I love my sonarr and radarr setup. But readarr seems to not be working so well. Is there a guide on how to get it to be more reliable in grabbing books? And while I am at it, how do I manage audio AND ebooks?

  • CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    Readarr goes through fits of not working very well, usually linked to issues with the metadata provider. My tip would be to ditch it entirely and use LazyLibrarian instead. It’s a lot more reliable, and has all of the same functionality.

  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’m personally trying to setup LazyLibrarian instead because it supports Libgen.

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Automation for books is kinda weird. It’s not like a TV Series where new episodes come out every week. I wanted to like readarr but I don’t see the utility. Anna’s Archive and IRC are your best options.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’d argue it would be more suited for weekly/monthly magazines.
      But for books alone I’d prefer manual work and calibre to organize it.

    • AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I had to google IRC piracy because I couldn’t believe this was still a thing in 2023. Seems super easy to use as well. And have been hearing about ZLib. Maybe I don’t need book automation after all.

  • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Semi-related, can these automations really be relied upon for quality, or is there a system to help find the best copy? When I’m downloading books I do it manually through Anna’s Archive and I always download as many unique versions of a book that I see, then open them all and compare their internals to see which one I keep. Often not many ebooks are suitable for using my own font and layouts with Koreader.

    • const_void@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Same. I wouldn’t trust an automated system. There’s too much variation between book releases. It isn’t like downloading video.

  • Sisko Urso@odin.lanofthedead.xyzEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    To add to this currently Readarr metadata server is having issues and has been most of the month so you may find issues adding authors/books to your library that you had not already added.