them to a specific collection within Storyteller if that lets you do something similar to the auto mapping functionality that already exists for BookOrbit.

The secondary request is to map the hash of both the readaloud epub and also the plain epub, because for some e-ink devices running clients like KOReader or Crosspoint, I pull the plain epub directly from Storyteller via its OPDS server and this will have a different hash than the larger readaloud epub with embedded audio that I use via other clients on phones/tablets. If both flavors of epub get mapped as a single book (which is how they are represented in Storyteller), then I wouldn't need to separately manually link the plain epub hash later, which is something I have to do currently when I've mapped a book from Storyteller but then Crosspoint sends a progress sync from the plain epub.

I do also have my Storyteller /data/assets folder mapped to Bookbridge in the settings as an "Extra Ebook Library" called /storyteller-books in case that helps with handling the multiple file hashing scenario.

[cporcellijr]

Thanks for the request — both parts are now in dev.

Both EPUB versions count as the same book. When a Storyteller book is linked in BookBridge, whether through Add Book or automatically, BookBridge now also recognizes the plain EPUB that Storyteller serves over OPDS and the read-aloud EPUB. KOReader or Crosspoint can sync from either file without any manual linking. Books you've already linked are picked up by an hourly check, and re-aligning a book in Storyteller is handled too.

Automatic linking. There's a new option under Account → Integrations → Storyteller: Automatically link aligned Storyteller books (off by default). Once a book finishes aligning in Storyteller, BookBridge links it within the hour. No collection is needed. If a book's title matches one you've already mapped, it's left alone to avoid creating a duplicate; use Add Book for those.

It'll be in the next :dev image. If Crosspoint still shows up as a separate book after a sync, let me know.

[nirajsanghvi]

Also, I can confirm that Crosspoint synced successfully, with the progress merged into an auto-linked Storyteller book with no manual linking required!

[nirajsanghvi]

I am noticing some newly auto-linked books showing up with their proper titles, and some just showing "Ebook" (and I'm not sure I can manually correct them?) even though they have the correct title in the title field in Storyteller.

[cporcellijr]

Thanks for testing, and for the log. It showed exactly what was wrong.

• Only 3 books per hour: the hourly check had a hard limit of 3 new links. It now links as many aligned books as it can in each 10-minute pass, so your library should catch up within an hour or two. The extra hashes that let KOReader and Crosspoint match each book now keep up too.
• "Ebook" titles: auto-link didn't create these. They were added earlier through Add Book with only a Storyteller book selected, which saved them under the placeholder name "Ebook". Add Book now uses the Storyteller title, and the hourly check renames any book still called "Ebook", so yours will fix themselves.

Both fixes are in dev and will be in the next :dev image. Glad Crosspoint is working!

[nirajsanghvi]

Got it, thank you for the explanations and the speedy fixes!

[nirajsanghvi]

@cporcellijr Just confirming that after I updated to dev-1477, both issues were fixed. The rest of my books imported in a single sync (or quickly enough that I didn't catch how many sync cycles it took, but I'm fairly sure it was one), and the "Ebook" titles for the books I forgot I had manually imported previously got corrected to the proper titles as well.

Thanks again for taking this on and implementing it all so quickly, this is my dream setup now!