diff --git a/client/components/player/PlayerTrackBar.vue b/client/components/player/PlayerTrackBar.vue
index 2f8327853..c62050509 100644
--- a/client/components/player/PlayerTrackBar.vue
+++ b/client/components/player/PlayerTrackBar.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export default {
       type: Object,
       default: () => {}
     },
-    playbackRate: Number
+    playbackRate: Number,
+    usePercent: Boolean
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ export default {
         this.$refs.hoverTimestampArrow.style.left = posLeft + 'px'
       }
       if (this.$refs.hoverTimestampText) {
-        var hoverText = this.$secondsToTimestamp(progressTime / this._playbackRate)
+        var hoverText = this.usePercent ? ((progressTime / duration) * 100).toFixed(1) + '%' : this.$secondsToTimestamp(progressTime / this._playbackRate)
 
         var chapter = this.chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.start <= totalTime && totalTime < chapter.end)
         if (chapter && chapter.title) {
diff --git a/client/components/player/PlayerUi.vue b/client/components/player/PlayerUi.vue
index e1b0f96da..4c255a4c8 100644
--- a/client/components/player/PlayerUi.vue
+++ b/client/components/player/PlayerUi.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <template>
   <div class="w-full -mt-6">
     <div class="w-full relative mb-1">
-      <div class="absolute -top-10 md:top-0 right-0 lg:right-2 flex items-center h-full">
+      <div class="absolute right-0 lg:right-2 flex items-center h-full" :class="isBook ? '-top-4' : '-top-10 md:top-0'">
         <!-- <span class="material-icons text-2xl cursor-pointer" @click="toggleFullscreen(true)">expand_less</span> -->
 
-        <ui-tooltip direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelVolume">
+        <ui-tooltip v-if="!isBook" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelVolume">
           <controls-volume-control ref="volumeControl" v-model="volume" @input="setVolume" class="mx-2 hidden md:block" />
         </ui-tooltip>
 
-        <ui-tooltip direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelSleepTimer">
+        <ui-tooltip v-if="!isBook" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelSleepTimer">
           <div class="cursor-pointer text-gray-300 hover:text-white mx-1 lg:mx-2" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="$emit('showSleepTimer')">
             <span v-if="!sleepTimerSet" class="material-icons text-2xl">snooze</span>
             <div v-else class="flex items-center">
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
           </div>
         </ui-tooltip>
 
-        <ui-tooltip v-if="!isPodcast" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewBookmarks">
+        <ui-tooltip v-if="!isPodcast && !isBook" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewBookmarks">
           <div class="cursor-pointer text-gray-300 hover:text-white mx-1 lg:mx-2" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="$emit('showBookmarks')">
             <span class="material-icons text-2xl">{{ bookmarks.length ? 'bookmarks' : 'bookmark_border' }}</span>
           </div>
         </ui-tooltip>
 
-        <ui-tooltip v-if="chapters.length" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewChapters">
+        <ui-tooltip v-if="chapters.length && !isBook" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewChapters">
           <div class="cursor-pointer text-gray-300 hover:text-white mx-1 lg:mx-2" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="showChapters">
             <span class="material-icons text-2xl">format_list_bulleted</span>
           </div>
         </ui-tooltip>
 
-        <ui-tooltip v-if="playerQueueItems.length" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewQueue">
+        <ui-tooltip v-if="playerQueueItems.length && !isBook" direction="top" :text="$strings.LabelViewQueue">
           <button class="outline-none text-gray-300 mx-1 lg:mx-2 hover:text-white" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="$emit('showPlayerQueueItems')">
             <span class="material-icons text-2.5xl sm:text-3xl">playlist_play</span>
           </button>
@@ -42,21 +42,32 @@
           </div>
         </ui-tooltip>
       </div>
-
-      <player-playback-controls :loading="loading" :seek-loading="seekLoading" :playback-rate.sync="playbackRate" :paused="paused" :has-next-chapter="hasNextChapter" @prevChapter="prevChapter" @nextChapter="nextChapter" @jumpForward="jumpForward" @jumpBackward="jumpBackward" @setPlaybackRate="setPlaybackRate" @playPause="playPause" />
+      <player-playback-controls v-if="!isBook" :loading="loading" :seek-loading="seekLoading" :playback-rate.sync="playbackRate" :paused="paused" :has-next-chapter="hasNextChapter" @prevChapter="prevChapter" @nextChapter="nextChapter" @jumpForward="jumpForward" @jumpBackward="jumpBackward" @setPlaybackRate="setPlaybackRate" @playPause="playPause" />
     </div>
 
