diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/admin_server_channels.go b/internal/api/handlers/admin_server_channels.go
index 788c7ba2..5c13d3c2 100644
--- a/internal/api/handlers/admin_server_channels.go
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/admin_server_channels.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type serverChannelResponse struct {
 	Enabled                bool       `json:"enabled"`
 	NotifyNewMovies        bool       `json:"notify_new_movies"`
 	NotifyNewEpisodes      bool       `json:"notify_new_episodes"`
+	NotifyNewAudiobooks    bool       `json:"notify_new_audiobooks"`
+	NotifyNewEbooks        bool       `json:"notify_new_ebooks"`
 	NotifyRequestSubmitted bool       `json:"notify_request_submitted"`
 	NotifyRequestApproved  bool       `json:"notify_request_approved"`
 	NotifyRequestDeclined  bool       `json:"notify_request_declined"`
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ func serverChannelToResponse(ch notifications.ServerChannel) serverChannelRespon
 		Enabled:                ch.Enabled,
 		NotifyNewMovies:        ch.NotifyNewMovies,
 		NotifyNewEpisodes:      ch.NotifyNewEpisodes,
+		NotifyNewAudiobooks:    ch.NotifyNewAudiobooks,
+		NotifyNewEbooks:        ch.NotifyNewEbooks,
 		NotifyRequestSubmitted: ch.NotifyRequestSubmitted,
 		NotifyRequestApproved:  ch.NotifyRequestApproved,
 		NotifyRequestDeclined:  ch.NotifyRequestDeclined,
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ type serverChannelRequest struct {
 	Enabled                *bool   `json:"enabled"`
 	NotifyNewMovies        *bool   `json:"notify_new_movies"`
 	NotifyNewEpisodes      *bool   `json:"notify_new_episodes"`
+	NotifyNewAudiobooks    *bool   `json:"notify_new_audiobooks"`
+	NotifyNewEbooks        *bool   `json:"notify_new_ebooks"`
 	NotifyRequestSubmitted *bool   `json:"notify_request_submitted"`
 	NotifyRequestApproved  *bool   `json:"notify_request_approved"`
 	NotifyRequestDeclined  *bool   `json:"notify_request_declined"`
@@ -100,6 +106,8 @@ func (r serverChannelRequest) toInput() notifications.ServerChannelInput {
 		Enabled:                r.Enabled,
 		NotifyNewMovies:        r.NotifyNewMovies,
 		NotifyNewEpisodes:      r.NotifyNewEpisodes,
+		NotifyNewAudiobooks:    r.NotifyNewAudiobooks,
+		NotifyNewEbooks:        r.NotifyNewEbooks,
 		NotifyRequestSubmitted: r.NotifyRequestSubmitted,
 		NotifyRequestApproved:  r.NotifyRequestApproved,
 		NotifyRequestDeclined:  r.NotifyRequestDeclined,
diff --git a/internal/libraryingest/executor.go b/internal/libraryingest/executor.go
index f1da04d1..caf5bbf9 100644
--- a/internal/libraryingest/executor.go
+++ b/internal/libraryingest/executor.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/librarykind"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/models"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/notifications"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/scanner"
@@ -365,11 +366,16 @@ func (e *Executor) ingest(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder, mode
 	// cancellation), and a slow pass must not delay scan completion or the
 	// serialized scan queue.
 	if e.availability != nil {
+		lk := librarykind.Of(folder.Type)
+		// Audiobook/ebook are dedicated library types, never part of "mixed"
+		// (the scanner routes mixed folders through the video pipeline only).
 		kinds := notifications.AvailabilityKinds{
-			Episodes: isTVLibraryType(folder.Type) || isMixedLibraryType(folder.Type),
-			Movies:   isMovieLibraryType(folder.Type) || isMixedLibraryType(folder.Type),
+			Episodes:   lk.TV || lk.Mixed,
+			Movies:     lk.Movie || lk.Mixed,
+			Audiobooks: lk.Audiobook,
+			Ebooks:     lk.Ebook,
 		}
-		if kinds.Episodes || kinds.Movies {
+		if kinds.Any() {
 			go e.availability.HandleIngestCompleted(scanCtx, folder.ID, mode == scopeModeLibrary, matchScopes, kinds)
 		}
 	}
@@ -449,7 +455,7 @@ func scopeMatchPaths(folder *models.MediaFolder, mode scopeMode, scopePath strin
 }
 
 func shouldWaitForTVQueueSettle(folder *models.MediaFolder, scanResult *scanner.ScanResult) bool {
-	if folder == nil || (!isTVLibraryType(folder.Type) && !isMixedLibraryType(folder.Type)) {
+	if folder == nil || (!librarykind.IsTV(folder.Type) && !librarykind.IsMixed(folder.Type)) {
 		return false
 	}
 	if scanResult == nil {
@@ -458,30 +464,6 @@ func shouldWaitForTVQueueSettle(folder *models.MediaFolder, scanResult *scanner.
 	return scanResult.New > 0 || scanResult.Updated > 0
 }
 
-func isTVLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "series", "tv", "show", "tvshows":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func isMixedLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) == "mixed"
-}
-
-// isMovieLibraryType mirrors the scanner's movie library naming
-// (internal/scanner/scanner.go).
-func isMovieLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "movie", "movies":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
 func (e *Executor) scan(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder, mode scopeMode, scopePath string) ([]string, *scanner.ScanResult, error) {
 	switch mode {
 	case scopeModeLibrary:
diff --git a/internal/librarykind/librarykind.go b/internal/librarykind/librarykind.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6320912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/librarykind/librarykind.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Package librarykind is the single home of media_folders.type
+// classification. The type column is free text ("movies", "TV", " Audiobooks "
+// ...), so every consumer must apply the same normalization and vocabulary;
+// scanner, libraryingest, and metadata previously kept private copies of these
+// predicates that drifted apart.
+//
+// Predicates are strict: IsMovie does not include mixed libraries. Call sites
+// that treat mixed libraries as movie-bearing must say so explicitly
+// (IsMovie(t) || IsMixed(t)).
+package librarykind
+
+import "strings"
+
+// Kinds reports every classification of one media_folders.type value.
+// Movie/TV/Mixed feed the video scan pipeline; Audiobook/Ebook/Podcast/Manga
+// are single-purpose library types with dedicated scan pipelines and are
+// never part of a mixed library.
+type Kinds struct {
+	Movie     bool
+	TV        bool
+	Mixed     bool
+	Audiobook bool
+	Ebook     bool
+	Podcast   bool
+	Manga     bool
+}
+
+// Of resolves every predicate for one library type in a single call.
+func Of(libraryType string) Kinds {
+	return Kinds{
+		Movie:     IsMovie(libraryType),
+		TV:        IsTV(libraryType),
+		Mixed:     IsMixed(libraryType),
+		Audiobook: IsAudiobook(libraryType),
+		Ebook:     IsEbook(libraryType),
+		Podcast:   IsPodcast(libraryType),
+		Manga:     IsManga(libraryType),
+	}
+}
+
+func normalize(libraryType string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType))
+}
+
+// IsMovie reports whether the library type is a dedicated movie library.
+func IsMovie(libraryType string) bool {
+	switch normalize(libraryType) {
+	case "movie", "movies":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsTV reports whether the library type is a dedicated TV/series library.
+func IsTV(libraryType string) bool {
+	switch normalize(libraryType) {
+	case "series", "tv", "show", "tvshows":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsMixed reports whether the library type mixes movies and TV.
+func IsMixed(libraryType string) bool {
+	return normalize(libraryType) == "mixed"
+}
+
+// IsAudiobook reports whether the library type is an audiobook library.
+func IsAudiobook(libraryType string) bool {
+	switch normalize(libraryType) {
+	case "audiobook", "audiobooks":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsEbook reports whether the library type is an ebook library.
+func IsEbook(libraryType string) bool {
+	switch normalize(libraryType) {
+	case "ebook", "ebooks":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsPodcast reports whether the library type is a podcast library.
+func IsPodcast(libraryType string) bool {
+	switch normalize(libraryType) {
+	case "podcast", "podcasts":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsManga reports whether the library type is a manga library.
+func IsManga(libraryType string) bool {
+	return normalize(libraryType) == "manga"
+}
diff --git a/internal/librarykind/librarykind_test.go b/internal/librarykind/librarykind_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c833daea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/librarykind/librarykind_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package librarykind
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestPredicates(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		fn   func(string) bool
+		in   string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "movie", true},
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "movies", true},
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "  MOVIES  ", true},
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "mixed", false},
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "series", false},
+		{"IsMovie", IsMovie, "", false},
+
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "series", true},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "tv", true},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "show", true},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "tvshows", true},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "TV", true},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "mixed", false},
+		{"IsTV", IsTV, "movies", false},
+
+		{"IsMixed", IsMixed, "mixed", true},
+		{"IsMixed", IsMixed, " Mixed ", true},
+		{"IsMixed", IsMixed, "movies", false},
+
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "audiobooks", true},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "audiobook", true},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "Audiobook", true},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "  AUDIOBOOKS  ", true},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "movies", false},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "series", false},
+		{"IsAudiobook", IsAudiobook, "", false},
+
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "podcasts", true},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "podcast", true},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "Podcast", true},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "  PODCASTS  ", true},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "series", false},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "audiobooks", false},
+		{"IsPodcast", IsPodcast, "", false},
+
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "ebooks", true},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "ebook", true},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "Ebook", true},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "  EBOOKS  ", true},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "audiobooks", false},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "movies", false},
+		{"IsEbook", IsEbook, "", false},
+
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "manga", true},
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "Manga", true},
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "  MANGA  ", true},
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "ebooks", false},
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "movies", false},
+		{"IsManga", IsManga, "", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := tc.fn(tc.in); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.name, tc.in, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOf(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := Of(" Audiobooks "); got != (Kinds{Audiobook: true}) {
+		t.Errorf("Of(audiobooks) = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got := Of("mixed"); got != (Kinds{Mixed: true}) {
+		t.Errorf("Of(mixed) = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got := Of("movies"); got != (Kinds{Movie: true}) {
+		t.Errorf("Of(movies) = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got := Of("unknown"); got != (Kinds{}) {
+		t.Errorf("Of(unknown) = %+v", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/metadata/worker.go b/internal/metadata/worker.go
index d2229b7e..d7e4026d 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/worker.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/worker.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/catalog"
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/librarykind"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/models"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/notifications"
 )
@@ -1171,8 +1172,11 @@ func (w *MatchWorker) queueUsageForFolder(ctx context.Context, folderID int) (us
 	}
 	useSeriesQueue = w.enableTVSeriesRootQueue &&
 		w.seriesClaimer != nil &&
-		(isTVLibraryType(folderType) || isMixedLibraryType(folderType))
-	useMovieQueue = w.movieClaimer != nil && isMovieLibraryType(folderType)
+		(librarykind.IsTV(folderType) || librarykind.IsMixed(folderType))
+	// Mixed libraries feed the movie queue too: their unmatched files may be
+	// either kind, and the movie queue is the fallback lane.
+	useMovieQueue = w.movieClaimer != nil &&
+		(librarykind.IsMovie(folderType) || librarykind.IsMixed(folderType))
 	return useSeriesQueue, useMovieQueue, nil
 }
 
