src/NexusReader.Application/Abstractions/Messaging/ISyncBroadcaster.cs

@@ -21,4 +21,18 @@ public interface ISyncBroadcaster
         DateTime timestamp,
         string? excludedConnectionId,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Broadcasts real-time ingestion status updates to a specific user.
+    /// This is used by background workers to provide feedback during AI-intensive processing.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="userId">The ID of the user who owns the ingestion request.</param>
+    /// <param name="message">A human-readable status message (e.g., "Parsing chapters...").</param>
+    /// <param name="progress">Progress percentage (0.0 to 1.0).</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    Task BroadcastIngestionProgressAsync(
+        string userId,
+        string message,
+        double progress,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 }

src/NexusReader.Domain/Entities/Ebook.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ public class Ebook
     public string? LastChapter { get; set; }
 
     public int LastChapterIndex { get; set; } = 0;
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the ebook has been processed by the AI ingestion engine
+    /// and is ready for reading (Knowledge Units generated).
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsReadyForReading { get; set; } = false;
 
     // Relationship to NexusUser
     [Required]

src/NexusReader.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ public static class DependencyInjection
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pgConnectionString))
         {
             services.AddDbContextFactory<AppDbContext>(options =>
-                options.UseNpgsql(pgConnectionString, x => x.UseVector()));
+                options.UseNpgsql(pgConnectionString, x => x.UseVector()),
+                ServiceLifetime.Scoped);
 
             // Also register a scoped DbContext for repositories that need it
             services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ public static class DependencyInjection
         {
             var sqliteConnectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString("SqliteConnection") ?? "Data Source=nexus.db";
             services.AddDbContextFactory<AppDbContext>(options =>
-                options.UseSqlite(sqliteConnectionString));
+                options.UseSqlite(sqliteConnectionString),
+                ServiceLifetime.Scoped);
 
             services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>
                 options.UseSqlite(sqliteConnectionString));

src/NexusReader.Infrastructure/Persistence/EbookRepository.cs

@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ internal sealed class EbookRepository : IEbookRepository
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task<Author?> FindAuthorByNameAsync(string name, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
-        // EF.Functions.ILike is PostgreSQL-specific; fall back to ToLower for SQLite.
-        // The Author table is expected to be small, so the full scan is acceptable.
-        // TODO: Add a case-insensitive collation to the Author.Name column in a future migration.
+        // Use PostgreSQL ILike for case-insensitive searching if on Npgsql provider, 
+        // otherwise fallback to string comparison.
+        if (_context.Database.IsNpgsql())
+        {
+            return await _context.Authors
+                .FirstOrDefaultAsync(a => EF.Functions.ILike(a.Name, name), cancellationToken);
+        }
+
         return await _context.Authors
             .FirstOrDefaultAsync(
                 a => a.Name.ToLower() == name.ToLower(),
@@ -34,7 +39,12 @@ internal sealed class EbookRepository : IEbookRepository
     public void AddAuthor(Author author) => _context.Authors.Add(author);
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public void AddEbook(Ebook ebook) => _context.Ebooks.Add(ebook);
+    public void AddEbook(Ebook ebook)
+    {
+        // Explicitly set the readiness flag to false upon addition
+        ebook.IsReadyForReading = false;
+        _context.Ebooks.Add(ebook);
+    }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

src/NexusReader.Infrastructure/RealTime/SignalRSyncBroadcaster.cs

@@ -25,19 +25,37 @@ internal sealed class SignalRSyncBroadcaster : ISyncBroadcaster
         string? excludedConnectionId,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
-        var groupName = $"User_{userId}";
-
+        // Using Clients.User(userId) targeted broadcasting.
+        // This pushes to all of a user's connected devices across all sessions.
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(excludedConnectionId))
         {
             await _hubContext.Clients
-                .GroupExcept(groupName, excludedConnectionId)
+                .User(userId)
                 .SendAsync("ProgressUpdated", pageId, timestamp, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+            
+            // Note: SignalR HubContext doesn't easily support 'Except' when using .User(id) 
+            // from outside the Hub itself without custom IUserIdProvider.
+            // If strict exclusion is needed, we'd use groups, but requirements mandate .User(userId).
         }
         else
         {
             await _hubContext.Clients
-                .Group(groupName)
+                .User(userId)
                 .SendAsync("ProgressUpdated", pageId, timestamp, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task BroadcastIngestionProgressAsync(
+        string userId,
+        string message,
+        double progress,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        // Pushes ingestion status (e.g., "Parsing chapters...") and progress (0.0-1.0)
+        // directly to the user's active session components (like BookIngestionModal).
+        await _hubContext.Clients
+            .User(userId)
+            .SendAsync("IngestionProgress", message, progress, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+    }
 }

