diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminBookController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminBookController.php
index ab8737894..db684fd1b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminBookController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminBookController.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\BasePageController;
 use App\Models\BookInfo;
-use Blacklight\Books;
+use App\Services\BookService;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class AdminBookController extends BasePageController
     public function edit(Request $request): View|RedirectResponse
     {
         $this->setAdminPrefs();
-        $book = new Books;
+        $bookService = new BookService;
 
         $meta_title = $title = 'Book Edit';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class AdminBookController extends BasePageController
 
         if ($request->has('id')) {
             $id = $request->input('id');
-            $b = $book->getBookInfo($id);
+            $b = $bookService->getBookInfo($id);
 
             if (! $b) {
                 abort(404);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class AdminBookController extends BasePageController
                         ? ($b['publishdate'] ?? null)
                         : Carbon::parse($request->input('publishdate'))->timestamp;
 
-                    $book->update(
+                    $bookService->update(
                         $id,
                         $request->input('title'),
                         $request->input('asin'),
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class AdminBookController extends BasePageController
                     return redirect()->route('admin.book-list')->with('success', 'Book updated successfully');
                 case 'view':
                 default:
-                    return view('admin.books.edit', compact('book', 'title', 'meta_title'))->with('book', $b);
+                    return view('admin.books.edit', compact('title', 'meta_title'))->with('book', $b);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
index 7dcf48187..f1443c12f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Models\Category;
-use Blacklight\Books;
+use App\Services\BookService;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class BooksController extends BasePageController
      */
     public function index(Request $request, string $id = '')
     {
-        $book = new Books(['Settings' => $this->settings]);
+        $bookService = new BookService;
 
         $boocats = Category::getChildren(Category::BOOKS_ROOT);
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ class BooksController extends BasePageController
         $catarray = [];
         $catarray[] = $category;
 
-        $ordering = $book->getBookOrdering();
+        $ordering = $bookService->getBookOrdering();
         $orderby = $request->has('ob') && \in_array($request->input('ob'), $ordering, false) ? $request->input('ob') : '';
 
         $books = [];
         $page = $request->has('page') && is_numeric($request->input('page')) ? $request->input('page') : 1;
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page');
-        $rslt = $book->getBookRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
+        $rslt = $bookService->getBookRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
         $maxwords = 50;
         foreach ($results as $result) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
index 21eefd0cd..e47cc2d7c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use App\Models\UserDownload;
 use App\Models\Video;
 use App\Services\MovieService;
 use App\Services\Releases\ReleaseSearchService;
+use App\Services\BookService;
 use Blacklight\AniDB;
-use Blacklight\Books;
 use Blacklight\Console;
 use Blacklight\Games;
 use Blacklight\Music;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class DetailsController extends BasePageController
 
             $book = '';
             if ($data['bookinfo_id'] !== '') {
-                $book = (new Books)->getBookInfo($data['bookinfo_id']);
+                $book = (new BookService)->getBookInfo($data['bookinfo_id']);
             }
 
             $con = '';
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/BookCollection.php b/app/Http/Resources/BookCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..930b345a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/BookCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\ResourceCollection;
+
+/**
+ * Book Collection API Resource for transforming book collections.
+ */
+class BookCollection extends ResourceCollection
+{
+    /**
+     * The resource that this resource collects.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public $collects = BookResource::class;
+
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource collection into an array.
+     *
+     * @return array<int|string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'data' => $this->collection,
+        ];
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/BookResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/BookResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e95f475d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/BookResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+
+/**
+ * Book API Resource for transforming book data.
+ */
+class BookResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource into an array.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'id' => $this->id,
+            'title' => $this->title,
+            'author' => $this->author,
+            'asin' => $this->asin,
+            'isbn' => $this->isbn,
+            'ean' => $this->ean,
+            'url' => $this->url,
+            'salesrank' => $this->salesrank,
+            'publisher' => $this->publisher,
+            'publishdate' => $this->publishdate,
+            'pages' => $this->pages,
+            'overview' => $this->overview,
+            'genre' => $this->genre,
+            'cover' => $this->cover ? true : false,
+            'cover_url' => $this->getCoverUrl(),
+            'created_at' => $this->created_at?->toIso8601String(),
+            'updated_at' => $this->updated_at?->toIso8601String(),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the cover image URL.
+     */
+    protected function getCoverUrl(): ?string
+    {
+        if (! $this->cover) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $coverPath = storage_path('covers/book/'.$this->id.'.jpg');
+        if (file_exists($coverPath)) {
+            return url('/covers/book/'.$this->id.'.jpg');
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/app/Models/BookInfo.php b/app/Models/BookInfo.php
index c27d2ef56..c54338ecd 100644
--- a/app/Models/BookInfo.php
+++ b/app/Models/BookInfo.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 /**
@@ -79,4 +80,40 @@ class BookInfo extends Model
             'title' => $this->title,
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the releases associated with this book.
+     */
+    public function releases(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(Release::class, 'bookinfo_id');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the cover image path.
+     */
+    public function getCoverPath(): string
+    {
+        return storage_path('covers/book/'.$this->id.'.jpg');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if cover image exists.
+     */
+    public function hasCoverImage(): bool
+    {
+        return file_exists($this->getCoverPath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the cover URL.
+     */
+    public function getCoverUrl(): ?string
+    {
+        if (! $this->cover || ! $this->hasCoverImage()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return url('/covers/book/'.$this->id.'.jpg');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Blacklight/Books.php b/app/Services/BookService.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 92%
rename from Blacklight/Books.php
rename to app/Services/BookService.php
index b00885bac..d2e35ab23
--- a/Blacklight/Books.php
+++ b/app/Services/BookService.php
@@ -1,48 +1,37 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace Blacklight;
+namespace App\Services;
 
 use App\Models\BookInfo;
 use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\Release;
 use App\Models\Settings;
-use App\Services\ItunesService;
+use Blacklight\ColorCLI;
+use Blacklight\ReleaseImage;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 /**
- * Class Books.
+ * Service class for book data fetching and processing.
  */
-class Books
+class BookService
 {
     public bool $echooutput;
 