@@ -1267,28 +1271,6 @@ func truncateSeriesQueueError(errText string) string {
 	return errText[:1024]
 }
 
-func isTVLibraryType(folderType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(folderType)) {
-	case "series", "tv", "show", "tvshows":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func isMixedLibraryType(folderType string) bool {
-	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(folderType)) == "mixed"
-}
-
-func isMovieLibraryType(folderType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(folderType)) {
-	case "movie", "movies", "mixed":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
 // RetryUnmatchedItemsByFolderAndPathPrefix revisits linked unmatched items in
 // scope once. Per-item retry failures are counted as warnings, not fatal.
 func (w *MatchWorker) RetryUnmatchedItemsByFolderAndPathPrefix(ctx context.Context, folderID int, pathPrefix string) (retried int, stillUnmatched int, err error) {
diff --git a/internal/notifications/availability_detector.go b/internal/notifications/availability_detector.go
index d766f0f9..315da658 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/availability_detector.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/availability_detector.go
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ func (d *AvailabilityDetector) SetFanoutNudge(nudge func()) {
 // AvailabilityKinds selects which content kinds an ingest scope covers.
 // Each kind keeps its own seed marker and silent-seeding semantics.
 type AvailabilityKinds struct {
-	Episodes bool
-	Movies   bool
+	Episodes   bool
+	Movies     bool
+	Audiobooks bool
+	Ebooks     bool
+}
+
+// Any reports whether at least one kind is selected.
+func (k AvailabilityKinds) Any() bool {
+	return k.Episodes || k.Movies || k.Audiobooks || k.Ebooks
 }
 
 // availabilityKindOps abstracts the per-kind recording calls so episode and
@@ -77,12 +84,24 @@ func (d *AvailabilityDetector) HandleIngestCompleted(ctx context.Context, librar
 			recordForPaths:   d.releases.RecordAvailabilityForPaths,
 		})
 	}
-	if kinds.Movies {
-		d.runKind(detectCtx, libraryID, fullLibrary, scopePaths, availabilityKindOps{
-			kind:             EventKindMovie,
-			recordForLibrary: d.releases.RecordMovieAvailabilityForLibrary,
-			recordForPaths:   d.releases.RecordMovieAvailabilityForPaths,
-		})
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		if k.Selected(kinds) {
+			d.runKind(detectCtx, libraryID, fullLibrary, scopePaths, d.flatKindOps(k))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// flatKindOps binds one flat item kind's registry entry to the shared
+// detection flow.
+func (d *AvailabilityDetector) flatKindOps(k flatItemKind) availabilityKindOps {
+	return availabilityKindOps{
+		kind: k.Kind,
+		recordForLibrary: func(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
+			return d.releases.RecordItemAvailabilityForLibrary(ctx, k, libraryID, emitEvents)
+		},
+		recordForPaths: func(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, scopePaths []string, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
+			return d.releases.RecordItemAvailabilityForPaths(ctx, k, libraryID, scopePaths, emitEvents)
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/notifications/discord_embed_meta.go b/internal/notifications/discord_embed_meta.go
index 15e60dca..efa76d36 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/discord_embed_meta.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/discord_embed_meta.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ const discordOverviewLimit = 350
 // Media-type discriminator values shared by catalog rows (media_items.type)
 // and request payloads.
 const (
-	mediaTypeMovie  = "movie"
-	mediaTypeSeries = "series"
+	mediaTypeMovie     = "movie"
+	mediaTypeSeries    = "series"
+	mediaTypeAudiobook = "audiobook"
+	mediaTypeEbook     = "ebook"
 )
 
 // providerIDs carries the external database identifiers an embed can link to.
diff --git a/internal/notifications/fanout_logic.go b/internal/notifications/fanout_logic.go
index a254107e..605e2642 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/fanout_logic.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/fanout_logic.go
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ func EvaluateRecipient(interest SeriesInterest, prefs Preferences, episodeKey in
 }
 
 // PartitionEventsByKind splits claimed events into episode events (which fan
-// out to profiles) and everything else (movie events, which only feed the
-// server-channel broadcast sweep). Order is preserved within each partition.
-// The common all-episode batch returns the input slice unchanged.
+// out to profiles) and everything else (flat item kinds — movies, audiobooks,
+// ebooks — which only feed the server-channel broadcast sweep). Order is
+// preserved within each partition. The common all-episode batch returns the
+// input slice unchanged.
 func PartitionEventsByKind(events []ReleaseEvent) (episodes, others []ReleaseEvent) {
 	allEpisodes := true
 	for _, event := range events {
diff --git a/internal/notifications/fanout_worker.go b/internal/notifications/fanout_worker.go
index 6760b63a..2f262561 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/fanout_worker.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/fanout_worker.go
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ func (w *FanoutWorker) processBatch(ctx context.Context) (int, error) {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
-	// Non-episode kinds (movies) have no per-profile interest and never fan
-	// out; mark them processed immediately so retention reclaims them. This
-	// must happen before the burst cap: movie events have no series_id, and
-	// ApplyBurstCap groups by (library_id, series_id). The server-channel
+	// Non-episode kinds (movies, audiobooks, ebooks) have no per-profile
+	// interest and never fan out; mark them processed immediately so retention
+	// reclaims them. This must happen before the burst cap: flat item events
+	// have no series_id, and ApplyBurstCap groups by (library_id, series_id). The server-channel
 	// sweep reads events by cursor regardless of processed state.
 	events, others := PartitionEventsByKind(claimed)
 	if err := w.releases.MarkProcessed(ctx, tx, eventIDs(others), nil); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/notifications/item_kind.go b/internal/notifications/item_kind.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99745126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/notifications/item_kind.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package notifications
+
+// Availability-fact tables for flat item kinds. Movies keep the dedicated
+// table they launched with; every later kind shares item_availability, which
+// carries a kind discriminator column.
+const (
+	movieAvailabilityTable = "movie_availability"
+	itemAvailabilityTable  = "item_availability"
+)
+
+// flatItemKind describes one non-episode release-event kind: a single
+// media_items row becomes newly available and is announced broadcast-only
+// (server channels), with no per-profile fanout. Movies were the first flat
+// kind; audiobooks and ebooks followed. Adding another kind means one entry
+// here, one AvailabilityKinds flag wired in the library-ingest executor, one
+// notify_new_* channel column, and a migration widening the release_events
+// kind CHECK constraints.
+type flatItemKind struct {
+	// Kind is the release_events.kind / seed-state value, and doubles as the
+	// dedupe-key prefix ("audiobook:{library_id}:{item_id}").
+	Kind string
+	// ItemType is the media_items.type value the kind announces. It doubles
+	// as the display noun in copy ("New audiobook available on Silo").
+	ItemType string
+	// AvailabilityTable receives the one-way "first became available in this
+	// library" facts for the kind.
+	AvailabilityTable string
+	// WantsToggle reads the channel's notify_new_* toggle for the kind.
+	WantsToggle func(ServerChannel) bool
+	// Selected reads the ingest scope's AvailabilityKinds flag for the kind.
+	Selected func(AvailabilityKinds) bool
+}
+
+// flatItemKinds is the ordered registry of every flat release-event kind.
+// Order affects only fixture/sample ordering.
+var flatItemKinds = []flatItemKind{
+	{
+		Kind:              EventKindMovie,
+		ItemType:          mediaTypeMovie,
+		AvailabilityTable: movieAvailabilityTable,
+		WantsToggle:       func(c ServerChannel) bool { return c.NotifyNewMovies },
+		Selected:          func(k AvailabilityKinds) bool { return k.Movies },
+	},
+	{
+		Kind:              EventKindAudiobook,
+		ItemType:          mediaTypeAudiobook,
+		AvailabilityTable: itemAvailabilityTable,
+		WantsToggle:       func(c ServerChannel) bool { return c.NotifyNewAudiobooks },
+		Selected:          func(k AvailabilityKinds) bool { return k.Audiobooks },
+	},
+	{
+		Kind:              EventKindEbook,
+		ItemType:          mediaTypeEbook,
+		AvailabilityTable: itemAvailabilityTable,
+		WantsToggle:       func(c ServerChannel) bool { return c.NotifyNewEbooks },
+		Selected:          func(k AvailabilityKinds) bool { return k.Ebooks },
+	},
+}
+
+// flatKindByString looks up a registry entry by event kind. ok is false for
+// episode and for unknown kinds (a newer node's kind string reaching an old
+// node), so callers skip rather than misrender what they cannot describe.
+func flatKindByString(kind string) (flatItemKind, bool) {
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		if k.Kind == kind {
+			return k, true
+		}
+	}
+	return flatItemKind{}, false
+}
diff --git a/internal/notifications/item_kind_test.go b/internal/notifications/item_kind_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97e258ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/notifications/item_kind_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package notifications
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestFlatItemKindRegistry(t *testing.T) {
+	seenKinds := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		if _, dup := seenKinds[k.Kind]; dup {
+			t.Fatalf("duplicate registry kind %q", k.Kind)
+		}
+		seenKinds[k.Kind] = struct{}{}
+		if k.Kind == EventKindEpisode {
+			t.Fatal("episodes are not a flat item kind")
+		}
+		if k.ItemType == "" || k.AvailabilityTable == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("incomplete registry entry %+v", k)
+		}
+		if k.WantsToggle == nil || k.Selected == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("registry entry %q missing accessors", k.Kind)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, kind := range []string{EventKindMovie, EventKindAudiobook, EventKindEbook} {
+		if _, ok := flatKindByString(kind); !ok {
+			t.Errorf("flatKindByString(%q) not found", kind)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, kind := range []string{EventKindEpisode, "", "music"} {
+		if _, ok := flatKindByString(kind); ok {
+			t.Errorf("flatKindByString(%q) unexpectedly found", kind)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFlatItemKindToggleAndSelectionMapping(t *testing.T) {
+	// Each kind's channel toggle and ingest-scope flag must read its own
+	// field, not a neighbor's.
+	toggles := map[string]ServerChannel{
+		EventKindMovie:     {NotifyNewMovies: true},
+		EventKindAudiobook: {NotifyNewAudiobooks: true},
+		EventKindEbook:     {NotifyNewEbooks: true},
+	}
+	selections := map[string]AvailabilityKinds{
+		EventKindMovie:     {Movies: true},
+		EventKindAudiobook: {Audiobooks: true},
+		EventKindEbook:     {Ebooks: true},
+	}
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		for kind, ch := range toggles {
+			if got, want := k.WantsToggle(ch), kind == k.Kind; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("kind %q WantsToggle(channel with only %q on) = %v, want %v",
+					k.Kind, kind, got, want)
+			}
+		}
+		for kind, sel := range selections {
+			if got, want := k.Selected(sel), kind == k.Kind; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("kind %q Selected(scope with only %q on) = %v, want %v",
+					k.Kind, kind, got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSampleContentGroupsCoverEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
+	groups := sampleContentGroups()
+	if len(groups) != len(flatItemKinds)+1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d sample groups, want %d", len(groups), len(flatItemKinds)+1)
+	}
+	for i, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		if groups[i].Kind != k.Kind {
+			t.Errorf("sample group %d kind = %q, want %q", i, groups[i].Kind, k.Kind)
+		}
+		if groups[i].Meta.Title == "" {
+			t.Errorf("sample group %d missing title", i)
+		}
+	}
+	if groups[len(groups)-1].Kind != EventKindEpisode {
+		t.Fatalf("last sample group should be the episode fixture, got %q", groups[len(groups)-1].Kind)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/notifications/release_repo.go b/internal/notifications/release_repo.go
index 99f81b53..5b68c50f 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/release_repo.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/release_repo.go
@@ -141,30 +141,52 @@ func (r *ReleaseRepository) MarkContentSeeded(ctx context.Context, libraryID int
 	return err
 }
 