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Program.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ using NexusReader.Application;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
 using NexusReader.Data.Persistence;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Persistence;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Messaging;
+using NexusReader.Domain.Entities;
 
 
 var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
@@ -42,10 +45,12 @@ builder.Services.AddHttpClient("NexusAPI", client =>
 
 builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<IHttpClientFactory>().CreateClient("NexusAPI"));
 
-// Dummy registrations for server-only handlers to satisfy DI validation
+// Real WASM implementations for application abstractions
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IDbContextFactory<AppDbContext>>(new ThrowingDbContextFactory());
-builder.Services.AddSingleton<IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>>(new ThrowingEmbeddingGenerator());
-builder.Services.AddSingleton<IBookStorageService>(new ThrowingBookStorageService());
+builder.Services.AddScoped<IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>, WasmEmbeddingGenerator>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<IBookStorageService, WasmBookStorageService>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<IEbookRepository, WasmEbookRepository>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<ISyncBroadcaster, WasmSyncBroadcaster>();
 
 builder.Services.AddApplication();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<IEpubReader, WasmEpubReader>();
@@ -55,23 +60,5 @@ await builder.Build().RunAsync();
 
 public class ThrowingDbContextFactory : IDbContextFactory<AppDbContext>
 {
-    public AppDbContext CreateDbContext() => throw new NotSupportedException("DbContext cannot be used in WASM client.");
-}
-
-public class ThrowingEmbeddingGenerator : IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>
-{
-    public void Dispose() { }
-    public Task<GeneratedEmbeddings<Embedding<float>>> GenerateAsync(IEnumerable<string> values, EmbeddingGenerationOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) 
-        => throw new NotSupportedException("Embedding generation cannot be used in WASM client.");
-    public object? GetService(Type serviceType, object? serviceKey = null) => null;
-}
-
-public class ThrowingBookStorageService : IBookStorageService
-{
-    private const string ErrorMessage = "File storage operations are not supported in the WASM client. Use the API endpoint for ingestion.";
-
-    public Task<string> SaveEbookAsync(byte[] data, string fileName) => throw new NotSupportedException(ErrorMessage);
-    public Task<string> SaveEbookAsync(Stream data, string fileName) => throw new NotSupportedException(ErrorMessage);
-    public Task<string?> SaveCoverAsync(byte[] data, string fileName) => throw new NotSupportedException(ErrorMessage);
-    public Task<string?> SaveCoverAsync(Stream data, string fileName) => throw new NotSupportedException(ErrorMessage);
+    public AppDbContext CreateDbContext() => throw new NotSupportedException("DbContext cannot be used in WASM client. Use API proxies for data access.");
 }

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Services/WasmBookStorageService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Services;
+
+namespace NexusReader.Web.Client.Services;
+
+public class WasmBookStorageService : IBookStorageService
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+
+    public WasmBookStorageService(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        _httpClient = httpClient;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<string> SaveEbookAsync(byte[] data, string fileName)
+    {
+        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/storage/save/ebook", new { data, fileName });
+        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<StorageResponse>();
+        return result?.Path ?? string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<string> SaveEbookAsync(Stream data, string fileName)
+    {
+        using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+        await data.CopyToAsync(ms);
+        return await SaveEbookAsync(ms.ToArray(), fileName);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<string?> SaveCoverAsync(byte[] data, string fileName)
+    {
+        if (data == null || data.Length == 0) return null;
+        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/storage/save/cover", new { data, fileName });
+        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<StorageResponse>();
+        return result?.Path;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<string?> SaveCoverAsync(Stream data, string fileName)
+    {
+        using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+        await data.CopyToAsync(ms);
+        return await SaveCoverAsync(ms.ToArray(), fileName);
+    }
+
+    private record StorageResponse(string Path);
+}

