# Audiobooks as library type

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/audiobooks-as-library-type/601202>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [June 8, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/audiobooks-as-library-type/601202 "2020-06-08T05:58:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SirGarnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@SirGarnet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SirGarnet)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/audiobooks-as-library-type/601202/1 "2020-06-08T05:58:43Z")

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Hi,

since years, I’am a big fan of audiobooks and would like to see it as a library type in Plex.

Yes there are a lot of suggestions here in the forum how to use the music library type for audiobooks - I’ve tried them nearly all and some are very handy, to get a good representation of the media in Plex.

Audiobooks are like music in the base. All needed information is saved in the most common audio files. E.g. Track, title artist even disks and much more. So no problem at that side.

What do I miss are you asking? I miss the handy management like I have it for movies and series, I always know where stopped and so on. An audiobook library should behave like a mix of movie/series library and audio library.

1. Handle multiple files/disks and so on as one audiobook
2. Store the position, where the playback stopped in the current audiobook and not in a single title.
3. Mark as viewed/not viewed

So far I think these are the main features for me. Hope to find some more audiobook enthusiastic people in the Plex community.

Sir Garnet

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/audiobooks-as-library-type/601202/2 "2020-06-08T06:06:37Z")

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/audiobooks-as-library-type/601202/3 "2020-06-08T06:58:06Z")

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A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes.

> [@Support for audiobooks](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-audiobooks/27518/1):
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> remember the play position for audiobooks also. especially now as it is possible to sync them and take them with you. [Edit Mod] This post is also asking for an audio book specific library type separate from music library. While remembering position is part of a Music library, Audiobook could help with other features like chapter selection, books covers, publishers, etc, which is not possible in a Music library.

Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing).

Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it.

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