-// RecordMovieAvailabilityForLibrary inserts movie_availability rows for every
-// movie currently present in the library (one-way, idempotent) and, when
-// emitEvents is true, creates movie release events for the newly inserted
-// rows. Returns (availability rows inserted, release events created).
-func (r *ReleaseRepository) RecordMovieAvailabilityForLibrary(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
-	query := `
-		INSERT INTO movie_availability (library_id, item_id)
-		SELECT mil.media_folder_id, mi.content_id
-		FROM media_item_libraries mil
-		JOIN media_items mi ON mi.content_id = mil.content_id AND mi.type = 'movie'
-		WHERE mil.media_folder_id = $1
-		ON CONFLICT (library_id, item_id) DO NOTHING
-		RETURNING item_id, available_at`
-	return r.recordMovieAvailability(ctx, libraryID, emitEvents, query, []any{libraryID})
+// RecordItemAvailabilityForLibrary inserts availability rows for every item
+// of the kind currently present in the library (one-way, idempotent) and,
+// when emitEvents is true, creates release events for the newly inserted
+// rows. Shared by every flat item kind (item_kind.go). Returns (availability
+// rows inserted, release events created).
+func (r *ReleaseRepository) RecordItemAvailabilityForLibrary(ctx context.Context, k flatItemKind, libraryID int, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
+	args := []any{libraryID, k.ItemType}
+	var query string
+	if k.AvailabilityTable == movieAvailabilityTable {
+		query = `
+			INSERT INTO movie_availability (library_id, item_id)
+			SELECT mil.media_folder_id, mi.content_id
+			FROM media_item_libraries mil
+			JOIN media_items mi ON mi.content_id = mil.content_id AND mi.type = $2
+			WHERE mil.media_folder_id = $1
+			ON CONFLICT (library_id, item_id) DO NOTHING
+			RETURNING item_id, available_at`
+	} else {
+		query = `
+			INSERT INTO item_availability (library_id, item_id, kind)
+			SELECT mil.media_folder_id, mi.content_id, $3
+			FROM media_item_libraries mil
+			JOIN media_items mi ON mi.content_id = mil.content_id AND mi.type = $2
+			WHERE mil.media_folder_id = $1
+			ON CONFLICT (library_id, item_id, kind) DO NOTHING
+			RETURNING item_id, available_at`
+		args = append(args, k.Kind)
+	}
+	return r.recordItemAvailability(ctx, k, libraryID, emitEvents, query, args)
 }
 
-// RecordMovieAvailabilityForPaths inserts availability rows for movies whose
-// playable files live under the given scope paths (subtree/file ingest), and
-// optionally creates release events for newly inserted rows.
-func (r *ReleaseRepository) RecordMovieAvailabilityForPaths(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, scopePaths []string, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
+// RecordItemAvailabilityForPaths inserts availability rows for items of the
+// kind whose files live under the given scope paths (subtree/file ingest),
+// and optionally creates release events for newly inserted rows.
+func (r *ReleaseRepository) RecordItemAvailabilityForPaths(ctx context.Context, k flatItemKind, libraryID int, scopePaths []string, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
 	if len(scopePaths) == 0 {
 		return 0, 0, nil
 	}
-	args := []any{libraryID}
+	args := []any{libraryID, k.ItemType}
+	// The column list doubles as the ON CONFLICT target: both tables' primary
+	// keys are exactly their insert columns.
+	insertCols, selectExtra := "(library_id, item_id)", ""
+	if k.AvailabilityTable != movieAvailabilityTable {
+		args = append(args, k.Kind)
+		insertCols, selectExtra = "(library_id, item_id, kind)", ", $3"
+	}
 	scopeConds := make([]string, 0, len(scopePaths))
 	for _, path := range scopePaths {
 		args = append(args, path)
@@ -173,49 +195,50 @@ func (r *ReleaseRepository) RecordMovieAvailabilityForPaths(ctx context.Context,
 			fmt.Sprintf("(mf.file_path = $%d OR starts_with(mf.file_path, $%d || '/'))", idx, idx))
 	}
 	query := `
-		INSERT INTO movie_availability (library_id, item_id)
-		SELECT DISTINCT mf.media_folder_id, mi.content_id
+		INSERT INTO ` + k.AvailabilityTable + ` ` + insertCols + `
+		SELECT DISTINCT mf.media_folder_id, mi.content_id` + selectExtra + `
 		FROM media_files mf
-		JOIN media_items mi ON mi.content_id = mf.content_id AND mi.type = 'movie'
+		JOIN media_items mi ON mi.content_id = mf.content_id AND mi.type = $2
 		WHERE mf.media_folder_id = $1
 		  AND mf.missing_since IS NULL
 		  AND mf.episode_id IS NULL
 		  AND mf.content_id IS NOT NULL
 		  AND (` + strings.Join(scopeConds, " OR ") + `)
-		ON CONFLICT (library_id, item_id) DO NOTHING
+		ON CONFLICT ` + insertCols + ` DO NOTHING
 		RETURNING item_id, available_at`
-	return r.recordMovieAvailability(ctx, libraryID, emitEvents, query, args)
+	return r.recordItemAvailability(ctx, k, libraryID, emitEvents, query, args)
 }
 