-    <player-track-bar ref="trackbar" :loading="loading" :chapters="chapters" :duration="duration" :current-chapter="currentChapter" :playback-rate="playbackRate" @seek="seek" />
+    <player-track-bar ref="trackbar" :usePercent="isBook" :loading="loading" :chapters="chapters" :duration="duration" :current-chapter="currentChapter" :playback-rate="playbackRate" @seek="seek" />
 
     <div class="flex">
-      <p ref="currentTimestamp" class="font-mono text-xxs sm:text-sm text-gray-100 pointer-events-auto">00:00:00</p>
-      <p class="font-mono text-sm hidden sm:block text-gray-100 pointer-events-auto">&nbsp;/&nbsp;{{ progressPercent }}%</p>
-      <div class="flex-grow" />
-      <p class="text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-300 pt-0.5">
-        {{ currentChapterName }} <span v-if="useChapterTrack" class="text-xs text-gray-400">&nbsp;({{ currentChapterIndex + 1 }} of {{ chapters.length }})</span>
-      </p>
-      <div class="flex-grow" />
-      <p class="font-mono text-xxs sm:text-sm text-gray-100 pointer-events-auto">{{ timeRemainingPretty }}</p>
+      <div class="min-w-40 flex font-mono text-gray-100 pointer-events-auto">
+        <p ref="currentTimestamp" class="text-xxs sm:text-sm">00:00:00</p>
+        <p class="text-sm hidden sm:block">&nbsp;/&nbsp;{{ progressPercent }}%</p>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="flex-grow flex justify-center text-gray-300">
+        <div v-if="isBook" class="cursor-pointer" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="prevChapter">
+          <span class="material-icons text-2xl sm:text-3xl">first_page</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <p class="min-w-40 text-center text-xs sm:text-sm pt-0.5">
+          {{ currentChapterName }} <span v-if="useChapterTrack" class="text-xs text-gray-400">&nbsp;({{ currentChapterIndex + 1 }} of {{ chapters.length }})</span>
+        </p>
+
+        <div v-if="isBook" :class="hasNextChapter ? 'cursor-pointer' : 'text-gray-500'" @mousedown.prevent @mouseup.prevent @click.stop="nextChapter">
+          <span class="material-icons text-2xl sm:text-3xl">last_page</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <p class="min-w-40 text-right font-mono text-xxs sm:text-sm text-gray-100 pointer-events-auto">{{ timeRemainingPretty }}</p>
     </div>
 
