diff --git a/apps/api/src/books/books.module.ts b/apps/api/src/books/books.module.ts
index c183835..6471b20 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/books/books.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/books/books.module.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { AuthModule } from "../auth/auth.module.js";
 import { DatabaseModule } from "../database/database.module.js";
 import { BooksController } from "./books.controller.js";
 import { BooksService } from "./books.service.js";
+import { SeriesController } from "./series.controller.js";
 
 @Module({
   imports: [AuthModule, DatabaseModule],
-  controllers: [BooksController],
+  controllers: [BooksController, SeriesController],
   providers: [BooksService],
   exports: [BooksService]
 })
diff --git a/apps/api/src/books/books.service.test.ts b/apps/api/src/books/books.service.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17f9ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/books/books.service.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
+import { books, libraries, series } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { BooksService } from "./books.service.js";
+
+const previousDatabasePath = process.env.DATABASE_PATH;
+const previousStorageDir = process.env.STORAGE_DIR;
+const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  process.env.DATABASE_PATH = previousDatabasePath;
+  process.env.STORAGE_DIR = previousStorageDir;
+  for (const dir of tempDirs.splice(0)) {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+describe("BooksService", () => {
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("exposes metadata status and parsed provenance on book API rows", () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const service = new BooksService(database);
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Corpus", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const daredevil = database.db
+      .insert(series)
+      .values({
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        normalizedTitle: "daredevil",
+        description: "Collection Daredevil",
+        publisher: "Marvel",
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const book = database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        seriesId: daredevil.id,
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: "Roy Thomas",
+        description: "Daredevil affronte une nouvelle menace.",
+        isbn: "9782809476255",
+        isbn13: "9782809476255",
+        identifiersJson: null,
+        localMetadataJson: null,
+        language: "fre",
+        publisher: "Panini comics",
+        publishedDate: "0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        volumeNumber: 1,
+        volumeLabel: "001",
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath: "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+        coverPath: "/storage/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+        metadataStatus: "enriched",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local", author: "bnf", coverPath: "openlibrary" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+
+    expect(service.get(book.id)).toMatchObject({
+      publishedDate: null,
+      seriesId: daredevil.id,
+      volumeNumber: 1,
+      volumeLabel: "001",
+      series: { id: daredevil.id, title: "Daredevil", normalizedTitle: "daredevil" },
+      metadataStatus: "enriched",
+      metadataProvenance: { title: "local", author: "bnf", coverPath: "openlibrary" }
+    });
+    expect(service.list({ limit: 50, offset: 0 })[0]).toMatchObject({
+      publishedDate: null,
+      seriesId: daredevil.id,
+      volumeNumber: 1,
+      volumeLabel: "001",
+      series: { id: daredevil.id, title: "Daredevil", normalizedTitle: "daredevil" },
+      metadataStatus: "enriched",
+      metadataProvenance: { title: "local", author: "bnf", coverPath: "openlibrary" }
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("lists a series with distinct books sharing the same volume", () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const service = new BooksService(database);
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Corpus", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const soloLeveling = database.db
+      .insert(series)
+      .values({
+        title: "Solo Leveling",
+        normalizedTitle: "solo leveling",
+        description: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    for (const filePath of ["/library/Solo Leveling T03.cbz", "/library/Solo Leveling 003.cbz"]) {
+      database.db
+        .insert(books)
+        .values({
+          libraryId: library.id,
+          seriesId: soloLeveling.id,
+          title: filePath.includes("T03") ? "Solo Leveling T03" : "Solo Leveling 003",
+          author: null,
+          description: null,
+          isbn: null,
+          isbn13: null,
+          identifiersJson: null,
+          localMetadataJson: null,
+          language: null,
+          publisher: null,
+          publishedDate: null,
+          volumeNumber: 3,
+          volumeLabel: filePath.includes("T03") ? "T03" : "003",
+          format: "cbz",
+          filePath,
+          coverPath: null,
+          metadataStatus: "none",
+          metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+          scanStatus: "succeeded",
+          enrichmentStatus: "idle",
+          fileSize: 42,
+          fileMtime: now,
+          createdAt: now,
+          updatedAt: now
+        })
+        .run();
+    }
+
+    const result = service.getSeries(soloLeveling.id);
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ id: soloLeveling.id, title: "Solo Leveling", normalizedTitle: "solo leveling" });
+    expect(result.books).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result.books.map((book) => [book.title, book.volumeNumber])).toEqual([
+      ["Solo Leveling 003", 3],
+      ["Solo Leveling T03", 3]
+    ]);
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+});
+
+function createDatabase(): DatabaseService {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "readabook-books-service-"));
+  tempDirs.push(dir);
+  process.env.DATABASE_PATH = join(dir, "readabook.sqlite");
+  process.env.STORAGE_DIR = join(dir, "storage");
+  return new DatabaseService();
+}
+
+function canLoadBetterSqlite(): boolean {
+  try {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/books/books.service.ts b/apps/api/src/books/books.service.ts
index 43fd7da..dd83c48 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/books/books.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/books/books.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { BookQueryDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { listCbrImageEntries, readCbrPage } from "../common/cbr.js";
 import { listCbzImageEntries, readCbzPage } from "../common/cbz.js";
 import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
-import { books } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { books, series } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class BooksService {
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export class BooksService {
       .orderBy(books.title)
       .limit(query.limit)
       .offset(query.offset)
-      .all();
+      .all()
+      .map((book) => this.mapBookSelect(book));
   }
 
   search(q: string, limit = 50, offset = 0) {
@@ -42,19 +44,32 @@ export class BooksService {
       `
       )
       .all(`${q.replace(/"/g, '""')}*`, limit, offset);
-    return (rows as Array<Record<string, unknown>>).map(mapBookRow);
+    return (rows as Array<Record<string, unknown>>).map((row) => this.mapBookRow(row));
   }
 
   get(id: number) {
-    const book = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.id, id)).get();
-    if (!book) {
-      throw new NotFoundException("Book not found");
-    }
-    return book;
+    return this.mapBookSelect(this.getRecord(id));
+  }
+
+  listSeries() {
+    return this.database.db.select().from(series).orderBy(series.title).all();
+  }
+
+  getSeries(id: number) {
+    const row = this.database.db.select().from(series).where(eq(series.id, id)).get();
+    if (!row) throw new NotFoundException("Series not found");
+    const seriesBooks = this.database.db
+      .select()
+      .from(books)
+      .where(eq(books.seriesId, id))
+      .orderBy(books.volumeNumber, books.title)
+      .all()
+      .map((book) => this.mapBookSelect(book));
+    return { ...row, books: seriesBooks };
   }
 
   streamFile(id: number, range?: string) {
-    const book = this.get(id);
+    const book = this.getRecord(id);
     if (!existsSync(book.filePath)) {
       throw new NotFoundException("Book file not found on disk");
     }
@@ -72,7 +87,7 @@ export class BooksService {
   }
 
   streamCover(id: number) {
-    const book = this.get(id);
+    const book = this.getRecord(id);
     if (!book.coverPath || !existsSync(book.coverPath)) {
       throw new NotFoundException("Cover not found");
     }
@@ -80,7 +95,7 @@ export class BooksService {
   }
 
   async listComicPages(id: number) {
-    const book = this.get(id);
+    const book = this.getRecord(id);
     this.assertComicArchiveBook(book);
     const pages = book.format === "cbr" ? await listCbrImageEntries(book.filePath) : listCbzImageEntries(book.filePath);
     return {
@@ -91,7 +106,7 @@ export class BooksService {
   }
 
   async readComicPage(id: number, page: number) {
-    const book = this.get(id);
+    const book = this.getRecord(id);
     this.assertComicArchiveBook(book);
     try {
       const result =
@@ -108,6 +123,14 @@ export class BooksService {
     return this.database.db.select({ count: sql<number>`count(*)` }).from(books).get()?.count ?? 0;
   }
 
+  private getRecord(id: number): typeof books.$inferSelect {
+    const book = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.id, id)).get();
+    if (!book) {
+      throw new NotFoundException("Book not found");
+    }
+    return book;
+  }
+
   private assertComicArchiveBook(book: typeof books.$inferSelect): void {
     if (book.format !== "cbz" && book.format !== "cbr") {
       throw new BadRequestException("Book is not a comic archive");
@@ -116,6 +139,51 @@ export class BooksService {
       throw new NotFoundException("Book file not found on disk");
     }
   }
+
+  private mapBookRow(row: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    const seriesId = nullable(row.series_id);
+    return {
+      id: Number(row.id),
+      libraryId: Number(row.library_id),
+      seriesId: seriesId ? Number(seriesId) : null,
+      title: String(row.title),
+      author: nullable(row.author),
+      description: nullable(row.description),
+      isbn: nullable(row.isbn),
+      isbn13: nullable(row.isbn13),
+      language: nullable(row.language),
+      publisher: nullable(row.publisher),
+      publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(nullable(row.published_date)),
+      volumeNumber: row.volume_number === null || row.volume_number === undefined ? null : Number(row.volume_number),
+      volumeLabel: nullable(row.volume_label),
+      format: row.format,
+      filePath: String(row.file_path),
+      coverPath: nullable(row.cover_path),
+      metadataStatus: metadataStatusValue(row.metadata_status),
+      metadataProvenance: parseObject(row.metadata_provenance_json),
+      series: seriesId ? this.getSeriesRecord(Number(seriesId)) : null,
+      scanStatus: statusValue(row.scan_status),
+      enrichmentStatus: statusValue(row.enrichment_status),
+      fileSize: Number(row.file_size),
+      fileMtime: String(row.file_mtime),
+      createdAt: String(row.created_at),
+      updatedAt: String(row.updated_at)
+    };
+  }
+
+  private mapBookSelect(row: typeof books.$inferSelect) {
+    const { metadataProvenanceJson: _metadataProvenanceJson, ...book } = row;
+    return {
+      ...book,
+      publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(row.publishedDate),
+      metadataProvenance: parseObject(row.metadataProvenanceJson),
+      series: row.seriesId ? this.getSeriesRecord(row.seriesId) : null
+    };
+  }
+
+  private getSeriesRecord(id: number) {
+    return this.database.db.select().from(series).where(eq(series.id, id)).get() ?? null;
+  }
 }
 
 function parseByteRange(range: string | undefined, size: number): { start: number; end: number; partial: boolean } {
@@ -159,28 +227,25 @@ function lookupMime(entryName: string): string {
   return "image/jpeg";
 }
 
-function mapBookRow(row: Record<string, unknown>) {
-  return {
-    id: Number(row.id),
-    libraryId: Number(row.library_id),
-    title: String(row.title),
-    author: nullable(row.author),
-    description: nullable(row.description),
-    isbn: nullable(row.isbn),
-    isbn13: nullable(row.isbn13),
-    language: nullable(row.language),
-    publisher: nullable(row.publisher),
-    publishedDate: nullable(row.published_date),
-    format: row.format,
-    filePath: String(row.file_path),
-    coverPath: nullable(row.cover_path),
-    fileSize: Number(row.file_size),
-    fileMtime: String(row.file_mtime),
-    createdAt: String(row.created_at),
-    updatedAt: String(row.updated_at)
-  };
-}
-
 function nullable(value: unknown): string | null {
   return value === null || value === undefined ? null : String(value);
 }
+
+function statusValue(value: unknown): "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed" {
+  return value === "running" || value === "succeeded" || value === "failed" ? value : "idle";
+}
+
+function metadataStatusValue(value: unknown): "enriched" | "partial" | "none" {
+  return value === "enriched" || value === "partial" ? value : "none";
+}
+
+function parseObject(value: unknown): Record<string, string> {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return {};
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
+    if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) return {};
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(parsed).filter((entry): entry is [string, string] => typeof entry[1] === "string"));
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/books/series.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/books/series.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eb3e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/books/series.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Param, UseGuards } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { AuthGuard } from "../auth/auth.guard.js";
+import { BooksService } from "./books.service.js";
+
+@Controller("series")
+@UseGuards(AuthGuard)
+export class SeriesController {
+  constructor(private readonly books: BooksService) {}
+
+  @Get()
+  list() {
+    return this.books.listSeries();
+  }
+
+  @Get(":id")
+  get(@Param("id") id: string) {
+    return this.books.getSeries(Number(id));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/common/cbr.ts b/apps/api/src/common/cbr.ts
index cbeacad..76f44d2 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/common/cbr.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/common/cbr.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { extname, join } from "node:path";
 import { createExtractorFromFile } from "node-unrar-js";
 import { COMIC_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS, MAX_COMIC_ARCHIVE_ENTRIES } from "./cbz.js";
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export async function readCbrPage(
     throw new Error("CBR page not found");
   }
 
+  mkdirSync(storageDir, { recursive: true });
   const tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(storageDir, "cbr-page-"));
   const safeName = `page${extname(page.entryName).toLowerCase() || ".jpg"}`;
   try {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/database.service.test.ts b/apps/api/src/database/database.service.test.ts
index 0f0c6cb..d2303bd 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/database/database.service.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/database.service.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { DatabaseService } from "./database.service.js";
+import { books, libraries, series } from "./schema.js";
 
 const previousDatabasePath = process.env.DATABASE_PATH;
 const previousStorageDir = process.env.STORAGE_DIR;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ describe("database migrations", () => {
     const storageDir = join(dir, "storage");
 
     const legacy = new Database(databasePath);
+    const now = new Date().toISOString();
     legacy.exec(`
       CREATE TABLE users (
         id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
@@ -84,6 +86,17 @@ describe("database migrations", () => {
         created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
         updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
       );
+
+      INSERT INTO libraries (id, name, path, enabled, created_at, updated_at)
+      VALUES (1, 'Corpus', '/library', 1, '${now}', '${now}');
+      INSERT INTO books (
+        library_id, title, author, description, isbn, language, publisher, published_date,
+        format, file_path, cover_path, file_size, file_mtime, created_at, updated_at
+      )
+      VALUES
+        (1, 'Solo Leveling T03', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'cbz', '/library/Solo Leveling T03.cbz', NULL, 42, '${now}', '${now}', '${now}'),
+        (1, 'Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'cbz', '/library/Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz.cbz', NULL, 42, '${now}', '${now}', '${now}'),
+        (1, 'Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'cbz', '/library/Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+.cbz', NULL, 42, '${now}', '${now}', '${now}');
     `);
     legacy.close();
 
@@ -94,18 +107,130 @@ describe("database migrations", () => {
     const bookColumns = database.sqlite.prepare("PRAGMA table_info(books)").all() as Array<{ name: string }>;
     const bookIndexes = database.sqlite.prepare("PRAGMA index_list(books)").all() as Array<{ name: string }>;
     const metadataSources = database.sqlite.prepare("SELECT provider FROM metadata_source_config ORDER BY priority").all() as Array<{ provider: string }>;
+    const seriesRows = database.sqlite
+      .prepare(
+        `
+        SELECT books.title, books.volume_number, books.volume_label, series.title AS series_title, series.normalized_title
+        FROM books
+        JOIN series ON series.id = books.series_id
+        ORDER BY books.title
+      `
+      )
+      .all() as Array<{
+      title: string;
+      volume_number: number | null;
+      volume_label: string | null;
+      series_title: string;
+      normalized_title: string;
+    }>;
     const automationSettings = database.sqlite.prepare("SELECT id, isbn_priority_enabled FROM automation_settings").get() as
       | { id: number; isbn_priority_enabled: number }
       | undefined;
 
     expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("isbn13");
     expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("identifiers_json");
+    expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("scan_status");
+    expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("enrichment_status");
+    expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("series_id");
+    expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("volume_number");
+    expect(bookColumns.map((column) => column.name)).toContain("volume_label");
     expect(bookIndexes.map((index) => index.name)).toContain("books_isbn13_idx");
-    expect(metadataSources.map((source) => source.provider)).toEqual(["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf"]);
+    expect(bookIndexes.map((index) => index.name)).toContain("books_series_idx");
+    expect(seriesRows).toEqual([
+      {
+        title: "Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+",
+        volume_number: 1,
+        volume_label: "T01",
+        series_title: "Dragon Ball SD",
+        normalized_title: "dragon ball sd"
+      },
+      {
+        title: "Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz",
+        volume_number: 1,
+        volume_label: "T01",
+        series_title: "Eyeshield 21",
+        normalized_title: "eyeshield 21"
+      },
+      {
+        title: "Solo Leveling T03",
+        volume_number: 3,
+        volume_label: "T03",
+        series_title: "Solo Leveling",
+        normalized_title: "solo leveling"
+      }
+    ]);
+    expect(metadataSources.map((source) => source.provider)).toEqual(["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf", "mangadex", "comicvine"]);
     expect(automationSettings).toMatchObject({ id: 1, isbn_priority_enabled: 1 });
 
     database.onModuleDestroy();
   });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("backfills missing Daredevil volume numbers when series already exists", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "readabook-series-backfill-"));
+    tempDirs.push(dir);
+    process.env.DATABASE_PATH = join(dir, "readabook.sqlite");
+    process.env.STORAGE_DIR = join(dir, "storage");
+
+    const first = new DatabaseService();
+    const now = first.now();
+    const library = first.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Corpus", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const daredevil = first.db
+      .insert(series)
+      .values({
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        normalizedTitle: "daredevil",
+        description: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    first.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        seriesId: daredevil.id,
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        identifiersJson: null,
+        localMetadataJson: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        volumeNumber: null,
+        volumeLabel: null,
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath: "/library/Daredevil - 001[Sebmov].cbz",
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "none",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "idle",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .run();
+    first.onModuleDestroy();
+
+    const second = new DatabaseService();
+    const row = second.sqlite.prepare("SELECT volume_number, volume_label FROM books WHERE file_path = ?").get(
+      "/library/Daredevil - 001[Sebmov].cbz"
+    ) as { volume_number: number | null; volume_label: string | null };
+
+    expect(row).toEqual({ volume_number: 1, volume_label: "001" });
+
+    second.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
 });
 
 function canLoadBetterSqlite(): boolean {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/database.service.ts b/apps/api/src/database/database.service.ts
index 3cd07a9..ce3d873 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/database/database.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/database.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable, OnModuleDestroy } from "@nestjs/common";
 import Database from "better-sqlite3";
 import { BetterSQLite3Database, drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3";
 import { AppConfig, loadConfig } from "../config/env.js";
+import { extractSeriesVolume } from "../metadata/use-cases/extract-series-volume.js";
 import * as schema from "./schema.js";
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -49,9 +50,20 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
         updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
       );
 
+      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS series (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        title TEXT NOT NULL,
+        normalized_title TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+        description TEXT,
+        publisher TEXT,
+        created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+        updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
+      );
+
       CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS books (
         id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
         library_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES libraries(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+        series_id INTEGER REFERENCES series(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
         title TEXT NOT NULL,
         author TEXT,
         description TEXT,
@@ -62,9 +74,15 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
         language TEXT,
         publisher TEXT,
         published_date TEXT,
+        volume_number INTEGER,
+        volume_label TEXT,
         format TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (format IN ('epub','pdf','cbz','cbr')),
         file_path TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
         cover_path TEXT,
+        metadata_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'none' CHECK (metadata_status IN ('enriched','partial','none')),
+        metadata_provenance_json TEXT,
+        scan_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle' CHECK (scan_status IN ('idle','running','succeeded','failed')),
+        enrichment_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle' CHECK (enrichment_status IN ('idle','running','succeeded','failed')),
         file_size INTEGER NOT NULL,
         file_mtime TEXT NOT NULL,
         created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -93,7 +111,7 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
       );
 
       CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS metadata_source_config (
-        provider TEXT PRIMARY KEY CHECK (provider IN ('local','openlibrary','googlebooks','bnf')),
+        provider TEXT PRIMARY KEY CHECK (provider IN ('local','openlibrary','googlebooks','bnf','mangadex','comicvine')),
         enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
         priority INTEGER NOT NULL,
         api_key TEXT,
@@ -143,8 +161,11 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
       END;
     `);
     this.ensureBooksSupportsComicArchives();
+    this.sqlite.exec("INSERT INTO book_fts(book_fts) VALUES('rebuild')");
     this.ensureBooksMetadataColumns();
+    this.ensureSeriesModel();
     this.ensureReaderPreferencesTable();
+    this.ensureMetadataSourceConfigSupportsComicProviders();
     this.ensureMetadataSourceConfigColumns();
     this.ensureAutomationSettingsColumns();
     this.ensureMetadataDefaults();
@@ -170,6 +191,7 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
         CREATE TABLE books (
           id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
           library_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES libraries(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+          series_id INTEGER REFERENCES series(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
           title TEXT NOT NULL,
           author TEXT,
           description TEXT,
@@ -180,9 +202,15 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
           language TEXT,
           publisher TEXT,
           published_date TEXT,
+          volume_number INTEGER,
+          volume_label TEXT,
           format TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (format IN ('epub','pdf','cbz','cbr')),
           file_path TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
           cover_path TEXT,
+          metadata_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'none' CHECK (metadata_status IN ('enriched','partial','none')),
+          metadata_provenance_json TEXT,
+          scan_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle' CHECK (scan_status IN ('idle','running','succeeded','failed')),
+          enrichment_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle' CHECK (enrichment_status IN ('idle','running','succeeded','failed')),
           file_size INTEGER NOT NULL,
           file_mtime TEXT NOT NULL,
           created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -190,11 +218,13 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
         );
         INSERT INTO books (
           id, library_id, title, author, description, isbn, isbn13, identifiers_json, local_metadata_json, language, publisher, published_date,
-          format, file_path, cover_path, file_size, file_mtime, created_at, updated_at
+          volume_number, volume_label, format, file_path, cover_path, metadata_status, metadata_provenance_json, scan_status, enrichment_status, file_size, file_mtime, created_at, updated_at
         )
         SELECT
           id, library_id, title, author, description, isbn, NULL, NULL, NULL, language, publisher, published_date,
-          format, file_path, cover_path, file_size, file_mtime, created_at, updated_at
+          NULL, NULL,
+          format, file_path, cover_path, CASE WHEN cover_path IS NOT NULL OR author IS NOT NULL OR description IS NOT NULL OR isbn IS NOT NULL THEN 'partial' ELSE 'none' END, NULL,
+          'idle', 'idle', file_size, file_mtime, created_at, updated_at
         FROM books_legacy_format;
         DROP TABLE books_legacy_format;
       COMMIT;
@@ -238,8 +268,95 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     if (!names.has("local_metadata_json")) {
       this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN local_metadata_json TEXT");
     }
+    if (!names.has("metadata_status")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN metadata_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'none'");
+      this.sqlite.exec(`
+        UPDATE books
+        SET metadata_status = CASE
+          WHEN cover_path IS NOT NULL AND (author IS NOT NULL OR description IS NOT NULL OR isbn IS NOT NULL) THEN 'enriched'
+          WHEN cover_path IS NOT NULL OR author IS NOT NULL OR description IS NOT NULL OR isbn IS NOT NULL THEN 'partial'
+          ELSE 'none'
+        END
+      `);
+    }
+    if (!names.has("metadata_provenance_json")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN metadata_provenance_json TEXT");
+    }
+    if (!names.has("scan_status")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN scan_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle'");
+    }
+    if (!names.has("enrichment_status")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN enrichment_status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'idle'");
+    }
+    if (!names.has("series_id")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN series_id INTEGER REFERENCES series(id) ON DELETE SET NULL");
+    }
+    if (!names.has("volume_number")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN volume_number INTEGER");
+    }
+    if (!names.has("volume_label")) {
+      this.sqlite.exec("ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN volume_label TEXT");
+    }
+    this.sqlite.exec(`
+      UPDATE books
+      SET published_date = NULL
+      WHERE published_date IS NOT NULL
+        AND (
+          trim(published_date) = '0000'
+          OR substr(trim(published_date), 1, 10) IN ('0001-01-01', '0101-01-01', '1970-01-01')
+          OR CAST(substr(trim(published_date), 1, 4) AS INTEGER) < 1500
+          OR CAST(substr(trim(published_date), 1, 4) AS INTEGER) > 2027
+        )
+    `);
     this.sqlite.exec("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS books_isbn13_idx ON books(isbn13)");
     this.sqlite.exec("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS books_local_metadata_idx ON books(local_metadata_json)");
+    this.sqlite.exec("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS books_series_idx ON books(series_id)");
+  }
+
+  private ensureSeriesModel(): void {
+    this.sqlite.exec(`
+      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS series (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        title TEXT NOT NULL,
+        normalized_title TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+        description TEXT,
+        publisher TEXT,
+        created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+        updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
+      );
+      CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS series_normalized_title_unique ON series(normalized_title);
+      CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS books_series_idx ON books(series_id);
+    `);
+    this.backfillSeries();
+  }
+
+  private backfillSeries(): void {
+    const rows = this.sqlite.prepare("SELECT id, title, file_path, series_id FROM books WHERE series_id IS NULL OR volume_number IS NULL").all() as Array<{
+      id: number;
+      title: string;
+      file_path: string;
+      series_id: number | null;
+    }>;
+    if (!rows.length) return;
+    const now = this.now();
+    const insertSeries = this.sqlite.prepare(`
+      INSERT INTO series (title, normalized_title, description, publisher, created_at, updated_at)
+      VALUES (?, ?, NULL, NULL, ?, ?)
+      ON CONFLICT(normalized_title) DO UPDATE SET title = excluded.title, updated_at = excluded.updated_at
+      RETURNING id
+    `);
+    const updateBook = this.sqlite.prepare("UPDATE books SET series_id = ?, volume_number = ?, volume_label = ? WHERE id = ?");
+    const transaction = this.sqlite.transaction(() => {
+      for (const row of rows) {
+        const parsed = extractSeriesVolume(row.title, row.file_path);
+        if (row.series_id !== null && parsed.volumeNumber === null) continue;
+        const seriesId =
+          row.series_id ??
+          (insertSeries.get(parsed.seriesTitle, parsed.normalizedSeriesTitle, now, now) as { id: number }).id;
+        updateBook.run(seriesId, parsed.volumeNumber, parsed.volumeLabel, row.id);
+      }
+    });
+    transaction();
   }
 
   private ensureReaderPreferencesTable(): void {
@@ -278,6 +395,31 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     }
   }
 
+  private ensureMetadataSourceConfigSupportsComicProviders(): void {
+    const table = this.sqlite
+      .prepare("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = 'metadata_source_config'")
+      .get() as { sql?: string } | undefined;
+    if (!table?.sql || (table.sql.includes("'mangadex'") && table.sql.includes("'comicvine'"))) return;
+
+    this.sqlite.exec(`
+      BEGIN;
+        ALTER TABLE metadata_source_config RENAME TO metadata_source_config_legacy_provider;
+        CREATE TABLE metadata_source_config (
+          provider TEXT PRIMARY KEY CHECK (provider IN ('local','openlibrary','googlebooks','bnf','mangadex','comicvine')),
+          enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+          priority INTEGER NOT NULL,
+          api_key TEXT,
+          created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+          updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
+        );
+        INSERT INTO metadata_source_config (provider, enabled, priority, api_key, created_at, updated_at)
+        SELECT provider, enabled, priority, api_key, created_at, updated_at
+        FROM metadata_source_config_legacy_provider;
+        DROP TABLE metadata_source_config_legacy_provider;
+      COMMIT;
+    `);
+  }
+
   private ensureAutomationSettingsColumns(): void {
     const names = this.columnNames("automation_settings");
     const now = sqlString(this.now());
@@ -322,6 +464,8 @@ export class DatabaseService implements OnModuleDestroy {
     insertSource.run("openlibrary", this.config.openLibraryEnabled ? 1 : 0, 1, now, now);
     insertSource.run("googlebooks", 0, 2, now, now);
     insertSource.run("bnf", 0, 3, now, now);
+    insertSource.run("mangadex", 1, 4, now, now);
+    insertSource.run("comicvine", 0, 5, now, now);
 
     this.sqlite
       .prepare(
diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/schema.ts b/apps/api/src/database/schema.ts
index 8951e18..5783122 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/database/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/schema.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ export const libraries = sqliteTable("libraries", {
   updatedAt: text("updated_at").notNull()
 });
 
+export const series = sqliteTable(
+  "series",
+  {
+    id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
+    title: text("title").notNull(),
+    normalizedTitle: text("normalized_title").notNull(),
+    description: text("description"),
+    publisher: text("publisher"),
+    createdAt: text("created_at").notNull(),
+    updatedAt: text("updated_at").notNull()
+  },
+  (table) => ({ normalizedTitleIdx: uniqueIndex("series_normalized_title_unique").on(table.normalizedTitle) })
+);
+
 export const books = sqliteTable(
   "books",
   {
@@ -30,6 +44,7 @@ export const books = sqliteTable(
     libraryId: integer("library_id")
       .notNull()
       .references(() => libraries.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+    seriesId: integer("series_id").references(() => series.id, { onDelete: "set null" }),
     title: text("title").notNull(),
     author: text("author"),
     description: text("description"),
@@ -40,9 +55,15 @@ export const books = sqliteTable(
     language: text("language"),
     publisher: text("publisher"),
     publishedDate: text("published_date"),
+    volumeNumber: integer("volume_number"),
+    volumeLabel: text("volume_label"),
     format: text("format", { enum: ["epub", "pdf", "cbz", "cbr"] }).notNull(),
     filePath: text("file_path").notNull(),
     coverPath: text("cover_path"),
+    metadataStatus: text("metadata_status", { enum: ["enriched", "partial", "none"] }).notNull().default("none"),
+    metadataProvenanceJson: text("metadata_provenance_json"),
+    scanStatus: text("scan_status", { enum: ["idle", "running", "succeeded", "failed"] }).notNull().default("idle"),
+    enrichmentStatus: text("enrichment_status", { enum: ["idle", "running", "succeeded", "failed"] }).notNull().default("idle"),
     fileSize: integer("file_size").notNull(),
     fileMtime: text("file_mtime").notNull(),
     createdAt: text("created_at").notNull(),
@@ -98,7 +119,7 @@ export const jobs = sqliteTable("jobs", {
 });
 
 export const metadataSourceConfig = sqliteTable("metadata_source_config", {
-  provider: text("provider", { enum: ["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf"] }).primaryKey(),
+  provider: text("provider", { enum: ["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf", "mangadex", "comicvine"] }).primaryKey(),
   enabled: integer("enabled", { mode: "boolean" }).notNull().default(true),
   priority: integer("priority").notNull(),
   apiKey: text("api_key"),
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/bnf.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/bnf.provider.ts
index 575d20d..bf35efa 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/bnf.provider.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/bnf.provider.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { XMLParser } from "fast-xml-parser";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
 import { toIsbn13 } from "../use-cases/extract-identifiers.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+import { providerFetch, providerHttpError } from "./provider-fetch.js";
 
 const parser = new XMLParser({ ignoreAttributes: false, attributeNamePrefix: "@_", removeNSPrefix: true });
 