-// recordMovieAvailability is the movie counterpart of recordAvailability: insert
-// availability facts and the optional release events in one transaction.
-func (r *ReleaseRepository) recordMovieAvailability(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, emitEvents bool, query string, args []any) (int, int, error) {
+// recordItemAvailability is the flat-item counterpart of recordAvailability:
+// insert availability facts and the optional release events in one
+// transaction.
+func (r *ReleaseRepository) recordItemAvailability(ctx context.Context, k flatItemKind, libraryID int, emitEvents bool, query string, args []any) (int, int, error) {
 	tx, err := r.pool.Begin(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("begin movie availability tx: %w", err)
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("begin item availability tx: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = tx.Rollback(ctx) }()
 
 	rows, err := tx.Query(ctx, query, args...)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("insert movie availability: %w", err)
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("insert %s availability: %w", k.Kind, err)
 	}
-	type newMovie struct {
+	type newItem struct {
 		ItemID      string
 		AvailableAt time.Time
 	}
-	inserted := make([]newMovie, 0, 16)
+	inserted := make([]newItem, 0, 16)
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var row newMovie
+		var row newItem
 		if err := rows.Scan(&row.ItemID, &row.AvailableAt); err != nil {
 			rows.Close()
-			return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("scan inserted movie availability: %w", err)
+			return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("scan inserted %s availability: %w", k.Kind, err)
 		}
 		inserted = append(inserted, row)
 	}
 	rows.Close()
 	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("read inserted movie availability: %w", err)
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("read inserted %s availability: %w", k.Kind, err)
 	}
 
 	events := 0
@@ -241,23 +264,23 @@ func (r *ReleaseRepository) recordMovieAvailability(ctx context.Context, library
 				eventArgs = append(eventArgs,
 					ulid.Make().String(),
 					libraryID,
-					EventKindMovie,
+					k.Kind,
 					row.ItemID,
 					row.AvailableAt,
-					MovieDedupeKey(libraryID, row.ItemID),
+					ItemDedupeKey(k.Kind, libraryID, row.ItemID),
 				)
 			}
 			sb.WriteString(" ON CONFLICT (dedupe_key) DO NOTHING")
 			tag, err := tx.Exec(ctx, sb.String(), eventArgs...)
 			if err != nil {
-				return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("insert movie release events: %w", err)
+				return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("insert %s release events: %w", k.Kind, err)
 			}
 			events += int(tag.RowsAffected())
 		}
 	}
 
 	if err := tx.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("commit movie availability tx: %w", err)
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("commit item availability tx: %w", err)
 	}
 	return len(inserted), events, nil
 }
@@ -270,10 +293,11 @@ func EpisodeDedupeKey(libraryID int, seriesID string, episodeKey int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("episode:%d:%s:%d", libraryID, seriesID, episodeKey)
 }
 
-// MovieDedupeKey composes the release_events dedupe key for a movie. The
-// "movie:" prefix keeps the keyspace disjoint from episode keys.
-func MovieDedupeKey(libraryID int, itemID string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("movie:%d:%s", libraryID, itemID)
+// ItemDedupeKey composes the release_events dedupe key for a flat item kind
+// (movie, audiobook, ebook). The kind prefix keeps each kind's keyspace
+// disjoint from the others and from episode keys.
+func ItemDedupeKey(kind string, libraryID int, itemID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%s", kind, libraryID, itemID)
 }
 
 type newAvailability struct {
diff --git a/internal/notifications/release_types.go b/internal/notifications/release_types.go
index 7a2355e1..d8211669 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/release_types.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/release_types.go
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ const SuppressedReasonSeriesBurst = "series_burst"
 const SuppressedReasonStale = "stale"
 
 // Release event kinds. Episode events carry the series/episode columns and
-// fan out to interested profiles; movie events carry ItemID only and exist
-// for the server-channel broadcast feed (no per-profile fanout in v1).
+// fan out to interested profiles; flat item kinds (movie, audiobook, ebook)
+// carry ItemID only and exist for the server-channel broadcast feed (no
+// per-profile fanout in v1). The flat kinds are described by the registry in
+// item_kind.go.
 const (
-	EventKindEpisode = "episode"
-	EventKindMovie   = "movie"
+	EventKindEpisode   = "episode"
+	EventKindMovie     = "movie"
+	EventKindAudiobook = "audiobook"
+	EventKindEbook     = "ebook"
 )
 
 // normalizeEventKind treats an unset kind as episode — the single home of
@@ -43,14 +47,14 @@ func normalizeEventKind(kind string) string {
 // ReleaseEvent is one logical "content became newly available in a library"
 // event. New episode events use dedupe_key
 // "episode:{library_id}:{series_id}:{episode_key}" so episode-id churn from a
-// series re-ID or episode-row re-mint does not create another release. Movie
-// events use "movie:{library_id}:{item_id}".
+// series re-ID or episode-row re-mint does not create another release. Flat
+// item kinds use "{kind}:{library_id}:{item_id}".
 type ReleaseEvent struct {
 	ID        string
 	LibraryID int
 	Kind      string
-	// ItemID is the media_items content id for movie events; empty for
-	// episode events.
+	// ItemID is the media_items content id for flat item kind events (movie,
+	// audiobook, ebook); empty for episode events.
 	ItemID           string
 	SeriesID         string
 	EpisodeID        string
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_logic_test.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_logic_test.go
index ed7af60b..9ff41625 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_logic_test.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_logic_test.go
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ func episodeEvent(id string, libraryID int, seriesID string, season, episode int
 }
 
 func movieEvent(id string, libraryID int, itemID string) ReleaseEvent {
+	return itemEvent(id, libraryID, EventKindMovie, itemID)
+}
+
+func itemEvent(id string, libraryID int, kind, itemID string) ReleaseEvent {
 	return ReleaseEvent{
 		ID:        id,
 		LibraryID: libraryID,
-		Kind:      EventKindMovie,
+		Kind:      kind,
 		ItemID:    itemID,
 	}
 }
@@ -128,12 +132,73 @@ func TestGroupContentEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected groups %+v", groups)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("audiobooks and ebooks render like movies with author metadata", func(t *testing.T) {
+		metas := map[string]ContentMeta{
+			"book-1": {Title: "Project Hail Mary", Year: 2021, Author: "Andy Weir"},
+		}
+		groups := GroupContentEvents([]ReleaseEvent{
+			itemEvent("1", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "book-1"),
+		}, metas)
+		if len(groups) != 1 || groups[0].Kind != EventKindAudiobook {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected groups %+v", groups)
+		}
+		if got := contentGroupTitle(groups[0]); got != "Project Hail Mary (2021)" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected audiobook title %q", got)
+		}
+		if groups[0].Meta.Author != "Andy Weir" {
+			t.Fatalf("author not carried: %+v", groups[0].Meta)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("same item id in two kinds never cross-dedupes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		events := []ReleaseEvent{
+			itemEvent("1", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "item-1"),
+			itemEvent("2", 1, EventKindEbook, "item-1"),
+		}
+		if groups := GroupContentEvents(events, nil); len(groups) != 2 {
+			t.Fatalf("got %d groups, want 2 (dedupe must be kind-scoped)", len(groups))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("same audiobook in two libraries announces once", func(t *testing.T) {
+		events := []ReleaseEvent{
+			itemEvent("1", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "book-1"),
+			itemEvent("2", 2, EventKindAudiobook, "book-1"),
+		}
+		if groups := GroupContentEvents(events, nil); len(groups) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("got %d groups, want 1 (cross-library dedupe)", len(groups))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("missing flat item titles fall back per kind", func(t *testing.T) {
+		groups := GroupContentEvents([]ReleaseEvent{
+			itemEvent("1", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "a"),
+			itemEvent("2", 1, EventKindEbook, "b"),
+		}, nil)
+		if groups[0].Meta.Title != "New audiobook" || groups[1].Meta.Title != "New ebook" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected fallbacks %q / %q", groups[0].Meta.Title, groups[1].Meta.Title)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unknown future kinds are skipped, not misrendered", func(t *testing.T) {
+		events := []ReleaseEvent{
+			itemEvent("1", 1, "music", "album-1"),
+			movieEvent("2", 1, "movie-1"),
+		}
+		groups := GroupContentEvents(events, titles)
+		if len(groups) != 1 || groups[0].Kind != EventKindMovie {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected groups %+v", groups)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestServerChannelWantsToggles(t *testing.T) {
 	ch := ServerChannel{
 		NotifyNewMovies:        true,
 		NotifyNewEpisodes:      false,
+		NotifyNewAudiobooks:    true,
+		NotifyNewEbooks:        false,
 		NotifyRequestSubmitted: true,
 		NotifyRequestFulfilled: false,
 	}
@@ -143,8 +208,10 @@ func TestServerChannelWantsToggles(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{EventKindMovie, true},
 		{EventKindEpisode, false},
-		{"", false},          // legacy rows follow the episode toggle
-		{"audiobook", false}, // unknown future kinds are never announced
+		{EventKindAudiobook, true},
+		{EventKindEbook, false},
+		{"", false},      // legacy rows follow the episode toggle
+		{"music", false}, // unknown future kinds are never announced
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		if got := ch.WantsContentKind(tc.kind); got != tc.want {
@@ -245,6 +312,89 @@ func TestBuildServerChannelDiscordContent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildServerChannelDiscordContentAudiobook(t *testing.T) {
+	metas := map[string]ContentMeta{
+		"book-1": {
+			Title:  "Project Hail Mary",
+			Year:   2021,
+			Type:   "audiobook",
+			Author: "Andy Weir",
+			Genres: []string{"Sci-Fi"},
+		},
+		"ebook-1": {Title: "The Martian", Year: 2011, Type: "ebook", Author: "Andy Weir"},
+	}
+	groups := GroupContentEvents([]ReleaseEvent{
+		itemEvent("1", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "book-1"),
+		itemEvent("2", 1, EventKindEbook, "ebook-1"),
+	}, metas)
+
+	body, err := BuildServerChannelDiscordContent(groups, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var decoded struct {
+		Embeds []discordEmbed `json:"embeds"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &decoded); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(decoded.Embeds) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d embeds, want 2", len(decoded.Embeds))
+	}
+
+	audiobook := decoded.Embeds[0]
+	if audiobook.Author == nil || audiobook.Author.Name != "New audiobook available on Silo" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected author line %+v", audiobook.Author)
+	}
+	if audiobook.Title != "Project Hail Mary (2021)" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected title %q", audiobook.Title)
+	}
+	if len(audiobook.Fields) != 2 ||
+		audiobook.Fields[0].Name != "Author" || audiobook.Fields[0].Value != "Andy Weir" ||
+		audiobook.Fields[1].Name != "Genres" || audiobook.Fields[1].Value != "Sci-Fi" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected fields %+v", audiobook.Fields)
+	}
+
+	ebook := decoded.Embeds[1]
+	if ebook.Author == nil || ebook.Author.Name != "New ebook available on Silo" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected ebook author line %+v", ebook.Author)
+	}
+	if len(ebook.Fields) != 1 || ebook.Fields[0].Name != "Author" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected ebook fields %+v", ebook.Fields)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildServerChannelGenericContentAudiobook(t *testing.T) {
+	metas := map[string]ContentMeta{
+		"book-1": {Title: "Project Hail Mary", Year: 2021, Author: "Andy Weir"},
+	}
+	groups := GroupContentEvents([]ReleaseEvent{
+		itemEvent("1", 4, EventKindAudiobook, "book-1"),
+	}, metas)
+
+	body, err := BuildServerChannelGenericContent(groups, "chan-1", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var decoded serverChannelContentBody
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &decoded); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(decoded.Items) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d items, want 1", len(decoded.Items))
+	}
+	item := decoded.Items[0]
+	if item.Kind != EventKindAudiobook || item.ItemID != "book-1" ||
+		item.Title != "Project Hail Mary" || item.Year != 2021 ||
+		item.Author != "Andy Weir" || item.LibraryID != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected audiobook item %+v", item)
+	}
+	// Flat items never carry episode span fields.
+	if item.EpisodeCount != 0 || item.SeriesID != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected episode fields on flat item %+v", item)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildServerChannelDiscordContentOverflow(t *testing.T) {
 	groups := make([]ContentGroup, 0, 14)
 	for i := 0; i < 14; i++ {
@@ -441,12 +591,18 @@ func TestReleaseDedupeKeysAreDisjoint(t *testing.T) {
 	if episodeKey != "episode:3:series-abc:2000004" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected episode dedupe key %q", episodeKey)
 	}
-	if MovieDedupeKey(3, "series-abc:2000004") == episodeKey {
+	if ItemDedupeKey(EventKindMovie, 3, "series-abc:2000004") == episodeKey {
 		t.Fatal("movie and episode dedupe keys must live in separate keyspaces")
 	}
-	if got := MovieDedupeKey(3, "abc"); got != "movie:3:abc" {
+	if got := ItemDedupeKey(EventKindMovie, 3, "abc"); got != "movie:3:abc" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected movie dedupe key %q", got)
 	}
+	if got := ItemDedupeKey(EventKindAudiobook, 3, "abc"); got != "audiobook:3:abc" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected audiobook dedupe key %q", got)
+	}
+	if ItemDedupeKey(EventKindAudiobook, 3, "abc") == ItemDedupeKey(EventKindEbook, 3, "abc") {
+		t.Fatal("flat kinds must keep disjoint dedupe keyspaces")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPartitionEventsByKind(t *testing.T) {
@@ -457,15 +613,17 @@ func TestPartitionEventsByKind(t *testing.T) {
 		legacy,
 		movieEvent("3", 1, "m"),
 		episodeEvent("4", 1, "s", 1, 3),
+		itemEvent("5", 1, EventKindAudiobook, "b"),
+		itemEvent("6", 1, EventKindEbook, "e"),
 	}
 	episodes, others := PartitionEventsByKind(events)
-	if len(episodes) != 3 || len(others) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("got %d/%d, want 3 episodes and 1 other", len(episodes), len(others))
+	if len(episodes) != 3 || len(others) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d/%d, want 3 episodes and 3 others", len(episodes), len(others))
 	}
 	if episodes[0].ID != "1" || episodes[1].ID != "2" || episodes[2].ID != "4" {
 		t.Fatalf("episode order not preserved: %+v", episodes)
 	}
-	if others[0].ID != "3" {
+	if others[0].ID != "3" || others[1].ID != "5" || others[2].ID != "6" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected non-episode partition: %+v", others)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_payload.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_payload.go
index ab8c2d06..6a7d7fb5 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_payload.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_payload.go
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ type ContentMeta struct {
 	PosterSourcePath string
 	// PosterURL is the fetchable poster URL chosen by the sweep worker
 	// (System.discordPosterURL); empty renders the embed without an image.
-	PosterURL     string
+	PosterURL string
+	// Author is the primary credited author (item_people, kind=author),
+	// populated for audiobook/ebook items; empty for movies and series.
+	Author        string
 	Genres        []string
 	ContentRating string
 	RatingIMDB    float64
@@ -47,26 +50,28 @@ func (m ContentMeta) providerIDs() providerIDs {
 	return providerIDs{MediaType: m.Type, IMDB: m.IMDBID, TMDB: m.TMDBID, TVDB: m.TVDBID}
 }
 
