v26.8.3

ATH-MaaS/Pixelle-Videov26.8.3Aug 3, 2026by ROBERT-MCDOWELL

AI Summary

A maintenance release for ebook2audiobook introducing Audiobookshelf integration and fixing various bugs including exceptions and installation errors.

Key Highlights

  • New Audiobookshelf integration with upload support
  • Bug fixes for exceptions and various installation issues
  • New Gradio settings and headless options for Audiobookshelf

New Features

  • Audiobookshelf integration
  • Audiobookshelf upload functionality
  • New Gradio settings for Audiobookshelf
  • New headless options for Audiobookshelf

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* v26.8.3 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/2045
* fix exception by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/2046
* v26.8.3 by @ROBERT-MCDOWELL in https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/pull/2047

## New Feature
* Audiobookshelf (see ./lib/conf.py for default settings for gradio and --help for new headless options)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook/compare/v26.7.27...v26.8.3

!!! IMPORTANT !!!
IF YOU UPDATE with "git pull" DELETE THE CONTENT OF ./tmp and ./run FOLDER BEFORE INSTALLING THIS VERSION.
after that if you stilll have errors on installation, remove Miniforge3 and scoop if possible (windows only) from your user root directory.

NOTE:
if you are on windows and crash with DLL missing etc.... just uninstall completely ffmpeg and calibre then reinstall E2A.