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[Enhancement]: Store Author metadata/cover with Author #3158

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opened 2026-04-25 00:13:59 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:13:59 +02:00
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Originally created by @WizSoloMaster on GitHub (Dec 19, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

Server Backend

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

Hello, there is "Store covers with item" & "Store Metadata with item" feature in the settings. I would like to have these features available for authors too. For example: "Store Metadata with Authors" & "Store image with author" and then the author image and metadata would be stored in the author's folder.

Why would this be helpful?

This would be helpful so that I only have to Match author once and it syncs with all libraries.

For now, I have to match authors in every library manually + the author image is downloaded multiple times. (3 library with same author = 3 times the same author image.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

The authors are currently stored in /metadata/authors

If possible, it could be stored in /LibraryName/AuthorName

Similar to how the "Store covers with item" & "Store Metadata with item" currently works.

Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.31.0

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

Settings + file system

Originally created by @WizSoloMaster on GitHub (Dec 19, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement Server Backend ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement Hello, there is "Store covers with item" & "Store Metadata with item" feature in the settings. I would like to have these features available for authors too. For example: "Store Metadata with Authors" & "Store image with author" and then the author image and metadata would be stored in the author's folder. ### Why would this be helpful? This would be helpful so that I only have to Match author once and it syncs with all libraries. For now, I have to match authors in every library manually + the author image is downloaded multiple times. (3 library with same author = 3 times the same author image. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) The authors are currently stored in /metadata/authors If possible, it could be stored in /LibraryName/AuthorName Similar to how the "Store covers with item" & "Store Metadata with item" currently works. ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.31.0 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) Settings + file system
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-25 00:13:59 +02:00
adam commented 2026-04-25 00:14:00 +02:00
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2025):

This has been requested before, but I'm not finding the exact conversation where creating this setting was discussed. Related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/623.

I'm not sure about implementing this because authors do not have a required directory structure, unlike books which have a required structure of one book per folder (so the setting has something to work with). Authors do not have any file structure associated with them in the database, they are created by parsing the folder path for the Folder Scanner, loading from file metadata, or matching against an online provider. If you change the author name within ABS (correct spelling, etc), the author folder is not edited or may not even exist.

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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2025): This has been requested before, but I'm not finding the exact conversation where creating this setting was discussed. Related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/623. I'm not sure about implementing this because authors do not have a required directory structure, unlike books which have a required structure of one book per folder (so the setting has something to work with). Authors do not have any file structure associated with them in the database, they are created by parsing the folder path for the Folder Scanner, loading from file metadata, or matching against an online provider. If you change the author name within ABS (correct spelling, etc), the author folder is not edited or may not even exist. Edited for clarity.
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