-// ContentGroup is one rendered unit of a content digest: a movie, or every
-// new episode of one series in the batch.
+// ContentGroup is one rendered unit of a content digest: a flat item (movie,
+// audiobook, ebook), or every new episode of one series in the batch.
 type ContentGroup struct {
-	Kind      string // EventKindEpisode | EventKindMovie
+	Kind      string // EventKindEpisode or a flat item kind (item_kind.go)
 	LibraryID int
 	// Episode groups.
 	SeriesID string
 	Episodes []ReleaseEvent // ascending episode_key
-	// Movie groups.
+	// Flat item groups.
 	ItemID string
-	// Meta describes the series (episode groups) or the movie itself, with
+	// Meta describes the series (episode groups) or the item itself, with
 	// Title already defaulted when the catalog row is missing.
 	Meta ContentMeta
 }
 
 // GroupContentEvents folds a batch of release events into display groups:
 // episodes group per (library, series) so a season pack renders as one line,
-// movies render individually but dedupe by item across libraries. Group order
-// follows first appearance in the batch (sweep order). metas is keyed by
-// series_id / item_id; missing entries fall back to generic labels.
+// flat items render individually but dedupe by item across libraries. Events
+// of a kind this node cannot describe (a newer node's kind string) are
+// skipped. Group order follows first appearance in the batch (sweep order).
+// metas is keyed by series_id / item_id; missing entries fall back to
+// generic labels.
 func GroupContentEvents(events []ReleaseEvent, metas map[string]ContentMeta) []ContentGroup {
 	type groupKey struct {
 		kind      string
@@ -74,29 +79,35 @@ func GroupContentEvents(events []ReleaseEvent, metas map[string]ContentMeta) []C
 		contentID string
 	}
 	index := make(map[groupKey]int)
-	seenMovies := make(map[string]struct{})
+	seenItems := make(map[string]struct{})
 	groups := make([]ContentGroup, 0, len(events))
 
 	for _, event := range events {
-		switch normalizeEventKind(event.Kind) {
-		case EventKindMovie:
-			// The same movie landing in two libraries (e.g. "Movies" and
-			// "Movies 4K") announces once.
-			if _, dup := seenMovies[event.ItemID]; dup {
+		kind := normalizeEventKind(event.Kind)
+		if kind != EventKindEpisode {
+			flat, ok := flatKindByString(kind)
+			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
-			seenMovies[event.ItemID] = struct{}{}
+			// The same item landing in two libraries (e.g. "Movies" and
+			// "Movies 4K") announces once. The dedupe key is kind-scoped so
+			// item ids can never collide across kinds.
+			itemKey := kind + ":" + event.ItemID
+			if _, dup := seenItems[itemKey]; dup {
+				continue
+			}
+			seenItems[itemKey] = struct{}{}
 			meta := metas[event.ItemID]
 			if meta.Title == "" {
-				meta.Title = "New movie"
+				meta.Title = "New " + flat.ItemType
 			}
 			groups = append(groups, ContentGroup{
-				Kind:      EventKindMovie,
+				Kind:      kind,
 				LibraryID: event.LibraryID,
 				ItemID:    event.ItemID,
 				Meta:      meta,
 			})
-		default:
+		} else {
 			key := groupKey{EventKindEpisode, event.LibraryID, event.SeriesID}
 			if at, ok := index[key]; ok {
 				groups[at].Episodes = append(groups[at].Episodes, event)
@@ -148,16 +159,14 @@ func episodeRangeLabel(episodes []ReleaseEvent) string {
 
 // contentGroupTitle renders a group's display line.
 func contentGroupTitle(group ContentGroup) string {
-	switch group.Kind {
-	case EventKindMovie:
+	if _, ok := flatKindByString(group.Kind); ok {
 		return titleWithYear(group.Meta.Title, group.Meta.Year)
-	default:
-		if len(group.Episodes) == 1 {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%s — %s", group.Meta.Title, episodeRangeLabel(group.Episodes))
-		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s — %d new episodes (%s)",
-			group.Meta.Title, len(group.Episodes), episodeRangeLabel(group.Episodes))
 	}
+	if len(group.Episodes) == 1 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s — %s", group.Meta.Title, episodeRangeLabel(group.Episodes))
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s — %d new episodes (%s)",
+		group.Meta.Title, len(group.Episodes), episodeRangeLabel(group.Episodes))
 }
 
