Can you pull both the ebook and audiobook files/locations from a single shared AudioBookshelf library?

[bdgcypher]

I have all of my audiobooks/ebooks combined in the following structure:

• Books/
  • └── Author Name/
    • └── Series Title/
      • └── Book # - Title/
        • ├── Book Title.epub
        • └── [Audio]/
          • ├── File 1.mp3
          • ├── File 2.mp3
          • └── File 3.mp3

I have them as 1 "Books" library in Audiobookshelf, and they all display properly, showing options for reading, listening, or both when applicable.

However, when trying to import the library using the Audiobookshelf option in Bindery, it only imports the audiobooks, and not the ebooks.

Is this by design? Or is it something that could be added in a future update? I was under the assumption that Bindery preferred this file structure...

[vavallee]

Not by design, ebooks are supposed to come across too. Bindery reads the ebook off the ABS item's media.ebookFile field, and when that's set it creates an ebook edition right alongside the audiobook one. Your layout (epub next to an [Audio]/ subfolder in the same item) is exactly the "both" case that should work, so the fact that only the audiobook landed means Bindery isn't seeing media.ebookFile on those items.

Two things would let me pin it down. First, what ABS version are you on? Second, if you're up for one API poke, hit GET /api/items/?expanded=1 on your ABS server (any book that has both formats) and tell me whether there's a media.ebookFile block with a path in the response. That tells me instantly whether ABS is reporting the epub and Bindery is dropping it, or ABS isn't attaching it in the first place.

Either way I'll open an issue to track combined audiobook plus ebook import. Structure isn't the problem, yours is fine.

[bdgcypher]

Well that is good to hear! From the documentation, I was pretty sure I had things set up correctly.

• ABS Version: v2.35.1
• I am not seeing any media.ebookFile results in the API query, but when looking at the ABS API docs, It doesn't seem like that is in there... Maybe it has changed? https://api.audiobookshelf.org/#get-a-library-39-s-items

Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help! I am a web developer, so I am happy to dig through some logs or run some tests if needed.

[vavallee]

Found it, and your API check was the key. Your ABS library almost certainly has the "Audiobooks only" setting enabled. With that on, ABS never promotes an epub to media.ebookFile, it only lists it under libraryFiles as a supplementary ebook. Bindery was reading media.ebookFile exclusively, so the epub never came across.

Fix is up in #1566 (tracked as #1565): when there's no primary ebook, Bindery now falls back to the supplementary ebook in libraryFiles, preferring the epub the same way ABS itself would. Ships in the next release.

If you want it working before then: uncheck "Audiobooks only" in that library's settings in ABS and re-scan the library. ABS will promote the epubs to primary and a fresh Bindery import will pick them up.

[bdgcypher]

Actually, I checked and I don't have the "audiobooks only" setting enabled...

But I am glad that a fix is on the way! Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help you troubleshoot.