     <modals-chapters-modal v-model="showChaptersModal" :current-chapter="currentChapter" :playback-rate="playbackRate" :chapters="chapters" @select="selectChapter" />
@@ -78,7 +89,8 @@ export default {
     },
     sleepTimerSet: Boolean,
     sleepTimerRemaining: Number,
-    isPodcast: Boolean
+    isPodcast: Boolean,
+    isBook: Boolean
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -121,10 +133,8 @@ export default {
       return (this.duration - this.currentTime) / this.playbackRate
     },
     timeRemainingPretty() {
-      if (this.timeRemaining < 0) {
-        return this.$secondsToTimestamp(this.timeRemaining * -1)
-      }
-      return '-' + this.$secondsToTimestamp(this.timeRemaining)
+      if (this.isBook) return -Math.ceil(Math.abs(this.timeRemaining))
+      return this.$secondsToTimestamp(-Math.abs(this.timeRemaining))
     },
     progressPercent() {
       const duration = this.useChapterTrack ? this.currentChapterDuration : this.duration
@@ -134,7 +144,7 @@ export default {
       return Math.round((100 * time) / duration)
     },
     currentChapter() {
-      return this.chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.start <= this.currentTime && this.currentTime < chapter.end)
+      return this.chapters.find((chapter) => chapter.start <= this.currentTime && (this.currentTime < chapter.end || this.currentTime == 1))
     },
     currentChapterName() {
       return this.currentChapter ? this.currentChapter.title : ''
@@ -296,7 +306,7 @@ export default {
         return
       }
       const time = this.useChapterTrack ? Math.max(0, this.currentTime - this.currentChapterStart) : this.currentTime
-      ts.innerText = this.$secondsToTimestamp(time / this.playbackRate)
+      ts.innerText = this.isBook ? 'Page ' + Math.round(time / this.playbackRate) : this.$secondsToTimestamp(time / this.playbackRate)
     },
     setBufferTime(bufferTime) {
       if (this.$refs.trackbar) this.$refs.trackbar.setBufferTime(bufferTime)
@@ -315,7 +325,7 @@ export default {
       this.setPlaybackRate(this.playbackRate)
     },
     settingsUpdated(settings) {
-      if (settings.playbackRate && this.playbackRate !== settings.playbackRate) {
+      if (!this.isBook && settings.playbackRate && this.playbackRate !== settings.playbackRate) {
         this.setPlaybackRate(settings.playbackRate)
       }
     },
diff --git a/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue b/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
index 3941c0d81..231027cde 100644
--- a/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
+++ b/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 <template>
-  <div id="epub-reader" class="h-full w-full">
-    <div class="h-full flex items-center justify-center">
+  <div id="epub-reader" class="h-full w-full flex flex-col">
+    <div class="flex flex-grow items-center justify-center">
       <button type="button" aria-label="Previous page" class="w-24 max-w-24 h-full hidden sm:flex items-center overflow-x-hidden justify-center opacity-50 hover:opacity-100">
         <span v-if="hasPrev" class="material-icons text-6xl" @mousedown.prevent @click="prev">chevron_left</span>
       </button>
-      <div id="frame" class="w-full" style="height: 80%">
+      <div id="frame" class="w-full shrink">
         <div id="viewer"></div>
       </div>
       <button type="button" aria-label="Next page" class="w-24 max-w-24 h-full hidden sm:flex items-center justify-center overflow-x-hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100">
         <span v-if="hasNext" class="material-icons text-6xl" @mousedown.prevent @click="next">chevron_right</span>
       </button>
     </div>
+    <div class="group-data-[theme=light]:invert z-50 px-2 md:px-4 pb-1 md:pb-4 pt-2" :class="themeRules">
+      <player-ui ref="audioPlayer" :chapters="flattenedChapters" isBook @seek="seek" />
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ export default {
       /** @type {ePub.Rendition} */
       rendition: null,
       chapters: [],
+      flattenedChapters: [],
       ereaderSettings: {
         theme: 'dark',
         font: 'serif',
@@ -139,6 +143,11 @@ export default {
       if (!this.rendition?.manager) return
       return this.rendition?.next()
     },
+    seek(location) {
+      if (!this.rendition?.manager) return
+      console.log(this.book.locations.cfiFromLocation(Math.round(location)))
+      return this.rendition?.display(this.book.locations.cfiFromPercentage(location))
+    },
     goToChapter(href) {
       if (!this.rendition?.manager) return
       return this.rendition?.display(href)
@@ -288,6 +297,7 @@ export default {
       }
 
       if (location.end.percentage) {
+        this.$refs.audioPlayer.setCurrentTime(location.end.percentage)
         this.updateProgress({
           ebookLocation: location.start.cfi,
           ebookProgress: location.end.percentage
@@ -298,7 +308,28 @@ export default {
         })
       }
     },
-    initEpub() {
+    estimatePages() {
+      // This uses the existing audio player ui by changes the 'playback rate' to scale percentage to pages.
+
+      // Estimating page count isn't straightforward for Epubs.
+      // https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js/issues/744
+      // https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/issues/175
+
+      // Method 1: count pages in the current chapter and extrapolate the total number of pages from that.
+      // Downsides: total page count changes when chapters change, only accurate for long chapters.
+      // let currentLocation = this.rendition.currentLocation()
+      // let sectionIndex = currentLocation.start.index
+      // let sectionPages = currentLocation.start.displayed.total
+      // let sectionBaseCFI = this.book.spine.get(sectionIndex).cfiBase
+      // let sectionLocations = this.book.locations._locations.filter((item) => item.startsWith('epubcfi(' + sectionBaseCFI)).length
+      // let totalLocations = this.book.locations.total
+      // let estPages = (totalLocations * sectionPages) / sectionLocations
+      // this.$refs.audioPlayer.playbackRate = 1 / estPages
+
+      //  Method 2: use a location size of 1024 characters to approximates pages. Isn't actually a page, more but stable.
+      this.$refs.audioPlayer.playbackRate = 1 / this.book.locations.total
+    },
+    async initEpub() {
       /** @type {EpubReader} */
       const reader = this
 
@@ -330,29 +361,33 @@ export default {
         this.applyTheme()
       })
 