 // serverChannelMaxEmbeds caps content digests at Discord's per-message embed
@@ -177,13 +186,20 @@ func BuildServerChannelDiscordContent(groups []ContentGroup, test bool) ([]byte,
 	embeds := make([]discordEmbed, 0, len(groups))
 	for _, group := range groups {
 		author := "New episodes available on Silo"
-		if group.Kind == EventKindMovie {
-			author = "New movie available on Silo"
+		if flat, ok := flatKindByString(group.Kind); ok {
+			author = "New " + flat.ItemType + " available on Silo"
 		} else if len(group.Episodes) == 1 {
 			author = "New episode available on Silo"
 		}
 		ids := group.Meta.providerIDs()
-		fields := make([]discordEmbedField, 0, 2)
+		fields := make([]discordEmbedField, 0, 3)
+		if group.Meta.Author != "" {
+			fields = append(fields, discordEmbedField{
+				Name:   "Author",
+				Value:  truncateWithEllipsis(group.Meta.Author, discordFieldValueLimit),
+				Inline: true,
+			})
+		}
 		if rating := ratingLabel(group.Meta.RatingIMDB, group.Meta.RatingTMDB); rating != "" {
 			fields = append(fields, discordEmbedField{Name: "Rating", Value: rating, Inline: true})
 		}
@@ -234,6 +250,7 @@ type serverChannelContentRow struct {
 	ItemID      string `json:"item_id,omitempty"`
 	Title       string `json:"title,omitempty"`
 	Year        int    `json:"year,omitempty"`
+	Author      string `json:"author,omitempty"`
 	SeriesID    string `json:"series_id,omitempty"`
 	SeriesTitle string `json:"series_title,omitempty"`
 	// Episode span for episode groups.
@@ -259,12 +276,12 @@ func BuildServerChannelGenericContent(groups []ContentGroup, channelID string, t
 			Kind:      group.Kind,
 			LibraryID: group.LibraryID,
 		}
-		switch group.Kind {
-		case EventKindMovie:
+		if _, ok := flatKindByString(group.Kind); ok {
 			row.ItemID = group.ItemID
 			row.Title = group.Meta.Title
 			row.Year = group.Meta.Year
-		default:
+			row.Author = group.Meta.Author
+		} else {
 			row.SeriesID = group.SeriesID
 			row.SeriesTitle = group.Meta.Title
 			row.EpisodeCount = len(group.Episodes)
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_repo.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_repo.go
index 0e866f7a..e71fb0d0 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_repo.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_repo.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func NewServerChannelRepository(pool *pgxpool.Pool) *ServerChannelRepository {
 const serverChannelColumns = `
 	id, name, type, url_ciphertext, url_host, signing_secret_ciphertext, enabled,
 	notify_new_movies, notify_new_episodes,
+	notify_new_audiobooks, notify_new_ebooks,
 	notify_request_submitted, notify_request_approved,
 	notify_request_declined, notify_request_fulfilled,
 	watermark_created_at, watermark_id,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func scanServerChannel(row pgx.Row) (*ServerChannel, error) {
 		&ch.ID, &ch.Name, &ch.Type, &ch.URLCiphertext, &ch.URLHost,
 		&ch.SigningSecretCiphertext, &ch.Enabled,
 		&ch.NotifyNewMovies, &ch.NotifyNewEpisodes,
+		&ch.NotifyNewAudiobooks, &ch.NotifyNewEbooks,
 		&ch.NotifyRequestSubmitted, &ch.NotifyRequestApproved,
 		&ch.NotifyRequestDeclined, &ch.NotifyRequestFulfilled,
 		&ch.WatermarkCreatedAt, &ch.WatermarkID,
@@ -123,12 +125,14 @@ func (r *ServerChannelRepository) InsertWithLimit(ctx context.Context, ch Server
 		INSERT INTO notification_server_channels
 			(id, name, type, url_ciphertext, url_host, signing_secret_ciphertext, enabled,
 			 notify_new_movies, notify_new_episodes,
+			 notify_new_audiobooks, notify_new_ebooks,
 			 notify_request_submitted, notify_request_approved,
 			 notify_request_declined, notify_request_fulfilled,
 			 created_by_user_id)
-		VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13,$14)`,
+		VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13,$14,$15,$16)`,
 		ch.ID, ch.Name, ch.Type, ch.URLCiphertext, ch.URLHost, ch.SigningSecretCiphertext, ch.Enabled,
 		ch.NotifyNewMovies, ch.NotifyNewEpisodes,
+		ch.NotifyNewAudiobooks, ch.NotifyNewEbooks,
 		ch.NotifyRequestSubmitted, ch.NotifyRequestApproved,
 		ch.NotifyRequestDeclined, ch.NotifyRequestFulfilled,
 		ch.CreatedByUserID); err != nil {
@@ -153,13 +157,15 @@ func (r *ServerChannelRepository) Update(ctx context.Context, ch ServerChannel)
 			name = $2, url_ciphertext = $3, url_host = $4,
 			signing_secret_ciphertext = $5, enabled = $6,
 			notify_new_movies = $7, notify_new_episodes = $8,
-			notify_request_submitted = $9, notify_request_approved = $10,
-			notify_request_declined = $11, notify_request_fulfilled = $12,
+			notify_new_audiobooks = $9, notify_new_ebooks = $10,
+			notify_request_submitted = $11, notify_request_approved = $12,
+			notify_request_declined = $13, notify_request_fulfilled = $14,
 			updated_at = now()
 		WHERE id = $1`,
 		ch.ID, ch.Name, ch.URLCiphertext, ch.URLHost,
 		ch.SigningSecretCiphertext, ch.Enabled,
 		ch.NotifyNewMovies, ch.NotifyNewEpisodes,
+		ch.NotifyNewAudiobooks, ch.NotifyNewEbooks,
 		ch.NotifyRequestSubmitted, ch.NotifyRequestApproved,
 		ch.NotifyRequestDeclined, ch.NotifyRequestFulfilled)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -202,7 +208,8 @@ func (r *ServerChannelRepository) ListEnabledForContent(ctx context.Context) ([]
 		SELECT `+serverChannelColumns+`
 		FROM notification_server_channels
 		WHERE enabled AND disabled_reason IS NULL
-		  AND (notify_new_movies OR notify_new_episodes)
+		  AND (notify_new_movies OR notify_new_episodes
+		       OR notify_new_audiobooks OR notify_new_ebooks)
 		ORDER BY created_at`)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list content server channels: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_service.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_service.go
index aa7b2666..8c58c316 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_service.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_service.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ type ServerChannelInput struct {
 	Enabled                *bool
 	NotifyNewMovies        *bool
 	NotifyNewEpisodes      *bool
+	NotifyNewAudiobooks    *bool
+	NotifyNewEbooks        *bool
 	NotifyRequestSubmitted *bool
 	NotifyRequestApproved  *bool
 	NotifyRequestDeclined  *bool
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ func (s *ServerChannelService) Create(ctx context.Context, createdByUserID int,
 		Enabled:                boolOrDefault(input.Enabled, true),
 		NotifyNewMovies:        boolOrDefault(input.NotifyNewMovies, true),
 		NotifyNewEpisodes:      boolOrDefault(input.NotifyNewEpisodes, true),
+		NotifyNewAudiobooks:    boolOrDefault(input.NotifyNewAudiobooks, true),
+		NotifyNewEbooks:        boolOrDefault(input.NotifyNewEbooks, true),
 		NotifyRequestSubmitted: boolOrDefault(input.NotifyRequestSubmitted, false),
 		NotifyRequestApproved:  boolOrDefault(input.NotifyRequestApproved, false),
 		NotifyRequestDeclined:  boolOrDefault(input.NotifyRequestDeclined, false),
@@ -178,6 +182,12 @@ func (s *ServerChannelService) Update(ctx context.Context, id string, input Serv
 	if input.NotifyNewEpisodes != nil {
 		ch.NotifyNewEpisodes = *input.NotifyNewEpisodes
 	}
+	if input.NotifyNewAudiobooks != nil {
+		ch.NotifyNewAudiobooks = *input.NotifyNewAudiobooks
+	}
+	if input.NotifyNewEbooks != nil {
+		ch.NotifyNewEbooks = *input.NotifyNewEbooks
+	}
 	if input.NotifyRequestSubmitted != nil {
 		ch.NotifyRequestSubmitted = *input.NotifyRequestSubmitted
 	}
@@ -261,26 +271,41 @@ func (s *ServerChannelService) Test(ctx context.Context, id string) (*WebhookTes
 	return s.sender.sendContent(ctx, ch, sampleContentGroups(), true).testResult(), nil
 }
 