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ export class BnfProvider implements MetadataProvider {
     url.searchParams.set("query", query);
     url.searchParams.set("maximumRecords", String(maximumRecords));
 
-    const response = await fetch(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000) });
-    if (!response.ok) return [];
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, url, { timeoutMs: 5000 });
+    if (!response.ok) throw await providerHttpError(this.id, response, `BnF HTTP ${response.status}`);
     const parsed = parser.parse(await response.text());
     const records = asArray(parsed?.searchRetrieveResponse?.records?.record)
       .map((entry) => (entry.recordData as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.record)
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ export class BnfProvider implements MetadataProvider {
           isbn: bestIsbn(fields, expectedIsbn13),
           language: subfield(fields, "101", "a"),
           publisher: subfield(fields, "210", "c") ?? subfield(fields, "214", "c"),
-          publishedDate: cleanDate(subfield(fields, "210", "d") ?? subfield(fields, "214", "d"))
+          publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(cleanDate(subfield(fields, "210", "d") ?? subfield(fields, "214", "d")))
         };
       })
       .sort((left, right) => Number(Boolean(right.isbn)) - Number(Boolean(left.isbn)));
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/comic-vine.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/comic-vine.provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbce6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/comic-vine.provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+import { providerFetch } from "./provider-fetch.js";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ComicVineProvider implements MetadataProvider {
+  readonly id = "comicvine" as const;
+
+  async lookup(lookup: MetadataLookup, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
+    const matches = await this.searchByMetadata({ title: lookup.title, author: lookup.author, year: lookup.local.year }, config);
+    return matches[0] ?? null;
+  }
+
+  async searchByMetadata(query: MetadataSearchQuery, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
+    assertApiKey(config);
+    const title = cleanComicTitle(query.title);
+    const relaxed = title.replace(/\b\d{1,3}\b/g, " ").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+    const matches = [
+      ...(await searchComicVine("volume", title, config)),
+      ...(await searchComicVine("issue", title, config)),
+      ...(relaxed && relaxed !== title ? await searchComicVine("volume", relaxed, config) : [])
+    ];
+    return rankMatches(query.title, dedupe(matches));
+  }
+}
+
+export class ComicVineProviderError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly code: "missing-key" | "invalid-key" | "rate-limit" | "http",
+    readonly status: number,
+    message: string
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "ComicVineProviderError";
+  }
+}
+
+async function searchComicVine(resource: "volume" | "issue", title: string, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
+  const url = new URL("https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/search/");
+  url.searchParams.set("api_key", config.apiKey!);
+  url.searchParams.set("format", "json");
+  url.searchParams.set("resources", resource);
+  url.searchParams.set("query", title);
+  url.searchParams.set("limit", "10");
+  url.searchParams.set(
+    "field_list",
+    resource === "volume" ? "id,name,description,image,start_year,publisher" : "id,name,description,image,cover_date,store_date,volume"
+  );
+  const response = await providerFetch("comicvine", url, {
+    headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 self-hosted metadata provider (Comic Vine; non-commercial)" },
+    timeoutMs: 6000
+  });
+  const data = (await parseComicVineResponse(response)) as { results?: Array<Record<string, unknown>> };
+  return (data.results ?? []).map((entry) => comicVineToMatch(resource, entry));
+}
+
+function assertApiKey(config: MetadataProviderConfig): void {
+  if (!config.apiKey?.trim()) {
+    throw new ComicVineProviderError("missing-key", 0, "Comic Vine API key is required");
+  }
+}
+
+async function parseComicVineResponse(response: Response): Promise<unknown> {
+  const data = (await response.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { status_code?: number; error?: string };
+  if (response.status === 429) throw new ComicVineProviderError("rate-limit", response.status, data.error ?? "Comic Vine rate limit");
+  if (response.status === 401 || response.status === 403) throw new ComicVineProviderError("invalid-key", response.status, data.error ?? "Comic Vine API key rejected");
+  if (!response.ok) throw new ComicVineProviderError("http", response.status, data.error ?? `Comic Vine HTTP ${response.status}`);
+  if (data.status_code && data.status_code !== 1) {
+    const code = data.status_code === 100 || data.status_code === 101 ? "invalid-key" : "http";
+    throw new ComicVineProviderError(code, 200, data.error ?? `Comic Vine status ${data.status_code}`);
+  }
+  return data;
+}
+
+function comicVineToMatch(resource: "volume" | "issue", entry: Record<string, unknown>): MetadataMatch & { comicVineRank?: number } {
+  const volume = objectValue(entry.volume);
+  const title = resource === "issue" ? [stringValue(volume.name), stringValue(entry.name)].filter(Boolean).join(" ") : stringValue(entry.name);
+  return {
+    title: title || undefined,
+    description: cleanHtml(stringValue(entry.description)),
+    publisher: stringValue(objectValue(entry.publisher).name),
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(resource === "volume" ? stringValue(entry.start_year) : yearFromDate(stringValue(entry.cover_date) ?? stringValue(entry.store_date))),
+    coverUrl: imageUrl(entry.image),
+    sourceId: stringValue(entry.id)
+  };
+}
+
+function cleanComicTitle(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\.[A-Za-z0-9]{2,5}$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/[._]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(FRENCH|TRUEFRENCH|MULTI|CBZ|CBR|EPUB|PDF|eBook|ebook|scan|digital)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\([^)]*\)/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(e?bdz|Paprika\+?|emuleCenter(?:\.|\s+)net)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\bT(?:ome)?\s*0?(\d{1,3})\b/gi, " $1 ")
+    .replace(/[+]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+-\s+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s*-\s*$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function rankMatches(originalTitle: string, matches: Array<MetadataMatch & { comicVineRank?: number }>): MetadataMatch[] {
+  return [...matches]
+    .map((match) => ({ ...match, comicVineRank: comicRank(originalTitle, match) }))
+    .sort((left, right) => (right.comicVineRank ?? 0) - (left.comicVineRank ?? 0))
+    .map(({ comicVineRank: _rank, ...match }) => match);
+}
+
+function comicRank(originalTitle: string, match: MetadataMatch): number {
+  let rank = tokenOverlap(cleanComicTitle(originalTitle), match.title ?? "") * 10;
+  if (match.coverUrl) rank += 1;
+  if (match.description) rank += 1;
+  return rank;
+}
+
+function dedupe(matches: MetadataMatch[]): MetadataMatch[] {
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  return matches.filter((match) => {
+    const key = [match.sourceId, match.title].filter(Boolean).join("|");
+    if (seen.has(key)) return false;
+    seen.add(key);
+    return true;
+  });
+}
+
+function cleanHtml(value: string | null): string | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  return value.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, " ").replace(/&nbsp;/g, " ").replace(/&amp;/g, "&").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() || null;
+}
+
+function imageUrl(value: unknown): string | null {
+  const image = objectValue(value);
+  return stringValue(image.original_url) ?? stringValue(image.super_url) ?? stringValue(image.medium_url) ?? stringValue(image.small_url);
+}
+
+function yearFromDate(value: string | null): string | null {
+  return value?.match(/\b(1[5-9]\d{2}|20\d{2})\b/)?.[1] ?? null;
+}
+
+function tokenOverlap(left: string, right: string): number {
+  const leftTokens = new Set(normalizeTokens(left));
+  const rightTokens = new Set(normalizeTokens(right));
+  if (!leftTokens.size || !rightTokens.size) return 0;
+  return [...leftTokens].filter((token) => rightTokens.has(token)).length / leftTokens.size;
+}
+
+function normalizeTokens(value: string): string[] {
+  return value.normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "").toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, " ").split(" ").filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function objectValue(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
+}
+
+function stringValue(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (typeof value === "number") return String(value);
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : null;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/google-books.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/google-books.provider.ts
index 793a1d8..1fa6d74 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/google-books.provider.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/google-books.provider.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
 import { toIsbn13 } from "../use-cases/extract-identifiers.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+import { providerFetch } from "./provider-fetch.js";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class GoogleBooksProvider implements MetadataProvider {
@@ -12,54 +14,157 @@ export class GoogleBooksProvider implements MetadataProvider {
       const matches = await this.searchByMetadata({ title: lookup.title, author: lookup.author, year: lookup.local.year }, config);
       return matches[0] ?? null;
     }
-    const query = `isbn:${isbn}`;
-    const url = new URL("https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes");
-    url.searchParams.set("q", query);
-    url.searchParams.set("maxResults", "1");
-    url.searchParams.set("printType", "books");
-    if (config.apiKey) url.searchParams.set("key", config.apiKey);
-
-    const response = await fetch(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(4000) });
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
-    const data = (await response.json()) as { items?: Array<{ volumeInfo?: Record<string, unknown> }> };
-    const info = data.items?.[0]?.volumeInfo;
-    if (!info) return null;
-    return {
-      title: stringValue(info.title) ?? undefined,
-      author: arrayJoin(info.authors),
-      description: stringValue(info.description),
-      language: stringValue(info.language),
-      publisher: stringValue(info.publisher),
-      publishedDate: stringValue(info.publishedDate),
-      isbn: isbnFromIndustryIdentifiers(info.industryIdentifiers, lookup.identifiers.isbn13)
-    };
+    const matches = await this.searchVolumes(`isbn:${isbn}`, config, lookup.title, lookup.author, lookup.identifiers.isbn13);
+    return rankMatches(lookup.title, matches)[0] ?? null;
   }
 
   async searchByMetadata(query: MetadataSearchQuery, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
+    const attempts = googleBookQueries(query);
+    const matches: MetadataMatch[] = [];
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    for (const attempt of attempts) {
+      for (const match of await this.searchVolumes(attempt, config, query.title, query.author, query.isbn ? toIsbn13(query.isbn) : null)) {
+        const key = [match.sourceId, match.isbn, match.title, match.author].filter(Boolean).join("|");
+        if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+        seen.add(key);
+        matches.push(match);
+      }
+    }
+    return rankMatches(query.title, matches);
+  }
+
+  private async searchVolumes(
+    googleQuery: string,
+    config: MetadataProviderConfig,
+    originalTitle: string,
+    originalAuthor: string | null,
+    expectedIsbn13: string | null
+  ): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
     const url = new URL("https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes");
-    url.searchParams.set("q", `intitle:${query.title}${query.author ? `+inauthor:${query.author}` : ""}`);
-    url.searchParams.set("maxResults", "5");
+    url.searchParams.set("q", googleQuery);
+    url.searchParams.set("maxResults", "10");
     url.searchParams.set("printType", "books");
     if (config.apiKey) url.searchParams.set("key", config.apiKey);
 
-    const response = await fetch(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(4000) });
-    if (!response.ok) return [];
-    const data = (await response.json()) as { items?: Array<{ volumeInfo?: Record<string, unknown> }> };
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, url, { timeoutMs: 4000 });
+    const data = (await parseGoogleResponse(response)) as { items?: Array<{ id?: string; volumeInfo?: Record<string, unknown> }> };
     return (data.items ?? [])
-      .map((item) => item.volumeInfo)
-      .filter((info): info is Record<string, unknown> => Boolean(info))
-      .map((info) => ({
+      .map((item) => ({ sourceId: item.id, info: item.volumeInfo }))
+      .filter((item): item is { sourceId: string | undefined; info: Record<string, unknown> } => Boolean(item.info))
+      .map(({ sourceId, info }) => ({
         title: stringValue(info.title) ?? undefined,
         author: arrayJoin(info.authors),
         description: stringValue(info.description),
         language: stringValue(info.language),
         publisher: stringValue(info.publisher),
-        publishedDate: stringValue(info.publishedDate),
-        isbn: isbnFromIndustryIdentifiers(info.industryIdentifiers, query.isbn ? toIsbn13(query.isbn) : null)
+        publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(stringValue(info.publishedDate)),
+        isbn: isbnFromIndustryIdentifiers(info.industryIdentifiers, expectedIsbn13),
+        coverUrl: coverUrl(info.imageLinks),
+        sourceId,
+        identifiers: { candidates: isbnCandidates(info.industryIdentifiers) },
+        googleRank: googleRank(originalTitle, originalAuthor, info)
       }));
   }
 }
 
+export class GoogleBooksProviderError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly code: "quota" | "auth" | "http",
+    readonly status: number,
+    message: string
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "GoogleBooksProviderError";
+  }
+}
+
+async function parseGoogleResponse(response: Response): Promise<unknown> {
+  const data = (await response.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { error?: { message?: string; status?: string } };
+  if (response.ok) return data;
+  const message = data.error?.message ?? `Google Books HTTP ${response.status}`;
+  if (response.status === 429) throw new GoogleBooksProviderError("quota", response.status, message);
+  if (response.status === 401 || response.status === 403) throw new GoogleBooksProviderError("auth", response.status, message);
+  throw new GoogleBooksProviderError("http", response.status, message);
+}
+
+function googleBookQueries(query: MetadataSearchQuery): string[] {
+  const cleaned = cleanGoogleBooksTitle(query.title);
+  const relaxed = relaxSeriesTitle(cleaned);
+  return [
+    query.isbn ? `isbn:${query.isbn}` : null,
+    googleTitleQuery(cleaned, query.author, true),
+    googleTitleQuery(cleaned, query.author, false),
+    relaxed !== cleaned ? googleTitleQuery(relaxed, query.author, true) : null,
+    relaxed !== cleaned ? googleTitleQuery(relaxed, null, false) : null,
+    googleTitleQuery(cleaned, null, false)
+  ].filter((value, index, values): value is string => Boolean(value) && values.indexOf(value) === index);
+}
+
+function googleTitleQuery(title: string, author: string | null, quoted: boolean): string {
+  const titlePart = quoted ? `intitle:"${title.replace(/"/g, " ")}"` : `intitle:${title}`;
+  return author ? `${titlePart}+inauthor:${author}` : titlePart;
+}
+
+function cleanGoogleBooksTitle(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\.[A-Za-z0-9]{2,5}$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/[._]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(FRENCH|TRUEFRENCH|MULTI|CBZ|CBR|EPUB|PDF|eBook|ebook|scan|digital)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(e?bdz|Paprika\+?|emuleCenter\.net)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\bT(?:ome)?\s*0?(\d{1,3})\b/gi, " $1 ")
+    .replace(/\bVol(?:ume)?\.?\s*0?(\d{1,3})\b/gi, " $1 ")
+    .replace(/[+]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+-\s+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s*-\s*$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function relaxSeriesTitle(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\b\d{1,3}\b/g, " ").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+function rankMatches(originalTitle: string, matches: Array<MetadataMatch & { googleRank?: number }>): MetadataMatch[] {
+  return [...matches]
+    .sort((left, right) => (right.googleRank ?? 0) - (left.googleRank ?? 0))
+    .map(({ googleRank: _googleRank, ...match }) => match);
+}
+
+function googleRank(originalTitle: string, originalAuthor: string | null, info: Record<string, unknown>): number {
+  const expectedVolume = volumeNumber(originalTitle);
+  const candidateTitle = [stringValue(info.title), stringValue(info.subtitle)].filter(Boolean).join(" ");
+  let rank = tokenOverlap(cleanGoogleBooksTitle(originalTitle), candidateTitle) * 10;
+  if (expectedVolume) {
+    const candidateVolume = volumeNumber(candidateTitle);
+    rank += candidateVolume === expectedVolume ? 6 : candidateVolume ? -4 : 0;
+  }
+  if (originalAuthor && arrayJoin(info.authors)?.toLowerCase().includes(originalAuthor.toLowerCase())) rank += 2;
+  if (stringValue(info.description)) rank += 1;
+  if (coverUrl(info.imageLinks)) rank += 1;
+  return rank;
+}
+
+function volumeNumber(value: string): string | null {
+  return value.match(/\b(?:T|tome|vol(?:ume)?\.?)\s*0?(\d{1,3})\b/i)?.[1] ?? value.match(/\b0?(\d{1,3})\b/)?.[1] ?? null;
+}
+
+function tokenOverlap(left: string, right: string): number {
+  const leftTokens = new Set(normalizeTokens(left));
+  const rightTokens = new Set(normalizeTokens(right));
+  if (!leftTokens.size || !rightTokens.size) return 0;
+  return [...leftTokens].filter((token) => rightTokens.has(token)).length / leftTokens.size;
+}
+
+function normalizeTokens(value: string): string[] {
+  return value
+    .normalize("NFD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, " ")
+    .split(" ")
+    .filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 function stringValue(value: unknown): string | null {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : null;
 }
@@ -77,3 +182,20 @@ function isbnFromIndustryIdentifiers(value: unknown, expectedIsbn13: string | nu
   const isbn10 = entries.find((entry) => entry.type === "ISBN_10")?.identifier;
   return stringValue(isbn13) ?? stringValue(isbn10);
 }
+
+function isbnCandidates(value: unknown): string[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(value)) return [];
+  return value.map((entry) => stringValue((entry as { identifier?: unknown }).identifier)).filter((entry): entry is string => Boolean(entry));
+}
+
+function coverUrl(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return null;
+  const links = value as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return (
+    stringValue(links.extraLarge) ??
+    stringValue(links.large) ??
+    stringValue(links.medium) ??
+    stringValue(links.thumbnail) ??
+    stringValue(links.smallThumbnail)
+  )?.replace(/^http:/, "https:") ?? null;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/local.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/local.provider.ts
index 64061cf..8ac1762 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/local.provider.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/local.provider.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class LocalMetadataProvider implements MetadataProvider {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export class LocalMetadataProvider implements MetadataProvider {
         title: query.title,
         author: query.author,
         isbn: query.isbn ?? null,
-        publishedDate: query.year ?? null
+        publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(query.year)
       }
     ];
   }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/mangadex.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/mangadex.provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b3b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/mangadex.provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
+import { extractSeriesVolume } from "../use-cases/extract-series-volume.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+import { providerFetch } from "./provider-fetch.js";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class MangaDexProvider implements MetadataProvider {
+  readonly id = "mangadex" as const;
+
+  async lookup(lookup: MetadataLookup, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
+    const matches = await this.searchByMetadata({ title: lookup.title, author: lookup.author, year: lookup.local.year }, config);
+    return matches[0] ?? null;
+  }
+
+  async searchByMetadata(query: MetadataSearchQuery, config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
+    const titles = mangaDexTitleQueries(query.title);
+    const matches: Array<MetadataMatch & { mangaDexRank?: number }> = [];
+    const seen = new Map<string, number>();
+    for (const title of titles) {
+      for (const match of await searchManga(title, config)) {
+        const key = match.sourceId ?? `${match.title}|${match.author}`;
+        const ranked = { ...match, scoreTitle: title, mangaDexRank: mangaRank(query.title, title, match) };
+        const existingIndex = seen.get(key);
+        if (existingIndex === undefined) {
+          seen.set(key, matches.length);
+          matches.push(ranked);
+          continue;
+        }
+        if ((ranked.mangaDexRank ?? 0) > (matches[existingIndex]?.mangaDexRank ?? 0)) {
+          matches[existingIndex] = ranked;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return rankMatches(matches);
+  }
+}
+
+export class MangaDexProviderError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly code: "rate-limit" | "http",
+    readonly status: number,
+    message: string
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "MangaDexProviderError";
+  }
+}
+
+async function searchManga(title: string, _config: MetadataProviderConfig): Promise<MetadataMatch[]> {
+  const url = new URL("https://api.mangadex.org/manga");
+  url.searchParams.set("title", title);
+  url.searchParams.set("limit", "10");
+  url.searchParams.set("includes[]", "cover_art");
+  url.searchParams.append("includes[]", "author");
+  url.searchParams.append("includes[]", "artist");
+  url.searchParams.set("contentRating[]", "safe");
+  url.searchParams.append("contentRating[]", "suggestive");
+  let response = await providerFetch("mangadex", url, {
+    headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 self-hosted metadata provider (MangaDex)" },
+    timeoutMs: 5000
+  });
+  if (response.status === 429) {
+    await sleep(retryDelayMs(response));
+    response = await providerFetch("mangadex", url, {
+      headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 self-hosted metadata provider (MangaDex)" },
+      timeoutMs: 5000
+    });
+  }
+  const data = (await parseMangaDexResponse(response)) as { data?: Array<Record<string, unknown>> };
+  return (data.data ?? []).map(mangaToMatch);
+}
+
+function retryDelayMs(response: Response): number {
+  const retryAfter = Number(response.headers.get("Retry-After"));
+  return Number.isFinite(retryAfter) && retryAfter > 0 ? Math.min(retryAfter * 1000, 2000) : 250;
+}
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+async function parseMangaDexResponse(response: Response): Promise<unknown> {
+  const data = (await response.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { errors?: Array<{ detail?: string; title?: string }> };
+  if (response.ok) return data;
+  const message = data.errors?.map((error) => error.detail ?? error.title).filter(Boolean).join("; ") || `MangaDex HTTP ${response.status}`;
+  if (response.status === 429) throw new MangaDexProviderError("rate-limit", response.status, message);
+  throw new MangaDexProviderError("http", response.status, message);
+}
+
+function mangaToMatch(manga: Record<string, unknown>): MetadataMatch & { mangaDexRank?: number } {
+  const id = stringValue(manga.id);
+  const attributes = objectValue(manga.attributes);
+  const relationships = Array.isArray(manga.relationships) ? (manga.relationships as Array<Record<string, unknown>>) : [];
+  const cover = relationships.find((entry) => entry.type === "cover_art");
+  const coverFile = stringValue(objectValue(cover?.attributes).fileName);
+  return {
+    title: localizedText(attributes.title) ?? undefined,
+    author: relationshipNames(relationships),
+    description: localizedText(attributes.description),
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(stringValue(attributes.year)),
+    language: stringValue(attributes.originalLanguage),
+    coverUrl: id && coverFile ? `https://uploads.mangadex.org/covers/${id}/${coverFile}.512.jpg` : null,
+    sourceId: id
+  };
+}
+
+function mangaDexTitleQueries(title: string): string[] {
+  const cleaned = extractSeriesVolume(title).seriesTitle;
+  return [cleaned, ...mangaDexTitleAliases(cleaned)].filter(
+    (value, index, values): value is string => Boolean(value) && values.indexOf(value) === index
+  );
+}
+
+function mangaDexTitleAliases(title: string): string[] {
+  const normalized = normalizeTitle(title);
+  if (normalized === "demon slayer school days") return ["Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy", "Kimetsu Academy"];
+  return [];
+}
+
+function mangaRank(originalTitle: string, searchedTitle: string, match: MetadataMatch): number {
+  const expectedVolume = volumeNumber(originalTitle);
+  let rank = tokenOverlap(searchedTitle, match.title ?? "") * 10;
+  if (expectedVolume) {
+    const candidateVolume = volumeNumber(match.title ?? "");
+    rank += candidateVolume === expectedVolume ? 4 : candidateVolume ? -2 : 0;
+  }
+  if (match.coverUrl) rank += 1;
+  if (match.description) rank += 1;
+  return rank;
+}
+
+function rankMatches(matches: Array<MetadataMatch & { mangaDexRank?: number }>): MetadataMatch[] {
+  return [...matches].sort((left, right) => (right.mangaDexRank ?? 0) - (left.mangaDexRank ?? 0)).map(({ mangaDexRank: _rank, ...match }) => match);
+}
+
+function volumeNumber(value: string): string | null {
+  return value.match(/\b(?:T|tome|vol(?:ume)?\.?)\s*0?(\d{1,3})\b/i)?.[1] ?? value.match(/\b0?(\d{1,3})\b/)?.[1] ?? null;
+}
+
+function tokenOverlap(left: string, right: string): number {
+  const leftTokens = new Set(normalizeTitle(left).split(" ").filter(Boolean));
+  const rightTokens = new Set(normalizeTitle(right).split(" ").filter(Boolean));
+  if (!leftTokens.size || !rightTokens.size) return 0;
+  return [...leftTokens].filter((token) => rightTokens.has(token)).length / leftTokens.size;
+}
+
+function normalizeTitle(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .normalize("NFD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function localizedText(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return null;
+  const entries = value as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return stringValue(entries.en) ?? stringValue(entries.fr) ?? Object.values(entries).map(stringValue).find(Boolean) ?? null;
+}
+
+function relationshipNames(relationships: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): string | null {
+  const names = relationships
+    .filter((entry) => entry.type === "author" || entry.type === "artist")
+    .map((entry) => stringValue(objectValue(entry.attributes).name))
+    .filter((entry): entry is string => Boolean(entry));
+  return names.length ? [...new Set(names)].join(", ") : null;
+}
+
+function objectValue(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
+}
+
+function stringValue(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (typeof value === "number") return String(value);
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : null;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/open-library.provider.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/open-library.provider.ts
index 892421f..2683b16 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/open-library.provider.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/open-library.provider.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
 import { toIsbn13 } from "../use-cases/extract-identifiers.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+import { providerFetch, providerHttpError } from "./provider-fetch.js";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class OpenLibraryProvider implements MetadataProvider {
@@ -24,11 +26,11 @@ export class OpenLibraryProvider implements MetadataProvider {
     if (query.author) url.searchParams.set("author", query.author);
     if (query.year) url.searchParams.set("first_publish_year", query.year);
     url.searchParams.set("limit", "5");
-    const response = await fetch(url, {
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, url, {
       headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 local-library-manager" },
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(4000)
+      timeoutMs: 4000
     });
-    if (!response.ok) return [];
+    if (!response.ok) throw await providerHttpError(this.id, response, `OpenLibrary HTTP ${response.status}`);
     const data = (await response.json()) as { docs?: Array<Record<string, unknown>> };
     return (data.docs ?? []).map((doc) => ({
       title: stringValue(doc.title) ?? undefined,
@@ -36,28 +38,31 @@ export class OpenLibraryProvider implements MetadataProvider {
       author: arrayJoin(doc.author_name),
       language: firstArrayValue(doc.language),
       publisher: firstArrayValue(doc.publisher),
-      publishedDate: String(doc.first_publish_year ?? "") || null,
-      isbn: bestIsbn(doc.isbn, query.isbn ? toIsbn13(query.isbn) : null)
+      publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(String(doc.first_publish_year ?? "") || null),
+      isbn: bestIsbn(doc.isbn, query.isbn ? toIsbn13(query.isbn) : null),
+      coverUrl: openLibraryCoverUrl(doc.cover_i, firstArrayValue(doc.edition_key) ?? stringValue(doc.cover_edition_key))
     }));
   }
 
   private async lookupEdition(sourceId: string, expectedIsbn13: string | null): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
     const editionKey = sourceId.replace(/^\/?books\//, "");
     if (!editionKey) return null;
-    const response = await fetch(`https://openlibrary.org/books/${encodeURIComponent(editionKey)}.json`, {
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, `https://openlibrary.org/books/${encodeURIComponent(editionKey)}.json`, {
       headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 local-library-manager" },
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(4000)
+      timeoutMs: 4000
     });
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
+    if (response.status === 404) return null;
+    if (!response.ok) throw await providerHttpError(this.id, response, `OpenLibrary HTTP ${response.status}`);
     return this.editionToMatch((await response.json()) as Record<string, unknown>, expectedIsbn13);
   }
 
   private async lookupIsbn(isbn: string, expectedIsbn13: string | null): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
-    const response = await fetch(`https://openlibrary.org/isbn/${encodeURIComponent(isbn)}.json`, {
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, `https://openlibrary.org/isbn/${encodeURIComponent(isbn)}.json`, {
       headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 local-library-manager" },
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(4000)
+      timeoutMs: 4000
     });
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
+    if (response.status === 404) return null;
+    if (!response.ok) throw await providerHttpError(this.id, response, `OpenLibrary HTTP ${response.status}`);
     return this.editionToMatch((await response.json()) as Record<string, unknown>, expectedIsbn13);
   }
 
