BookBridge enters Private Alpha — a source-agnostic bridge to AudioBookShelf
BookBridge — the missing middle layer that bridges a messy downloads folder of audiobooks & ebooks from any source into AudioBookShelf — is now in Private Alpha. Its intelligent matching engine, The Bridge, pairs each release to the right book across editions, series, and volumes at ~99.95% accuracy, resolves cover art at ~99% coverage, and pushes enriched metadata back to ABS — without ever touching your source files. ABS stays your player.
- 🐭 Works with MAM — one of the supported sources, integrated only via MAM's authorized API (respects rate limits, never scrapes). BookBridge is independent and not affiliated with MAM.
- 🔒 Private Alpha, invite-only — actively developed, and breaking changes are still possible.
- 🖼️ Persistent multi-source cover cache keyed by ASIN and ISBN — covers are instant and survive re-imports.
- 🔗 Two-way AudioBookShelf integration — reads your library, detects what you own, and writes back narrator, series, description, and genres.
📣 A note on availability: The app owner is away for a bit, but lead developer biggreek19 is actively maintaining and advancing BookBridge — development continues uninterrupted. Questions in the meantime? Reach out to biggreek19.