I say home server when I’m talking to normies.
When I’m talking to geeks I say forbidden router
https://www.level1techs.com/video/level1-presents-forbidden-router

Yeah, it does a good enough job of handling the metadata which is why I mentioned it. To find books you need a private tracker.

No, it’s a hot mess. I only get 6 books a month and she is one and done so it’s manageable to do it manually

Having to run two instances to support audio and text books was the deal breaker for me.

Now I use audiobookshelf, and it’s easy enough to find everything I need on mam without an extra search layer.

Anthropic vs publishers is kinda like Iran vs Israel