aa-book: Anna's Archive → NAS Acquisition

Workflow: search → authenticated download → optional convert → NAS transfer.

Quick Reference

# Search
aa-book search "designing data intensive applications"
aa-book search "clean architecture" pdf    # PDFs only

# Download
aa-book download <md5>
aa-book download <md5> /Users/joel/clawd/data/pdf-brain/incoming

# Check status & quota
aa-book status
aa-book login

Commands

search

aa-book search "query terms" [format]

• Shows MD5 + format + size + title
• Optional format filter: pdf, epub, mobi

download

aa-book download <md5> [output_dir]

Steps:

1. Ensure browser login/session
2. Resolve partner download URL
3. Download file (retry)
4. Convert epub/mobi to PDF if possible
5. Copy to NAS (/volume1/home/joel/books/YYYY/)

status

aa-book status

Shows current progress + daily count.

Daily Limits

• 25 fast downloads per day (tracked automatically)
• Check quota with aa-book status
• Resets at midnight

Progress Monitoring

Monitor:

tail -f /tmp/aa-book-progress.log
aa-book status