@@ -70,18 +75,20 @@ export class OpenLibraryProvider implements MetadataProvider {
       isbn: bestIsbn([...(asStringArray(edition.isbn_13)), ...(asStringArray(edition.isbn_10))], expectedIsbn13),
       language: languageValue(edition.languages),
       publisher: firstArrayValue(edition.publishers),
-      publishedDate: stringValue(edition.publish_date)
+      publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(stringValue(edition.publish_date)),
+      coverUrl: editionCoverUrl(edition)
     };
   }
 
   private async lookupAuthorName(value: unknown): Promise<string | null> {
     const key = (Array.isArray(value) ? value[0] : undefined)?.key;
     if (typeof key !== "string") return null;
-    const response = await fetch(`https://openlibrary.org${key}.json`, {
+    const response = await providerFetch(this.id, `https://openlibrary.org${key}.json`, {
       headers: { "User-Agent": "ReadaBook/0.1 local-library-manager" },
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000)
+      timeoutMs: 3000
     });
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
+    if (response.status === 404) return null;
+    if (!response.ok) throw await providerHttpError(this.id, response, `OpenLibrary HTTP ${response.status}`);
     const author = (await response.json()) as Record<string, unknown>;
     return stringValue(author.name);
   }
@@ -124,3 +131,18 @@ function languageValue(value: unknown): string | null {
   const key = (Array.isArray(value) ? value[0] : undefined)?.key;
   return typeof key === "string" ? key.split("/").pop() ?? null : null;
 }
+
+function openLibraryCoverUrl(coverId: unknown, editionKey: string | null): string | null {
+  if (typeof coverId === "number" || typeof coverId === "string") {
+    return `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/${encodeURIComponent(String(coverId))}-L.jpg`;
+  }
+  if (editionKey) {
+    return `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/olid/${encodeURIComponent(editionKey)}-L.jpg`;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function editionCoverUrl(edition: Record<string, unknown>): string | null {
+  const covers = Array.isArray(edition.covers) ? edition.covers : [];
+  return openLibraryCoverUrl(covers[0], stringValue(edition.key)?.split("/").pop() ?? null);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/provider-fetch.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/provider-fetch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f26c5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/adapters/provider-fetch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { MetadataProviderId } from "../metadata.types.js";
+
+export type MetadataProviderFailureCode = "timeout" | "dns" | "quota" | "auth" | "http" | "network";
+
+export class MetadataProviderRequestError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly provider: MetadataProviderId | "cover",
+    readonly code: MetadataProviderFailureCode,
+    readonly message: string,
+    readonly status?: number
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "MetadataProviderRequestError";
+  }
+}
+
+export async function providerFetch(
+  provider: MetadataProviderId | "cover",
+  input: string | URL,
+  init: RequestInit & { timeoutMs: number }
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const { timeoutMs, ...requestInit } = init;
+  try {
+    return await fetch(input, {
+      ...requestInit,
+      signal: requestInit.signal ?? AbortSignal.timeout(timeoutMs)
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw classifyFetchError(provider, error, timeoutMs);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function providerHttpError(
+  provider: MetadataProviderId | "cover",
+  response: Response,
+  fallbackMessage: string
+): Promise<MetadataProviderRequestError> {
+  const message = (await response.text().catch(() => "")) || fallbackMessage;
+  if (response.status === 429) return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "quota", message, response.status);
+  if (response.status === 401 || response.status === 403) return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "auth", message, response.status);
+  return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "http", message, response.status);
+}
+
+export function describeMetadataProviderError(error: unknown): string {
+  if (error instanceof MetadataProviderRequestError) {
+    const status = error.status ? ` HTTP ${error.status}` : "";
+    return `${error.code}${status}: ${error.message}`;
+  }
+  if (hasProviderErrorCode(error)) {
+    const status = typeof error.status === "number" ? ` HTTP ${error.status}` : "";
+    return `${String(error.code)}${status}: ${errorMessage(error)}`;
+  }
+  return errorMessage(error);
+}
+
+function classifyFetchError(provider: MetadataProviderId | "cover", error: unknown, timeoutMs: number): MetadataProviderRequestError {
+  const code = nestedCode(error);
+  if (isTimeoutError(error)) {
+    return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "timeout", `request timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`);
+  }
+  if (code === "EAI_AGAIN" || code === "ENOTFOUND") {
+    return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "dns", code);
+  }
+  return new MetadataProviderRequestError(provider, "network", errorMessage(error));
+}
+
+function isTimeoutError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    error instanceof DOMException && (error.name === "AbortError" || error.name === "TimeoutError") ||
+    error instanceof Error && (error.name === "AbortError" || error.name === "TimeoutError")
+  );
+}
+
+function nestedCode(error: unknown): string | null {
+  if (!error || typeof error !== "object") return null;
+  const direct = "code" in error && typeof error.code === "string" ? error.code : null;
+  if (direct) return direct;
+  const cause = "cause" in error ? error.cause : null;
+  return cause && typeof cause === "object" && "code" in cause && typeof cause.code === "string" ? cause.code : null;
+}
+
+function hasProviderErrorCode(error: unknown): error is { code: string; status?: number; message?: string } {
+  return Boolean(error && typeof error === "object" && "code" in error && typeof error.code === "string");
+}
+
+function errorMessage(error: unknown): string {
+  return error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/extract-series-volume.test.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/extract-series-volume.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c845d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/extract-series-volume.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { extractSeriesVolume, normalizeSeriesTitle } from "./use-cases/extract-series-volume.js";
+
+describe("extractSeriesVolume", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["Daredevil 001.cbz", "Daredevil", 1, "001"],
+    ["Daredevil 002.cbz", "Daredevil", 2, "002"],
+    ["Daredevil - 001[Sebmov].cbz", "Daredevil", 1, "001"],
+    ["DareDevil - 007[Fennlhor].cbz", "DareDevil", 7, "007"],
+    ["Solo Leveling T03.cbz", "Solo Leveling", 3, "T03"],
+    ["Solo Leveling 003.cbz", "Solo Leveling", 3, "003"],
+    ["Solo Leveling Tome 3.cbz", "Solo Leveling", 3, "Tome 3"],
+    ["Solo Leveling Vol. 3.cbz", "Solo Leveling", 3, "Vol 3"],
+    ["Daredevil Issue 6.cbz", "Daredevil", 6, "Issue 6"],
+    ["Daredevil #6.cbz", "Daredevil", 6, "#6"],
+    ["Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz.cbz", "Eyeshield 21", 1, "T01"],
+    ["Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+.cbz", "Dragon Ball SD", 1, "T01"],
+    ["Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz.cbz", "Demon Slayer School Days", 1, "T01"]
+  ])("extracts series and volume from %s", (fileName, seriesTitle, volumeNumber, volumeLabel) => {
+    expect(extractSeriesVolume(seriesTitle, `/books/${fileName}`)).toMatchObject({
+      seriesTitle,
+      normalizedSeriesTitle: normalizeSeriesTitle(seriesTitle),
+      volumeNumber,
+      volumeLabel
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps numeric title components that are not explicit volume markers", () => {
+    expect(extractSeriesVolume("Eyeshield 21")).toMatchObject({
+      seriesTitle: "Eyeshield 21",
+      normalizedSeriesTitle: "eyeshield 21",
+      volumeNumber: null,
+      volumeLabel: null
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not fuzzy-merge distinct normalized series titles", () => {
+    expect(normalizeSeriesTitle("Dragon Ball SD")).toBe("dragon ball sd");
+    expect(normalizeSeriesTitle("Dragon Ball")).toBe("dragon ball");
+    expect(normalizeSeriesTitle("Lord of the Mysteries")).toBe("lord of the mysteries");
+    expect(normalizeSeriesTitle("The Lord of the Rings")).toBe("the lord of the rings");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/local-metadata-hints.test.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/local-metadata-hints.test.ts
index 19f9e2b..53bab86 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/local-metadata-hints.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/local-metadata-hints.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,76 @@ describe("metadata match scoring", () => {
     );
 
     expect(best?.match.title).toBe("Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé");
-    expect(best?.score).toBeGreaterThan(0.7);
+    expect(best?.score).toBeGreaterThan(70);
+  });
+
+  it("scores titles, authors and dates with the contract weights", () => {
+    const scorer = new ScoreMetadataMatch();
+    const result = scorer.details(
+      { title: "The Harry Potter et le prince de sang mêlé: édition collector", author: "J. K. Rowling", year: "2005" },
+      {
+        title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé",
+        author: "J.K. Rowling",
+        publishedDate: "2006"
+      }
+    );
+
+    expect(result.titleScore).toBe(100);
+    expect(result.authorScore).toBe(30);
+    expect(result.dateScore).toBe(5);
+    expect(result.score).toBe(96);
+  });
+
+  it("uses exact ISBN matches before weaker title-only candidates", () => {
+    const best = new ScoreMetadataMatch().best(
+      { title: "Daredevil", author: null, isbn: "9782809476255" },
+      [
+        {
+          title: "Daredevil",
+          author: "Rosemary Carter",
+          isbn: "9780373105601"
+        },
+        {
+          title: "Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky",
+          author: "Chip Zdarsky",
+          isbn: "9782809476255"
+        }
+      ]
+    );
+
+    expect(best?.match.author).toBe("Chip Zdarsky");
+    expect(best?.isbnMatch).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("scores unrelated serialized or audiobook candidates from title/author/date only", () => {
+    const scorer = new ScoreMetadataMatch();
+    const query = { title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang mêlé", author: "J. K. Rowling" };
+    const french = scorer.score(query, {
+      title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé",
+      author: "J. K. Rowling",
+      isbn: "9782070577644"
+    });
+    const koreanVolume = scorer.score(query, {
+      title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé - Volume 1",
+      author: "J. K. Rowling",
+      publisher: "문학수첩",
+      isbn: "9791193790724"
+    });
+
+    expect(french).toBeGreaterThan(80);
+    expect(koreanVolume).toBeLessThan(french);
+  });
+
+  it("does not apply legacy audiobook penalties outside the contract", () => {
+    const scorer = new ScoreMetadataMatch();
+    const query = { title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang mêlé", author: "J. K. Rowling" };
+
+    expect(
+      scorer.score(query, {
+        title: "Harry Potter Et Le Prince De Sang-mêlé Livre Audio",
+        author: "J. K. Rowling",
+        isbn: "9782075105170"
+      })
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(80);
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata-providers.test.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata-providers.test.ts
index da905c1..df6cc28 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata-providers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata-providers.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { BnfProvider } from "./adapters/bnf.provider.js";
-import { GoogleBooksProvider } from "./adapters/google-books.provider.js";
+import { ComicVineProvider } from "./adapters/comic-vine.provider.js";
+import { GoogleBooksProvider, GoogleBooksProviderError } from "./adapters/google-books.provider.js";
+import { MangaDexProvider } from "./adapters/mangadex.provider.js";
 import { OpenLibraryProvider } from "./adapters/open-library.provider.js";
+import { MetadataProviderRequestError } from "./adapters/provider-fetch.js";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataProviderConfig } from "./metadata.types.js";
 
 const lookup: MetadataLookup = {
@@ -58,14 +61,210 @@ describe("metadata providers", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("treats Google Books quota exhaustion as a non-blocking miss", async () => {
+  it("reports Google Books quota exhaustion explicitly", async () => {
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ error: { code: 429, status: "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED" } }, 429));
     vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
 
-    const result = await new GoogleBooksProvider().lookup(lookup, { ...config, provider: "googlebooks" });
+    await expect(new GoogleBooksProvider().lookup(lookup, { ...config, provider: "googlebooks" })).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      code: "quota",
+      status: 429
+    } satisfies Partial<GoogleBooksProviderError>);
 
     expect(String((fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown[])[0])).toContain("q=isbn%3A9782070612376");
-    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("classifies provider DNS failures explicitly", async () => {
+    const error = new TypeError("fetch failed") as Error & { cause?: { code: string } };
+    error.cause = { code: "EAI_AGAIN" };
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => Promise.reject(error)));
+
+    await expect(new OpenLibraryProvider().searchByMetadata({ title: "Daredevil", author: null }, config)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      code: "dns",
+      message: "EAI_AGAIN"
+    } satisfies Partial<MetadataProviderRequestError>);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz", "Demon Slayer School Days 1"],
+    ["Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+", "Dragon Ball SD 1"],
+    ["Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz", "Eyeshield 21 1"],
+    ["Solo Leveling T03", "Solo Leveling 3"]
+  ])("cleans noisy Google Books title queries for %s", async (title, expectedCleanTitle) => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ totalItems: 0, items: [] }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    await new GoogleBooksProvider().searchByMetadata({ title, author: null }, { ...config, provider: "googlebooks" });
+    const queries = fetchMock.mock.calls.map((call) => new URL(String((call as unknown[])[0])).searchParams.get("q") ?? "");
+
+    expect(queries[0]).toBe(`intitle:"${expectedCleanTitle}"`);
+    expect(queries.join(" ")).not.toMatch(/\b(FRENCH|CBZ|eBook|ebdz|Paprika)\b/i);
+  });
+
+  it("sorts Google Books results by matching manga volume instead of taking the first item", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () =>
+      jsonResponse({
+        totalItems: 2,
+        items: [
+          { id: "volume-2", volumeInfo: { title: "Solo Leveling, Vol. 2", authors: ["Chugong"], publishedDate: "2021" } },
+          { id: "volume-3", volumeInfo: { title: "Solo Leveling, Vol. 3", authors: ["Chugong"], publishedDate: "2021" } }
+        ]
+      })
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await new GoogleBooksProvider().searchByMetadata(
+      { title: "Solo Leveling T03", author: null },
+      { ...config, provider: "googlebooks" }
+    );
+
+    expect(results[0]).toMatchObject({ title: "Solo Leveling, Vol. 3", sourceId: "volume-3" });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["Solo Leveling T03", "Solo Leveling"],
+    ["Solo Leveling 003", "Solo Leveling"],
+    ["Eyeshield.21.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz", "Eyeshield 21"],
+    ["Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+", "Dragon Ball SD"]
+  ])("queries MangaDex with the cleaned series title for %s", async (title, expectedQuery) => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ data: [] }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    await new MangaDexProvider().searchByMetadata({ title, author: null }, { ...config, provider: "mangadex" });
+    const firstUrl = new URL(String((fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown[])[0]));
+
+    expect(firstUrl.searchParams.get("title")).toBe(expectedQuery);
+  });
+
+  it("queries MangaDex aliases and maps cover_art to a cover URL", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse({ data: [] }))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        jsonResponse({
+          data: [
+            {
+              id: "manga-1",
+              attributes: {
+                title: { en: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy" },
+                description: { en: "School spin-off." },
+                year: 2021,
+                originalLanguage: "ja"
+              },
+              relationships: [
+                { type: "cover_art", attributes: { fileName: "cover.jpg" } },
+                { type: "author", attributes: { name: "Natsuki Hokami" } }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        })
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse({ data: [] }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await new MangaDexProvider().searchByMetadata(
+      { title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-ebdz", author: null },
+      { ...config, provider: "mangadex" }
+    );
+    const firstUrl = new URL(String((fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown[])[0]));
+    const secondUrl = new URL(String((fetchMock.mock.calls[1] as unknown[])[0]));
+
+    expect(firstUrl.searchParams.get("title")).toBe("Demon Slayer School Days");
+    expect(secondUrl.searchParams.get("title")).toBe("Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy");
+    expect(results[0]).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy",
+      scoreTitle: "Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy",
+      author: "Natsuki Hokami",
+      publishedDate: "2021",
+      coverUrl: "https://uploads.mangadex.org/covers/manga-1/cover.jpg.512.jpg"
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps Dragon Ball SD ahead of Dragon Ball for MangaDex matches", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () =>
+      jsonResponse({
+        data: [
+          {
+            id: "dragon-ball",
+            attributes: { title: { en: "Dragon Ball" }, description: { en: "Original series." }, year: 1984, originalLanguage: "ja" },
+            relationships: []
+          },
+          {
+            id: "dragon-ball-sd",
+            attributes: { title: { en: "Dragon Ball SD" }, description: { en: "SD spin-off." }, year: 2010, originalLanguage: "ja" },
+            relationships: []
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await new MangaDexProvider().searchByMetadata(
+      { title: "Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+", author: null },
+      { ...config, provider: "mangadex" }
+    );
+
+    expect(results[0]).toMatchObject({ title: "Dragon Ball SD", sourceId: "dragon-ball-sd" });
+  });
+
+  it("reports MangaDex rate limits explicitly", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ errors: [{ detail: "Too many requests" }] }, 429)));
+
+    await expect(
+      new MangaDexProvider().searchByMetadata({ title: "Solo Leveling T03", author: null }, { ...config, provider: "mangadex" })
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "rate-limit", status: 429 });
+  });
+
+  it("requires a Comic Vine API key before querying", async () => {
+    await expect(
+      new ComicVineProvider().searchByMetadata({ title: "Wolverine Origin", author: null }, { ...config, provider: "comicvine", apiKey: null })
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "missing-key" });
+  });
+
+  it("queries Comic Vine volumes/issues and cleans HTML descriptions", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () =>
+      jsonResponse({
+        status_code: 1,
+        results: [
+          {
+            id: 123,
+            name: "Wolverine: The Origin",
+            description: "<p>Origin story &amp; family secrets.</p>",
+            start_year: "2001",
+            image: { super_url: "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/origin.jpg" },
+            publisher: { name: "Marvel" }
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    );
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await new ComicVineProvider().searchByMetadata(
+      { title: "Comics.Fr.Wolverine.Origin.by.AleK.(emuleCenter.net)", author: null },
+      { ...config, provider: "comicvine", apiKey: "cv-key" }
+    );
+    const firstUrl = new URL(String((fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown[])[0]));
+
+    expect(firstUrl.searchParams.get("resources")).toBe("volume");
+    expect(firstUrl.searchParams.get("query")).toBe("Comics Fr Wolverine Origin by AleK");
+    expect(results[0]).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Wolverine: The Origin",
+      description: "Origin story & family secrets.",
+      publishedDate: "2001",
+      publisher: "Marvel",
+      coverUrl: "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/origin.jpg"
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("reports Comic Vine invalid keys and rate limits explicitly", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ status_code: 101, error: "Invalid API Key" })));
+    await expect(
+      new ComicVineProvider().searchByMetadata({ title: "Daredevil", author: null }, { ...config, provider: "comicvine", apiKey: "bad" })
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "invalid-key" });
+
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn(async () => jsonResponse({ error: "Rate limited" }, 429)));
+    await expect(
+      new ComicVineProvider().searchByMetadata({ title: "Daredevil", author: null }, { ...config, provider: "comicvine", apiKey: "ok" })
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "rate-limit", status: 429 });
   });
 
   it("queries OpenLibrary by local metadata when ISBN is missing", async () => {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.module.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.module.ts
index d15002a..5f7145b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.module.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.module.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import { Module } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { DatabaseModule } from "../database/database.module.js";
 import { BnfProvider } from "./adapters/bnf.provider.js";
+import { ComicVineProvider } from "./adapters/comic-vine.provider.js";
 import { GoogleBooksProvider } from "./adapters/google-books.provider.js";
 import { LocalMetadataProvider } from "./adapters/local.provider.js";
+import { MangaDexProvider } from "./adapters/mangadex.provider.js";
 import { OpenLibraryProvider } from "./adapters/open-library.provider.js";
 import { MetadataService } from "./metadata.service.js";
 
 @Module({
   imports: [DatabaseModule],
-  providers: [MetadataService, LocalMetadataProvider, OpenLibraryProvider, GoogleBooksProvider, BnfProvider],
+  providers: [MetadataService, LocalMetadataProvider, OpenLibraryProvider, GoogleBooksProvider, BnfProvider, MangaDexProvider, ComicVineProvider],
   exports: [MetadataService]
 })
 export class MetadataModule {}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.test.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.test.ts
index 0e1adea..9a7823d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import AdmZip from "adm-zip";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
+import { books, libraries } from "../database/schema.js";
 import { BookMetadata } from "../scanner/metadata.js";
+import { MetadataProviderRequestError } from "./adapters/provider-fetch.js";
 import { MetadataService } from "./metadata.service.js";
 import { MetadataLookup, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig, MetadataSearchQuery } from "./metadata.types.js";
 
@@ -52,7 +55,9 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
       localProvider as never,
       openLibraryProvider as never,
       providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
-      providerStub("bnf") as never
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
     );
     const localMetadata: BookMetadata = {
       title: "Harry Potter et le Prince de Sang Mele",
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
     expect(openLibraryLookup).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(openLibraryLookup.mock.calls[0]?.[0].identifiers.isbn13).toBe("9782070612383");
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
-      title: "Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé",
+      title: "Harry Potter et le Prince de Sang Mele",
       isbn: "9782070612383",
       isbn13: "9782070612383",
       description: "Harry Potter découvre l'héritage du Prince de Sang-Mêlé."
@@ -82,6 +87,64 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
     database.onModuleDestroy();
   });
 
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("continues enrichment after a provider DNS failure and logs the failure class", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    database.sqlite.prepare("UPDATE metadata_source_config SET enabled = 1 WHERE provider = 'googlebooks'").run();
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "openlibrary",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => {
+        throw new MetadataProviderRequestError("openlibrary", "dns", "EAI_AGAIN");
+      }
+    };
+    const googleProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "googlebooks",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Daredevil",
+          author: "Roy Thomas",
+          description: "Daredevil keeps moving even when another provider is unreachable.",
+          publishedDate: "2019"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      openLibraryProvider as never,
+      googleProvider as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[metadata] Provider openlibrary failed for "Daredevil": dns: EAI_AGAIN');
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Daredevil",
+      author: "Roy Thomas",
+      description: "Daredevil keeps moving even when another provider is unreachable."
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
   it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("looks up details from a title search hit even when the hit has no ISBN", async () => {
     const database = createDatabase();
     const localProvider = providerStub("local");
@@ -112,7 +175,9 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
       localProvider as never,
       openLibraryProvider as never,
       providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
-      providerStub("bnf") as never
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
     );
     const localMetadata: BookMetadata = {
       title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang mele",
@@ -133,7 +198,7 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
     expect(openLibraryLookup).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(openLibraryLookup.mock.calls[0]?.[0].sourceId).toBe("OL24333986M");
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
-      title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé",
+      title: "Harry Potter et le prince de sang mele",
       author: "J. K. Rowling",
       isbn: "9782070612383",
       isbn13: "9782070612383",
@@ -143,7 +208,61 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
     database.onModuleDestroy();
   });
 
-  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("replaces an ambiguous title-only identification when a later provider supplies a described record", async () => {
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("backfills a missing ISBN lookup description from a high-confidence title search", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "openlibrary",
+      lookup: async () => ({
+        title: "Harry Potter et la coupe de feu",
+        author: "J. K. Rowling",
+        isbn: "9782070624553",
+        publisher: "Gallimard",
+        publishedDate: "2016"
+      }),
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Harry Potter et la coupe de feu",
+          author: "J. K. Rowling",
+          isbn: "9782070619207",
+          description: "Harry est invité à assister à la Coupe du monde de Quidditch."
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      openLibraryProvider as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Harry Potter et la coupe de feu",
+        author: "J. K. Rowling",
+        description: null,
+        isbn: "9782070624553",
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: "/covers/local.jpg"
+      },
+      "/library/Harry Potter et la coupe de feu.epub",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      isbn: "9782070624553",
+      description: "Harry est invité à assister à la Coupe du monde de Quidditch.",
+      coverPath: "/covers/local.jpg"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("uses provider priority as the tie-breaker for high-confidence title matches", async () => {
     const database = createDatabase();
     database.sqlite.prepare("UPDATE metadata_source_config SET enabled = 1 WHERE provider = 'bnf'").run();
     const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
@@ -179,7 +298,9 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
       providerStub("local") as never,
       openLibraryProvider as never,
       providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
-      bnfProvider as never
+      bnfProvider as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
     );
     const localMetadata: BookMetadata = {
       title: "Daredevil",
@@ -196,14 +317,583 @@ describe("MetadataService", () => {
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
       title: "Daredevil",
-      author: "scénario, Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich",
-      isbn: "9782809476255",
-      isbn13: "9782809476255",
+      author: "Rosemary Carter",
+      isbn: "9780373105601",
+      isbn13: "9780373105601",
       description: "Daredevil affronte l'Homme aux échasses."
     });
 
     database.onModuleDestroy();
   });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("re-enriches from stored local hints instead of a previously failed remote ISBN", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Comics", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const localMetadataJson = JSON.stringify({
+      title: "Daredevil",
+      author: null,
+      year: null,
+      isbn: null,
+      fileTitle: "Daredevil",
+      raw: { title: "Daredevil", author: null, publishedDate: null, fileName: "Daredevil" }
+    });
+    const book = database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: "Rosemary Carter",
+        description: null,
+        isbn: "9780373105601",
+        isbn13: "9780373105601",
+        identifiersJson: JSON.stringify({ isbn10: null, isbn13: null, candidates: [] }),
+        localMetadataJson,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: "Harlequin Books",
+        publishedDate: "1982",
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath: "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+        coverPath: "/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "failed",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const openLibraryLookup = vi.fn<(_: MetadataLookup, __: MetadataProviderConfig) => Promise<MetadataMatch | null>>(async () => null);
+    const bnfSearch = vi.fn<(_: MetadataSearchQuery, __: MetadataProviderConfig) => Promise<MetadataMatch[]>>(async () => [
+      {
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: "scénario, Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich",
+        isbn: "9782809476255",
+        description: "Daredevil affronte l'Homme aux échasses.",
+        publisher: "Panini comics",
+        publishedDate: "2019"
+      }
+    ]);
+    database.sqlite.prepare("UPDATE metadata_source_config SET enabled = 1 WHERE provider = 'bnf'").run();
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      { id: "openlibrary", lookup: openLibraryLookup, searchByMetadata: async () => [] } as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      { id: "bnf", lookup: async () => null, searchByMetadata: bnfSearch } as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichBook(book.id);
+
+    expect(openLibraryLookup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(bnfSearch.mock.calls[0]?.[0].title).toBe("Daredevil");
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      author: "Rosemary Carter",
+      isbn: "9780373105601",
+      isbn13: "9780373105601",
+      publisher: "Harlequin Books",
+      coverPath: "/covers/daredevil.jpg"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("stores provider covers as local bytes and exposes field provenance with metadata status", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const fetchMock = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      headers: new Headers({ "content-type": "image/jpeg" }),
+      arrayBuffer: async () => new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]).buffer
+    } as Response);
+    const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "openlibrary",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Daredevil",
+          author: "Roy Thomas",
+          description: "Daredevil affronte une nouvelle menace.",
+          isbn: "9782809476255",
+          coverUrl: "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/123-L.jpg"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      openLibraryProvider as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/123-L.jpg", expect.any(Object));
+    expect(result.coverPath).toMatch(/storage\/covers\/.+\.jpg$/);
+    expect(result.metadataStatus).toBe("enriched");
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.metadataProvenanceJson)).toMatchObject({
+      title: "local",
+      author: "openlibrary",
+      description: "openlibrary",
+      coverPath: "openlibrary"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("retrofits a local cover for an existing book during metadata enrichment", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    mkdirSync(database.config.storageDir, { recursive: true });
+    const filePath = join(database.config.storageDir, "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ");
+    const zip = new AdmZip();
+    zip.addFile("001.jpg", Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xd9]));
+    zip.writeZip(filePath);
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Comics", path: database.config.storageDir, enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const book = database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        identifiersJson: JSON.stringify({ isbn10: null, isbn13: null, candidates: [] }),
+        localMetadataJson: JSON.stringify({
+          title: "Demon Slayer School Days T01 FRENCH",
+          author: null,
+          year: null,
+          isbn: null,
+          fileTitle: "Demon Slayer School Days T01 FRENCH",
+          raw: { title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz", author: null, publishedDate: null, fileName: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz" }
+        }),
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath,
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "none",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      providerStub("openlibrary") as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichBook(book.id);
+
+    expect(result.coverPath).toMatch(/covers\/[a-f0-9]+\.jpg$/);
+    expect(result.coverPath && existsSync(result.coverPath)).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.metadataStatus).toBe("partial");
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.metadataProvenanceJson ?? "{}")).toMatchObject({ coverPath: "local" });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("drops sentinel publication dates from provider matches for real affected titles", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "openlibrary",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort",
+          author: "J. K. Rowling",
+          publishedDate: "0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+          description: "Septième année."
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      openLibraryProvider as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort",
+        author: "J. K. Rowling",
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort.epub",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(result.publishedDate).toBeNull();
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("does not overwrite an existing valid date with a provider sentinel", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Novels", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const book = database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        title: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+        author: "Cuttlefish That Loves Diving",
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        identifiersJson: JSON.stringify({ isbn10: null, isbn13: null, candidates: [] }),
+        localMetadataJson: JSON.stringify({
+          title: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+          author: "Cuttlefish That Loves Diving",
+          year: null,
+          isbn: null,
+          fileTitle: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+          raw: { title: "Lord of the Mysteries", author: "Cuttlefish That Loves Diving", publishedDate: null, fileName: "Lord of the Mysteries" }
+        }),
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: "2018",
+        format: "epub",
+        filePath: "/library/Lord of the Mysteries.epub",
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "partial",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ publishedDate: "existing" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const openLibraryProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "openlibrary",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+          author: "Cuttlefish That Loves Diving",
+          publishedDate: "0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+          description: "A mysterious sequence begins."
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      openLibraryProvider as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      providerStub("mangadex") as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichBook(book.id);
+
+    expect(result.publishedDate).toBe("2018");
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("records MangaDex provenance and stores its cover locally", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const fetchMock = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      headers: new Headers({ "content-type": "image/jpeg" }),
+      arrayBuffer: async () => new Uint8Array([9, 8, 7]).buffer
+    } as Response);
+    const mangaDexProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "mangadex",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Solo Leveling",
+          author: "Chugong",
+          description: "A hunter levels up alone.",
+          publishedDate: "2018",
+          coverUrl: "https://uploads.mangadex.org/covers/manga-1/cover.jpg.512.jpg"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      providerStub("openlibrary") as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      mangaDexProvider as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Solo Leveling T03",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Solo Leveling T03.cbz",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://uploads.mangadex.org/covers/manga-1/cover.jpg.512.jpg", expect.any(Object));
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.metadataProvenanceJson)).toMatchObject({
+      author: "mangadex",
+      description: "mangadex",
+      publishedDate: "mangadex",
+      coverPath: "mangadex"
+    });
+    expect(result.coverPath).toMatch(/storage\/covers\/.+\.jpg$/);
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("scores MangaDex matches against the cleaned series title instead of the noisy archive title", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const mangaDexProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "mangadex",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Dragon Ball SD",
+          author: "Naho Ooishi",
+          description: "A super-deformed Dragon Ball spin-off.",
+          publishedDate: "2010",
+          sourceId: "dragon-ball-sd"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      providerStub("openlibrary") as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      mangaDexProvider as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Dragon.Ball.SD.T01.FRENCH.CBZ.eBook-Paprika+.cbz",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Dragon Ball SD",
+      author: "Naho Ooishi",
+      description: "A super-deformed Dragon Ball spin-off.",
+      publishedDate: "2010"
+    });
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.metadataProvenanceJson)).toMatchObject({
+      title: "local",
+      author: "mangadex",
+      description: "mangadex"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("accepts MangaDex alias matches through the provider score title", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const mangaDexProvider: MetadataProvider = {
+      id: "mangadex",
+      lookup: async () => null,
+      searchByMetadata: async () => [
+        {
+          title: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy",
+          scoreTitle: "Demon Slayer Kimetsu Academy",
+          author: "Natsuki Hokami",
+          description: "School spin-off.",
+          publishedDate: "2021",
+          sourceId: "kimetsu-academy"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      providerStub("openlibrary") as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      mangaDexProvider as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichMetadata(
+      {
+        title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null
+      },
+      "/library/Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz.cbz",
+      { remote: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Demon Slayer School Days",
+      author: "Natsuki Hokami",
+      description: "School spin-off.",
+      publishedDate: "2021"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("re-enriches existing manga with the cleaned series title on the live book path", async () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    mkdirSync(database.config.storageDir, { recursive: true });
+    const filePath = join(database.config.storageDir, "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz.cbz");
+    const zip = new AdmZip();
+    zip.addFile("001.jpg", Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xd9]));
+    zip.writeZip(filePath);
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Manga", path: database.config.storageDir, enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const book = database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        identifiersJson: JSON.stringify({ isbn10: null, isbn13: null, candidates: [] }),
+        localMetadataJson: JSON.stringify({
+          title: "Demon Slayer School Days T01 FRENCH",
+          author: null,
+          year: null,
+          isbn: null,
+          fileTitle: "Demon Slayer School Days T01 FRENCH",
+          raw: {
+            title: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz",
+            author: null,
+            publishedDate: null,
+            fileName: "Demon.Slayer.School.Days.T01.FRENCH.CBZ. -ebdz"
+          }
+        }),
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath,
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "none",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+        fileSize: 42,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    const mangaDexSearch = vi.fn<(_: MetadataSearchQuery, __: MetadataProviderConfig) => Promise<MetadataMatch[]>>(async () => [
+      {
+        title: "Demon Slayer School Days",
+        author: "Natsuki Hokami",
+        description: "School spin-off.",
+        publishedDate: "2021",
+        sourceId: "demon-slayer-school-days"
+      }
+    ]);
+    const service = new MetadataService(
+      database,
+      providerStub("local") as never,
+      providerStub("openlibrary") as never,
+      providerStub("googlebooks") as never,
+      providerStub("bnf") as never,
+      { id: "mangadex", lookup: async () => null, searchByMetadata: mangaDexSearch } as never,
+      providerStub("comicvine") as never
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.enrichBook(book.id);
+
+    expect(mangaDexSearch.mock.calls[0]?.[0].title).toBe("Demon Slayer School Days");
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Demon Slayer School Days",
+      author: "Natsuki Hokami",
+      description: "School spin-off.",
+      publishedDate: "2021"
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
 });
 
 function createDatabase(): DatabaseService {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.ts
index 1553ba0..005ca2a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.service.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,45 @@
 import { BadRequestException, Injectable, NotFoundException } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, extname, join } from "node:path";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import {
   MetadataSourcesConfigDto,
   UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto
 } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
-import { automationSettings, books, metadataSourceConfig } from "../database/schema.js";
-import { BookMetadata } from "../scanner/metadata.js";
+import { automationSettings, books, metadataSourceConfig, series } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { BookMetadata, extractMetadata } from "../scanner/metadata.js";
 import { BnfProvider } from "./adapters/bnf.provider.js";
+import { ComicVineProvider } from "./adapters/comic-vine.provider.js";
 import { GoogleBooksProvider } from "./adapters/google-books.provider.js";
 import { LocalMetadataProvider } from "./adapters/local.provider.js";
+import { MangaDexProvider } from "./adapters/mangadex.provider.js";
 import { OpenLibraryProvider } from "./adapters/open-library.provider.js";
-import { BookIdentifiers, LocalMetadataHints, MetadataMatch, MetadataProvider, MetadataProviderConfig } from "./metadata.types.js";
+import { describeMetadataProviderError, providerFetch } from "./adapters/provider-fetch.js";
+import {
+  BookIdentifiers,
+  LocalMetadataHints,
+  MetadataField,
+  MetadataMatch,
+  MetadataProvider,
+  MetadataProviderConfig,
+  MetadataProviderId,
+  MetadataProvenance,
+  MetadataSearchQuery,
+  MetadataStatus
+} from "./metadata.types.js";
 import { ExtractIdentifiers, toIsbn13 } from "./use-cases/extract-identifiers.js";
 import { ExtractLocalMetadataHints } from "./use-cases/extract-local-metadata-hints.js";
+import { extractSeriesVolume } from "./use-cases/extract-series-volume.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "./use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
 import { ResolveProviderChain } from "./use-cases/resolve-provider-chain.js";
-import { ScoreMetadataMatch } from "./use-cases/score-metadata-match.js";
+import { ScoredMetadataMatch, ScoreMetadataMatch } from "./use-cases/score-metadata-match.js";
+
+type ProviderCandidate = ScoredMetadataMatch & {
+  provider: MetadataProviderId;
+  priority: number;
+};
 
