diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/Configurations/BookConfig.cs b/Source/DataLayer/Configurations/BookConfig.cs
index 88a92a46..17054ea7 100644
--- a/Source/DataLayer/Configurations/BookConfig.cs
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/Configurations/BookConfig.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ namespace DataLayer.Configurations
 
             entity.OwnsOne(b => b.Rating);
 
+            entity.Property(nameof(Book._audioFormat));
             //
             // CRUCIAL: ignore unmapped collections, even get-only
             //
             entity.Ignore(nameof(Book.Authors));
             entity.Ignore(nameof(Book.Narrators));
+            entity.Ignore(nameof(Book.AudioFormat));
 			//// these don't seem to matter
 			//entity.Ignore(nameof(Book.AuthorNames));
 			//entity.Ignore(nameof(Book.NarratorNames));
diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/AudioFormat.cs b/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/AudioFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d2f9d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/AudioFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace DataLayer
+{
+    internal enum AudioFormatEnum : long
+    {
+        //Defining the enum this way ensures that when comparing:
+        //LC_128_44100_stereo > LC_64_44100_stereo > LC_64_22050_stereo > LC_64_22050_stereo
+        //This matches how audible interprets these codecs when specifying quality using AudibleApi.DownloadQuality
+        //I've never seen mono formats.
+        Unknown = 0,
+        LC_32_22050_stereo = (32L << 18) | (22050 << 2) | 2,
+        LC_64_22050_stereo = (64L << 18) | (22050 << 2) | 2,
+        LC_64_44100_stereo = (64L << 18) | (44100 << 2) | 2,
+        LC_128_44100_stereo = (128L << 18) | (44100 << 2) | 2,
+    }
+
+    public class AudioFormat : IComparable<AudioFormat>, IComparable
+    {
+
+        internal int AudioFormatID { get; private set; }
+        public int Bitrate { get; private init; }
+        public int SampleRate { get; private init; }
+        public int Channels { get; private init; }
+        public bool IsValid => Bitrate != 0 && SampleRate != 0 && Channels != 0;
+
+        public static AudioFormat FromString(string formatStr)
+        {
+            if (Enum.TryParse(formatStr, ignoreCase: true, out AudioFormatEnum enumVal))
+                return FromEnum(enumVal);
+            return FromEnum(AudioFormatEnum.Unknown);
+        }
+
+        internal static AudioFormat FromEnum(AudioFormatEnum enumVal)
+        {
+            var val = (long)enumVal;
+
+            return new()
+            {
+                Bitrate = (int)(val >> 18),
+                SampleRate = (int)(val >> 2) & ushort.MaxValue,
+                Channels = (int)(val & 3)
+            };
+        }
+        internal AudioFormatEnum ToEnum()
+        {
+            var val = (AudioFormatEnum)(((long)Bitrate << 18) | ((long)SampleRate << 2) | (long)Channels);
+
+            return Enum.IsDefined(val) ?
+                val : AudioFormatEnum.Unknown;
+        }
+
+        public override string ToString()
+            => IsValid ?
+            $"{Bitrate} Kbps, {SampleRate / 1000d:F1} kHz, {(Channels == 2 ? "Stereo" : Channels)}" :
+            "Unknown";
+
+        public int CompareTo(AudioFormat other) => ToEnum().CompareTo(other.ToEnum());
+
+        public int CompareTo(object obj) => CompareTo(obj as AudioFormat);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/Book.cs b/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/Book.cs
index ef072484..22007e13 100644
--- a/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/Book.cs
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/EfClasses/Book.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace DataLayer
         Parent = 4,
     }
 
+
     public class Book
     {
         // implementation detail. set by db only. only used by data layer
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ namespace DataLayer
         public ContentType ContentType { get; private set; }
         public string Locale { get; private set; }
 