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Services/WasmEbookRepository.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Persistence;
+using NexusReader.Domain.Entities;
+
+namespace NexusReader.Web.Client.Services;
+
+public class WasmEbookRepository : IEbookRepository
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+
+    public WasmEbookRepository(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        _httpClient = httpClient;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Author?> FindAuthorByNameAsync(string name, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/repository/author/find", new { name }, cancellationToken);
+        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            return await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<Author>(cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void AddAuthor(Author author)
+    {
+        // For a repository in WASM, we can't easily do 'void' fire-and-forget Add without a local state.
+        // However, we can either queue it or just do nothing if the caller expects SaveChangesAsync to handle it.
+        // But the common pattern for this app seems to be calling the API.
+        // For now, we'll assume the entity will be sent during SaveChanges or a separate command.
+        // Given the constraints, we'll mark it for later serialization or just throw if not supported.
+        // Better yet: we'll implement a 'Real' enough version that tracks changes locally.
+        _stagedAuthors.Add(author);
+    }
+
+    public void AddEbook(Ebook ebook)
+    {
+        _stagedEbooks.Add(ebook);
+    }
+
+    private readonly List<Author> _stagedAuthors = new();
+    private readonly List<Ebook> _stagedEbooks = new();
+
+    public async Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        int count = 0;
+        foreach (var author in _stagedAuthors)
+        {
+            await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/repository/author/add", author, cancellationToken);
+            count++;
+        }
+        foreach (var ebook in _stagedEbooks)
+        {
+            await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/repository/ebook/add", ebook, cancellationToken);
+            count++;
+        }
+        
+        _stagedAuthors.Clear();
+        _stagedEbooks.Clear();
+
+        await _httpClient.PostAsync("/api/repository/save", null, cancellationToken);
+        return count;
+    }
+}

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Services/WasmEmbeddingGenerator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace NexusReader.Web.Client.Services;
+
+public class WasmEmbeddingGenerator : IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+
+    public WasmEmbeddingGenerator(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        _httpClient = httpClient;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() { }
+
+    public async Task<GeneratedEmbeddings<Embedding<float>>> GenerateAsync(
+        IEnumerable<string> values, 
+        EmbeddingGenerationOptions? options = null, 
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        var response = await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/ai/embeddings", new { values, options }, cancellationToken);
+        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<GeneratedEmbeddings<Embedding<float>>>(cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+        return result ?? new GeneratedEmbeddings<Embedding<float>>();
+    }
+
+    public object? GetService(Type serviceType, object? serviceKey = null)
+    {
+        if (serviceType == typeof(IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>)) return this;
+        return null;
+    }
+}

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Services/WasmSyncBroadcaster.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Messaging;
+
+namespace NexusReader.Web.Client.Services;
+
+public class WasmSyncBroadcaster : ISyncBroadcaster
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+
+    public WasmSyncBroadcaster(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        _httpClient = httpClient;
+    }
+
+    public async Task BroadcastProgressAsync(
+        string userId,
+        string pageId,
+        DateTime timestamp,
+        string? excludedConnectionId,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/broadcaster/progress", new
+        {
+            userId,
+            pageId,
+            timestamp,
+            excludedConnectionId
+        }, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    public async Task BroadcastIngestionProgressAsync(
+        string userId,
+        string message,
+        double progress,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        await _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/api/broadcaster/ingestion-progress", new
+        {
+            userId,
+            message,
+            progress
+        }, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}

src/NexusReader.Web/Program.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
 using System.Security.Claims;
 using NexusReader.Infrastructure.Services;
 using Stripe;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Persistence;
+using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Messaging;
 
 AppContext.SetSwitch("Npgsql.EnableLegacyTimestampBehavior", true);
 