-// sampleContentGroups is the fixture used for test sends.
+// sampleContentGroups is the fixture used for test sends: one group per flat
+// item kind plus an episode group, so a test post exercises every render
+// path the channel can receive.
 func sampleContentGroups() []ContentGroup {
-	return []ContentGroup{
-		{
-			Kind:      EventKindMovie,
+	groups := make([]ContentGroup, 0, len(flatItemKinds)+1)
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		meta := ContentMeta{Title: "Silo Test " + capitalize(k.ItemType), Year: 2026}
+		if k.Kind != EventKindMovie {
+			meta.Author = "Test Author"
+		}
+		groups = append(groups, ContentGroup{
+			Kind:      k.Kind,
 			LibraryID: 1,
-			ItemID:    "test-movie",
-			Meta:      ContentMeta{Title: "Silo Test Movie", Year: 2026},
-		},
-		{
-			Kind:      EventKindEpisode,
-			LibraryID: 1,
-			SeriesID:  "test-series",
-			Meta:      ContentMeta{Title: "Silo Test Series"},
-			Episodes: []ReleaseEvent{
-				{Kind: EventKindEpisode, LibraryID: 1, SeriesID: "test-series",
-					SeasonNumber: 1, EpisodeNumber: 1, EpisodeKey: EpisodeKey(1, 1)},
-				{Kind: EventKindEpisode, LibraryID: 1, SeriesID: "test-series",
-					SeasonNumber: 1, EpisodeNumber: 2, EpisodeKey: EpisodeKey(1, 2)},
-			},
-		},
+			ItemID:    "test-" + k.Kind,
+			Meta:      meta,
+		})
 	}
+	return append(groups, ContentGroup{
+		Kind:      EventKindEpisode,
+		LibraryID: 1,
+		SeriesID:  "test-series",
+		Meta:      ContentMeta{Title: "Silo Test Series"},
+		Episodes: []ReleaseEvent{
+			{Kind: EventKindEpisode, LibraryID: 1, SeriesID: "test-series",
+				SeasonNumber: 1, EpisodeNumber: 1, EpisodeKey: EpisodeKey(1, 1)},
+			{Kind: EventKindEpisode, LibraryID: 1, SeriesID: "test-series",
+				SeasonNumber: 1, EpisodeNumber: 2, EpisodeKey: EpisodeKey(1, 2)},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+// capitalize upper-cases the first ASCII letter of a display noun.
+func capitalize(s string) string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return s
+	}
+	return strings.ToUpper(s[:1]) + s[1:]
 }
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_types.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_types.go
index 875a8f4f..a05cf5f8 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_types.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_types.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type ServerChannel struct {
 	Enabled                 bool
 	NotifyNewMovies         bool
 	NotifyNewEpisodes       bool
+	NotifyNewAudiobooks     bool
+	NotifyNewEbooks         bool
 	NotifyRequestSubmitted  bool
 	NotifyRequestApproved   bool
 	NotifyRequestDeclined   bool
@@ -61,14 +63,14 @@ func serverChannelSecretAAD(id string) string { return "server_channel:" + id +
 // release event kind. Unknown kinds (added by future versions) are skipped:
 // an old node must not announce content it cannot render.
 func (c ServerChannel) WantsContentKind(kind string) bool {
-	switch normalizeEventKind(kind) {
-	case EventKindEpisode:
+	normalized := normalizeEventKind(kind)
+	if normalized == EventKindEpisode {
 		return c.NotifyNewEpisodes
-	case EventKindMovie:
-		return c.NotifyNewMovies
-	default:
-		return false
 	}
+	if k, ok := flatKindByString(normalized); ok {
+		return k.WantsToggle(c)
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // WantsRequestEvent reports whether the channel's toggles include the given
diff --git a/internal/notifications/server_channel_worker.go b/internal/notifications/server_channel_worker.go
index 22614af6..a46af4f6 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/server_channel_worker.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/server_channel_worker.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/models"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
@@ -242,8 +243,10 @@ func (w *serverChannelWorker) processChannel(ctx context.Context, channelID stri
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// loadContentMeta batch-fetches display metadata for every series and movie
-// in the batch, keyed by content id.
+// loadContentMeta batch-fetches display metadata for every series and flat
+// item in the batch, keyed by content id. The author join only yields rows
+// for items with author credits (audiobooks, ebooks); movies and series scan
+// an empty string.
 func loadContentMeta(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx, events []ReleaseEvent) (map[string]ContentMeta, error) {
 	idSet := make(map[string]struct{}, len(events))
 	ids := make([]string, 0, len(events))
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ func loadContentMeta(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx, events []ReleaseEvent) (map
 		}
 	}
 	for _, event := range events {
-		if event.Kind == EventKindMovie {
+		if _, ok := flatKindByString(normalizeEventKind(event.Kind)); ok {
 			add(event.ItemID)
 		} else {
 			add(event.SeriesID)
@@ -268,14 +271,23 @@ func loadContentMeta(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx, events []ReleaseEvent) (map
 		return metas, nil
 	}
 	rows, err := tx.Query(ctx, `
-		SELECT content_id, title, COALESCE(year, 0), COALESCE(type, ''),
-		       COALESCE(overview, ''), COALESCE(poster_path, ''),
-		       COALESCE(poster_source_path, ''),
-		       COALESCE(genres, '{}'::text[]), COALESCE(content_rating, ''),
-		       COALESCE(rating_imdb, 0), COALESCE(rating_tmdb, 0),
-		       COALESCE(imdb_id, ''), COALESCE(tmdb_id, ''), COALESCE(tvdb_id, '')
-		FROM media_items
-		WHERE content_id = ANY($1)`, ids)
+		SELECT mi.content_id, mi.title, COALESCE(mi.year, 0), COALESCE(mi.type, ''),
+		       COALESCE(mi.overview, ''), COALESCE(mi.poster_path, ''),
+		       COALESCE(mi.poster_source_path, ''),
+		       COALESCE(mi.genres, '{}'::text[]), COALESCE(mi.content_rating, ''),
+		       COALESCE(mi.rating_imdb, 0), COALESCE(mi.rating_tmdb, 0),
+		       COALESCE(mi.imdb_id, ''), COALESCE(mi.tmdb_id, ''), COALESCE(mi.tvdb_id, ''),
+		       COALESCE(author.name, '')
+		FROM media_items mi
+		LEFT JOIN LATERAL (
+			SELECT p.name
+			FROM item_people ip
+			JOIN people p ON p.id = ip.person_id
+			WHERE ip.content_id = mi.content_id AND ip.kind = $2
+			ORDER BY ip.sort_order, p.name
+			LIMIT 1
+		) author ON TRUE
+		WHERE mi.content_id = ANY($1)`, ids, int(models.PersonKindAuthor))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("load content metadata: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -288,6 +300,7 @@ func loadContentMeta(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx, events []ReleaseEvent) (map
 			&meta.Genres, &meta.ContentRating,
 			&meta.RatingIMDB, &meta.RatingTMDB,
 			&meta.IMDBID, &meta.TMDBID, &meta.TVDBID,
+			&meta.Author,
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scan content metadata: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/notifications/system.go b/internal/notifications/system.go
index 5eb4678d..1933c28b 100644
--- a/internal/notifications/system.go
+++ b/internal/notifications/system.go
@@ -452,20 +452,29 @@ func (s *System) SeedAvailability(ctx context.Context, progress func(percent int
 			progress(percent, message)
 		}
 	}
-	// Episode and movie availability seed independently: each kind has its
-	// own seed markers, because the episode pass historically marked every
-	// scanned library (movie libraries included) with zero movie rows.
-	passes := []struct {
+	// Each kind seeds independently with its own seed markers, because the
+	// episode pass historically marked every scanned library (movie libraries
+	// included) with zero movie rows. The flat item kinds come from the
+	// registry so a new kind cannot be forgotten here.
+	type seedPass struct {
 		kind          string
 		seedCondition string
 		record        func(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error)
-	}{
-		{EventKindEpisode,
-			`SELECT 1 FROM notification_library_seed_state seed WHERE seed.library_id = mf.id`,
-			s.Releases.RecordAvailabilityForLibrary},
-		{EventKindMovie,
-			`SELECT 1 FROM notification_content_seed_state seed WHERE seed.library_id = mf.id AND seed.kind = 'movie'`,
-			s.Releases.RecordMovieAvailabilityForLibrary},
+	}
+	passes := []seedPass{{
+		kind:          EventKindEpisode,
+		seedCondition: `SELECT 1 FROM notification_library_seed_state seed WHERE seed.library_id = mf.id`,
+		record:        s.Releases.RecordAvailabilityForLibrary,
+	}}
+	for _, k := range flatItemKinds {
+		passes = append(passes, seedPass{
+			kind: k.Kind,
+			seedCondition: `SELECT 1 FROM notification_content_seed_state seed
+				WHERE seed.library_id = mf.id AND seed.kind = '` + k.Kind + `'`,
+			record: func(ctx context.Context, libraryID int, emitEvents bool) (int, int, error) {
+				return s.Releases.RecordItemAvailabilityForLibrary(ctx, k, libraryID, emitEvents)
+			},
+		})
 	}
 	for passIdx, pass := range passes {
 		rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `
@@ -504,9 +513,10 @@ func (s *System) SeedAvailability(ctx context.Context, progress func(percent int
 				return fmt.Errorf("mark library %d seeded (%s): %w", libraryID, pass.kind, err)
 			}
 			totalSeeded += inserted
-			// Each pass owns half the progress range.
-			passBase := passIdx * 50
-			report(passBase+(i+1)*50/max(len(libraryIDs), 1),
+			// Each pass owns an equal slice of the progress range.
+			passSpan := 100 / len(passes)
+			passBase := passIdx * passSpan
+			report(passBase+(i+1)*passSpan/max(len(libraryIDs), 1),
 				fmt.Sprintf("Seeded library %d %s availability (%d new rows)", libraryID, pass.kind, inserted))
 		}
 		s.logger.Info("availability seeding completed",
diff --git a/internal/scanner/scanner.go b/internal/scanner/scanner.go
index 612706b9..6905acc0 100644
--- a/internal/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/internal/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/catalog"
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/librarykind"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/models"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/naming"
 	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/s3client"
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanFolder(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder) (*
 	watchCtx, stopWatch := s.watchFolderContext(ctx, folder.ID)
 	defer stopWatch()
 
-	if isAudiobookLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsAudiobook(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.ScanAudiobookFolder(watchCtx, folder, true); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanFolder(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder) (*
 		return &ScanResult{}, nil
 	}
 
-	if isPodcastLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsPodcast(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.ScanPodcastFolder(watchCtx, folder); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -277,14 +278,14 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanFolder(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder) (*
 		return &ScanResult{}, nil
 	}
 
-	if isMangaLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsManga(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.ScanMangaFolder(watchCtx, folder); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return &ScanResult{}, nil
 	}
 