-      reader.book.ready.then(() => {
-        // set up event listeners
-        reader.rendition.on('relocated', reader.relocated)
-        reader.rendition.on('keydown', reader.keyUp)
-
-        reader.rendition.on('touchstart', (event) => {
-          this.$emit('touchstart', event)
-        })
-        reader.rendition.on('touchend', (event) => {
-          this.$emit('touchend', event)
-        })
-
-        // load ebook cfi locations
-        const savedLocations = this.loadLocations()
-        if (savedLocations) {
-          reader.book.locations.load(savedLocations)
-        } else {
-          reader.book.locations.generate().then(() => {
-            this.checkSaveLocations(reader.book.locations.save())
-          })
-        }
-        this.getChapters()
+      await reader.book.ready
+      // set up event listeners
+      reader.rendition.on('relocated', reader.relocated)
+      reader.rendition.on('keydown', reader.keyUp)
+      // reader.rendition.on('rendered', this.estimatePages)
+      reader.rendition.on('touchstart', (event) => {
+        this.$emit('touchstart', event)
       })
+      reader.rendition.on('touchend', (event) => {
+        this.$emit('touchend', event)
+      })
+
+      // load ebook cfi locations
+      const savedLocations = this.loadLocations()
+      if (savedLocations) {
+        reader.book.locations.load(savedLocations)
+      } else {
+        await reader.book.locations.generate(1024)
+        this.checkSaveLocations(reader.book.locations.save())
+      }
+
+      await this.getChapters()
+      this.$refs.audioPlayer.setDuration(this.book.locations.total)
+      this.$refs.audioPlayer.setDuration(1)
+
+      this.estimatePages()
+      this.$refs.audioPlayer.setCurrentTime(this.book.locations.percentageFromCfi(this.savedEbookLocation || reader.book.locations.start))
     },
     getChapters() {
       // Load the list of chapters in the book. See https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js/issues/759
@@ -400,16 +435,17 @@ export default {
       }
       return createTree(toc, tocTree).then(() => {
         this.chapters = tocTree
+        this.flattenChapters()
       })
     },
-    flattenChapters(chapters) {
+    flattenChapters() {
       // Convert the nested epub chapters into something that looks like audiobook chapters for player-ui
       const unwrap = (chapters) => {
         return chapters.reduce((acc, chapter) => {
           return chapter.subitems ? [...acc, chapter, ...unwrap(chapter.subitems)] : [...acc, chapter]
         }, [])
       }
-      let flattenedChapters = unwrap(chapters)
+      let flattenedChapters = unwrap(this.chapters)
 
       flattenedChapters = flattenedChapters.sort((a, b) => a.start - b.start)
       for (let i = 0; i < flattenedChapters.length; i++) {
@@ -417,10 +453,11 @@ export default {
         if (i < flattenedChapters.length - 1) {
           flattenedChapters[i].end = flattenedChapters[i + 1].start
         } else {
+          // flattenedChapters[i].end = this.book.locations.total
           flattenedChapters[i].end = 1
         }
       }
-      return flattenedChapters
+      this.flattenedChapters = flattenedChapters
     },
     resize() {
       this.windowWidth = window.innerWidth
@@ -434,11 +471,11 @@ export default {
       })
     }
   },
-  mounted() {
+  async mounted() {
     this.windowWidth = window.innerWidth
     this.windowHeight = window.innerHeight
     window.addEventListener('resize', this.resize)
-    this.initEpub()
+    await this.initEpub()
   },
   beforeDestroy() {
     window.removeEventListener('resize', this.resize)
diff --git a/client/components/readers/Reader.vue b/client/components/readers/Reader.vue
index 5ee85182b..e2171ebe3 100644
--- a/client/components/readers/Reader.vue
+++ b/client/components/readers/Reader.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <!-- TOC side nav -->
     <div v-if="tocOpen" class="w-full h-full overflow-y-scroll absolute inset-0 bg-black/20 z-20" @click.stop.prevent="toggleToC"></div>
-    <div v-if="isEpub" class="w-96 h-full max-h-full absolute top-0 left-0 shadow-xl transition-transform z-30 group-data-[theme=dark]:bg-primary group-data-[theme=dark]:text-white group-data-[theme=light]:bg-white group-data-[theme=light]:text-black" :class="tocOpen ? 'translate-x-0' : '-translate-x-96'" @click.stop.prevent>
+    <div v-if="isEpub" class="w-96 h-full max-h-full absolute top-0 left-0 shadow-xl transition-transform z-50 group-data-[theme=dark]:bg-primary group-data-[theme=dark]:text-white group-data-[theme=light]:bg-white group-data-[theme=light]:text-black" :class="tocOpen ? 'translate-x-0' : '-translate-x-96'" @click.stop.prevent>
       <div class="flex flex-col p-4 h-full">
         <div class="flex items-center mb-2">
           <button @click.stop.prevent="toggleToC" type="button" aria-label="Close table of contents" class="inline-flex opacity-80 hover:opacity-100">