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[Enhancement]: Better workflow around chapter lookup process #3097

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opened 2026-04-25 00:13:39 +02:00 by adam · 0 comments
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:13:39 +02:00
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Originally created by @ElysiumFic on GitHub (Nov 18, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

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Describe the Feature/Enhancement

Sometimes the workflow when looking up chapters goes like this:

  1. Click on the book edit option
  2. click on the chapter tab
  3. Click "Edit Chapters"
  4. Click "Lookup"
  5. Click "Search" WITHOUT "remove Audible intro" selected
  6. Realize that your book is shorter than the looked-up book by 8-9 seconds, which usually implies the Audible intro and outro aren't present. However, you already declined to check that option, and it's no longer available.
  7. Exit from the whole book edit interface and repeat all these steps again, up to Step 5, because if you just click "Lookup" again, it will skip giving you the option to remove the Audible intro and just bring up the same chapters you looked up before.

It's a lot of unnecessary clicking. The option to remove the Audible intro needs to be somehow persistently available so it's easier to redo the chapter lookup process without having to exit the book record and start from the beginning.

The best option would be to present the "Remove Audible intro and outro" option every time "Lookup" is clicked, rather than skipping it until you exit the book record and start over again.

Also, after saving a book record after looking up/editing the chapters, there's no way to move on to the next book without exiting back to your library and selecting the edit option on the next book. The ability to move backward and forward after editing chapters would be nice.

Why would this be helpful?

It makes for a more efficient workflow when looking up and editing book chapters

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

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Audiobookshelf Server Version

2.30.30

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

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Originally created by @ElysiumFic on GitHub (Nov 18, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement None ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement Sometimes the workflow when looking up chapters goes like this: 1) Click on the book edit option 2) click on the chapter tab 3) Click "Edit Chapters" 4) Click "Lookup" 5) Click "Search" WITHOUT "remove Audible intro" selected 6) Realize that your book is shorter than the looked-up book by 8-9 seconds, which usually implies the Audible intro and outro aren't present. However, you already declined to check that option, and it's no longer available. 7) Exit from the whole book edit interface and repeat all these steps again, up to Step 5, because if you just click "Lookup" again, it will skip giving you the option to remove the Audible intro and just bring up the same chapters you looked up before. It's a lot of unnecessary clicking. The option to remove the Audible intro needs to be somehow persistently available so it's easier to redo the chapter lookup process without having to exit the book record and start from the beginning. The best option would be to present the "Remove Audible intro and outro" option every time "Lookup" is clicked, rather than skipping it until you exit the book record and start over again. Also, after saving a book record after looking up/editing the chapters, there's no way to move on to the next book without exiting back to your library and selecting the edit option on the next book. The ability to move backward and forward after editing chapters would be nice. ### Why would this be helpful? It makes for a more efficient workflow when looking up and editing book chapters ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) <img width="363" height="168" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f408c2f-5a8e-4d0c-a9b0-d4bc5f7d2b10" /> ### Audiobookshelf Server Version 2.30.30 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) _No response_
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-25 00:13:39 +02:00
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