 @Injectable()
 export class MetadataService {
@@ -29,9 +53,11 @@ export class MetadataService {
     local: LocalMetadataProvider,
     openLibrary: OpenLibraryProvider,
     googleBooks: GoogleBooksProvider,
-    bnf: BnfProvider
+    bnf: BnfProvider,
+    mangaDex: MangaDexProvider,
+    comicVine: ComicVineProvider
   ) {
-    this.resolveProviderChain = new ResolveProviderChain([local, openLibrary, googleBooks, bnf]);
+    this.resolveProviderChain = new ResolveProviderChain([local, openLibrary, googleBooks, bnf, mangaDex, comicVine]);
   }
 
   getSourcesConfig(): MetadataSourcesConfigDto {
@@ -75,96 +101,119 @@ export class MetadataService {
     localMetadata: BookMetadata,
     filePath: string,
     options: { remote: boolean }
-  ): Promise<BookMetadata & { isbn13: string | null; identifiersJson: string; localMetadataJson: string }> {
+  ): Promise<
+    BookMetadata & {
+      isbn13: string | null;
+      identifiersJson: string;
+      localMetadataJson: string;
+      metadataStatus: MetadataStatus;
+      metadataProvenanceJson: string;
+    }
+  > {
     const identifiers = this.extractIdentifiers.fromMetadataAndFile(localMetadata, filePath);
     const local = this.extractLocalMetadataHints.fromMetadataAndFile(localMetadata, filePath);
     const configs = this.getProviderConfigs();
     const chain = options.remote
       ? this.resolveProviderChain.resolve(configs)
       : this.resolveProviderChain.resolve(configs).filter((entry) => entry.provider.id === "local");
-    let merged: BookMetadata = { ...localMetadata };
+    const candidates: ProviderCandidate[] = [];
+    const query = this.buildSearchQuery(local, identifiers, filePath);
 
     for (const { provider, config } of chain) {
+      if (provider.id === "local") continue;
       try {
         const hasIsbn = Boolean(identifiers.isbn13 ?? identifiers.isbn10);
-        const match =
-          provider.id === "local" || hasIsbn
-            ? await provider.lookup(
-                {
-                  title: merged.title,
-                  author: merged.author,
-                  filePath,
-                  sourceId: null,
-                  identifiers,
-                  local
-                },
-                config
-              )
-            : null;
+        const match = hasIsbn
+          ? await provider.lookup(
+              {
+                title: local.title,
+                author: local.author,
+                filePath,
+                sourceId: null,
+                identifiers,
+                local
+              },
+              config
+            )
+          : null;
         if (match) {
-          merged = mergeMetadata(merged, match);
+          const completedMatch = match.description
+            ? match
+            : mergeMetadataMatch(match, await this.searchMissingDescription(provider, config, local, identifiers, filePath));
+          candidates.push(scoreProviderCandidate(this.scoreMetadataMatch, query, completedMatch, provider.id, config.priority));
           continue;
         }
-        if (!options.remote || provider.id === "local") continue;
-        const query = {
-          title: local.title,
-          author: local.author,
-          year: local.year,
-          isbn: identifiers.isbn13 ?? identifiers.isbn10 ?? local.isbn
-        };
-        const best = this.scoreMetadataMatch.best(query, await provider.searchByMetadata(query, config));
+        if (!options.remote) continue;
+        const matches = await provider.searchByMetadata(query, config);
+        const best = this.scoreMetadataMatch.best(query, matches);
+        if (!best && matches.length) {
+          console.info(
+            `[metadata] Provider ${provider.id} returned ${matches.length} result(s) rejected by scoring for "${query.title}"`
+          );
+        }
         if (best) {
           if (!isActionableSearchMatch(best.match)) continue;
-          merged = shouldReplaceAmbiguousIdentification(localMetadata, merged, best.match)
-            ? mergeMetadata({ ...localMetadata, author: null, isbn: null, description: null, language: null, publisher: null, publishedDate: null }, best.match)
-            : mergeMetadata(merged, best.match);
+          let providerMatch = best.match;
 
-          const detailedMatch = await this.lookupSearchMatchDetails(provider, config, filePath, identifiers, local, merged, best.match);
-          if (detailedMatch) merged = mergeMetadata(merged, detailedMatch);
+          const detailedMatch = await this.lookupSearchMatchDetails(provider, config, filePath, identifiers, local, best.match);
+          if (detailedMatch) providerMatch = mergeMetadataMatch(detailedMatch, best.match);
+          candidates.push(scoreProviderCandidate(this.scoreMetadataMatch, query, providerMatch, provider.id, config.priority));
         }
-      } catch {
-        // Provider failures must not block local ingestion.
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`[metadata] Provider ${provider.id} failed for "${query.title}": ${describeMetadataProviderError(error)}`);
       }
     }
 
+    const materializedCandidates = await this.materializeQualifiedCovers(candidates, filePath);
+    const localProvenance = provenanceFromLocal(localMetadata);
+    const { metadata: merged, provenance: remoteProvenance } = mergeCandidatesWithLocal(
+      materializedCandidates,
+      localMetadata,
+      identifiers,
+      query.title
+    );
+    let provenance: MetadataProvenance = { ...localProvenance, ...remoteProvenance };
+    if (merged.isbn && !provenance.isbn) provenance.isbn = "local";
     const isbn13 = identifiers.isbn13 ?? (merged.isbn ? toIsbn13(merged.isbn) : null);
+    const metadataStatus = computeMetadataStatus(merged);
     return {
       ...merged,
       isbn: merged.isbn ?? isbn13 ?? identifiers.isbn10,
       isbn13,
       identifiersJson: JSON.stringify(identifiers),
-      localMetadataJson: JSON.stringify(local)
+      localMetadataJson: JSON.stringify(local),
+      metadataStatus,
+      metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify(provenance)
     };
   }
 
   async enrichBook(bookId: number): Promise<typeof books.$inferSelect> {
     const book = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.id, bookId)).get();
     if (!book) throw new NotFoundException("Book not found");
-    const metadata: BookMetadata = {
-      title: book.title,
-      author: book.author,
-      description: book.description,
-      isbn: book.isbn,
-      language: book.language,
-      publisher: book.publisher,
-      publishedDate: book.publishedDate,
-      coverPath: book.coverPath
-    };
+    const local = parseStoredLocalMetadata(book.localMetadataJson);
+    const metadata = await this.extractCurrentLocalMetadata(book, local);
     const enriched = await this.enrichMetadata(metadata, book.filePath, { remote: true });
+    const next = preserveExistingWhenMissing(enriched, book, book.filePath);
+    const seriesInfo = this.resolveSeries(next.title, book.filePath);
     return this.database.db
       .update(books)
       .set({
-        title: enriched.title,
-        author: enriched.author,
-        description: enriched.description,
-        isbn: enriched.isbn,
-        isbn13: enriched.isbn13,
+        seriesId: seriesInfo.seriesId,
+        title: next.title,
+        author: next.author,
+        description: next.description,
+        isbn: next.isbn,
+        isbn13: next.isbn13,
         identifiersJson: enriched.identifiersJson,
         localMetadataJson: enriched.localMetadataJson,
-        language: enriched.language,
-        publisher: enriched.publisher,
-        publishedDate: enriched.publishedDate,
-        coverPath: enriched.coverPath,
+        language: next.language,
+        publisher: next.publisher,
+        publishedDate: next.publishedDate,
+        volumeNumber: seriesInfo.volumeNumber,
+        volumeLabel: seriesInfo.volumeLabel,
+        coverPath: next.coverPath,
+        metadataStatus: next.metadataStatus,
+        metadataProvenanceJson: next.metadataProvenanceJson,
         updatedAt: this.database.now()
       })
       .where(eq(books.id, book.id))
@@ -172,6 +221,57 @@ export class MetadataService {
       .get();
   }
 
+  private async extractCurrentLocalMetadata(book: typeof books.$inferSelect, local: LocalMetadataHints | null): Promise<BookMetadata> {
+    const fallback: BookMetadata = {
+      title: local?.title ?? book.title,
+      author: local ? local.author : book.author,
+      description: null,
+      isbn: local ? local.isbn : book.isbn,
+      language: null,
+      publisher: book.publisher,
+      publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(local ? local.year : book.publishedDate),
+      coverPath: book.coverPath
+    };
+    if (!existsSync(book.filePath)) return fallback;
+    try {
+      const extracted = await extractMetadata(book.filePath, this.database.config.storageDir);
+      return {
+        title: extracted.title || fallback.title,
+        author: extracted.author ?? fallback.author,
+        description: extracted.description ?? fallback.description,
+        isbn: extracted.isbn ?? fallback.isbn,
+        language: extracted.language ?? fallback.language,
+        publisher: extracted.publisher ?? fallback.publisher,
+        publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(extracted.publishedDate) ?? fallback.publishedDate,
+        coverPath: extracted.coverPath ?? fallback.coverPath
+      };
+    } catch {
+      return fallback;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private resolveSeries(title: string, filePath: string): { seriesId: number; volumeNumber: number | null; volumeLabel: string | null } {
+    const parsed = extractSeriesVolume(title, filePath);
+    const now = this.database.now();
+    const row = this.database.db
+      .insert(series)
+      .values({
+        title: parsed.seriesTitle,
+        normalizedTitle: parsed.normalizedSeriesTitle,
+        description: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .onConflictDoUpdate({
+        target: series.normalizedTitle,
+        set: { title: parsed.seriesTitle, updatedAt: now }
+      })
+      .returning({ id: series.id })
+      .get();
+    return { seriesId: row.id, volumeNumber: parsed.volumeNumber, volumeLabel: parsed.volumeLabel };
+  }
+
   private getProviderConfigs(): MetadataProviderConfig[] {
     return this.database.db
       .select()
@@ -195,7 +295,6 @@ export class MetadataService {
     filePath: string,
     identifiers: BookIdentifiers,
     local: LocalMetadataHints,
-    merged: BookMetadata,
     match: MetadataMatch
   ): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
     const derivedIdentifiers = {
@@ -206,13 +305,12 @@ export class MetadataService {
     };
     const hasNewIdentifier = derivedIdentifiers.isbn13 !== identifiers.isbn13 || derivedIdentifiers.isbn10 !== identifiers.isbn10;
     const hasLookupTarget = hasNewIdentifier || Boolean(match.sourceId);
-    const needsDetails = !merged.description && hasLookupTarget;
-    if (!hasLookupTarget && !needsDetails) return null;
+    if (!hasLookupTarget) return null;
 
     return provider.lookup(
       {
-        title: merged.title,
-        author: merged.author,
+        title: match.title ?? local.title,
+        author: match.author ?? local.author,
         filePath,
         sourceId: match.sourceId,
         identifiers: derivedIdentifiers,
@@ -221,26 +319,309 @@ export class MetadataService {
       config
     );
   }
+
+  private async searchMissingDescription(
+    provider: MetadataProvider,
+    config: MetadataProviderConfig,
+    local: LocalMetadataHints,
+    identifiers: BookIdentifiers,
+    filePath: string
+  ): Promise<MetadataMatch | null> {
+    const query = this.buildSearchQuery(local, identifiers, filePath);
+    const matches = await provider.searchByMetadata(query, config);
+    return (
+      matches
+        .map((match) => ({ match, score: this.scoreMetadataMatch.score(query, match) }))
+        .filter((entry) => entry.match.description && entry.score >= 75)
+        .sort((left, right) => right.score - left.score)[0]?.match ?? null
+    );
+  }
+
+  private buildSearchQuery(local: LocalMetadataHints, identifiers: BookIdentifiers, filePath: string): MetadataSearchQuery {
+    return {
+      title: extractSeriesVolume(local.title, filePath).seriesTitle,
+      author: local.author,
+      year: local.year,
+      isbn: identifiers.isbn13 ?? identifiers.isbn10 ?? local.isbn
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async materializeCover(match: MetadataMatch, filePath: string, provider: MetadataProviderId): Promise<MetadataMatch> {
+    if (match.coverPath || !match.coverUrl) return match;
+    try {
+      const response = await providerFetch("cover", match.coverUrl, { timeoutMs: 5000 });
+      if (!response.ok) return match;
+      const data = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
+      if (!data.length) return match;
+      const extension = coverExtension(match.coverUrl, response.headers.get("content-type"));
+      const hash = createHash("sha256").update(`${filePath}:${provider}:${match.coverUrl}`).digest("hex").slice(0, 24);
+      const target = join(this.database.config.storageDir, "covers", `${hash}${extension}`);
+      mkdirSync(dirname(target), { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(target, data);
+      return { ...match, coverPath: target };
+    } catch {
+      return match;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async materializeQualifiedCovers(candidates: ProviderCandidate[], filePath: string): Promise<ProviderCandidate[]> {
+    const materialized: ProviderCandidate[] = [];
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      if (isQualifiedSourceCover(candidate)) {
+        materialized.push({
+          ...candidate,
+          match: await this.materializeCover(candidate.match, filePath, candidate.provider)
+        });
+      } else {
+        materialized.push(candidate);
+      }
+    }
+    return materialized;
+  }
 }
 
 function isActionableSearchMatch(match: MetadataMatch): boolean {
   return Boolean(match.isbn ?? match.sourceId ?? match.description);
 }
 
-function shouldReplaceAmbiguousIdentification(local: BookMetadata, current: BookMetadata, next: MetadataMatch): boolean {
-  if (local.author || local.isbn || !current.isbn || !next.isbn || current.isbn === next.isbn) return false;
-  return Boolean(next.description);
-}
-
-function mergeMetadata(current: BookMetadata, next: MetadataMatch): BookMetadata {
+function mergeMetadataMatch(current: MetadataMatch, next: MetadataMatch | null): MetadataMatch {
+  if (!next) return current;
   return {
-    title: next.title ?? current.title,
-    author: current.author ?? next.author ?? null,
-    description: current.description ?? next.description ?? null,
-    isbn: current.isbn ?? next.isbn ?? null,
-    language: current.language ?? next.language ?? null,
-    publisher: current.publisher ?? next.publisher ?? null,
-    publishedDate: current.publishedDate ?? next.publishedDate ?? null,
-    coverPath: current.coverPath ?? next.coverPath ?? null
+    title: current.title ?? next.title,
+    author: current.author ?? next.author,
+    description: current.description ?? next.description,
+    isbn: current.isbn ?? next.isbn,
+    language: current.language ?? next.language,
+    publisher: current.publisher ?? next.publisher,
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(current.publishedDate) ?? normalizePublishedDate(next.publishedDate),
+    coverPath: current.coverPath ?? next.coverPath,
+    coverUrl: current.coverUrl ?? next.coverUrl,
+    sourceId: current.sourceId ?? next.sourceId,
+    identifiers: current.identifiers ?? next.identifiers
   };
 }
+
+const metadataFields: MetadataField[] = ["title", "author", "description", "isbn", "language", "publisher", "publishedDate", "coverPath"];
+const fillableMetadataFields: MetadataField[] = ["author", "description", "isbn", "language", "publisher", "publishedDate"];
+
+function scoreProviderCandidate(
+  scorer: ScoreMetadataMatch,
+  query: MetadataSearchQuery,
+  match: MetadataMatch,
+  provider: MetadataProviderId,
+  priority: number
+): ProviderCandidate {
+  return { ...scorer.details(query, match), provider, priority };
+}
+
+function mergeCandidatesWithLocal(
+  candidates: ProviderCandidate[],
+  local: BookMetadata,
+  identifiers: BookIdentifiers,
+  title: string
+): { metadata: BookMetadata; provenance: MetadataProvenance } {
+  const sorted = [...candidates].sort(compareProviderCandidates);
+  const retained = sorted[0] ?? null;
+  const completionOrder = [...(retained ? [retained] : []), ...sorted.filter((candidate) => candidate !== retained)];
+  const metadata: BookMetadata = {
+    title,
+    author: local.author ?? null,
+    description: local.description ?? null,
+    isbn: identifiers.isbn13 ?? identifiers.isbn10 ?? local.isbn ?? null,
+    language: local.language ?? null,
+    publisher: local.publisher ?? null,
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(local.publishedDate),
+    coverPath: local.coverPath ?? null
+  };
+  const provenance: MetadataProvenance = {};
+  for (const field of fillableMetadataFields) {
+    if (hasMetadataValue(metadata[field])) continue;
+    const source = completionOrder.find((candidate) => hasMetadataValue(normalizeCandidateField(candidate.match, field)));
+    if (!source) continue;
+    metadata[field] = normalizeCandidateField(source.match, field) as never;
+    provenance[field] = source.provider;
+    provenance[`${field}Score` as MetadataField] = String(source.score) as never;
+  }
+  const coverSource = completionOrder.find((candidate) => isQualifiedSourceCover(candidate) && hasMetadataValue(candidate.match.coverPath));
+  if (coverSource && shouldUseSourceCover(metadata.coverPath)) {
+    metadata.coverPath = coverSource.match.coverPath ?? null;
+    provenance.coverPath = coverSource.provider;
+    provenance.coverPathScore = String(coverSource.score) as never;
+  }
+  return { metadata, provenance };
+}
+
+function compareProviderCandidates(left: ProviderCandidate, right: ProviderCandidate): number {
+  if (left.isbnMatch !== right.isbnMatch) return left.isbnMatch ? -1 : 1;
+  const leftHighConfidence = isHighConfidenceSelection(left);
+  const rightHighConfidence = isHighConfidenceSelection(right);
+  if (leftHighConfidence && rightHighConfidence) return left.priority - right.priority;
+  if (leftHighConfidence !== rightHighConfidence) return leftHighConfidence ? -1 : 1;
+  if (left.score !== right.score) return right.score - left.score;
+  return left.priority - right.priority;
+}
+
+function isHighConfidenceSelection(candidate: ProviderCandidate): boolean {
+  return candidate.titleScore > 90 && (candidate.authorScore == null || candidate.authorScore >= 15);
+}
+
+function isQualifiedSourceCover(candidate: ProviderCandidate): boolean {
+  return candidate.score >= 80 && candidate.titleScore >= 85 && Boolean(candidate.match.coverPath ?? candidate.match.coverUrl);
+}
+
+function shouldUseSourceCover(currentCoverPath: string | null): boolean {
+  return !hasMetadataValue(currentCoverPath) || isLocalCoverPath(currentCoverPath);
+}
+
+function isLocalCoverPath(value: string): boolean {
+  return /[/\\]covers[/\\][a-f0-9]{24}\.[a-z0-9]+$/i.test(value);
+}
+
+function normalizeCandidateField(match: MetadataMatch, field: MetadataField): string | null {
+  if (field === "publishedDate") return normalizePublishedDate(match.publishedDate);
+  return match[field] ?? null;
+}
+
+function hasMetadataValue(value: string | null | undefined): value is string {
+  return Boolean(value && value.trim());
+}
+
+function provenanceFromLocal(local: BookMetadata): MetadataProvenance {
+  const provenance: MetadataProvenance = {};
+  for (const field of metadataFields) {
+    if (local[field] != null && local[field] !== "") provenance[field] = "local";
+  }
+  return provenance;
+}
+
+function computeMetadataStatus(metadata: Pick<BookMetadata, "author" | "description" | "isbn" | "language" | "publisher" | "publishedDate" | "coverPath">): MetadataStatus {
+  const hasCover = Boolean(metadata.coverPath);
+  const filled = [metadata.author, metadata.description, metadata.isbn, metadata.language, metadata.publisher, metadata.publishedDate].filter(Boolean).length;
+  if (hasCover && filled >= 2) return "enriched";
+  if (hasCover || filled > 0) return "partial";
+  return "none";
+}
+
+function mergeExistingProvenance(
+  enriched: BookMetadata & { metadataProvenanceJson: string },
+  existing: typeof books.$inferSelect,
+  finalValues: BookMetadata & { isbn13: string | null }
+): MetadataProvenance {
+  const next = parseProvenance(enriched.metadataProvenanceJson);
+  const previous = parseProvenance(existing.metadataProvenanceJson);
+  const provenance: MetadataProvenance = { ...previous };
+  for (const field of metadataFields) {
+    if (field === "title") {
+      if (finalValues.title && !provenance.title) {
+        provenance.title = finalValues.title === enriched.title && finalValues.title !== existing.title ? (next.title ?? "local") : (previous.title ?? "existing");
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (field === "publishedDate") {
+      const finalDate = normalizePublishedDate(finalValues.publishedDate);
+      if (finalDate && finalDate === normalizePublishedDate(enriched.publishedDate) && finalDate !== normalizePublishedDate(existing.publishedDate)) {
+        provenance[field] = next[field] ?? provenance[field];
+        copyScoreProvenance(next, provenance, field);
+      } else if (finalDate && !provenance[field]) {
+        provenance[field] = previous[field] ?? "existing";
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (field === "coverPath" && finalValues.coverPath && finalValues.coverPath === enriched.coverPath && finalValues.coverPath !== existing.coverPath) {
+      provenance.coverPath = next.coverPath ?? provenance.coverPath;
+      copyScoreProvenance(next, provenance, field);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (finalValues[field] && finalValues[field] === enriched[field] && finalValues[field] !== existing[field]) {
+      provenance[field] = next[field] ?? provenance[field];
+      copyScoreProvenance(next, provenance, field);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (finalValues[field] != null && existing[field] != null && !provenance[field]) {
+      provenance[field] = previous[field] ?? "existing";
+    }
+  }
+  return provenance;
+}
+
+function copyScoreProvenance(source: MetadataProvenance, target: MetadataProvenance, field: MetadataField): void {
+  const scoreKey = `${field}Score`;
+  if (source[scoreKey]) target[scoreKey] = source[scoreKey];
+}
+
+function parseProvenance(value: string | null): MetadataProvenance {
+  if (!value) return {};
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(value) as MetadataProvenance;
+    return parsed && typeof parsed === "object" ? parsed : {};
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+
+function coverExtension(url: string, contentType: string | null): string {
+  if (contentType?.includes("png")) return ".png";
+  if (contentType?.includes("webp")) return ".webp";
+  if (contentType?.includes("gif")) return ".gif";
+  const fromUrl = extname(new URL(url).pathname).toLowerCase();
+  return fromUrl === ".png" || fromUrl === ".webp" || fromUrl === ".gif" || fromUrl === ".jpg" || fromUrl === ".jpeg" ? fromUrl : ".jpg";
+}
+
+function parseStoredLocalMetadata(value: string | null): LocalMetadataHints | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(value) as Partial<LocalMetadataHints>;
+    return typeof parsed.title === "string" ? (parsed as LocalMetadataHints) : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function preserveExistingWhenMissing(
+  enriched: BookMetadata & {
+    isbn13: string | null;
+    identifiersJson: string;
+    localMetadataJson: string;
+    metadataStatus: MetadataStatus;
+    metadataProvenanceJson: string;
+  },
+  existing: typeof books.$inferSelect,
+  filePath: string
+): BookMetadata & { isbn13: string | null; metadataStatus: MetadataStatus; metadataProvenanceJson: string } {
+  const previousProvenance = parseProvenance(existing.metadataProvenanceJson);
+  const next = {
+    title: chooseTitle(existing.title, enriched.title, filePath),
+    author: existing.author ?? enriched.author,
+    description: existing.description ?? enriched.description,
+    isbn: existing.isbn ?? enriched.isbn,
+    isbn13: existing.isbn13 ?? enriched.isbn13,
+    language: existing.language ?? enriched.language,
+    publisher: existing.publisher ?? enriched.publisher,
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(existing.publishedDate) ?? normalizePublishedDate(enriched.publishedDate),
+    coverPath: chooseCoverPath(existing.coverPath, enriched.coverPath, previousProvenance)
+  };
+  const provenance = mergeExistingProvenance(enriched, existing, next);
+  return {
+    ...next,
+    metadataStatus: computeMetadataStatus(next),
+    metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify(provenance)
+  };
+}
+
+function chooseCoverPath(existingCoverPath: string | null, enrichedCoverPath: string | null, previousProvenance: MetadataProvenance): string | null {
+  if (!existingCoverPath) return enrichedCoverPath;
+  if (!enrichedCoverPath || enrichedCoverPath === existingCoverPath) return existingCoverPath;
+  return canReplaceExistingCover(existingCoverPath, previousProvenance) ? enrichedCoverPath : existingCoverPath;
+}
+
+function chooseTitle(existingTitle: string, enrichedTitle: string, filePath: string): string {
+  if (!enrichedTitle) return existingTitle;
+  if (!existingTitle) return enrichedTitle;
+  const parsedExisting = extractSeriesVolume(existingTitle, filePath).seriesTitle;
+  return parsedExisting === enrichedTitle && existingTitle !== enrichedTitle ? enrichedTitle : existingTitle;
+}
+
+function canReplaceExistingCover(existingCoverPath: string, previousProvenance: MetadataProvenance): boolean {
+  const provenance = previousProvenance.coverPath;
+  return (provenance == null || provenance === "local" || provenance === "existing") && isLocalCoverPath(existingCoverPath);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.types.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.types.ts
index c23b836..f2200da 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/metadata.types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { BookMetadata } from "../scanner/metadata.js";
 
-export type MetadataProviderId = "local" | "openlibrary" | "googlebooks" | "bnf";
+export type MetadataProviderId = "local" | "openlibrary" | "googlebooks" | "bnf" | "mangadex" | "comicvine";
 
 export type BookIdentifiers = {
   isbn10: string | null;
@@ -40,9 +40,17 @@ export type MetadataSearchQuery = {
 
 export type MetadataMatch = Partial<BookMetadata> & {
   sourceId?: string | null;
+  coverUrl?: string | null;
   identifiers?: Partial<BookIdentifiers>;
+  scoreTitle?: string | null;
 };
 