@@ -250,6 +253,13 @@ app.MapGet("/api/epub/{ebookId:guid}/{index:int}", async (Guid ebookId, int inde
     return Results.BadRequest(errorMsg);
 }).RequireAuthorization();
 
+// Proxy API for AI services (Embeddings)
+app.MapPost("/api/ai/embeddings", async (EmbeddingsRequest request, IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>> generator) =>
+{
+    var result = await generator.GenerateAsync(request.Values, request.Options);
+    return Results.Ok(result);
+}).RequireAuthorization();
+
 var knowledgeApi = app.MapGroup("/api/knowledge").RequireAuthorization("HasAvailableTokens");
 
 knowledgeApi.MapPost("/", async (KnowledgeRequest request, ClaimsPrincipal user, IKnowledgeService knowledgeService) =>
@@ -293,6 +303,63 @@ knowledgeApi.MapDelete("/", async (IKnowledgeService knowledgeService) =>
     return Results.BadRequest(errorMsg);
 });
 
+// Proxy API for WASM Repository calls
+var repoApi = app.MapGroup("/api/repository").RequireAuthorization();
+
+repoApi.MapPost("/author/find", async (AuthorFindRequest request, IEbookRepository repo) =>
+{
+    var author = await repo.FindAuthorByNameAsync(request.Name);
+    return author != null ? Results.Ok(author) : Results.NotFound();
+});
+
+repoApi.MapPost("/author/add", (Author author, IEbookRepository repo) =>
+{
+    repo.AddAuthor(author);
+    return Results.Ok();
+});
+
+repoApi.MapPost("/ebook/add", (Ebook ebook, IEbookRepository repo) =>
+{
+    repo.AddEbook(ebook);
+    return Results.Ok();
+});
+
+repoApi.MapPost("/save", async (IEbookRepository repo) =>
+{
+    await repo.SaveChangesAsync();
+    return Results.Ok();
+});
+
+// Proxy API for WASM Broadcaster calls
+var broadcasterApi = app.MapGroup("/api/broadcaster").RequireAuthorization();
+
+broadcasterApi.MapPost("/progress", async (BroadcastProgressRequest request, ISyncBroadcaster broadcaster) =>
+{
+    await broadcaster.BroadcastProgressAsync(request.UserId, request.PageId, request.Timestamp, request.ExcludedConnectionId);
+    return Results.Ok();
+});
+
+broadcasterApi.MapPost("/ingestion-progress", async (BroadcastIngestionProgressRequest request, ISyncBroadcaster broadcaster) =>
+{
+    await broadcaster.BroadcastIngestionProgressAsync(request.UserId, request.Message, request.Progress);
+    return Results.Ok();
+});
+
+// Proxy API for WASM Storage calls
+var storageApi = app.MapGroup("/api/storage").RequireAuthorization();
+
+storageApi.MapPost("/save/ebook", async (StorageRequest request, IBookStorageService storage) =>
+{
+    var path = await storage.SaveEbookAsync(request.Data, request.FileName);
+    return Results.Ok(new { Path = path });
+});
+
+storageApi.MapPost("/save/cover", async (StorageRequest request, IBookStorageService storage) =>
+{
+    var path = await storage.SaveCoverAsync(request.Data, request.FileName);
+    return Results.Ok(new { Path = path });
+});
+
 app.MapPost("/api/library/ingest", async ([FromBody] IngestEbookRequest request, ClaimsPrincipal user, IMediator mediator) =>
 {
     var userId = user.FindFirstValue(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
@@ -518,3 +585,8 @@ app.Run();
 
 public record KnowledgeRequest(string Text);
 public record GroundednessRequest(string Answer, string Context);
+public record AuthorFindRequest(string Name);
+public record BroadcastProgressRequest(string UserId, string PageId, DateTime Timestamp, string? ExcludedConnectionId);
+public record BroadcastIngestionProgressRequest(string UserId, string Message, double Progress);
+public record StorageRequest(byte[] Data, string FileName);
+public record EmbeddingsRequest(IEnumerable<string> Values, EmbeddingGenerationOptions? Options);