-	if isEbookLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsEbook(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.ScanEbookFolder(watchCtx, folder); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanSubtree(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder, s
 	cleanSubtree := filepath.Clean(subtreePath)
 	watchCtx, stopWatch := s.watchFolderContext(ctx, folder.ID)
 	defer stopWatch()
-	if isAudiobookLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsAudiobook(folder.Type) {
 		scanRoot, err := cleanScopedAudiobookScanRoot(subtreePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -313,13 +314,13 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanSubtree(ctx context.Context, folder *models.MediaFolder, s
 		}
 		return &ScanResult{}, nil
 	}
-	if isMangaLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsManga(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.scanMangaPaths(watchCtx, folder, []string{cleanSubtree}, false); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return &ScanResult{}, nil
 	}
-	if isEbookLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsEbook(folder.Type) {
 		if err := s.scanEbookPaths(watchCtx, folder, []string{cleanSubtree}, false); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -346,49 +347,6 @@ func scopedFolderPaths(folder *models.MediaFolder, paths []string) *models.Media
 	return &clone
 }
 
-func isMovieLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "movie", "movies":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-func isAudiobookLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "audiobook", "audiobooks":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-func isPodcastLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "podcast", "podcasts":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func isEbookLibraryType(libraryType string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(libraryType)) {
-	case "ebook", "ebooks":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func isMangaLibraryType(t string) bool {
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(t)) {
-	case "manga":
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
 // walkMode tells walkLogicalTree which file extensions to surface and
 // which library-specific filename heuristics (sample/extra skipping)
 // to apply.
@@ -407,15 +365,15 @@ const (
 // pass arbitrary types preserve their prior behavior.
 func walkModeFor(folderType string) walkMode {
 	switch {
-	case isMovieLibraryType(folderType):
+	case librarykind.IsMovie(folderType):
 		return walkModeMovie
-	case isAudiobookLibraryType(folderType):
+	case librarykind.IsAudiobook(folderType):
 		return walkModeAudiobook
-	case isPodcastLibraryType(folderType):
+	case librarykind.IsPodcast(folderType):
 		return walkModePodcast
-	case isEbookLibraryType(folderType):
+	case librarykind.IsEbook(folderType):
 		return walkModeEbook
-	case isMangaLibraryType(folderType):
+	case librarykind.IsManga(folderType):
 		// Manga chapters are .cbz/.cbr archives, surfaced by the ebook walk.
 		return walkModeEbook
 	default:
@@ -1592,7 +1550,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) ScanFile(ctx context.Context, filePath string, folder *models.
 	}
 
 	cleanFile := filepath.Clean(filePath)
-	if isAudiobookLibraryType(folder.Type) {
+	if librarykind.IsAudiobook(folder.Type) {
 		if !SupportsAudioFile(cleanFile) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized audio extension: %s", strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(cleanFile)))
 		}
diff --git a/internal/scanner/scanner_test.go b/internal/scanner/scanner_test.go
index b0aba96d..2acb7f29 100644
--- a/internal/scanner/scanner_test.go
+++ b/internal/scanner/scanner_test.go
@@ -161,85 +161,6 @@ func testStringSliceContains(values []string, target string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func TestIsAudiobookLibraryType(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		in   string
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{"audiobooks", true},
-		{"audiobook", true},
-		{"Audiobook", true},
-		{"  AUDIOBOOKS  ", true},
-		{"movies", false},
-		{"series", false},
-		{"", false},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		if got := isAudiobookLibraryType(tc.in); got != tc.want {
-			t.Errorf("isAudiobookLibraryType(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.in, got, tc.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIsPodcastLibraryType(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		in   string
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{"podcasts", true},
-		{"podcast", true},
-		{"Podcast", true},
-		{"  PODCASTS  ", true},
-		{"series", false},
-		{"audiobooks", false},
-		{"", false},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		if got := isPodcastLibraryType(tc.in); got != tc.want {
-			t.Errorf("isPodcastLibraryType(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.in, got, tc.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIsEbookLibraryType(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		in   string
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{"ebooks", true},
-		{"ebook", true},
-		{"Ebook", true},
-		{"  EBOOKS  ", true},
-		{"audiobooks", false},
-		{"movies", false},
-		{"", false},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		if got := isEbookLibraryType(tc.in); got != tc.want {
-			t.Errorf("isEbookLibraryType(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.in, got, tc.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIsMangaLibraryType(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		in   string
-		want bool
-	}{
-		{"manga", true},
-		{"Manga", true},
-		{"  MANGA  ", true},
-		{"ebooks", false},
-		{"movies", false},
-		{"", false},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		if got := isMangaLibraryType(tc.in); got != tc.want {
-			t.Errorf("isMangaLibraryType(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.in, got, tc.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestWalkModeForEbookLibraryTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, libraryType := range []string{"ebook", "ebooks", " EBOOKS "} {
 		if got := walkModeFor(libraryType); got != walkModeEbook {
diff --git a/migrations/sql/20260702033712_audiobook_ebook_notifications.sql b/migrations/sql/20260702033712_audiobook_ebook_notifications.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c1778bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/sql/20260702033712_audiobook_ebook_notifications.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+-- +goose Up
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+-- Audiobook and ebook "recently added" notifications. Both kinds are flat
+-- item kinds like movies (item_id only, no series/episode columns): they
+-- widen the existing item-shaped branch of the release_events constraints
+-- and get their own server-channel toggles.
+
+ALTER TABLE public.release_events
+    DROP CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_check,
+    DROP CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_shape_check;
+ALTER TABLE public.release_events
+    ADD CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_check
+        CHECK (kind IN ('episode', 'movie', 'audiobook', 'ebook')),
+    ADD CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_shape_check CHECK (
+        (kind = 'episode' AND series_id IS NOT NULL AND episode_id IS NOT NULL
+            AND season_number IS NOT NULL AND episode_number IS NOT NULL
+            AND episode_key IS NOT NULL)
+        OR (kind IN ('movie', 'audiobook', 'ebook') AND item_id IS NOT NULL)
+    );
+
+-- Generic flat-item availability facts for every kind after movie: one-way
+-- "item first became available in this library" rows, movie_availability's
+-- shape plus a kind discriminator. Movies deliberately stay in their original
+-- table (renaming a populated hot-path table buys nothing); a future kind
+-- widens the kind CHECKs here and on release_events, no new table.
+CREATE TABLE public.item_availability (
+    library_id integer NOT NULL,
+    item_id text NOT NULL,
+    kind text NOT NULL,
+    available_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    created_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    CONSTRAINT item_availability_pkey PRIMARY KEY (library_id, item_id, kind),
+    CONSTRAINT item_availability_kind_check CHECK (kind IN ('audiobook', 'ebook'))
+);
+
+-- Per-channel content toggles for the new kinds, defaulting on like the
+-- movie/episode toggles. No back-catalog flood risk: existing audiobook and
+-- ebook libraries have no notification_content_seed_state rows for these
+-- kinds yet, so their first full scan seeds silently.
+ALTER TABLE public.notification_server_channels
+    ADD COLUMN notify_new_audiobooks boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
+    ADD COLUMN notify_new_ebooks boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true;
+-- +goose StatementEnd
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- +goose StatementBegin
+ALTER TABLE public.notification_server_channels
+    DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS notify_new_ebooks,
+    DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS notify_new_audiobooks;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS public.item_availability;
+
+DELETE FROM public.release_events WHERE kind IN ('audiobook', 'ebook');
+ALTER TABLE public.release_events
+    DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS release_events_kind_shape_check,
+    DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS release_events_kind_check;
+ALTER TABLE public.release_events
+    ADD CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_check CHECK (kind IN ('episode', 'movie')),
+    ADD CONSTRAINT release_events_kind_shape_check CHECK (
+        (kind = 'episode' AND series_id IS NOT NULL AND episode_id IS NOT NULL
+            AND season_number IS NOT NULL AND episode_number IS NOT NULL
+            AND episode_key IS NOT NULL)
+        OR (kind = 'movie' AND item_id IS NOT NULL)
+    );
+-- +goose StatementEnd
diff --git a/web/src/api/types.ts b/web/src/api/types.ts
index 4edd24d6..33d9f465 100644
--- a/web/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/api/types.ts
@@ -2521,6 +2521,8 @@ export interface ServerNotificationChannel {
   enabled: boolean;
   notify_new_movies: boolean;
   notify_new_episodes: boolean;
+  notify_new_audiobooks: boolean;
+  notify_new_ebooks: boolean;
   notify_request_submitted: boolean;
   notify_request_approved: boolean;
   notify_request_declined: boolean;
@@ -2543,6 +2545,8 @@ export interface ServerNotificationChannelInput {
   enabled?: boolean;
   notify_new_movies?: boolean;
   notify_new_episodes?: boolean;
+  notify_new_audiobooks?: boolean;
+  notify_new_ebooks?: boolean;
   notify_request_submitted?: boolean;
   notify_request_approved?: boolean;
   notify_request_declined?: boolean;
diff --git a/web/src/pages/admin-settings/ServerNotificationChannels.tsx b/web/src/pages/admin-settings/ServerNotificationChannels.tsx
index 4f11e32b..e8b9cd4b 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/admin-settings/ServerNotificationChannels.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/admin-settings/ServerNotificationChannels.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ import { formatRelativeTime } from "@/lib/date";
 type ChannelNotifyKey =
   | "notify_new_movies"
   | "notify_new_episodes"
+  | "notify_new_audiobooks"
+  | "notify_new_ebooks"
   | "notify_request_submitted"
   | "notify_request_approved"
   | "notify_request_declined"
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ const EVENT_SECTIONS: { label: string; fields: ChannelNotifyField[] }[] = [
     fields: [
       { key: "notify_new_movies", label: "New movies", defaultValue: true },
       { key: "notify_new_episodes", label: "New episodes", defaultValue: true },
+      { key: "notify_new_audiobooks", label: "New audiobooks", defaultValue: true },
+      { key: "notify_new_ebooks", label: "New ebooks", defaultValue: true },
     ],
   },
   {