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[Enhancement]: Add cover image and description to 'Series' or 'Collection' #3191

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opened 2026-04-25 00:14:12 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @saltedlolly on GitHub (Jan 17, 2026).

Type of Enhancement

Server Backend

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

Please can you add support for a 'Series' or 'Collection' to have its own description and cover image? Plex had this and it was really useful to have. A lot of people moving from Plex have nice series cover artwork that they currently cannot display.

I would also suggest that the metadata crawler include support for scraping a series_description.txt file and a series_cover.png/jpg/jpeg/webp image file found in the series folder:

Example Series Description File
/Philip Pullman/His Dark Materials/series_description.txt
(perhaps also supporting .htm and .md)

Example Series Cover Image File
/Philip Pullman/His Dark Materials/series_cover.jpg
(also .png, .jpg .jpeg .webp etc.)

For series cover, perhaps all image files found in the folder that include "series_cover" could be scraped into ABS as a potential series cover, with series_cover_2, series_cover_3, series_cover_alt, series_cover_original etc. all recognized. The default would be "series_cover.ext" on its own, or simply the first series_cover file found.

Why would this be helpful?

It's nice to have a single image for the entire series, and the description can be helpful to give a broad overview of the series as a whole, and often can be used to suggest the recommended reading order etc.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

Clicking on the series name, displays the series title, series cover and series description, with the books beneath it.

Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.32.1

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

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Originally created by @saltedlolly on GitHub (Jan 17, 2026). ### Type of Enhancement Server Backend ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement Please can you add support for a 'Series' or 'Collection' to have its own description and cover image? Plex had this and it was really useful to have. A lot of people moving from Plex have nice series cover artwork that they currently cannot display. I would also suggest that the metadata crawler include support for scraping a series_description.txt file and a series_cover.png/jpg/jpeg/webp image file found in the series folder: <u>Example Series Description File</u> /Philip Pullman/His Dark Materials/series_description.txt (perhaps also supporting .htm and .md) <u>Example Series Cover Image File</u> /Philip Pullman/His Dark Materials/series_cover.jpg (also .png, .jpg .jpeg .webp etc.) For series cover, perhaps all image files found in the folder that include "series_cover" could be scraped into ABS as a potential series cover, with series_cover_2, series_cover_3, series_cover_alt, series_cover_original etc. all recognized. The default would be "series_cover.ext" on its own, or simply the first series_cover file found. ### Why would this be helpful? It's nice to have a single image for the entire series, and the description can be helpful to give a broad overview of the series as a whole, and often can be used to suggest the recommended reading order etc. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) Clicking on the series name, displays the series title, series cover and series description, with the books beneath it. ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.32.1 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) _No response_
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adam commented 2026-04-25 00:14:13 +02:00
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2026):

Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/2589

@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2026): Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/2589
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