+export type MetadataField = "title" | "author" | "description" | "isbn" | "language" | "publisher" | "publishedDate" | "coverPath";
+
+export type MetadataStatus = "enriched" | "partial" | "none";
+
+export type MetadataProvenance = Partial<Record<string, MetadataProviderId | "existing" | string>>;
+
 export type MetadataProviderConfig = {
   provider: MetadataProviderId;
   enabled: boolean;
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/normalize-published-date.test.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/normalize-published-date.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd62f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/normalize-published-date.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "./use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
+
+describe("normalizePublishedDate", () => {
+  it("rejects sentinel and absurd dates seen in real metadata providers", () => {
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00")).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("0001-01-01")).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("1970-01-01")).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("0000")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps only credible supported date formats", () => {
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("2007")).toBe("2007");
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("2007-07")).toBe("2007-07");
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("2007-07-21")).toBe("2007-07-21");
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("2007-07-21T00:00:00+00:00")).toBe("2007-07-21");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects years outside the supported publication range", () => {
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("1499")).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizePublishedDate("2028")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/extract-series-volume.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/extract-series-volume.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f35cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/extract-series-volume.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { basename, extname } from "node:path";
+
+export type SeriesVolume = {
+  seriesTitle: string;
+  normalizedSeriesTitle: string;
+  volumeNumber: number | null;
+  volumeLabel: string | null;
+};
+
+export function extractSeriesVolume(title: string, filePath?: string | null): SeriesVolume {
+  const source = cleanSeriesSource(filePath ? basename(filePath, extname(filePath)) : title) || cleanSeriesSource(title) || title;
+  const explicit = source.match(/\b(?:T(?:ome)?|Vol(?:ume)?\.?|Issue|No\.?)\s*0*(\d{1,4})\b/i) ?? source.match(/#\s*0*(\d{1,4})\b/);
+  if (explicit?.[1]) {
+    return result(source.replace(explicit[0], " "), Number(explicit[1]), explicit[0].trim());
+  }
+
+  const padded = source.match(/\b(0{1,3}\d{1,4})\b\s*$/);
+  if (padded?.[1]) {
+    return result(source.slice(0, padded.index).trim(), Number(padded[1]), padded[1]);
+  }
+
+  return result(source, null, null);
+}
+
+function result(seriesTitle: string, volumeNumber: number | null, volumeLabel: string | null): SeriesVolume {
+  const title = cleanSeriesTitle(seriesTitle);
+  return {
+    seriesTitle: title,
+    normalizedSeriesTitle: normalizeSeriesTitle(title),
+    volumeNumber: Number.isFinite(volumeNumber) && volumeNumber !== null ? volumeNumber : null,
+    volumeLabel
+  };
+}
+
+function cleanSeriesSource(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\.[A-Za-z0-9]{2,5}$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\[[^\]]*\]/g, " ")
+    .replace(/[._]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(FRENCH|TRUEFRENCH|MULTI|CBZ|CBR|EPUB|PDF|eBook|ebook|scan|digital|retail)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\b(e?bdz|Paprika\+?|emuleCenter(?:\.|\s+)net)\b/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/[+]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+-\s+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s*-\s*$/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function cleanSeriesTitle(value: string): string {
+  return (
+    value
+      .replace(/\([^)]*\)/g, " ")
+      .replace(/\bby\s+[A-Za-z0-9À-ÖØ-öø-ÿ.' -]{2,80}$/i, " ")
+      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+      .trim() || "Untitled Series"
+  );
+}
+
+export function normalizeSeriesTitle(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .normalize("NFD")
+    .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c7fe72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+const minimumYear = 1500;
+const maximumYear = 2027;
+const rejectedExactDates = new Set(["0001-01-01", "0101-01-01", "1970-01-01"]);
+
+export function normalizePublishedDate(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  const text = value?.trim();
+  if (!text) return null;
+
+  const isoDate = text.match(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?:[T\s].*)?$/);
+  if (isoDate) {
+    const [, year, month, day] = isoDate;
+    const date = `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
+    if (rejectedExactDates.has(date)) return null;
+    return validDate(Number(year), Number(month), Number(day)) ? date : null;
+  }
+
+  const yearMonth = text.match(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})$/);
+  if (yearMonth) {
+    const [, year, month] = yearMonth;
+    return validYear(Number(year)) && validMonth(Number(month)) ? `${year}-${month}` : null;
+  }
+
+  const yearOnly = text.match(/^(\d{4})$/);
+  if (yearOnly) {
+    const year = Number(yearOnly[1]);
+    return validYear(year) ? yearOnly[1] : null;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+function validDate(year: number, month: number, day: number): boolean {
+  if (!validYear(year) || !validMonth(month) || day < 1 || day > 31) return false;
+  const date = new Date(Date.UTC(year, month - 1, day));
+  return date.getUTCFullYear() === year && date.getUTCMonth() === month - 1 && date.getUTCDate() === day;
+}
+
+function validYear(year: number): boolean {
+  return Number.isInteger(year) && year >= minimumYear && year <= maximumYear;
+}
+
+function validMonth(month: number): boolean {
+  return Number.isInteger(month) && month >= 1 && month <= 12;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/score-metadata-match.ts b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/score-metadata-match.ts
index a81de00..84e16b3 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/score-metadata-match.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/metadata/use-cases/score-metadata-match.ts
@@ -3,56 +3,125 @@ import { MetadataMatch, MetadataSearchQuery } from "../metadata.types.js";
 export type ScoredMetadataMatch = {
   match: MetadataMatch;
   score: number;
+  titleScore: number;
+  authorScore: number | null;
+  dateScore: number | null;
+  isbnMatch: boolean;
 };
 
 export class ScoreMetadataMatch {
   score(query: MetadataSearchQuery, match: MetadataMatch): number {
-    let score = 0;
-    const titleScore = similarity(normalize(query.title), normalize(match.title ?? ""));
-    score += titleScore * 0.7;
-
-    if (query.author && match.author) {
-      score += similarity(normalize(query.author), normalize(match.author)) * 0.2;
-    } else if (!query.author) {
-      score += 0.08;
-    }
-
-    const queryYear = query.year ?? null;
-    const matchYear = match.publishedDate?.match(/\b(1[5-9]\d{2}|20\d{2})\b/)?.[1] ?? null;
-    if (queryYear && matchYear) score += queryYear === matchYear ? 0.1 : -0.1;
-
-    if (query.isbn && match.isbn && query.isbn.replace(/\D/g, "") === match.isbn.replace(/\D/g, "")) {
-      score += 0.25;
-    }
-    return Math.max(0, Math.min(1, score));
+    return this.details(query, match).score;
   }
 
-  best(query: MetadataSearchQuery, matches: MetadataMatch[], minimumScore = 0.55): ScoredMetadataMatch | null {
+  details(query: MetadataSearchQuery, match: MetadataMatch): ScoredMetadataMatch {
+    const titleScore = scoreTitle(query.title, match.scoreTitle ?? match.title ?? "");
+    const authorScore = query.author ? scoreAuthor(query.author, match.author) : null;
+    const dateScore = query.year ? scoreDate(query.year, match.publishedDate) : null;
+    const isbnMatch = exactIsbnMatch(query.isbn, match.isbn);
+    const maxPossible = 100 + (authorScore == null ? 0 : 30) + (dateScore == null ? 0 : 10);
+    const sum = titleScore + (authorScore ?? 0) + (dateScore ?? 0);
+    return {
+      match,
+      score: maxPossible ? Math.round((100 * sum) / maxPossible) : 0,
+      titleScore,
+      authorScore,
+      dateScore,
+      isbnMatch
+    };
+  }
+
+  best(query: MetadataSearchQuery, matches: MetadataMatch[], minimumScore = 0): ScoredMetadataMatch | null {
     const scored = matches
-      .map((match) => ({ match, score: this.score(query, match) }))
-      .sort((left, right) => right.score - left.score);
+      .map((match) => this.details(query, match))
+      .sort((left, right) => compareScoredMatches(query, left, right));
     const best = scored[0];
     return best && best.score >= minimumScore ? best : null;
   }
 }
 
-function normalize(value: string): string {
+function compareScoredMatches(query: MetadataSearchQuery, left: ScoredMetadataMatch, right: ScoredMetadataMatch): number {
+  if (left.isbnMatch !== right.isbnMatch) return left.isbnMatch ? -1 : 1;
+  const leftTitleAuthor = isHighConfidenceTitleAuthor(query, left);
+  const rightTitleAuthor = isHighConfidenceTitleAuthor(query, right);
+  if (leftTitleAuthor !== rightTitleAuthor) return leftTitleAuthor ? -1 : 1;
+  return right.score - left.score;
+}
+
+function isHighConfidenceTitleAuthor(query: MetadataSearchQuery, scored: ScoredMetadataMatch): boolean {
+  return scored.titleScore > 90 && (!query.author || (scored.authorScore ?? 0) >= 15);
+}
+
+function scoreTitle(left: string, right: string): number {
+  const normalizedLeft = normalizeTitle(left);
+  const normalizedRight = normalizeTitle(right);
+  if (!normalizedLeft || !normalizedRight) return 0;
+  if (normalizedLeft === normalizedRight) return 100;
+  if (normalizedLeft.includes(normalizedRight) || normalizedRight.includes(normalizedLeft)) return 95;
+  return Math.round(jaccard(tokens(normalizedLeft), tokens(normalizedRight)) * 100);
+}
+
+function scoreAuthor(localAuthor: string, sourceAuthor: string | null | undefined): number {
+  const local = authorSet(localAuthor);
+  if (!local.size) return 0;
+  const source = authorSet(sourceAuthor ?? "");
+  const present = [...local].filter((author) => source.has(author)).length;
+  return 30 * (present / local.size);
+}
+
+function scoreDate(localYear: string, sourceDate: string | null | undefined): number {
+  const left = Number(yearFrom(localYear));
+  const right = Number(yearFrom(sourceDate ?? ""));
+  if (!left || !right) return 0;
+  if (left === right) return 10;
+  return Math.abs(left - right) <= 1 ? 5 : 0;
+}
+
+function exactIsbnMatch(left: string | null | undefined, right: string | null | undefined): boolean {
+  const normalizedLeft = normalizeIsbn(left);
+  const normalizedRight = normalizeIsbn(right);
+  return Boolean(normalizedLeft && normalizedRight && normalizedLeft === normalizedRight);
+}
+
+function normalizeTitle(value: string): string {
+  return normalizeText(value.split(":")[0] ?? "").replace(/^(?:le|la|les|the|a|an|l)\s+/, "");
+}
+
+function normalizeText(value: string): string {
   return value
     .normalize("NFD")
     .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, " ")
-    .replace(/\b(le|la|les|the|a|an|de|du|des|et|and)\b/g, " ")
     .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
     .trim();
 }
 
-function similarity(left: string, right: string): number {
-  if (!left || !right) return 0;
-  if (left === right) return 1;
-  const leftTokens = new Set(left.split(" "));
-  const rightTokens = new Set(right.split(" "));
+function authorSet(value: string): Set<string> {
+  return new Set(
+    value
+      .split(/[,;&/]|\band\b|\bet\b/gi)
+      .map(normalizeText)
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .sort()
+  );
+}
+
+function tokens(value: string): Set<string> {
+  return new Set(value.split(" ").filter(Boolean));
+}
+
+function jaccard(leftTokens: Set<string>, rightTokens: Set<string>): number {
   const intersection = [...leftTokens].filter((token) => rightTokens.has(token)).length;
   const union = new Set([...leftTokens, ...rightTokens]).size;
   return union ? intersection / union : 0;
 }
+
+function yearFrom(value: string): string | null {
+  return value.match(/\b(1[5-9]\d{2}|20\d{2})\b/)?.[1] ?? null;
+}
+
+function normalizeIsbn(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  const normalized = value?.replace(/[^0-9X]/gi, "").toUpperCase() ?? "";
+  return normalized || null;
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.test.ts b/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.test.ts
index 18e0b9a..c7ca2b4 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import AdmZip from "adm-zip";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { listCbzImageEntries } from "../common/cbz.js";
 import { extractMetadata } from "./metadata.js";
 
+vi.mock("../common/cbr.js", () => ({
+  listCbrImageEntries: async () => [{ entryName: "001.jpg", name: "001.jpg" }],
+  readCbrPage: async () => ({ entryName: "001.jpg", data: Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xd9]) })
+}));
+
 describe("pdf metadata extraction", () => {
   it("falls back to file name and reads simple PDF info fields", async () => {
     const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "readabook-"));
@@ -36,3 +41,16 @@ describe("cbz metadata extraction", () => {
     expect(pages.map((page) => page.name)).toEqual(["001.jpg", "002.jpg"]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("cbr metadata extraction", () => {
+  it("uses the file name as title and first extracted image as cover", async () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "readabook-"));
+    const file = join(dir, "Comic Two.cbr");
+    writeFileSync(file, "rar");
+
+    const metadata = await extractMetadata(file, dir);
+
+    expect(metadata.title).toBe("Comic Two");
+    expect(metadata.coverPath).toMatch(/covers\/[a-f0-9]+\.jpg$/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.ts b/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.ts
index ea232f1..b5bd46a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scanner/metadata.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { basename, dirname, extname, join } from "node:path";
 import AdmZip from "adm-zip";
 import { XMLParser } from "fast-xml-parser";
-import { listCbrImageEntries } from "../common/cbr.js";
+import { listCbrImageEntries, readCbrPage } from "../common/cbr.js";
 import { listCbzImageEntries } from "../common/cbz.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
 
 export type BookMetadata = {
   title: string;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ function extractEpubMetadata(filePath: string, storageDir: string): BookMetadata
     isbn,
     language: firstText(metadata["dc:language"]),
     publisher: firstText(metadata["dc:publisher"]),
-    publishedDate: firstText(metadata["dc:date"]),
+    publishedDate: normalizePublishedDate(firstText(metadata["dc:date"])),
     coverPath
   };
 }
@@ -97,10 +98,12 @@ function extractCbzMetadata(filePath: string, storageDir: string): BookMetadata
 }
 
 async function extractCbrMetadata(filePath: string, storageDir: string): Promise<BookMetadata> {
-  await listCbrImageEntries(filePath);
+  const firstPage = (await listCbrImageEntries(filePath))[0];
+  const page = await readCbrPage(filePath, 1, storageDir);
+  const coverPath = writeCoverData(page.data, firstPage.entryName, filePath, storageDir);
   return {
     ...fallbackMetadata(filePath),
-    coverPath: null
+    coverPath
   };
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +168,15 @@ function extractCover(zip: AdmZip, coverPathInZip: string, filePath: string, sto
   return target;
 }
 
+function writeCoverData(data: Buffer, entryName: string, filePath: string, storageDir: string): string {
+  const extension = extname(entryName) || ".jpg";
+  const hash = createHash("sha256").update(filePath).digest("hex").slice(0, 24);
+  const target = join(storageDir, "covers", `${hash}${extension}`);
+  mkdirSync(dirname(target), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(target, data);
+  return target;
+}
+
 function matchPdfInfo(text: string, key: string): string | null {
   return text.match(new RegExp(`/${key}\\s*\\(([^)]{1,500})\\)`))?.[1] ?? null;
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.test.ts b/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.test.ts
index 2238eee..b23b2b8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { scanDigest } from "./scanner.service.js";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
+import { books, libraries } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { JobsService } from "../jobs/jobs.service.js";
+import { enrichmentDigest, preserveExistingBookValues, scanDigest } from "./scanner.service.js";
+import { ScannerService } from "./scanner.service.js";
+
+const previousDatabasePath = process.env.DATABASE_PATH;
+const previousStorageDir = process.env.STORAGE_DIR;
+const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  process.env.DATABASE_PATH = previousDatabasePath;
+  process.env.STORAGE_DIR = previousStorageDir;
+  for (const dir of tempDirs.splice(0)) {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
 
 describe("scan digest", () => {
   it("reports incomplete files without exposing huge traces", () => {
@@ -17,4 +36,217 @@ describe("scan digest", () => {
     expect(detail).toContain("broken.cbr");
     expect(detail.length).toBeLessThan(380);
   });
+
+  it("reports metadata enrichment jobs as enrichment, not scans", () => {
+    expect(enrichmentDigest(35, [])).toBe("Enriched 35 book(s)");
+  });
+
+  it("does not erase existing metadata or cover when a rescan has less information", () => {
+    const existing: typeof books.$inferSelect = {
+      id: 1,
+      libraryId: 1,
+      seriesId: null,
+      title: "Daredevil",
+      author: "Roy Thomas",
+      description: "Existing description",
+      isbn: "9782809476255",
+      isbn13: "9782809476255",
+      identifiersJson: null,
+      localMetadataJson: null,
+      language: "fre",
+      publisher: "Panini comics",
+      publishedDate: "2019",
+      volumeNumber: null,
+      volumeLabel: null,
+      format: "cbz",
+      filePath: "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+      coverPath: "/storage/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+      metadataStatus: "enriched",
+      metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ author: "bnf", coverPath: "openlibrary" }),
+      scanStatus: "succeeded",
+      enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+      fileSize: 12,
+      fileMtime: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+      createdAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+      updatedAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"
+    };
+
+    const next = preserveExistingBookValues(
+      {
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "none",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+        scanStatus: "succeeded" as const
+      },
+      existing
+    );
+
+    expect(next).toMatchObject({
+      author: "Roy Thomas",
+      description: "Existing description",
+      isbn: "9782809476255",
+      coverPath: "/storage/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+      metadataStatus: "enriched"
+    });
+    expect(JSON.parse(String(next.metadataProvenanceJson))).toMatchObject({
+      title: "local",
+      author: "bnf",
+      coverPath: "openlibrary"
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not replace an existing valid publication date with a sentinel date", () => {
+    const existing = {
+      id: 1,
+      libraryId: 1,
+      seriesId: null,
+      title: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+      author: null,
+      description: null,
+      isbn: null,
+      isbn13: null,
+      identifiersJson: null,
+      localMetadataJson: null,
+      language: null,
+      publisher: null,
+      publishedDate: "2018",
+      volumeNumber: null,
+      volumeLabel: null,
+      format: "epub",
+      filePath: "/library/Lord of the Mysteries.epub",
+      coverPath: null,
+      metadataStatus: "partial",
+      metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ publishedDate: "existing" }),
+      scanStatus: "succeeded",
+      enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+      fileSize: 12,
+      fileMtime: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+      createdAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+      updatedAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"
+    } satisfies typeof books.$inferSelect;
+
+    const next = preserveExistingBookValues(
+      {
+        title: "Lord of the Mysteries",
+        publishedDate: "0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        metadataStatus: "partial",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local", publishedDate: "openlibrary" })
+      },
+      existing
+    );
+
+    expect(next.publishedDate).toBe("2018");
+  });
+
+  it.runIf(canLoadBetterSqlite())("updates the existing book when an insert races with books.file_path uniqueness", () => {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    const now = database.now();
+    const library = database.db
+      .insert(libraries)
+      .values({ name: "Corpus", path: "/library", enabled: true, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now })
+      .returning()
+      .get();
+    database.db
+      .insert(books)
+      .values({
+        libraryId: library.id,
+        seriesId: null,
+        title: "Daredevil",
+        author: null,
+        description: null,
+        isbn: null,
+        isbn13: null,
+        identifiersJson: null,
+        localMetadataJson: null,
+        language: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        publishedDate: null,
+        volumeNumber: null,
+        volumeLabel: null,
+        format: "cbz",
+        filePath: "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+        coverPath: null,
+        metadataStatus: "none",
+        metadataProvenanceJson: null,
+        scanStatus: "succeeded",
+        enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+        fileSize: 1,
+        fileMtime: now,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .run();
+    const scanner = new ScannerService(database, new JobsService(database), {} as never);
+    const values: Omit<typeof books.$inferInsert, "createdAt"> = {
+      libraryId: library.id,
+      seriesId: null,
+      title: "Daredevil",
+      author: "Roy Thomas",
+      description: "Updated metadata",
+      isbn: null,
+      isbn13: null,
+      identifiersJson: null,
+      localMetadataJson: null,
+      language: null,
+      publisher: null,
+      publishedDate: null,
+      volumeNumber: null,
+      volumeLabel: null,
+      format: "cbz",
+      filePath: "/library/Daredevil.cbz",
+      coverPath: "/storage/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+      metadataStatus: "enriched",
+      metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ author: "bnf", coverPath: "local" }),
+      scanStatus: "succeeded",
+      enrichmentStatus: "succeeded",
+      fileSize: 2,
+      fileMtime: now,
+      updatedAt: now
+    };
+
+    (scanner as unknown as {
+      upsertBookByFilePath(values: Omit<typeof books.$inferInsert, "createdAt">, existing: undefined, createdAt: string): void;
+    }).upsertBookByFilePath(
+      values,
+      undefined,
+      now
+    );
+
+    const rows = database.db.select().from(books).all();
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0]).toMatchObject({
+      author: "Roy Thomas",
+      coverPath: "/storage/covers/daredevil.jpg",
+      metadataStatus: "enriched",
+      fileSize: 2
+    });
+
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+  });
 });
+
+function createDatabase(): DatabaseService {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "readabook-scanner-service-"));
+  tempDirs.push(dir);
+  process.env.DATABASE_PATH = join(dir, "readabook.sqlite");
+  process.env.STORAGE_DIR = join(dir, "storage");
+  return new DatabaseService();
+}
+
+function canLoadBetterSqlite(): boolean {
+  try {
+    const database = createDatabase();
+    database.onModuleDestroy();
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.ts b/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.ts
index b526caa..33382b6 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scanner/scanner.service.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import { existsSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { basename, extname, join } from "node:path";
 import { eq, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { DatabaseService } from "../database/database.service.js";
-import { automationSettings, books, libraries } from "../database/schema.js";
+import { automationSettings, books, libraries, series } from "../database/schema.js";
 import { JobsService } from "../jobs/jobs.service.js";
 import { MetadataService } from "../metadata/metadata.service.js";
+import { extractSeriesVolume } from "../metadata/use-cases/extract-series-volume.js";
+import { normalizePublishedDate } from "../metadata/use-cases/normalize-published-date.js";
 import { extractMetadata } from "./metadata.js";
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -86,23 +88,40 @@ export class ScannerService {
     this.jobs.markRunning(jobId, "Enriching existing books");
     const rows = this.database.db.select({ id: books.id }).from(books).all();
     let count = 0;
+    const failures: ScanFailure[] = [];
     for (const row of rows) {
-      await this.metadata.enrichBook(row.id);
-      count += 1;
+      this.markBookEnrichmentStatus(row.id, "running");
+      try {
+        await this.metadata.enrichBook(row.id);
+        this.markBookEnrichmentStatus(row.id, "succeeded");
+        count += 1;
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.markBookEnrichmentStatus(row.id, "failed");
+        failures.push({ filePath: `book #${row.id}`, error: errorMessage(error) });
+      }
     }
-    this.jobs.markSucceeded(jobId, `Enriched ${count} book(s)`);
+    this.jobs.markSucceeded(jobId, enrichmentDigest(count, failures));
   }
 
   private async ingestFile(libraryId: number, filePath: string): Promise<void> {
     const stats = statSync(filePath);
+    const existing = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.filePath, filePath)).get();
+    if (existing) {
+      this.database.db
+        .update(books)
+        .set({ scanStatus: "running", enrichmentStatus: "running", updatedAt: this.database.now() })
+        .where(eq(books.id, existing.id))
+        .run();
+    }
     const localMetadata = await extractMetadata(filePath, this.database.config.storageDir);
     const now = this.database.now();
     const format = bookFormatFromPath(filePath);
-    const existing = this.database.db.select({ id: books.id }).from(books).where(eq(books.filePath, filePath)).get();
     const shouldRemoteEnrich = !existing ? this.shouldAutoEnrichNewBooks() : true;
     const metadata = await this.metadata.enrichMetadata(localMetadata, filePath, { remote: shouldRemoteEnrich });
+    const seriesInfo = this.resolveSeries(metadata.title, filePath);
     const values = {
       libraryId,
+      seriesId: seriesInfo.seriesId,
       title: metadata.title,
       author: metadata.author,
       description: metadata.description,
@@ -113,25 +132,31 @@ export class ScannerService {
       language: metadata.language,
       publisher: metadata.publisher,
       publishedDate: metadata.publishedDate,
+      volumeNumber: seriesInfo.volumeNumber,
+      volumeLabel: seriesInfo.volumeLabel,
       format,
       filePath,
       coverPath: metadata.coverPath,
+      metadataStatus: metadata.metadataStatus,
+      metadataProvenanceJson: metadata.metadataProvenanceJson,
+      scanStatus: "succeeded" as const,
+      enrichmentStatus: shouldRemoteEnrich ? ("succeeded" as const) : ("idle" as const),
       fileSize: stats.size,
       fileMtime: stats.mtime.toISOString(),
       updatedAt: now
     };
 
-    existing
-      ? this.database.db.update(books).set(values).where(eq(books.id, existing.id)).returning().get()
-      : this.database.db.insert(books).values({ ...values, createdAt: now }).returning().get();
+    this.upsertBookByFilePath(values, existing, now);
   }
 
   private ingestIncompleteFile(libraryId: number, filePath: string): void {
     const stats = statSync(filePath);
     const now = this.database.now();
-    const existing = this.database.db.select({ id: books.id }).from(books).where(eq(books.filePath, filePath)).get();
+    const existing = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.filePath, filePath)).get();
+    const seriesInfo = this.resolveSeries(basename(filePath, extname(filePath)), filePath);
     const values = {
       libraryId,
+      seriesId: seriesInfo.seriesId,
       title: basename(filePath, extname(filePath)),
       author: null,
       description: null,
@@ -154,17 +179,41 @@ export class ScannerService {
       language: null,
       publisher: null,
       publishedDate: null,
+      volumeNumber: seriesInfo.volumeNumber,
+      volumeLabel: seriesInfo.volumeLabel,
       format: bookFormatFromPath(filePath),
       filePath,
       coverPath: null,
+      metadataStatus: "none" as const,
+      metadataProvenanceJson: JSON.stringify({ title: "local" }),
+      scanStatus: "failed" as const,
+      enrichmentStatus: "failed" as const,
       fileSize: stats.size,
       fileMtime: stats.mtime.toISOString(),
       updatedAt: now
     };
 
-    existing
-      ? this.database.db.update(books).set(values).where(eq(books.id, existing.id)).returning().get()
-      : this.database.db.insert(books).values({ ...values, createdAt: now }).returning().get();
+    this.upsertBookByFilePath(values, existing, now);
+  }
+
+  private upsertBookByFilePath(
+    values: Omit<typeof books.$inferInsert, "createdAt">,
+    existing: typeof books.$inferSelect | undefined,
+    createdAt: string
+  ): void {
+    if (existing) {
+      this.database.db.update(books).set(preserveExistingBookValues(values, existing)).where(eq(books.id, existing.id)).run();
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      this.database.db.insert(books).values({ ...values, createdAt }).run();
+      return;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isUniqueFilePathError(error)) throw error;
+      const current = this.database.db.select().from(books).where(eq(books.filePath, values.filePath)).get();
+      if (!current) throw error;
+      this.database.db.update(books).set(preserveExistingBookValues(values, current)).where(eq(books.id, current.id)).run();
+    }
   }
 
   private removeMissingBooks(libraryId: number, seen: Set<string>): number {
@@ -184,6 +233,32 @@ export class ScannerService {
         .get()?.autoEnrichNewBooks
     );
   }
+
+  private markBookEnrichmentStatus(id: number, enrichmentStatus: "running" | "succeeded" | "failed"): void {
+    this.database.db.update(books).set({ enrichmentStatus, updatedAt: this.database.now() }).where(eq(books.id, id)).run();
+  }
+
+  private resolveSeries(title: string, filePath: string): { seriesId: number; volumeNumber: number | null; volumeLabel: string | null } {
+    const parsed = extractSeriesVolume(title, filePath);
+    const now = this.database.now();
+    const row = this.database.db
+      .insert(series)
+      .values({
+        title: parsed.seriesTitle,
+        normalizedTitle: parsed.normalizedSeriesTitle,
+        description: null,
+        publisher: null,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now
+      })
+      .onConflictDoUpdate({
+        target: series.normalizedTitle,
+        set: { title: parsed.seriesTitle, updatedAt: now }
+      })
+      .returning({ id: series.id })
+      .get();
+    return { seriesId: row.id, volumeNumber: parsed.volumeNumber, volumeLabel: parsed.volumeLabel };
+  }
 }
 
 type ScanFailure = {
@@ -202,6 +277,17 @@ export function scanDigest(scanned: number, removed: number, failures: ScanFailu
   return `${base}, ${failures.length} incomplete file(s): ${examples}${extra}`;
 }
 
+export function enrichmentDigest(enriched: number, failures: ScanFailure[]): string {
+  const base = `Enriched ${enriched} book(s)`;
+  if (!failures.length) return base;
+  const examples = failures
+    .slice(0, 3)
+    .map((failure) => `${basename(failure.filePath)}: ${truncate(failure.error)}`)
+    .join("; ");
+  const extra = failures.length > 3 ? `; ${failures.length - 3} more` : "";
+  return `${base}, ${failures.length} incomplete book(s): ${examples}${extra}`;
+}
+
 function errorMessage(error: unknown): string {
   if (error instanceof Error && error.message) return truncate(error.message);
   return truncate(String(error));
@@ -233,3 +319,49 @@ function bookFormatFromPath(filePath: string): "epub" | "pdf" | "cbz" | "cbr" {
   if (extension === ".cbr") return "cbr";
   return "pdf";
 }
+
+export function preserveExistingBookValues<T extends Partial<typeof books.$inferInsert>>(values: T, existing: typeof books.$inferSelect): T {
+  const next = { ...values };
+  if (next.scanStatus === "failed" && existing.title) {
+    next.title = existing.title as never;
+  }
+  for (const field of ["author", "description", "isbn", "isbn13", "language", "publisher", "publishedDate", "coverPath", "seriesId", "volumeNumber", "volumeLabel"] as const) {
+    if (field === "publishedDate") {
+      next.publishedDate = (normalizePublishedDate(next.publishedDate) ?? normalizePublishedDate(existing.publishedDate)) as never;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (next[field] == null && existing[field] != null) {
+      next[field] = existing[field] as never;
+    }
+  }
+  next.metadataStatus = computeMetadataStatus(next, existing.metadataStatus) as never;
+  next.metadataProvenanceJson = mergeProvenanceJson(String(next.metadataProvenanceJson ?? "{}"), existing.metadataProvenanceJson) as never;
+  return next;
+}
+
+function computeMetadataStatus(values: Partial<typeof books.$inferInsert>, existingStatus: string): "enriched" | "partial" | "none" {
+  const hasCover = Boolean(values.coverPath);
+  const filled = [values.author, values.description, values.isbn, values.language, values.publisher, values.publishedDate].filter(Boolean).length;
+  const computed = hasCover && filled >= 2 ? "enriched" : hasCover || filled > 0 ? "partial" : "none";
+  const rank = { none: 0, partial: 1, enriched: 2 } as const;
+  const safeExisting = existingStatus === "enriched" || existingStatus === "partial" || existingStatus === "none" ? existingStatus : "none";
+  return rank[computed] >= rank[safeExisting] ? computed : safeExisting;
+}
+
+function mergeProvenanceJson(nextJson: string, existingJson: string | null): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({ ...parseJsonObject(existingJson), ...parseJsonObject(nextJson) });
+}
+
+function parseJsonObject(value: string | null): Record<string, unknown> {
+  if (!value) return {};
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
+    return parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && !Array.isArray(parsed) ? (parsed as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+
+function isUniqueFilePathError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return error instanceof Error && error.message.includes("UNIQUE constraint failed: books.file_path");
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/nginx/default.conf b/apps/web/nginx/default.conf
index 4061245..8b917b9 100644
--- a/apps/web/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/apps/web/nginx/default.conf
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ server {
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
   }
 
