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?
how do I manage audio AND ebooks?
You need two versions of Readarr. Yes, that’s just how it is. Just like if you wanted a 4K and non-4K radarr.
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.
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.
I’m personally trying to setup LazyLibrarian instead because it supports Libgen.
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.
