Skimming the changes, I see Jellyfin supports books? Like text and comics. So I gotta ask, how’s the audiobook support?
I’m a Plex user who has used Jellyfin in the past, and I feel like I had to hack audiobook support into Plex. It works, but it’s not great. A book server would be interesting to run, though I’m personally more interested in audiobooks for consumption. Books would be an interesting service to offer.
So then it begs the question, is a Jellyfin app (iOS or Android) also a book reader now? If not (as I imagine), is there a dedicated book app? And, does it have the magical feature of having a book keep progress with the audiobook? I think that is the killer feature.
I am a believer in different tools for different jobs. I uses Kavita for written books. I use navidrome for music (it also does audiobooks but i haven’t self-hosted audio books yet).
Skimming the changes, I see Jellyfin supports books? Like text and comics. So I gotta ask, how’s the audiobook support?
I’m a Plex user who has used Jellyfin in the past, and I feel like I had to hack audiobook support into Plex. It works, but it’s not great. A book server would be interesting to run, though I’m personally more interested in audiobooks for consumption. Books would be an interesting service to offer.
So then it begs the question, is a Jellyfin app (iOS or Android) also a book reader now? If not (as I imagine), is there a dedicated book app? And, does it have the magical feature of having a book keep progress with the audiobook? I think that is the killer feature.
I am a believer in different tools for different jobs. I uses Kavita for written books. I use navidrome for music (it also does audiobooks but i haven’t self-hosted audio books yet).
You might want to try https://audiobookshelf.org/
It has some polished mobile clients as well browser support:
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
Audiobookshelf is amazing!
Like others have said, just trust me when I say use Audiobookshelf.
I had to redo my Plex library a little, but it is so much better suited for audiobooks than Plex or Jellyfin.