+  location ^~ /series {
+    proxy_pass http://api:3000;
+    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+  }
+
   location ^~ /progress {
     proxy_pass http://api:3000;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index 0831671..a5e4683 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { LoginPage } from "./pages/LoginPage";
 import { ProfilePage } from "./pages/ProfilePage";
 import { ReaderPage } from "./pages/ReaderPage";
 import { SearchPage } from "./pages/SearchPage";
+import { SeriesPage } from "./pages/SeriesPage";
 import { SetupPage } from "./pages/SetupPage";
 import { navigate, parseRoute, type Route } from "./router";
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ function renderRoute(route: Route, session: Session, refreshSession: () => Promi
       <HomePage />
     ) : route.name === "library" ? (
       <LibraryPage libraryId={route.libraryId} />
+    ) : route.name === "catalogSeries" ? (
+      <SeriesPage seriesName={route.seriesName} />
     ) : route.name === "book" ? (
       <BookPage bookId={route.bookId} />
     ) : route.name === "reader" ? (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/api/mockData.ts b/apps/web/src/api/mockData.ts
index 23acb66..569c6f6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/api/mockData.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/api/mockData.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ import type { ContinueItem } from "./types";
 
 const now = new Date().toISOString();
 
+type BookPipelineStatus = "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed";
+type BookMetadataStatus = "enriched" | "partial" | "none";
+type MockBookDto = Omit<BookDto, "metadataStatus" | "metadataProvenance" | "scanStatus" | "enrichmentStatus"> & {
+  metadataStatus?: BookMetadataStatus;
+  metadataProvenance?: Record<string, string>;
+  scanStatus?: BookPipelineStatus;
+  enrichmentStatus?: BookPipelineStatus;
+};
+
+function mockBook(book: MockBookDto): BookDto {
+  return {
+    metadataStatus: "partial",
+    metadataProvenance: { local: "fixture" },
+    scanStatus: "idle",
+    enrichmentStatus: "idle",
+    ...book
+  } as BookDto;
+}
+
 export const mockUser: UserDto = {
   id: 1,
   email: "admin@readabook.local",
@@ -17,7 +36,7 @@ export const mockLibraries: LibraryDto[] = [
 ];
 
 export const mockBooks: BookDto[] = [
-  {
+  mockBook({
     id: 1,
     libraryId: 1,
     title: "L'Herbier des machines",
@@ -35,8 +54,8 @@ export const mockBooks: BookDto[] = [
     fileMtime: now,
     createdAt: now,
     updatedAt: now
-  },
-  {
+  }),
+  mockBook({
     id: 2,
     libraryId: 2,
     title: "Cartographie des songes",
@@ -54,8 +73,8 @@ export const mockBooks: BookDto[] = [
     fileMtime: now,
     createdAt: now,
     updatedAt: now
-  },
-  {
+  }),
+  mockBook({
     id: 3,
     libraryId: 2,
     title: "Les vitrines de verre",
@@ -73,8 +92,8 @@ export const mockBooks: BookDto[] = [
     fileMtime: now,
     createdAt: now,
     updatedAt: now
-  },
-  {
+  }),
+  mockBook({
     id: 4,
     libraryId: 2,
     title: "Cabinet noir",
@@ -92,7 +111,7 @@ export const mockBooks: BookDto[] = [
     fileMtime: now,
     createdAt: now,
     updatedAt: now
-  }
+  })
 ];
 
 export const mockProgress: ProgressDto[] = [
diff --git a/apps/web/src/api/types.ts b/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
index 28536d3..af8a676 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
@@ -36,3 +36,17 @@ export type ReaderPreferencesDto = {
   mode: ReaderMode;
   fit?: ReaderFit;
 };
+
+export function hasActiveCoverWork(jobs: JobDto[]) {
+  return jobs.some((job) => {
+    if (job.status !== "queued" && job.status !== "running") return false;
+    const type = job.type.toLowerCase();
+    return type.includes("scan") || type.includes("enrich") || type.includes("metadata") || type.includes("cover");
+  });
+}
+
+export function isBookCoverUpdating(book: BookDto, fallbackActive = false) {
+  const statuses = book as BookDto & { scanStatus?: string; enrichmentStatus?: string };
+  if (statuses.scanStatus === "running" || statuses.enrichmentStatus === "running") return true;
+  return statuses.scanStatus === undefined && statuses.enrichmentStatus === undefined && fallbackActive;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/book/metadata.test.ts b/apps/web/src/book/metadata.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff0a08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/book/metadata.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { BookDto } from "@readabook/shared";
+import {
+  bookCardVolumeLabel,
+  bookDisplayTitle,
+  bookMetadataSourceSummary,
+  bookMetadataStateLabel,
+  bookSeriesInfo,
+  bookSeriesLabel,
+  bookVolumeLabel,
+  displayPublishedDate,
+  jobDigestSummary
+} from "./metadata";
+
+type BookFixture = BookDto & {
+  metadataStatus: "enriched" | "partial" | "none";
+  metadataProvenance: Record<string, string>;
+  scanStatus: "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed";
+  enrichmentStatus: "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed";
+};
+
+const baseBook: BookFixture = {
+  id: 1,
+  libraryId: 1,
+  title: "Livre test",
+  author: null,
+  description: null,
+  isbn: null,
+  isbn13: null,
+  language: null,
+  publisher: null,
+  publishedDate: null,
+  format: "epub",
+  filePath: "/books/test.epub",
+  coverPath: null,
+  metadataStatus: "none",
+  metadataProvenance: {},
+  scanStatus: "idle",
+  enrichmentStatus: "idle",
+  fileSize: 1,
+  fileMtime: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+  createdAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"
+};
+
+describe("book metadata presentation", () => {
+  it("labels externally enriched books", () => {
+    const book: BookFixture = { ...baseBook, metadataStatus: "enriched", enrichmentStatus: "succeeded" };
+    expect(bookMetadataStateLabel(book)).toBe("enrichi");
+    expect(bookMetadataSourceSummary(book)).toBe("source locale + enrichissement externe");
+  });
+
+  it("labels locally discovered metadata as partial", () => {
+    const book: BookFixture = { ...baseBook, metadataStatus: "partial", author: "Ada", publishedDate: "1998", scanStatus: "succeeded" };
+    expect(bookMetadataStateLabel(book)).toBe("partiel");
+    expect(bookMetadataSourceSummary(book)).toBe("source locale uniquement");
+  });
+
+  it("labels books without exploitable metadata as missing", () => {
+    expect(bookMetadataStateLabel(baseBook)).toBe("non enrichi");
+    expect(bookMetadataSourceSummary(baseBook)).toBe("metadata indisponible");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts optional series fields when the backend exposes them", () => {
+    const book = { ...baseBook, title: "Nom fichier", series: "Cycle", volumeNumber: 2 } as BookDto & { series: string; volumeNumber: number };
+    expect(bookSeriesLabel(book)).toBe("Cycle · Volume 2");
+    expect(bookDisplayTitle(book)).toBe("Cycle");
+    expect(bookVolumeLabel(book)).toBe("Volume 2");
+  });
+
+  it("uses backend series objects and normalized backend volume labels", () => {
+    const book = {
+      ...baseBook,
+      title: "Daredevil",
+      series: { id: 1, title: "Daredevil", normalizedTitle: "daredevil", description: null, publisher: null, createdAt: baseBook.createdAt, updatedAt: baseBook.updatedAt },
+      volumeNumber: 1,
+      volumeLabel: "001"
+    } as BookDto;
+    expect(bookDisplayTitle(book)).toBe("Daredevil");
+    expect(bookVolumeLabel(book)).toBe("#1");
+    expect(bookSeriesLabel(book)).toBe("Daredevil · #1");
+  });
+
+  it("uses compact and unambiguous volume labels on book cards", () => {
+    expect(bookCardVolumeLabel({ ...baseBook, title: "Solo Leveling T03" })).toBe("T. 3");
+    expect(bookCardVolumeLabel({ ...baseBook, title: "Archive Volume 12" })).toBe("T. 12");
+    expect(bookCardVolumeLabel({ ...baseBook, title: "Daredevil #6" })).toBe("#6");
+  });
+
+  it("hides book card volume labels when the number is absent or ambiguous", () => {
+    const ambiguousBook = { ...baseBook, title: "Nom fichier", series: "Cycle", volumeLabel: "Tome final" } as BookDto & { series: string; volumeLabel: string };
+    expect(bookCardVolumeLabel(ambiguousBook)).toBeNull();
+    expect(bookCardVolumeLabel({ ...baseBook, title: "Livre sans tome" })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps admin job digest synthetic", () => {
+    expect(
+      jobDigestSummary({
+        id: 1,
+        type: "metadata-enrich",
+        status: "succeeded",
+        detail: null,
+        error: null,
+        createdAt: baseBook.createdAt,
+        updatedAt: baseBook.updatedAt
+      })
+    ).toBe("enrichissement externe");
+  });
+
+  it("hides sentinel and absent publication dates", () => {
+    expect(displayPublishedDate("0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00")).toBeNull();
+    expect(displayPublishedDate(null)).toBeNull();
+    expect(displayPublishedDate("")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders only the credible publication year", () => {
+    expect(displayPublishedDate("2007")).toBe("2007");
+    expect(displayPublishedDate("2007-07-21T00:00:00+00:00")).toBe("2007");
+    expect(displayPublishedDate("first published in 1998")).toBe("1998");
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes flexible series and volume suffixes from titles", () => {
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Daredevil 001" })).toEqual({ title: "Daredevil", volumeLabel: "#1", volumeNumber: 1 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Daredevil #6" })).toEqual({ title: "Daredevil", volumeLabel: "#6", volumeNumber: 6 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Solo Leveling T03" })).toEqual({ title: "Solo Leveling", volumeLabel: "Tome 3", volumeNumber: 3 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Eyeshield 21 T02" })).toEqual({ title: "Eyeshield 21", volumeLabel: "Tome 2", volumeNumber: 2 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Archive Tome 3" })).toEqual({ title: "Archive", volumeLabel: "Tome 3", volumeNumber: 3 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Archive Volume 3" })).toEqual({ title: "Archive", volumeLabel: "Volume 3", volumeNumber: 3 });
+    expect(bookSeriesInfo({ ...baseBook, title: "Archive Issue 6" })).toEqual({ title: "Archive", volumeLabel: "#6", volumeNumber: 6 });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/book/metadata.ts b/apps/web/src/book/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31a6ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/book/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import type { BookDto, JobDto } from "@readabook/shared";
+
+export type BookMetadataState = "enriched" | "partial" | "missing";
+
+const earliestCrediblePublishedYear = 1450;
+
+export type BookSeriesInfo = {
+  title: string;
+  volumeLabel: string | null;
+  volumeNumber: number | null;
+};
+
+type ExtendedBookDto = BookDto & {
+  scanStatus?: "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed";
+  enrichmentStatus?: "idle" | "running" | "succeeded" | "failed";
+  series?: string | { title?: string | null } | null;
+  seriesTitle?: string | null;
+  collection?: string | null;
+  volumeLabel?: string | null;
+  seriesIndex?: string | number | null;
+  seriesNumber?: string | number | null;
+  volume?: string | number | null;
+  volumeNumber?: string | number | null;
+  issue?: string | number | null;
+  issueNumber?: string | number | null;
+};
+
+function hasValue(value: unknown): value is string | number {
+  if (typeof value === "number") return Number.isFinite(value);
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
+}
+
+export function bookSeriesLabel(book: BookDto): string | null {
+  const series = bookSeriesInfo(book);
+  if (!series) return null;
+  return [series.title, series.volumeLabel].filter(Boolean).join(" · ");
+}
+
+function numericValue(value: unknown): number | null {
+  if (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)) return value;
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return null;
+  const match = value.trim().match(/\d+/);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  const parsed = Number(match[0]);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : null;
+}
+
+function normalizeVolumeLabel(value: unknown, fallbackKind: "tome" | "volume" | "issue" = "volume"): { label: string; number: number | null } | null {
+  if (!hasValue(value)) return null;
+  const raw = String(value).trim();
+  const number = numericValue(raw);
+  if (!number) return null;
+  if (/^(t|tome)\s*0*\d+$/i.test(raw)) return { label: `Tome ${number}`, number };
+  if (/^(vol\.?|volume)\s*0*\d+$/i.test(raw)) return { label: `Volume ${number}`, number };
+  if (/^(#|issue)\s*0*\d+$/i.test(raw)) return { label: `#${number}`, number };
+  if (/^0\d{2,}$/.test(raw)) return { label: `#${number}`, number };
+  if (fallbackKind === "tome") return { label: `Tome ${number}`, number };
+  if (fallbackKind === "issue") return { label: `#${number}`, number };
+  return { label: `Volume ${number}`, number };
+}
+
+function titleVolumeInfo(title: string): BookSeriesInfo | null {
+  const trimmed = title.trim();
+  const patterns: Array<{ pattern: RegExp; kind: "tome" | "volume" | "issue" }> = [
+    { pattern: /^(.+?)\s+(T|Tome)\s*0*(\d+)$/i, kind: "tome" },
+    { pattern: /^(.+?)\s+(Vol\.?|Volume)\s*0*(\d+)$/i, kind: "volume" },
+    { pattern: /^(.+?)\s+(#|Issue)\s*0*(\d+)$/i, kind: "issue" },
+    { pattern: /^(.+?)\s+0*(\d{3})$/i, kind: "issue" }
+  ];
+  for (const { pattern, kind } of patterns) {
+    const match = trimmed.match(pattern);
+    if (!match) continue;
+    const titlePart = match[1]?.trim();
+    const number = Number(match[3] ?? match[2]);
+    if (!titlePart || !Number.isFinite(number)) continue;
+    const normalized = normalizeVolumeLabel(number, kind);
+    if (!normalized) continue;
+    return { title: titlePart, volumeLabel: normalized.label, volumeNumber: normalized.number };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function bookSeriesInfo(book: BookDto): BookSeriesInfo | null {
+  const extended = book as ExtendedBookDto;
+  const seriesObjectTitle =
+    extended.series && typeof extended.series === "object" && hasValue(extended.series.title) ? extended.series.title : null;
+  const series = [seriesObjectTitle, extended.series, extended.seriesTitle, extended.collection].find(hasValue);
+  if (series) {
+    const explicitLabel = normalizeVolumeLabel(extended.volumeLabel);
+    const issue = normalizeVolumeLabel([extended.issueNumber, extended.issue, extended.seriesNumber].find(hasValue), "issue");
+    const volume = normalizeVolumeLabel([extended.volumeNumber, extended.volume, extended.seriesIndex].find(hasValue), "volume");
+    const position = explicitLabel ?? issue ?? volume;
+    return {
+      title: String(series),
+      volumeLabel: position?.label ?? null,
+      volumeNumber: position?.number ?? null
+    };
+  }
+  return titleVolumeInfo(book.title);
+}
+
+export function bookDisplayTitle(book: BookDto): string {
+  return bookSeriesInfo(book)?.title ?? book.title;
+}
+
+export function bookVolumeLabel(book: BookDto): string | null {
+  return bookSeriesInfo(book)?.volumeLabel ?? null;
+}
+
+export function bookCardVolumeLabel(book: BookDto): string | null {
+  const series = bookSeriesInfo(book);
+  if (!series?.volumeNumber) return null;
+  if (!series.volumeLabel) return null;
+  if (series.volumeLabel.startsWith("#")) return series.volumeLabel;
+  return `T. ${series.volumeNumber}`;
+}
+
+export function displayPublishedDate(value?: string | null): string | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return null;
+  const yearMatch = trimmed.match(/\b(\d{4})\b/);
+  if (!yearMatch) return null;
+  const year = Number(yearMatch[1]);
+  const nextYear = new Date().getFullYear() + 1;
+  if (!Number.isInteger(year) || year < earliestCrediblePublishedYear || year > nextYear) return null;
+  return String(year);
+}
+
+export function usefulMetadataCount(book: BookDto): number {
+  return [
+    book.author,
+    displayPublishedDate(book.publishedDate),
+    book.publisher,
+    book.description,
+    book.isbn13,
+    book.isbn,
+    book.coverPath,
+    bookSeriesLabel(book)
+  ].filter(hasValue).length;
+}
+
+export function bookMetadataState(book: BookDto): BookMetadataState {
+  const statuses = book as ExtendedBookDto;
+  if (statuses.enrichmentStatus === "succeeded") return "enriched";
+  if (usefulMetadataCount(book) > 0 || statuses.scanStatus === "succeeded") return "partial";
+  return "missing";
+}
+
+export function bookMetadataStateLabel(book: BookDto): string {
+  const state = bookMetadataState(book);
+  if (state === "enriched") return "enrichi";
+  if (state === "partial") return "partiel";
+  return "non enrichi";
+}
+
+export function bookMetadataSourceSummary(book: BookDto): string {
+  const statuses = book as ExtendedBookDto;
+  if (statuses.enrichmentStatus === "running" || statuses.scanStatus === "running") return "mise a jour en cours";
+  if (statuses.enrichmentStatus === "succeeded") return "source locale + enrichissement externe";
+  if (usefulMetadataCount(book) > 0 || statuses.scanStatus === "succeeded") return "source locale uniquement";
+  return "metadata indisponible";
+}
+
+export function jobDigestSummary(job: JobDto): string {
+  const detail = job.detail?.trim();
+  if (detail) return detail;
+  if (job.type.toLowerCase().includes("enrich")) return "enrichissement externe";
+  if (job.type.toLowerCase().includes("scan")) return "source locale";
+  return "travail catalogue";
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BookCard.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/BookCard.tsx
index 91b6476..a6725fc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BookCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BookCard.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
 import { BookOpen, Eye } from "lucide-react";
 import type { BookDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api } from "../api/client";
+import { bookCardVolumeLabel, bookDisplayTitle, bookMetadataState, bookMetadataStateLabel, displayPublishedDate } from "../book/metadata";
 import { navigate } from "../router";
 import { FormatPill } from "./ui";
 
-export function BookCard({ book, compact = false }: { book: BookDto; compact?: boolean }) {
+export function BookCard({ book, compact = false, coverLoading = false }: { book: BookDto; compact?: boolean; coverLoading?: boolean }) {
+  const metadataState = bookMetadataState(book);
+  const publishedDate = displayPublishedDate(book.publishedDate);
+  const volumeLabel = bookCardVolumeLabel(book);
+
   return (
     <article className={`book-card ${compact ? "book-card-compact" : ""}`}>
       <button className="cover-button" onClick={() => navigate(`/book/${book.id}`)} aria-label={`Ouvrir ${book.title}`}>
         {book.coverPath ? <img src={api.bookCoverUrl(book.id)} alt="" /> : <BookOpen size={34} />}
+        {coverLoading && <span className="cover-loading" aria-label="Jaquette en cours de mise à jour" />}
       </button>
       <div className="book-card-body">
         <div className="book-card-meta">
           <FormatPill format={book.format} />
-          <span>{book.language ?? "langue inconnue"}</span>
+          {volumeLabel && <span className="volume-pill">{volumeLabel}</span>}
+          <span className="book-card-language">{book.language ?? "langue inconnue"}</span>
         </div>
-        <h3>{book.title}</h3>
+        <h3>{bookDisplayTitle(book)}</h3>
         <p>{book.author ?? "Auteur inconnu"}</p>
+        {(volumeLabel || publishedDate) && (
+          <p className="book-card-submeta">
+            {[volumeLabel, publishedDate].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
+          </p>
+        )}
+        <span className={`metadata-pill metadata-${metadataState}`}>{bookMetadataStateLabel(book)}</span>
         {!compact && <p className="book-card-description">{book.description ?? "Notice absente du catalogue."}</p>}
         <div className="book-card-actions">
           <button className="ghost-button" onClick={() => navigate(`/book/${book.id}`)}>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminAutomationPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminAutomationPage.tsx
index a570abf..840feef 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminAutomationPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminAutomationPage.tsx
@@ -4,16 +4,21 @@ import type {
   AutomationFrequency,
   AutomationScheduleDto,
   AutomationSettingsDto,
-  MetadataProviderId,
   MetadataSourcesConfigDto
 } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
 import { ErrorRibbon, LoadingState, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 import {
+  type AdminMetadataProviderId,
+  type AdminMetadataSourcesConfig,
+  defaultMetadataSources,
   metadataSourcesPayload,
   moveSource,
   normalizeMetadataSources,
   providerLabels,
+  providerUiMessage,
+  providerUiState,
+  providerUiStateLabel,
   scheduleDays,
   scheduleSummary
 } from "./adminAutomation";
@@ -28,14 +33,9 @@ type ApiState<T> = {
   success?: string;
 };
 
-const defaultMetadataConfig: MetadataSourcesConfigDto = {
+const defaultMetadataConfig: AdminMetadataSourcesConfig = {
   isbnPriorityEnabled: true,
-  sources: [
-    { provider: "local", enabled: true, priority: 0, hasApiKey: false },
-    { provider: "openlibrary", enabled: false, priority: 1, hasApiKey: false },
-    { provider: "googlebooks", enabled: false, priority: 2, hasApiKey: false },
-    { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3, hasApiKey: false }
-  ]
+  sources: defaultMetadataSources
 };
 
 const defaultAutomationSettings: AutomationSettingsDto = {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const defaultAutomationSettings: AutomationSettingsDto = {
 
 export function AdminAutomationPage() {
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<AdminAutomationTab>("sources");
-  const [metadataState, setMetadataState] = useState<ApiState<MetadataSourcesConfigDto>>({
+  const [metadataState, setMetadataState] = useState<ApiState<AdminMetadataSourcesConfig>>({
     initial: null,
     draft: null,
     loading: true,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function AdminAutomationPage() {
     loading: true,
     saving: false
   });
-  const [apiKeys, setApiKeys] = useState<Partial<Record<MetadataProviderId, string>>>({});
+  const [apiKeys, setApiKeys] = useState<Partial<Record<AdminMetadataProviderId, string>>>({});
 
   const metadataDirty = useMemo(
     () => Boolean(metadataState.initial && metadataState.draft && JSON.stringify(metadataState.initial) !== JSON.stringify(metadataState.draft)),
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function AdminAutomationPage() {
       setMetadataState({ initial: next, draft: next, loading: false, saving: false });
       setApiKeys({});
     } catch (error) {
-      const fallback = getApiFallback<MetadataSourcesConfigDto>(error);
+      const fallback = getApiFallback<MetadataSourcesConfigDto | AdminMetadataSourcesConfig>(error);
       const next = normalizeMetadataSources(fallback ?? defaultMetadataConfig);
       setMetadataState({
         initial: next,
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ function MetadataSourcesPanel({
   onSubmit,
   onRefresh
 }: {
-  state: ApiState<MetadataSourcesConfigDto>;
+  state: ApiState<AdminMetadataSourcesConfig>;
   dirty: boolean;
-  apiKeys: Partial<Record<MetadataProviderId, string>>;
-  setApiKeys: (next: Partial<Record<MetadataProviderId, string>>) => void;
-  onChange: (draft: MetadataSourcesConfigDto) => void;
+  apiKeys: Partial<Record<AdminMetadataProviderId, string>>;
+  setApiKeys: (next: Partial<Record<AdminMetadataProviderId, string>>) => void;
+  onChange: (draft: AdminMetadataSourcesConfig) => void;
   onSubmit: (event: FormEvent) => void;
   onRefresh: () => Promise<void>;
 }) {
@@ -297,14 +297,25 @@ function MetadataSourcesPanel({
                   <small>{source.enabled ? "active" : "inactive"}</small>
                 </span>
               </label>
-              <label>
-                Cle API
-                <input
-                  value={apiKeys[source.provider] ?? ""}
-                  onChange={(event) => setApiKeys({ ...apiKeys, [source.provider]: event.target.value })}
-                  placeholder={source.hasApiKey ? "cle conservee" : "optionnelle"}
-                />
-              </label>
+              <div className="provider-config">
+                <div className="provider-state-line">
+                  <span className={`status-pill provider-state-${providerUiState(source)}`}>{providerUiStateLabel(source)}</span>
+                  <small>{providerUiMessage(source)}</small>
+                </div>
+                {source.provider === "comicvine" && (
+                  <p className="provider-warning">
+                    Usage non commercial uniquement. Verifier la compatibilite avec l'usage de ReadaBook.
+                  </p>
+                )}
+                <label>
+                  Cle API
+                  <input
+                    value={apiKeys[source.provider] ?? ""}
+                    onChange={(event) => setApiKeys({ ...apiKeys, [source.provider]: event.target.value })}
+                    placeholder={source.hasApiKey ? "cle conservee" : source.requiresCredentials ? "requise" : "optionnelle"}
+                  />
+                </label>
+              </div>
               <div className="provider-actions">
                 <button
                   className="ghost-button icon-button"
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminPage.tsx
index d3573dc..6f72640 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminPage.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ import { FormEvent, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Play, Plus, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import type { JobDto, LibraryDto, UserDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
+import { jobDigestSummary } from "../book/metadata";
 import { EmptyState, ErrorRibbon, LoadingState, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 
+function formatJobTime(value: string) {
+  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit" }).format(new Date(value));
+}
+
 export function AdminPage() {
   const [libraries, setLibraries] = useState<LibraryDto[]>([]);
   const [jobs, setJobs] = useState<JobDto[]>([]);
@@ -161,7 +166,13 @@ export function AdminPage() {
           <div className="job-list">
             {jobs.map((job) => (
               <div key={job.id}>
-                <strong>{job.type}</strong>
+                <div className="job-copy">
+                  <div>
+                    <strong>{job.type}</strong>
+                    <small>{jobDigestSummary(job)}</small>
+                  </div>
+                  <time dateTime={job.updatedAt}>{formatJobTime(job.updatedAt)}</time>
+                </div>
                 <span>{job.status}</span>
               </div>
             ))}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/BookPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/BookPage.tsx
index 79c70b5..2e607ce 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/BookPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/BookPage.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { BookOpen, LibraryBig, RotateCcw } from "lucide-react";
 import type { BookDto, ProgressDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
 import { cleanBookDescription } from "../book/description";
+import { bookDisplayTitle, bookMetadataState, bookMetadataStateLabel, bookSeriesInfo, displayPublishedDate } from "../book/metadata";
 import { EmptyState, ErrorRibbon, FormatPill, LoadingState, Meter, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 import { navigate } from "../router";
 
@@ -52,6 +53,18 @@ export function BookPage({ bookId }: { bookId: number }) {
     );
   }
 
+  const series = bookSeriesInfo(book);
+  const metadataState = bookMetadataState(book);
+  const publishedDate = displayPublishedDate(book.publishedDate);
+  const detailFacts = [
+    { label: "Auteur", value: book.author },
+    { label: "Date", value: publishedDate },
+    { label: "Serie", value: series?.title },
+    { label: "Position", value: series?.volumeLabel },
+    { label: "Editeur", value: book.publisher },
+    { label: "ISBN", value: book.isbn13 ?? book.isbn }
+  ].filter((fact) => fact.value);
+
   return (
     <div className="book-detail">
       <section className="book-portrait">
@@ -62,9 +75,18 @@ export function BookPage({ bookId }: { bookId: number }) {
         <div className="book-card-meta">
           <FormatPill format={book.format} />
           <span>{book.language ?? "langue inconnue"}</span>
+          <span className={`metadata-pill metadata-${metadataState}`}>{bookMetadataStateLabel(book)}</span>
         </div>
-        <h1>{book.title}</h1>
+        <h1>{bookDisplayTitle(book)}</h1>
         <p className="lead">{book.author ?? "Auteur inconnu"}</p>
+        <dl className="book-fact-list">
+          {detailFacts.map((fact) => (
+            <div key={fact.label}>
+              <dt>{fact.label}</dt>
+              <dd>{fact.value}</dd>
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </dl>
         <p className="book-description">{cleanBookDescription(book.description)}</p>
         {progress && <Meter value={progress.percent} />}
         <div className="book-card-actions">
@@ -76,6 +98,12 @@ export function BookPage({ bookId }: { bookId: number }) {
             <LibraryBig size={18} />
             Rayon
           </button>
+          {series && (
+            <button className="ghost-button" onClick={() => navigate(`/catalog/series/${encodeURIComponent(series.title)}`)}>
+              <LibraryBig size={18} />
+              Serie
+            </button>
+          )}
           {error && (
             <button className="ghost-button" onClick={() => void loadBook()}>
               <RotateCcw size={18} />
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/HomePage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
index f0daec1..6f700ae 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/HomePage.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { LibraryBig, ScanLine } from "lucide-react";
+import { BookOpen, LibraryBig, ScanLine } from "lucide-react";
 import { api } from "../api/client";
-import type { DashboardData } from "../api/types";
+import { hasActiveCoverWork, isBookCoverUpdating, type DashboardData } from "../api/types";
+import { bookDisplayTitle, bookMetadataState, bookMetadataStateLabel, bookVolumeLabel, displayPublishedDate } from "../book/metadata";
 import { BookCard } from "../components/BookCard";
 import { EmptyState, LoadingState, Meter, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 import { navigate } from "../router";
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
   }, []);
 
   if (!state) return <LoadingState />;
+  const fallbackCoverLoading = hasActiveCoverWork(state.jobs);
 
   return (
     <div className="page-grid">
@@ -49,13 +51,25 @@ export function HomePage() {
         </div>
         {state.continueReading.length ? (
           <div className="continue-grid">
-            {state.continueReading.map((item) => (
-              <button key={item.book.id} className="continue-tile" onClick={() => navigate(`/reader/${item.book.id}`)}>
-                <strong>{item.book.title}</strong>
-                <span>{item.book.author ?? "Auteur inconnu"}</span>
-                <Meter value={item.progress.percent} />
-              </button>
-            ))}
+            {state.continueReading.map((item) => {
+              const metadataState = bookMetadataState(item.book);
+              const publishedDate = displayPublishedDate(item.book.publishedDate);
+              const volumeLabel = bookVolumeLabel(item.book);
+              return (
+                <button key={item.book.id} className="continue-tile" onClick={() => navigate(`/reader/${item.book.id}`)}>
+                  <span className="continue-cover" aria-hidden="true">
+                    {item.book.coverPath ? <img src={api.bookCoverUrl(item.book.id)} alt="" /> : <BookOpen size={22} />}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="continue-copy">
+                    <strong>{bookDisplayTitle(item.book)}</strong>
+                    <span>{item.book.author ?? "Auteur inconnu"}</span>
+                    {(volumeLabel || publishedDate) && <span>{[volumeLabel, publishedDate].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}</span>}
+                    <span className={`metadata-pill metadata-${metadataState}`}>{bookMetadataStateLabel(item.book)}</span>
+                    <Meter value={item.progress.percent} />
+                  </span>
+                </button>
+              );
+            })}
           </div>
         ) : (
           <EmptyState title="Aucune trace" detail="Les lectures reprises apparaitront ici." />
@@ -79,7 +93,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
 