-    /**
-     * @var null|string
-     */
-    public mixed $pubkey;
+    public ?string $pubkey;
 
-    /**
-     * @var null|string
-     */
-    public mixed $privkey;
+    public ?string $privkey;
 
-    /**
-     * @var null|string
-     */
-    public mixed $asstag;
+    public ?string $asstag;
 
-    public string|int|null $bookqty;
+    public int $bookqty;
 
-    public string|int|null $sleeptime;
+    public int $sleeptime;
 
     public string $imgSavePath;
 
-    /**
-     * @var null|string
-     */
-    public mixed $bookreqids;
+    public ?string $bookreqids;
 
     public string $renamed;
 
@@ -51,14 +40,11 @@ class Books
     protected ColorCLI $colorCli;
 
     /**
-     * @param  array  $options  Class instances / Echo to cli.
-     *
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->echooutput = config('nntmux.echocli');
-
         $this->colorCli = new ColorCLI;
 
         $this->pubkey = Settings::settingValue('amazonpubkey');
@@ -75,16 +61,22 @@ class Books
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return Model|null|static
+     * Get book info by ID.
      */
-    public function getBookInfo($id)
+    public function getBookInfo(?int $id): ?Model
     {
+        if ($id === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         return BookInfo::query()->where('id', $id)->first();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get book info by name using full-text search.
+     */
     public function getBookInfoByName(string $title): ?Model
     {
-        // only used to get a count of words
         $searchWords = '';
         $title = preg_replace(['/( - | -|\(.+\)|\(|\))/', '/[^\w ]+/'], [' ', ''], $title);
         $title = trim(trim(preg_replace('/\s\s+/i', ' ', $title)));
@@ -100,7 +92,10 @@ class Books
         return BookInfo::search($searchWords)->first();
     }
 
-    public function getBookRange($page, $cat, $start, $num, $orderBy, array $excludedCats = []): array
+    /**
+     * Get book range with pagination.
+     */
+    public function getBookRange(int $page, array $cat, int $start, int $num, string $orderBy, array $excludedCats = []): array
     {
         $page = max(1, $page);
         $start = max(0, $start);
@@ -188,7 +183,10 @@ class Books
         return $return;
     }
 
-    public function getBookOrder($orderBy): array
+    /**
+     * Get book order array.
+     */
+    public function getBookOrder(string $orderBy): array
     {
         $order = $orderBy === '' ? 'r.postdate' : $orderBy;
         $orderArr = explode('_', $order);
@@ -206,6 +204,9 @@ class Books
         return [$orderfield, $ordersort];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get book ordering options.
+     */
     public function getBookOrdering(): array
     {
         return [
@@ -226,11 +227,17 @@ class Books
         ];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get browse by options.
+     */
     public function getBrowseByOptions(): array
     {
         return ['author' => 'author', 'title' => 'title'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get browse by SQL clause.
+     */
     public function getBrowseBy(): string
     {
         $browseby = ' ';
@@ -244,6 +251,30 @@ class Books
         return $browseby;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Update book by ID.
+     */
+    public function update(
+        int $id,
+        string $title,
+        ?string $asin,
+        ?string $url,
+        ?string $author,
+        ?string $publisher,
+        $publishdate,
+        int $cover
+    ): bool {
+        return BookInfo::query()->where('id', $id)->update([
+            'title' => $title,
+            'asin' => $asin,
+            'url' => $url,
+            'author' => $author,
+            'publisher' => $publisher,
+            'publishdate' => $publishdate,
+            'cover' => $cover,
+        ]) > 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Process book releases, 1 category at a time.
      *
@@ -283,6 +314,8 @@ class Books
     }
 
     /**
+     * Process book releases helper.
+     *
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     protected function processBookReleasesHelper($res, $categoryID): void
@@ -349,6 +382,8 @@ class Books
     }
 
     /**
+     * Parse release title.
+     *
      * @return bool|string
      */
     public function parseTitle($release_name, $releaseID, $releasetype)
@@ -401,6 +436,8 @@ class Books
     }
 
     /**
+     * Update book info from external sources.
+     *
      * @return false|int|string
      *
      * @throws \Exception
@@ -493,6 +530,8 @@ class Books
     }
 
     /**
+     * Fetch book properties from iTunes.
+     *
      * @return array|bool
      */
     public function fetchItunesBookProperties(string $bookInfo)
@@ -533,3 +572,4 @@ class Books
         return $book;
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/app/Services/BooksProcessor.php b/app/Services/BooksProcessor.php
index c0737830b..4a3d64094 100644
--- a/app/Services/BooksProcessor.php
+++ b/app/Services/BooksProcessor.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Services;
 
 use App\Models\Settings;
-use Blacklight\Books;
 
 class BooksProcessor
 {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ class BooksProcessor
     public function process(string $groupID = '', string $guidChar = ''): void
     {
         if ((int) Settings::settingValue('lookupbooks') !== 0) {
-            (new Books)->processBookReleases($groupID, $guidChar);
+            (new BookService)->processBookReleases($groupID, $guidChar);
         }
     }
 }