       <section className="book-grid span-3">
         {state.books.map((book) => (
-          <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} />
+          <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} coverLoading={isBookCoverUpdating(book, fallbackCoverLoading)} />
         ))}
       </section>
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/LibraryPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/LibraryPage.tsx
index c236922..2777027 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/LibraryPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/LibraryPage.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import type { BookDto, LibraryDto } from "@readabook/shared";
+import type { BookDto, JobDto, LibraryDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api } from "../api/client";
+import { hasActiveCoverWork, isBookCoverUpdating } from "../api/types";
 import { BookCard } from "../components/BookCard";
 import { EmptyState, LoadingState, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 
 export function LibraryPage({ libraryId }: { libraryId: number }) {
   const [books, setBooks] = useState<BookDto[] | null>(null);
   const [libraries, setLibraries] = useState<LibraryDto[]>([]);
+  const [jobs, setJobs] = useState<JobDto[]>([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let alive = true;
-    Promise.all([api.books({ libraryId }), api.libraries()]).then(([nextBooks, nextLibraries]) => {
+    Promise.all([api.books({ libraryId }), api.libraries(), api.jobs().catch(() => [])]).then(([nextBooks, nextLibraries, nextJobs]) => {
       if (!alive) return;
       setBooks(nextBooks);
       setLibraries(nextLibraries);
+      setJobs(nextJobs);
     });
     return () => {
       alive = false;
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ export function LibraryPage({ libraryId }: { libraryId: number }) {
 
   if (!books) return <LoadingState />;
   const library = libraries.find((item) => item.id === libraryId);
+  const fallbackCoverLoading = hasActiveCoverWork(jobs);
 
   return (
     <div className="page-grid">
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ export function LibraryPage({ libraryId }: { libraryId: number }) {
       {books.length ? (
         <section className="book-grid span-3">
           {books.map((book) => (
-            <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} />
+            <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} coverLoading={isBookCoverUpdating(book, fallbackCoverLoading)} />
           ))}
         </section>
       ) : (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/ReaderPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/ReaderPage.tsx
index 4cd025d..64d7455 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/ReaderPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/ReaderPage.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { BookDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
 import { CbzReader } from "../reader/CbzReader";
 import { EpubReader } from "../reader/EpubReader";
-import { parseCbrPageLocator, parseCbzPageLocator, parsePdfPageLocator, pdfPagePercent } from "../reader/locators";
+import { pageLocator, parseCbrPageLocator, parseCbzPageLocator, parsePdfPageLocator, pdfPagePercent } from "../reader/locators";
 import { PdfReader } from "../reader/PdfReader";
 import { ReaderShell, type ReaderControls } from "../reader/ReaderShell";
 import { useReaderPreferences } from "../reader/useReaderPreferences";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function ReaderPage({ bookId }: { bookId: number }) {
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
   const [readerControls, setReaderControls] = useState<ReaderControls>(idleControls);
   const [controlsVisible, setControlsVisible] = useState(true);
-  const { progress, saving, error: progressError, save } = useReaderProgress(bookId);
+  const { progress, saving, error: progressError, save, queueSave } = useReaderProgress(bookId);
   const { preferences, setMode, error: preferencesError } = useReaderPreferences(bookId);
 
   async function loadBook() {
@@ -58,20 +58,26 @@ export function ReaderPage({ bookId }: { bookId: number }) {
   const fileUrl = useMemo(() => api.bookFileUrl(bookId), [bookId]);
   const backHref = useMemo(() => (book ? `/book/${book.id}` : "/home"), [book]);
   const savePdfPage = useCallback(
-    (nextPage: number, pages: number) => {
+    (nextPage: number, pages: number, anchor = 1, strategy: "immediate" | "queued" = "immediate") => {
       setPage(nextPage);
-      void save(`pdf:page:${nextPage}`, pdfPagePercent(nextPage, pages));
+      const locator = pageLocator("pdf", nextPage, anchor);
+      const percent = pdfPagePercent(nextPage, pages, anchor);
+      if (strategy === "queued") queueSave(locator, percent);
+      else void save(locator, percent);
     },
-    [save]
+    [queueSave, save]
   );
   const saveEpubLocator = useCallback((locator: string, percent: number) => void save(locator, percent), [save]);
   const saveComicPage = useCallback(
-    (nextPage: number, pages: number) => {
+    (nextPage: number, pages: number, anchor = 1, strategy: "immediate" | "queued" = "immediate") => {
       setPage(nextPage);
       const prefix = book?.format === "cbr" ? "cbr" : "cbz";
-      void save(`${prefix}:page:${nextPage}`, pdfPagePercent(nextPage, pages));
+      const locator = pageLocator(prefix, nextPage, anchor);
+      const percent = pdfPagePercent(nextPage, pages, anchor);
+      if (strategy === "queued") queueSave(locator, percent);
+      else void save(locator, percent);
     },
-    [book?.format, save]
+    [book?.format, queueSave, save]
   );
 
   const readerError = error ?? progressError ?? preferencesError;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/SearchPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/SearchPage.tsx
index 802f63d..9fab0e7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/SearchPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/SearchPage.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { FormEvent, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Search } from "lucide-react";
-import type { BookDto } from "@readabook/shared";
+import type { BookDto, JobDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
+import { hasActiveCoverWork, isBookCoverUpdating } from "../api/types";
 import { BookCard } from "../components/BookCard";
 import { EmptyState, LoadingState, Panel } from "../components/ui";
 
 export function SearchPage() {
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
   const [books, setBooks] = useState<BookDto[]>([]);
+  const [jobs, setJobs] = useState<JobDto[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
 
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ export function SearchPage() {
     setLoading(true);
     setError(undefined);
     try {
-      setBooks(nextQuery.trim() ? await api.search(nextQuery.trim()) : await api.books());
+      const [nextBooks, nextJobs] = await Promise.all([nextQuery.trim() ? api.search(nextQuery.trim()) : api.books(), api.jobs().catch(() => [])]);
+      setBooks(nextBooks);
+      setJobs(nextJobs);
     } catch (loadError) {
       const fallback = getApiFallback<BookDto[]>(loadError);
       setBooks(fallback ?? []);
@@ -25,6 +29,8 @@ export function SearchPage() {
     }
   }
 
+  const fallbackCoverLoading = hasActiveCoverWork(jobs);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     void loadBooks("");
   }, []);
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ export function SearchPage() {
       ) : books.length ? (
         <section className="book-grid span-3">
           {books.map((book) => (
-            <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} />
+            <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} coverLoading={isBookCoverUpdating(book, fallbackCoverLoading)} />
           ))}
         </section>
       ) : (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/SeriesPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/SeriesPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c3bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/SeriesPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import type { BookDto } from "@readabook/shared";
+import { api } from "../api/client";
+import { bookSeriesInfo } from "../book/metadata";
+import { BookCard } from "../components/BookCard";
+import { EmptyState, LoadingState, Panel } from "../components/ui";
+
+export function SeriesPage({ seriesName }: { seriesName: string }) {
+  const [books, setBooks] = useState<BookDto[] | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let alive = true;
+    api.books().then((nextBooks) => {
+      if (alive) setBooks(nextBooks);
+    });
+    return () => {
+      alive = false;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const seriesBooks = useMemo(() => {
+    const expected = seriesName.trim().toLocaleLowerCase();
+    return (books ?? [])
+      .filter((book) => bookSeriesInfo(book)?.title.trim().toLocaleLowerCase() === expected)
+      .sort((left, right) => (bookSeriesInfo(left)?.volumeNumber ?? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) - (bookSeriesInfo(right)?.volumeNumber ?? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER));
+  }, [books, seriesName]);
+
+  if (!books) return <LoadingState />;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="page-grid">
+      <Panel className="span-3">
+        <div className="section-heading">
+          <div>
+            <h1>{seriesName}</h1>
+            <p>{seriesBooks.length} volumes reperes</p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Panel>
+      {seriesBooks.length ? (
+        <section className="book-grid span-3">
+          {seriesBooks.map((book) => (
+            <BookCard key={book.id} book={book} />
+          ))}
+        </section>
+      ) : (
+        <Panel className="span-3">
+          <EmptyState title="Serie introuvable" detail="Les volumes apparaitront ici quand le catalogue exposera leur serie." />
+        </Panel>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.test.ts b/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.test.ts
index 46d961e..e8ae5c6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.test.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import type { MetadataSourcesConfigDto } from "@readabook/shared";
-import { metadataSourcesPayload, moveSource, normalizeMetadataSources, scheduleSummary } from "./adminAutomation";
+import type { AdminMetadataSourcesConfig } from "./adminAutomation";
+import {
+  metadataSourcesPayload,
+  moveSource,
+  normalizeMetadataSources,
+  providerLabels,
+  providerUiMessage,
+  providerUiStateLabel,
+  scheduleSummary
+} from "./adminAutomation";
 
-const config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto = {
+const config: AdminMetadataSourcesConfig = {
   isbnPriorityEnabled: true,
   sources: [
     { provider: "googlebooks", enabled: false, priority: 2, hasApiKey: true },
     { provider: "local", enabled: false, priority: 99, hasApiKey: false },
     { provider: "openlibrary", enabled: true, priority: 1, hasApiKey: false },
-    { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3, hasApiKey: false }
+    { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3, hasApiKey: false },
+    { provider: "comicvine", enabled: true, priority: 4, hasApiKey: false, requiresCredentials: true },
+    { provider: "mangadex", enabled: false, priority: 5, hasApiKey: false }
   ]
 };
 
@@ -27,17 +37,44 @@ describe("admin automation helpers", () => {
       sources: [
         { provider: "openlibrary", enabled: true, priority: 1 },
         { provider: "googlebooks", enabled: false, priority: 2 },
-        { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3 }
+        { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3 },
+        { provider: "comicvine", enabled: true, priority: 4 },
+        { provider: "mangadex", enabled: false, priority: 5 }
       ]
     });
   });
 
   it("moves only external providers", () => {
     const moved = moveSource(normalizeMetadataSources(config).sources, "bnf", -1);
-    expect(moved.map((source) => source.provider)).toEqual(["local", "openlibrary", "bnf", "googlebooks"]);
+    expect(moved.map((source) => source.provider)).toEqual(["local", "openlibrary", "bnf", "googlebooks", "comicvine", "mangadex"]);
   });
 
   it("summarizes weekly schedules", () => {
     expect(scheduleSummary({ frequency: "weekly", time: "04:30", dayOfWeek: 1 }, "Scan")).toBe("Scan chaque lundi a 04:30.");
   });
+
+  it("adds Comic Vine and MangaDex when the backend omits them", () => {
+    const normalized = normalizeMetadataSources({
+      isbnPriorityEnabled: true,
+      sources: [{ provider: "local", enabled: true, priority: 0, hasApiKey: false }]
+    });
+    expect(normalized.sources.map((source) => source.provider)).toContain("comicvine");
+    expect(normalized.sources.map((source) => source.provider)).toContain("mangadex");
+    expect(providerLabels.comicvine).toBe("Comic Vine");
+    expect(providerLabels.mangadex).toBe("MangaDex");
+  });
+
+  it("labels provider configuration, rate limit and error states", () => {
+    expect(providerUiStateLabel({ provider: "comicvine", enabled: true, priority: 1, hasApiKey: false, requiresCredentials: true })).toBe(
+      "A configurer"
+    );
+    expect(providerUiMessage({ provider: "comicvine", enabled: true, priority: 1, hasApiKey: false, requiresCredentials: true })).toBe(
+      "Source activee, configuration incomplete."
+    );
+    expect(providerUiStateLabel({ provider: "mangadex", enabled: true, priority: 2, hasApiKey: false, rateLimited: true })).toBe("Limite");
+    expect(providerUiMessage({ provider: "mangadex", enabled: true, priority: 2, hasApiKey: false, status: "quota_exceeded" })).toBe(
+      "Quota ou limite temporaire atteint. ReadaBook reessaiera plus tard."
+    );
+    expect(providerUiStateLabel({ provider: "mangadex", enabled: true, priority: 2, hasApiKey: false, lastError: "500 stack" })).toBe("Erreur");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.ts b/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.ts
index ba31007..5931e94 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/adminAutomation.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,57 @@ import type {
   UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto
 } from "@readabook/shared";
 
-export const providerLabels: Record<MetadataProviderId, string> = {
+export type AdminMetadataProviderId = MetadataProviderId | "comicvine" | "mangadex";
+
+export type AdminMetadataSourceConfig = Omit<MetadataSourceConfigDto, "provider"> & {
+  provider: AdminMetadataProviderId;
+  requiresCredentials?: boolean;
+  status?: string | null;
+  state?: string | null;
+  health?: string | null;
+  message?: string | null;
+  lastError?: string | null;
+  rateLimited?: boolean;
+  quotaLimited?: boolean;
+};
+
+export type AdminMetadataSourcesConfig = Omit<MetadataSourcesConfigDto, "sources"> & {
+  sources: AdminMetadataSourceConfig[];
+};
+
+export type ProviderUiState = "configured" | "missing-config" | "limited" | "error";
+
+export const providerLabels: Record<AdminMetadataProviderId, string> = {
   local: "Fichier local",
   openlibrary: "OpenLibrary",
   googlebooks: "Google Books",
-  bnf: "BnF"
+  bnf: "BnF",
+  comicvine: "Comic Vine",
+  mangadex: "MangaDex"
 };
 
+export const defaultMetadataSources: AdminMetadataSourceConfig[] = [
+  { provider: "local", enabled: true, priority: 0, hasApiKey: false },
+  { provider: "openlibrary", enabled: false, priority: 1, hasApiKey: false },
+  { provider: "googlebooks", enabled: false, priority: 2, hasApiKey: false },
+  { provider: "bnf", enabled: false, priority: 3, hasApiKey: false },
+  { provider: "comicvine", enabled: false, priority: 4, hasApiKey: false, requiresCredentials: true },
+  { provider: "mangadex", enabled: false, priority: 5, hasApiKey: false }
+];
+
 const weekdays = ["dimanche", "lundi", "mardi", "mercredi", "jeudi", "vendredi", "samedi"];
 
-export function normalizeMetadataSources(config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto): MetadataSourcesConfigDto {
-  const sorted = [...config.sources].sort((left, right) => left.priority - right.priority);
-  const local = sorted.find((source) => source.provider === "local") ?? { provider: "local", enabled: true, priority: 0, hasApiKey: false };
+export function normalizeMetadataSources(config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto | AdminMetadataSourcesConfig): AdminMetadataSourcesConfig {
+  const received = config.sources as AdminMetadataSourceConfig[];
+  const merged = defaultMetadataSources.map((source) => ({
+    ...source,
+    ...received.find((item) => item.provider === source.provider)
+  }));
+  received.forEach((source) => {
+    if (!merged.some((item) => item.provider === source.provider)) merged.push(source);
+  });
+  const sorted = merged.sort((left, right) => left.priority - right.priority);
+  const local = sorted.find((source) => source.provider === "local") ?? defaultMetadataSources[0];
   const external = sorted.filter((source) => source.provider !== "local");
   return {
     isbnPriorityEnabled: config.isbnPriorityEnabled,
@@ -28,8 +67,8 @@ export function normalizeMetadataSources(config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto): Meta
   };
 }
 
-export function metadataSourcesPayload(config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto): UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto {
-  const sources: NonNullable<UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto["sources"]> = [];
+export function metadataSourcesPayload(config: AdminMetadataSourcesConfig): UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto {
+  const sources: Array<{ provider: AdminMetadataProviderId; enabled: boolean; priority: number; apiKey?: string }> = [];
   config.sources.forEach((source) => {
     if (source.provider === "local") return;
     sources.push({
@@ -41,10 +80,10 @@ export function metadataSourcesPayload(config: MetadataSourcesConfigDto): Update
   return {
     isbnPriorityEnabled: config.isbnPriorityEnabled,
     sources
-  };
+  } as UpdateMetadataSourcesConfigDto;
 }
 
-export function moveSource(sources: MetadataSourceConfigDto[], provider: MetadataProviderId, direction: -1 | 1): MetadataSourceConfigDto[] {
+export function moveSource(sources: AdminMetadataSourceConfig[], provider: AdminMetadataProviderId, direction: -1 | 1): AdminMetadataSourceConfig[] {
   const external = sources.filter((source) => source.provider !== "local");
   const index = external.findIndex((source) => source.provider === provider);
   const nextIndex = index + direction;
@@ -56,6 +95,34 @@ export function moveSource(sources: MetadataSourceConfigDto[], provider: Metadat
   return [local, ...nextExternal].map((source, priority) => ({ ...source, priority: source.provider === "local" ? 0 : priority }));
 }
 
+function sourceStatusText(source: AdminMetadataSourceConfig): string {
+  return [source.status, source.state, source.health].filter(Boolean).join(" ").toLowerCase();
+}
+
+export function providerUiState(source: AdminMetadataSourceConfig): ProviderUiState {
+  const status = sourceStatusText(source);
+  if (source.rateLimited || source.quotaLimited || status.includes("limit") || status.includes("quota")) return "limited";
+  if (source.lastError || status.includes("error") || status.includes("failed")) return "error";
+  if (source.enabled && (source.requiresCredentials ?? false) && !source.hasApiKey) return "missing-config";
+  return "configured";
+}
+
+export function providerUiStateLabel(source: AdminMetadataSourceConfig): string {
+  const state = providerUiState(source);
+  if (state === "missing-config") return "A configurer";
+  if (state === "limited") return "Limite";
+  if (state === "error") return "Erreur";
+  return "Configure";
+}
+
+export function providerUiMessage(source: AdminMetadataSourceConfig): string {
+  const state = providerUiState(source);
+  if (state === "missing-config") return "Source activee, configuration incomplete.";
+  if (state === "limited") return "Quota ou limite temporaire atteint. ReadaBook reessaiera plus tard.";
+  if (state === "error") return "La derniere verification de cette source a echoue.";
+  return source.enabled ? "Source prete." : "Source desactivee.";
+}
+
 export function scheduleSummary(schedule: AutomationScheduleDto, subject: string): string {
   if (schedule.frequency === "disabled") return `${subject} desactive.`;
   if (schedule.frequency === "daily") return `${subject} tous les jours a ${schedule.time}.`;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/CbzReader.tsx b/apps/web/src/reader/CbzReader.tsx
index 4117b7c..c845b6c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/CbzReader.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/CbzReader.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { api } from "../api/client";
 import type { CbzPagesDto, ReaderMode } from "../api/types";
 import type { ReaderControls } from "./ReaderShell";
 
+type PageCommitStrategy = "immediate" | "queued";
+
+function scrollContainerFor(element: HTMLElement | null): HTMLElement | null {
+  return element?.closest(".reader-stage") as HTMLElement | null;
+}
+
 export function CbzReader({
   bookId,
   page,
@@ -13,22 +19,27 @@ export function CbzReader({
   bookId: number;
   page: number;
   mode: ReaderMode;
-  onPageCommit: (page: number, pages: number) => void;
+  onPageCommit: (page: number, pages: number, anchor?: number, strategy?: PageCommitStrategy) => void;
   onControlsChange: (controls: ReaderControls) => void;
 }) {
+  const frameRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const restoredRef = useRef(false);
   const [pages, setPages] = useState<CbzPagesDto | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
   const [imageError, setImageError] = useState(false);
+  const [visiblePage, setVisiblePage] = useState(page);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let alive = true;
     setError(undefined);
+    setImageError(false);
+    restoredRef.current = false;
     api
       .cbzPages(bookId)
       .then((nextPages) => {
         if (!alive) return;
         setPages(nextPages);
-        if (page > nextPages.pageCount) onPageCommit(nextPages.pageCount, nextPages.pageCount);
+        if (page > nextPages.pageCount) onPageCommit(nextPages.pageCount, nextPages.pageCount, 1, "immediate");
       })
       .catch(() => {
         if (alive) setError("Archive CBZ indisponible.");
@@ -40,34 +51,103 @@ export function CbzReader({
 
   const pageCount = pages?.pageCount ?? 1;
   const currentPage = Math.max(1, Math.min(page, pageCount));
+  const displayedPage = mode === "vertical" ? Math.max(1, Math.min(visiblePage, pageCount)) : currentPage;
   const currentName = pages?.pages.find((item) => item.page === currentPage)?.name;
 
-  const go = useCallback((nextPage: number) => {
-    setImageError(false);
-    onPageCommit(Math.max(1, Math.min(nextPage, pageCount)), pageCount);
-  }, [onPageCommit, pageCount]);
+  const go = useCallback(
+    (nextPage: number) => {
+      const target = Math.max(1, Math.min(nextPage, pageCount));
+      setImageError(false);
+      if (mode === "vertical") {
+        frameRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-reader-page="${target}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "start" });
+        setVisiblePage(target);
+      }
+      onPageCommit(target, pageCount, mode === "vertical" ? 0 : 1, "immediate");
+    },
+    [mode, onPageCommit, pageCount]
+  );
+
+  const goTop = useCallback(() => go(1), [go]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     onControlsChange({
-      canPrevious: !error && !imageError && currentPage > 1,
-      canNext: !error && !imageError && currentPage < pageCount,
-      positionLabel: pages ? `${currentPage} / ${pageCount}` : "Ouverture archive",
-      onPrevious: () => go(currentPage - 1),
-      onNext: () => go(currentPage + 1)
+      canPrevious: !error && !imageError && displayedPage > 1,
+      canNext: !error && !imageError && displayedPage < pageCount,
+      canTop: !error && !imageError && displayedPage > 1,
+      positionLabel: pages ? `${displayedPage} / ${pageCount}` : "Ouverture archive",
+      onPrevious: () => go(displayedPage - 1),
+      onNext: () => go(displayedPage + 1),
+      onTop: goTop
     });
-  }, [currentPage, error, go, imageError, onControlsChange, pageCount, pages]);
+  }, [displayedPage, error, go, goTop, imageError, onControlsChange, pageCount, pages]);
 
-  return (
-    <div className={`cbz-reader cbz-reader-${mode}`}>
-      {error || imageError ? (
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode !== "vertical") return;
+    const root = scrollContainerFor(frameRef.current);
+    if (!root || !pages) return;
+    const handleScroll = () => {
+      const rootRect = root.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const frames = Array.from(frameRef.current?.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-reader-page]") ?? []);
+      const active = frames
+        .map((element) => {
+          const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+          const overlap = Math.min(rootRect.bottom, rect.bottom) - Math.max(rootRect.top, rect.top);
+          const anchor = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (rootRect.top - rect.top) / Math.max(1, rect.height)));
+          return { page: Number(element.dataset.readerPage), overlap, anchor };
+        })
+        .filter((item) => Number.isInteger(item.page) && item.overlap > 0)
+        .sort((left, right) => right.overlap - left.overlap)[0];
+      if (!active) return;
+      setVisiblePage(active.page);
+      onPageCommit(active.page, pageCount, active.anchor, "queued");
+    };
+    root.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll, { passive: true });
+    handleScroll();
+    return () => root.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
+  }, [mode, onPageCommit, pageCount, pages]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode !== "vertical" || !pages || restoredRef.current) return;
+    restoredRef.current = true;
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      frameRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-reader-page="${currentPage}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "start" });
+      setVisiblePage(currentPage);
+    });
+  }, [currentPage, mode, pages]);
+
+  if (error || imageError) {
+    return (
+      <div className={`cbz-reader cbz-reader-${mode}`} ref={frameRef}>
         <div className="reader-fallback">
           <span>{error ?? "Page CBZ indisponible."}</span>
           <button className="ghost-button" onClick={() => go(currentPage)}>
             Reessayer
           </button>
         </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className={`cbz-reader cbz-reader-${mode}`} ref={frameRef}>
+      {mode === "vertical" && pages ? (
+        <div className="comic-strip">
+          {pages.pages.map((item) => (
+            <figure className="comic-page-frame" data-reader-page={item.page} key={item.page}>
+              <img
+                src={api.cbzPageUrl(bookId, item.page)}
+                alt={item.name ?? `Page ${item.page}`}
+                loading="lazy"
+                decoding="async"
+                onError={() => setImageError(true)}
+              />
+            </figure>
+          ))}
+        </div>
       ) : (
-        <img src={api.cbzPageUrl(bookId, currentPage)} alt={currentName ?? `Page ${currentPage}`} onError={() => setImageError(true)} />
+        <figure className="comic-page-frame" data-reader-page={currentPage}>
+          <img src={api.cbzPageUrl(bookId, currentPage)} alt={currentName ?? `Page ${currentPage}`} onError={() => setImageError(true)} />
+        </figure>
       )}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/PdfReader.tsx b/apps/web/src/reader/PdfReader.tsx
index 9cb4c70..06683a1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/PdfReader.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/PdfReader.tsx
@@ -1,47 +1,177 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import * as pdfjs from "pdfjs-dist";
-import { ReaderError, readerErrorMessage } from "./ReaderError";
+import { ReaderError } from "./ReaderError";
+import { pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk, pdfRenderScale } from "./pdfRender";
 import { configurePdfWorker } from "./pdfWorker";
 import type { ReaderControls } from "./ReaderShell";
 import type { ReaderMode } from "../api/types";
 
 configurePdfWorker(pdfjs);
 
-export function PdfReader({
-  url,
-  page,
-  backHref,
-  mode,
-  onPageCommit,
-  onControlsChange
-}: {
+type PageCommitStrategy = "immediate" | "queued";
+
+type PdfReaderProps = {
   url: string;
   page: number;
   backHref: string;
   mode: ReaderMode;
-  onPageCommit: (page: number, pages: number) => void;
+  onPageCommit: (page: number, pages: number, anchor?: number, strategy?: PageCommitStrategy) => void;
   onControlsChange: (controls: ReaderControls) => void;
-}) {
+};
+
+type PdfPageCanvasProps = {
+  document: pdfjs.PDFDocumentProxy;
+  pageNumber: number;
+  mode: ReaderMode;
+  frameSize: { width: number; height: number };
+  onError: (message: string) => void;
+};
+
+let pdfLifecycle = Promise.resolve();
+
+function enqueuePdfLifecycle<T>(work: () => Promise<T>) {
+  const run = pdfLifecycle.then(work, work);
+  pdfLifecycle = run.then(() => undefined, () => undefined);
+  return run;
+}
+
+function isPdfTransitionError(error: unknown) {
+  return error instanceof Error && (error.message.includes("worker is being destroyed") || error.message.includes("Rendering cancelled"));
+}
+
+function pdfReaderErrorMessage(error: unknown) {
+  if (isPdfTransitionError(error)) return "Le lecteur PDF termine une ouverture precedente.";
+  return "Le PDF n'a pas pu s'ouvrir.";
+}
+
+function scrollContainerFor(element: HTMLElement | null): HTMLElement | null {
+  return element?.closest(".reader-stage") as HTMLElement | null;
+}
+
+function PdfPageCanvas({ document, pageNumber, mode, frameSize, onError }: PdfPageCanvasProps) {
   const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
+  const wrapperRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(mode === "horizontal");
+  const [rendered, setRendered] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode === "horizontal") {
+      setVisible(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    const wrapper = wrapperRef.current;
+    if (!wrapper) return;
+    const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
+      (entries) => {
+        if (entries.some((entry) => entry.isIntersecting)) setVisible(true);
+      },
+      { root: scrollContainerFor(wrapper), rootMargin: "900px 0px" }
+    );
+    observer.observe(wrapper);
+    return () => observer.disconnect();
+  }, [mode]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!visible) return;
+    let cancelled = false;
+    let renderTask: pdfjs.RenderTask | undefined;
+    setRendered(false);
+
+    async function renderPage() {
+      try {
+        const pdfPage = await document.getPage(pageNumber);
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+        if (!canvas) return;
+        const baseViewport = pdfPage.getViewport({ scale: 1 });
+        const fitScale = pdfRenderScale(mode, frameSize, { width: baseViewport.width, height: baseViewport.height });
+        const pixelRatio = Math.min(2, window.devicePixelRatio || 1);
+        const renderScale = Math.max(0.25, Math.min(3, fitScale)) * pixelRatio;
+        const viewport = pdfPage.getViewport({ scale: renderScale });
+        const cssWidth = Math.floor(viewport.width / pixelRatio);
+        const cssHeight = Math.floor(viewport.height / pixelRatio);
+        canvas.width = Math.max(1, Math.floor(viewport.width));
+        canvas.height = Math.max(1, Math.floor(viewport.height));
+        canvas.style.width = `${cssWidth}px`;
+        canvas.style.height = `${cssHeight}px`;
+        const context = canvas.getContext("2d", { alpha: false });
+        if (!context) return;
+        context.fillStyle = "#f7f0df";
+        context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+        renderTask = pdfPage.render({ canvas, canvasContext: context, viewport });
+        await renderTask.promise;
+        if (!pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk(context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height))) {
+          throw new Error(`La page PDF ${pageNumber} est blanche apres rendu.`);
+        }
+        if (!cancelled) setRendered(true);
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!cancelled && !isPdfTransitionError(error)) onError(pdfReaderErrorMessage(error));
+      }
+    }
+
+    void enqueuePdfLifecycle(renderPage);
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+      renderTask?.cancel();
+    };
+  }, [document, frameSize.height, frameSize.width, mode, onError, pageNumber, visible]);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="pdf-page-frame" data-reader-page={pageNumber} ref={wrapperRef}>
+      {!rendered && (
+        <div className="reader-fallback">
+          <span>Page {pageNumber}</span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <canvas ref={canvasRef} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function PdfReader({ url, page, backHref, mode, onPageCommit, onControlsChange }: PdfReaderProps) {
   const frameRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const restoredRef = useRef(false);
+  const [documentProxy, setDocumentProxy] = useState<pdfjs.PDFDocumentProxy | null>(null);
   const [pages, setPages] = useState(1);
+  const [visiblePage, setVisiblePage] = useState(page);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [attempt, setAttempt] = useState(0);
   const [frameSize, setFrameSize] = useState({ width: 980, height: 900 });
 
   const currentPage = Math.max(1, Math.min(page, pages));
-  const go = useCallback((nextPage: number) => onPageCommit(Math.max(1, Math.min(nextPage, pages)), pages), [onPageCommit, pages]);
+  const displayedPage = mode === "vertical" ? Math.max(1, Math.min(visiblePage, pages)) : currentPage;
+
+  const go = useCallback(
+    (nextPage: number) => {
+      const target = Math.max(1, Math.min(nextPage, pages));
+      if (mode === "vertical") {
+        frameRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-reader-page="${target}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "start" });
+        onPageCommit(target, pages, 0, "immediate");
+        setVisiblePage(target);
+      } else {
+        onPageCommit(target, pages, 1, "immediate");
+      }
+    },
+    [mode, onPageCommit, pages]
+  );
+
+  const goTop = useCallback(() => go(1), [go]);
+  const handlePageError = useCallback((message: string) => {
+    setError(message);
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     onControlsChange({
-      canPrevious: !loading && !error && currentPage > 1,
-      canNext: !loading && !error && currentPage < pages,
-      positionLabel: loading ? "Ouverture PDF" : `${currentPage} / ${pages}`,
-      onPrevious: () => go(currentPage - 1),
-      onNext: () => go(currentPage + 1)
+      canPrevious: !loading && !error && displayedPage > 1,
+      canNext: !loading && !error && displayedPage < pages,
+      canTop: !loading && !error && displayedPage > 1,
+      positionLabel: loading ? "Ouverture PDF" : `${displayedPage} / ${pages}`,
+      onPrevious: () => go(displayedPage - 1),
+      onNext: () => go(displayedPage + 1),
+      onTop: goTop
     });
-  }, [currentPage, error, go, loading, onControlsChange, pages]);
+  }, [displayedPage, error, go, goTop, loading, onControlsChange, pages]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const frame = frameRef.current;
@@ -59,70 +189,95 @@ export function PdfReader({
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
     let loadingTask: pdfjs.PDFDocumentLoadingTask | undefined;
-    let renderTask: pdfjs.RenderTask | undefined;
-    async function render() {
+    setLoading(true);
+    setError(undefined);
+    setDocumentProxy(null);
+    restoredRef.current = false;
+
+    async function loadDocument() {
       try {
         configurePdfWorker(pdfjs);
-        setLoading(true);
-        setError(undefined);
         loadingTask = pdfjs.getDocument({ url, withCredentials: true });
-        const document = await loadingTask.promise;
-        if (cancelled) return;
-        setPages(document.numPages);
-        const pdfPage = await document.getPage(Math.max(1, Math.min(page, document.numPages)));
-        const canvas = canvasRef.current;
-        if (!canvas) return;
-        const baseViewport = pdfPage.getViewport({ scale: 1 });
-        const fitScale =
-          mode === "vertical"
-            ? frameSize.width / baseViewport.width
-            : Math.min(frameSize.width / baseViewport.width, frameSize.height / baseViewport.height);
-        const renderScale = Math.max(0.35, Math.min(3, fitScale)) * Math.min(2, window.devicePixelRatio || 1);
-        const viewport = pdfPage.getViewport({ scale: renderScale });
-        canvas.width = Math.floor(viewport.width);
-        canvas.height = Math.floor(viewport.height);
-        canvas.style.width = `${Math.floor(viewport.width / Math.min(2, window.devicePixelRatio || 1))}px`;
-        canvas.style.height = `${Math.floor(viewport.height / Math.min(2, window.devicePixelRatio || 1))}px`;
-        const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
-        if (!context) return;
-        renderTask = pdfPage.render({ canvas, canvasContext: context, viewport });
-        await renderTask.promise;
-        if (!cancelled) setLoading(false);
-      } catch (renderError) {
+        const loadedDocument = await loadingTask.promise;
+        if (cancelled) {
+          await loadingTask.destroy();
+          return;
+        }
+        setPages(loadedDocument.numPages);
+        setDocumentProxy(loadedDocument);
+        setLoading(false);
+      } catch (loadError) {
+        if (cancelled && isPdfTransitionError(loadError)) return;
         if (!cancelled) {
-          setError(readerErrorMessage(renderError, "PDF indisponible"));
+          setError(pdfReaderErrorMessage(loadError));
           setLoading(false);
         }
       }
     }
-    void render();
+
+    void enqueuePdfLifecycle(loadDocument);
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
-      renderTask?.cancel();
       void loadingTask?.destroy();
     };
-  }, [url, page, attempt, frameSize.height, frameSize.width, mode]);
+  }, [attempt, url]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode !== "vertical") return;
+    const root = scrollContainerFor(frameRef.current);
+    if (!root || !documentProxy) return;
+    const handleScroll = () => {
+      const rootRect = root.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const frames = Array.from(frameRef.current?.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-reader-page]") ?? []);
+      const active = frames
+        .map((element) => {
+          const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+          const overlap = Math.min(rootRect.bottom, rect.bottom) - Math.max(rootRect.top, rect.top);
+          const anchor = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (rootRect.top - rect.top) / Math.max(1, rect.height)));
+          return { page: Number(element.dataset.readerPage), overlap, anchor };
+        })
+        .filter((item) => Number.isInteger(item.page) && item.overlap > 0)
+        .sort((left, right) => right.overlap - left.overlap)[0];
+      if (!active) return;
+      setVisiblePage(active.page);
+      onPageCommit(active.page, pages, active.anchor, "queued");
+    };
+    root.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll, { passive: true });
+    handleScroll();
+    return () => root.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
+  }, [documentProxy, mode, onPageCommit, pages]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mode !== "vertical" || !documentProxy || restoredRef.current) return;
+    restoredRef.current = true;
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      frameRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-reader-page="${currentPage}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "start" });
+      setVisiblePage(currentPage);
+    });
+  }, [currentPage, documentProxy, mode]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="pdf-reader" ref={frameRef}>
+    <div className={`pdf-reader pdf-reader-${mode}`} ref={frameRef}>
       {error ? (
         <ReaderError
           title="Lecture PDF indisponible"
-          detail="ReadaBook n'a pas pu ouvrir ce fichier dans le lecteur web."
-          technicalDetail={error}
+          detail={error}
           downloadUrl={url}
           backHref={backHref}
           onRetry={() => setAttempt((value) => value + 1)}
         />
+      ) : loading || !documentProxy ? (
+        <div className="reader-fallback">
+          <span>Ouverture PDF</span>
+        </div>
+      ) : mode === "vertical" ? (
+        <div className="pdf-strip">
+          {Array.from({ length: pages }, (_, index) => (
+            <PdfPageCanvas key={index + 1} document={documentProxy} pageNumber={index + 1} mode={mode} frameSize={frameSize} onError={handlePageError} />
+          ))}
+        </div>
       ) : (
-        <>
-          {loading && (
-            <div className="reader-fallback">
-              <span>Ouverture PDF</span>
-            </div>
-          )}
-          <canvas ref={canvasRef} />
-        </>
+        <PdfPageCanvas document={documentProxy} pageNumber={currentPage} mode={mode} frameSize={frameSize} onError={handlePageError} />
       )}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/ReaderShell.tsx b/apps/web/src/reader/ReaderShell.tsx
index aff8de1..0141280 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/ReaderShell.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/ReaderShell.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { ArrowLeft, ArrowRight, Columns2, RotateCcw, Rows3, Save } from "lucide-react";
-import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { ArrowLeft, ArrowRight, ArrowUp, Columns2, Maximize2, Minimize2, RotateCcw, Rows3, Save } from "lucide-react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { ErrorRibbon, Meter } from "../components/ui";
 import { navigate } from "../router";
 import type { ReaderMode } from "../api/types";
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import type { ReaderMode } from "../api/types";
 export type ReaderControls = {
   canPrevious: boolean;
   canNext: boolean;
+  canTop?: boolean;
   positionLabel: string;
   onPrevious: () => void;
   onNext: () => void;
+  onTop?: () => void;
 };
 
 type ReaderShellProps = {
@@ -41,6 +43,20 @@ export function ReaderShell({
   onToggleControls,
   children
 }: ReaderShellProps) {
+  const [isFullscreen, setIsFullscreen] = useState(false);
+  const toggleFullscreen = useCallback(() => {
+    const root = document.querySelector(".reader-page");
+    if (!document.fullscreenElement) void root?.requestFullscreen();
+    else void document.exitFullscreen();
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const updateFullscreen = () => setIsFullscreen(Boolean(document.fullscreenElement));
+    updateFullscreen();
+    document.addEventListener("fullscreenchange", updateFullscreen);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener("fullscreenchange", updateFullscreen);
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <div className={`reader-page reader-mode-${mode} ${controlsVisible ? "reader-controls-visible" : "reader-controls-hidden"}`}>
       <header className="reader-topbar" onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
@@ -54,20 +70,25 @@ export function ReaderShell({
         </div>
         <div className="reader-toolbar">
           <button
-            className={`ghost-button icon-only ${mode === "horizontal" ? "active" : ""}`}
+            className={`ghost-button reader-mode-button ${mode === "horizontal" ? "active" : ""}`}
             onClick={() => onModeChange("horizontal")}
             aria-label="Lecture horizontale"
             title="Lecture horizontale"
           >
             <Columns2 size={18} />
+            Horizontal
           </button>
           <button
-            className={`ghost-button icon-only ${mode === "vertical" ? "active" : ""}`}
+            className={`ghost-button reader-mode-button ${mode === "vertical" ? "active" : ""}`}
             onClick={() => onModeChange("vertical")}
             aria-label="Lecture verticale"
             title="Lecture verticale"
           >
             <Rows3 size={18} />
+            Vertical
+          </button>
+          <button className="ghost-button icon-only" onClick={toggleFullscreen} aria-label={isFullscreen ? "Quitter le plein ecran" : "Plein ecran"}>
+            {isFullscreen ? <Minimize2 size={18} /> : <Maximize2 size={18} />}
           </button>
           {error && onRetry ? (
             <button className="ghost-button icon-only" onClick={onRetry} aria-label="Reessayer">
@@ -130,15 +151,29 @@ export function ReaderShell({
         <div className="reader-content">{children}</div>
       </div>
       <footer className="reader-stepper" onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
-        <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onPrevious} disabled={!controls.canPrevious}>
-          <ArrowLeft size={16} />
-          Precedent
-        </button>
+        {mode === "vertical" ? (
+          <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onTop} disabled={!controls.canTop}>
+            <ArrowUp size={16} />
+            Haut
+          </button>
+        ) : (
+          <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onPrevious} disabled={!controls.canPrevious}>
+            <ArrowLeft size={16} />
+            Precedent
+          </button>
+        )}
         <span>{controls.positionLabel}</span>
-        <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onNext} disabled={!controls.canNext}>
-          Suivant
-          <ArrowRight size={16} />
-        </button>
+        {mode === "vertical" ? (
+          <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onPrevious} disabled={!controls.canPrevious}>
+            <ArrowLeft size={16} />
+            Page precedente
+          </button>
+        ) : (
+          <button className="ghost-button" onClick={controls.onNext} disabled={!controls.canNext}>
+            Suivant
+            <ArrowRight size={16} />
+          </button>
+        )}
       </footer>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/locators.test.ts b/apps/web/src/reader/locators.test.ts
index 77db26c..52c4562 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/locators.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/locators.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { parseCbrPageLocator, parseCbzPageLocator, parsePdfPageLocator, pdfPagePercent } from "./locators";
+import { pageLocator, parseCbrPageLocator, parseCbzPageLocator, parsePageAnchor, parsePdfPageLocator, pdfPagePercent } from "./locators";
 
 describe("reader locators", () => {
   it("parses valid PDF page locators", () => {
     expect(parsePdfPageLocator("pdf:page:12")).toBe(12);
+    expect(parsePdfPageLocator("pdf:page:12@0.250")).toBe(12);
   });
 
   it("ignores invalid PDF locators", () => {
@@ -23,7 +24,15 @@ describe("reader locators", () => {
 
   it("bounds PDF page percentages", () => {
     expect(pdfPagePercent(2, 4)).toBe(50);
+    expect(pdfPagePercent(2, 4, 0.25)).toBe(31);
     expect(pdfPagePercent(8, 4)).toBe(100);
     expect(pdfPagePercent(1, 0)).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it("serializes page locators with relative anchors", () => {
+    expect(pageLocator("pdf", 3)).toBe("pdf:page:3");
+    expect(pageLocator("cbz", 3, 0.25)).toBe("cbz:page:3@0.250");
+    expect(parsePageAnchor("cbr:page:8@0.750")).toBe(0.75);
+    expect(parsePageAnchor("cbr:page:8@2")).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/locators.ts b/apps/web/src/reader/locators.ts
index a8c66d8..9b7ac00 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/locators.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/locators.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,26 @@ export function parseCbrPageLocator(locator?: string | null): number | null {
 }
 
 function parsePageSuffix(locator: string): number | null {
-  const value = Number(locator.split(":").at(-1));
+  const value = Number(locator.split(":").at(-1)?.split("@")[0]);
   return Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0 ? value : null;
 }
 
-export function pdfPagePercent(page: number, pages: number): number {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(page) || !Number.isFinite(pages) || pages < 1) return 0;
-  return Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round((page / pages) * 100)));
+export function parsePageAnchor(locator?: string | null): number | null {
+  const rawAnchor = locator?.split("@")[1];
+  if (!rawAnchor) return null;
+  const anchor = Number(rawAnchor);
+  return Number.isFinite(anchor) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(1, anchor)) : null;
+}
+
+export function pageLocator(prefix: "pdf" | "cbz" | "cbr", page: number, anchor = 1): string {
+  const normalizedPage = Number.isInteger(page) && page > 0 ? page : 1;
+  const normalizedAnchor = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, anchor));
+  if (normalizedAnchor >= 0.995) return `${prefix}:page:${normalizedPage}`;
+  return `${prefix}:page:${normalizedPage}@${normalizedAnchor.toFixed(3)}`;
+}
+
+export function pdfPagePercent(page: number, pages: number, anchor = 1): number {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(page) || !Number.isFinite(pages) || pages < 1) return 0;
+  const normalizedAnchor = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, anchor));
+  return Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round(((page - 1 + normalizedAnchor) / pages) * 100)));
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/pdfRender.ts b/apps/web/src/reader/pdfRender.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bead5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/pdfRender.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { ReaderMode } from "../api/types";
+
+const PDF_RENDER_BACKGROUND = { red: 247, green: 240, blue: 223 };
+const PDF_BLANK_THRESHOLD = 245;
+const PDF_BACKGROUND_TOLERANCE = 4;
+
+export function pdfRenderScale(mode: ReaderMode, frameSize: { width: number; height: number }, pageSize: { width: number; height: number }) {
+  if (pageSize.width <= 0 || pageSize.height <= 0) return 1;
+  const fitWidth = frameSize.width / pageSize.width;
+  if (mode === "vertical") return Math.min(1.65, fitWidth);
+  return Math.min(fitWidth, frameSize.height / pageSize.height);
+}
+
+function isNearRenderBackground(red: number, green: number, blue: number) {
+  return (
+    Math.abs(red - PDF_RENDER_BACKGROUND.red) <= PDF_BACKGROUND_TOLERANCE &&
+    Math.abs(green - PDF_RENDER_BACKGROUND.green) <= PDF_BACKGROUND_TOLERANCE &&
+    Math.abs(blue - PDF_RENDER_BACKGROUND.blue) <= PDF_BACKGROUND_TOLERANCE
+  );
+}
+
+export function pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk(imageData: Pick<ImageData, "data">) {
+  const data = imageData.data;
+  for (let index = 0; index < data.length; index += 4) {
+    const red = data[index] ?? 255;
+    const green = data[index + 1] ?? 255;
+    const blue = data[index + 2] ?? 255;
+    const alpha = data[index + 3] ?? 255;
+    if (alpha === 0) continue;
+    const nearWhite = red >= PDF_BLANK_THRESHOLD && green >= PDF_BLANK_THRESHOLD && blue >= PDF_BLANK_THRESHOLD;
+    if (!nearWhite && !isNearRenderBackground(red, green, blue)) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/readerRuntime.test.ts b/apps/web/src/reader/readerRuntime.test.ts
index 6ad5bc2..5d1ecf7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/readerRuntime.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/readerRuntime.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { epubFileName } from "./EpubReader";
+import { pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk, pdfRenderScale } from "./pdfRender";
 import { configurePdfWorker, pdfWorkerSrc } from "./pdfWorker";
 import { readerErrorMessage } from "./ReaderError";
 
@@ -30,4 +31,14 @@ describe("reader runtime helpers", () => {
     expect(readerErrorMessage(new Error("Setting up fake worker failed"), "PDF indisponible")).toBe("Setting up fake worker failed");
     expect(readerErrorMessage("", "EPUB indisponible")).toBe("EPUB indisponible");
   });
+
+  it("separates PDF fit-page and fit-width scales", () => {
+    expect(pdfRenderScale("horizontal", { width: 800, height: 600 }, { width: 400, height: 800 })).toBe(0.75);
+    expect(pdfRenderScale("vertical", { width: 800, height: 600 }, { width: 400, height: 800 })).toBe(1.65);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects blank PDF canvas renders", () => {
+    expect(pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk({ data: new Uint8ClampedArray([255, 255, 255, 255, 247, 240, 223, 255]) })).toBe(false);
+    expect(pdfCanvasHasVisibleInk({ data: new Uint8ClampedArray([255, 255, 255, 255, 32, 28, 24, 255]) })).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/reader/useReaderProgress.ts b/apps/web/src/reader/useReaderProgress.ts
index f9845fa..409f507 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/reader/useReaderProgress.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/reader/useReaderProgress.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { ProgressDto } from "@readabook/shared";
 import { api, getApiFallback } from "../api/client";
 
+type PendingProgress = {
+  locator: string;
+  percent: number;
+};
+
 export function useReaderProgress(bookId: number) {
   const [progress, setProgress] = useState<ProgressDto | null>(null);
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
+  const pendingRef = useRef<PendingProgress | null>(null);
+  const saveTimerRef = useRef<number | undefined>(undefined);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let alive = true;
@@ -24,6 +31,8 @@ export function useReaderProgress(bookId: number) {
 
   const save = useCallback(
     async (locator: string, percent: number) => {
+      pendingRef.current = null;
+      if (saveTimerRef.current) window.clearTimeout(saveTimerRef.current);
       setSaving(true);
       setError(undefined);
       try {
@@ -44,5 +53,34 @@ export function useReaderProgress(bookId: number) {
     [bookId]
   );
 
-  return { progress, saving, error, save };
+  const flush = useCallback(() => {
+    const pending = pendingRef.current;
+    if (!pending) return;
+    void save(pending.locator, pending.percent);
+  }, [save]);
+
+  const queueSave = useCallback(
+    (locator: string, percent: number) => {
+      pendingRef.current = { locator, percent };
+      if (saveTimerRef.current) window.clearTimeout(saveTimerRef.current);
+      saveTimerRef.current = window.setTimeout(flush, 2000);
+    },
+    [flush]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const flushOnHidden = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === "hidden") flush();
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("beforeunload", flush);
+    document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", flushOnHidden);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener("beforeunload", flush);
+      document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", flushOnHidden);
+      if (saveTimerRef.current) window.clearTimeout(saveTimerRef.current);
+      flush();
+    };
+  }, [flush]);
+
+  return { progress, saving, error, save, queueSave, flush };
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/router.test.ts b/apps/web/src/router.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6927e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/router.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseRoute } from "./router";
+
+describe("parseRoute", () => {
+  it("keeps the frontend series view away from the backend /series endpoint", () => {
+    expect(parseRoute("/series")).toEqual({ name: "home" });
+    expect(parseRoute("/catalog/series/Daredevil")).toEqual({ name: "catalogSeries", seriesName: "Daredevil" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/router.ts b/apps/web/src/router.ts
index ad59c67..d6e4c22 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/router.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/router.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export type Route =
   | { name: "setup"; step: string }
   | { name: "home" }
   | { name: "library"; libraryId: number }
+  | { name: "catalogSeries"; seriesName: string }
   | { name: "book"; bookId: number }
   | { name: "reader"; bookId: number }
   | { name: "search" }
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export function parseRoute(pathname = window.location.pathname): Route {
   if (parts[0] === "login") return { name: "login" };
   if (parts[0] === "setup") return { name: "setup", step: parts[1] ?? "admin" };
   if (parts[0] === "library") return { name: "library", libraryId: Number(parts[1] ?? 0) };
+  if (parts[0] === "catalog" && parts[1] === "series") return { name: "catalogSeries", seriesName: decodeURIComponent(parts[2] ?? "") };
   if (parts[0] === "book") return { name: "book", bookId: Number(parts[1] ?? 0) };
   if (parts[0] === "reader") return { name: "reader", bookId: Number(parts[1] ?? 0) };
   if (parts[0] === "search") return { name: "search" };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles/app.css b/apps/web/src/styles/app.css
index 743649d..e16d657 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles/app.css
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ h2 {
 
 .cover-button,
 .book-portrait {
+  position: relative;
   display: grid;
   place-items: center;
   width: 100%;
@@ -187,6 +188,19 @@ h2 {
   color: var(--brass);
 }
 
+.cover-loading {
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 7px;
+  bottom: 7px;
+  width: 12px;
+  height: 12px;
+  border: 2px solid rgba(247, 240, 223, 0.78);
+  border-top-color: var(--brass);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: rgba(23, 17, 13, 0.62);
+  animation: spin 0.9s linear infinite;
+}
+
 .cover-button img,
 .book-portrait img {
   width: 100%;
@@ -223,6 +237,10 @@ h2 {
   -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
 }
 
+.book-card-submeta {
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+}
+
 .book-card-meta,
 .book-card-actions,
 .section-heading,
@@ -232,6 +250,12 @@ h2 {
   gap: 10px;
 }
 
+.book-card-meta {
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 .book-card-actions,
 .section-heading {
   justify-content: space-between;
@@ -251,6 +275,7 @@ h2 {
 }
 
 .format-pill {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
   padding: 4px 7px;
   border-radius: 999px;
   color: #17110d;
@@ -259,6 +284,27 @@ h2 {
   background: var(--brass);
 }
 
+.volume-pill {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  max-width: 48px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  padding: 4px 7px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.56);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: #f5dfaa;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 900;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  background: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.12);
+}
+
+.book-card-language {
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
 .format-pdf {
   background: var(--lacquer);
   color: var(--ink);
@@ -274,6 +320,35 @@ h2 {
   color: var(--ink);
 }
 
+.metadata-pill {
+  width: max-content;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  padding: 4px 7px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 900;
+}
+
+.metadata-enriched {
+  border-color: rgba(45, 111, 99, 0.72);
+  color: #d8fff5;
+  background: rgba(45, 111, 99, 0.18);
+}
+
+.metadata-partial {
+  border-color: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.68);
+  color: #f5dfaa;
+  background: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.12);
+}
+
+.metadata-missing {
+  border-color: rgba(169, 72, 52, 0.62);
+  color: #f2b8aa;
+  background: rgba(169, 72, 52, 0.12);
+}
+
 .continue-grid,
 .library-list,
 .job-list {
@@ -281,9 +356,15 @@ h2 {
   gap: 10px;
 }
 
+.job-list {
+  max-height: 350px;
+  overflow: auto;
+  padding-right: 4px;
+}
+
 .continue-tile,
 .library-list button,
-.job-list div,
+.job-list > div,
 .library-table > div {
   display: grid;
   gap: 5px;
@@ -300,6 +381,62 @@ h2 {
   align-items: center;
 }
 
+.job-copy {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+
+.job-list time {
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+}
+
+.job-copy small {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 3px;
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+}
+
+.continue-tile {
+  grid-template-columns: 52px minmax(0, 1fr);
+  align-items: start;
+}
+
+.continue-cover {
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  aspect-ratio: 2 / 3;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.35);
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.2), rgba(45, 111, 99, 0.22)),
+    var(--paper-soft);
+  color: var(--brass);
+}
+
+.continue-cover img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover;
+}
+
+.continue-copy {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 5px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.continue-copy > span {
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+}
+
+.continue-copy .metadata-pill {
+  color: inherit;
+}
+
 .library-copy {
   display: grid;
   gap: 7px;
@@ -523,7 +660,7 @@ select {
 
 .provider-row {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(210px, 1fr) minmax(190px, 280px) auto;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(210px, 1fr) minmax(240px, 360px) auto;
   gap: 12px;
   align-items: center;
   padding: 12px;
@@ -541,6 +678,51 @@ select {
   color: var(--ink-muted);
 }
 
+.provider-config {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 8px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.provider-state-line {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
+
+.provider-state-line small {
+  flex: 1 1 160px;
+}
+
+.provider-warning {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 8px 10px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.45);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  color: #f5dfaa;
+  background: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.1);
+}
+
+.provider-state-configured {
+  border-color: rgba(45, 111, 99, 0.72);
+  color: #d8fff5;
+  background: rgba(45, 111, 99, 0.18);
+}
+
+.provider-state-missing-config {
+  border-color: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.68);
+  color: #f5dfaa;
+  background: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.12);
+}
+
+.provider-state-limited,
+.provider-state-error {
+  border-color: rgba(169, 72, 52, 0.62);
+  color: #f2b8aa;
+  background: rgba(169, 72, 52, 0.12);
+}
+
 .provider-actions,
 .save-bar,
 .save-bar div {
@@ -635,6 +817,33 @@ select {
   min-height: 520px;
 }
 
+.book-fact-list {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  gap: 10px;
+  margin: 6px 0 14px;
+}
+
+.book-fact-list > div {
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 10px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.035);
+}
+
+.book-fact-list dt {
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+  font-size: 0.76rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.book-fact-list dd {
+  margin: 4px 0 0;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
 .lead {
   font-size: 1.15rem;
 }
@@ -656,6 +865,11 @@ select {
   background: #120e0b;
 }
 
+.reader-page:fullscreen {
+  width: 100vw;
+  height: 100vh;
+}
+
 .reader-topbar {
   position: relative;
   z-index: 5;
@@ -687,6 +901,12 @@ select {
   padding: 0;
 }
 
+.reader-toolbar .reader-mode-button {
+  gap: 7px;
+  padding-inline: 10px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 .reader-toolbar .active {
   border-color: rgba(213, 168, 77, 0.72);
   color: var(--brass);
@@ -730,6 +950,12 @@ select {
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+.pdf-reader-vertical,
+.cbz-reader-vertical {
+  place-items: start center;
+  height: auto;
+}
+
 .epub-host {
   display: grid;
   width: min(100%, 980px);
@@ -746,18 +972,34 @@ select {
   color: #17110d;
 }
 
-.pdf-reader canvas,
-.cbz-reader img {
+.pdf-page-frame,
+.comic-page-frame {
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 64px;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.pdf-page-frame canvas {
   display: block;
   max-width: min(100%, 980px);
   max-height: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
   border-radius: var(--radius);
   background: #f7f0df;
 }
 
 .cbz-reader img {
-  width: auto;
+  display: block;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  max-width: min(100%, 980px);
+  max-height: 100%;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: var(--radius);
+  background: #f7f0df;
   object-fit: contain;
 }
 
@@ -767,17 +1009,28 @@ select {
   padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
-.reader-mode-vertical .pdf-reader canvas,
+.pdf-strip,
+.comic-strip {
+  display: grid;
+  justify-items: center;
+  gap: 18px;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 0 0 24px;
+}
+
+.reader-mode-vertical .pdf-page-frame canvas,
 .reader-mode-vertical .cbz-reader img {
   width: min(100%, 980px);
   height: auto;
   max-height: none;
+  object-fit: contain;
 }
 
-.reader-mode-horizontal .pdf-reader canvas,
+.reader-mode-horizontal .pdf-page-frame canvas,
 .reader-mode-horizontal .cbz-reader img {
   width: auto;
   height: auto;
+  max-height: 100%;
   object-fit: contain;
 }
 
@@ -966,6 +1219,7 @@ select {
 
   .library-table > div,
   .search-form,
+  .book-fact-list,
   .automation-grid,
   .provider-row,
   .provider-local,
diff --git a/apps/web/vite.config.ts b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
index 4ece1d3..227b91a 100644
--- a/apps/web/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       "/auth": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
       "/admin": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
       "/books": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
+      "/series": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
       "/progress": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
       "/healthz": "http://127.0.0.1:3000"
     }
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
index 0151b80..12e4753 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,21 @@ export const UpdateLibrarySchema = z.object({
 });
 export type UpdateLibraryDto = z.infer<typeof UpdateLibrarySchema>;
 
+export const SeriesSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.number().int().positive(),
+  title: z.string(),
+  normalizedTitle: z.string(),
+  description: z.string().nullable(),
+  publisher: z.string().nullable(),
+  createdAt: z.string(),
+  updatedAt: z.string()
+});
+export type SeriesDto = z.infer<typeof SeriesSchema>;
+
 export const BookSchema = z.object({
   id: z.number().int().positive(),
   libraryId: z.number().int().positive(),
+  seriesId: z.number().int().positive().nullable().optional(),
   title: z.string(),
   author: z.string().nullable(),
   description: z.string().nullable(),
@@ -95,9 +107,16 @@ export const BookSchema = z.object({
   language: z.string().nullable(),
   publisher: z.string().nullable(),
   publishedDate: z.string().nullable(),
+  volumeNumber: z.number().int().nullable().optional(),
+  volumeLabel: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   format: z.enum(["epub", "pdf", "cbz", "cbr"]),
   filePath: z.string(),
   coverPath: z.string().nullable(),
+  metadataStatus: z.enum(["enriched", "partial", "none"]).default("none"),
+  metadataProvenance: z.record(z.string(), z.string()).default({}),
+  series: SeriesSchema.nullable().optional(),
+  scanStatus: z.enum(["idle", "running", "succeeded", "failed"]).default("idle"),
+  enrichmentStatus: z.enum(["idle", "running", "succeeded", "failed"]).default("idle"),
   fileSize: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
   fileMtime: z.string(),
   createdAt: z.string(),
@@ -152,7 +171,7 @@ export const JobSchema = z.object({
 });
 export type JobDto = z.infer<typeof JobSchema>;
 
-export const MetadataProviderIdSchema = z.enum(["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf"]);
+export const MetadataProviderIdSchema = z.enum(["local", "openlibrary", "googlebooks", "bnf", "mangadex", "comicvine"]);
 export type MetadataProviderId = z.infer<typeof MetadataProviderIdSchema>;
 
 export const MetadataSourceConfigSchema = z.object({