+        internal AudioFormatEnum _audioFormat;
+
+        public AudioFormat AudioFormat { get => AudioFormat.FromEnum(_audioFormat); set => _audioFormat = value.ToEnum(); }
+
         // mutable
         public string PictureId { get; set; }
         public string PictureLarge { get; set; }
diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.Designer.cs b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fce7a0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using DataLayer;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace DataLayer.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(LibationContext))]
+    [Migration("20220624214932_AddAudioFormat")]
+    partial class AddAudioFormat
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "6.0.6");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Book", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("BookId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AudibleProductId")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("CategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("ContentType")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime?>("DatePublished")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsAbridged")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("LengthInMinutes")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Locale")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PictureId")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PictureLarge")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<long>("_audioFormat")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.HasKey("BookId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AudibleProductId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("CategoryId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Books");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.BookContributor", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("BookId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("ContributorId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("Role")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<byte>("Order")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.HasKey("BookId", "ContributorId", "Role");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("BookId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ContributorId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("BookContributor");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Category", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("CategoryId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AudibleCategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("ParentCategoryCategoryId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.HasKey("CategoryId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AudibleCategoryId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ParentCategoryCategoryId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Categories");
+
+                    b.HasData(
+                        new
+                        {
+                            CategoryId = -1,
+                            AudibleCategoryId = "",
+                            Name = ""
+                        });
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Contributor", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ContributorId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AudibleContributorId")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ContributorId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Contributors");
+
+                    b.HasData(
+                        new
+                        {
+                            ContributorId = -1,
+                            Name = ""
+                        });
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.LibraryBook", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("BookId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Account")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("DateAdded")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("BookId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("LibraryBooks");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Series", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("SeriesId")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AudibleSeriesId")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("SeriesId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("AudibleSeriesId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Series");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.SeriesBook", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("SeriesId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("BookId")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Order")
+                        .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                    b.HasKey("SeriesId", "BookId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("BookId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("SeriesId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("SeriesBook");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Book", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Category", "Category")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("CategoryId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.OwnsOne("DataLayer.Rating", "Rating", b1 =>
+                        {
+                            b1.Property<int>("BookId")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<float>("OverallRating")
+                                .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                            b1.Property<float>("PerformanceRating")
+                                .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                            b1.Property<float>("StoryRating")
+                                .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                            b1.HasKey("BookId");
+
+                            b1.ToTable("Books");
+
+                            b1.WithOwner()
+                                .HasForeignKey("BookId");
+                        });
+
+                    b.OwnsMany("DataLayer.Supplement", "Supplements", b1 =>
+                        {
+                            b1.Property<int>("SupplementId")
+                                .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<int>("BookId")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<string>("Url")
+                                .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                            b1.HasKey("SupplementId");
+
+                            b1.HasIndex("BookId");
+
+                            b1.ToTable("Supplement");
+
+                            b1.WithOwner("Book")
+                                .HasForeignKey("BookId");
+
+                            b1.Navigation("Book");
+                        });
+
+                    b.OwnsOne("DataLayer.UserDefinedItem", "UserDefinedItem", b1 =>
+                        {
+                            b1.Property<int>("BookId")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<int>("BookStatus")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<int?>("PdfStatus")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                            b1.Property<string>("Tags")
+                                .HasColumnType("TEXT");
+
+                            b1.HasKey("BookId");
+
+                            b1.ToTable("UserDefinedItem", (string)null);
+
+                            b1.WithOwner("Book")
+                                .HasForeignKey("BookId");
+
+                            b1.OwnsOne("DataLayer.Rating", "Rating", b2 =>
+                                {
+                                    b2.Property<int>("UserDefinedItemBookId")
+                                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
+                                    b2.Property<float>("OverallRating")
+                                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                                    b2.Property<float>("PerformanceRating")
+                                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                                    b2.Property<float>("StoryRating")
+                                        .HasColumnType("REAL");
+
+                                    b2.HasKey("UserDefinedItemBookId");
+
+                                    b2.ToTable("UserDefinedItem");
+
+                                    b2.WithOwner()
+                                        .HasForeignKey("UserDefinedItemBookId");
+                                });
+
+                            b1.Navigation("Book");
+
+                            b1.Navigation("Rating");
+                        });
+
+                    b.Navigation("Category");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Rating");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Supplements");
+
+                    b.Navigation("UserDefinedItem");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.BookContributor", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Book", "Book")
+                        .WithMany("ContributorsLink")
+                        .HasForeignKey("BookId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Contributor", "Contributor")
+                        .WithMany("BooksLink")
+                        .HasForeignKey("ContributorId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Book");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Contributor");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Category", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Category", "ParentCategory")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("ParentCategoryCategoryId");
+
+                    b.Navigation("ParentCategory");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.LibraryBook", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Book", "Book")
+                        .WithOne()
+                        .HasForeignKey("DataLayer.LibraryBook", "BookId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Book");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.SeriesBook", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Book", "Book")
+                        .WithMany("SeriesLink")
+                        .HasForeignKey("BookId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("DataLayer.Series", "Series")
+                        .WithMany("BooksLink")
+                        .HasForeignKey("SeriesId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.Navigation("Book");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Series");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Book", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("ContributorsLink");
+
+                    b.Navigation("SeriesLink");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Contributor", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("BooksLink");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Series", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Navigation("BooksLink");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.cs b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38c7880a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/20220624214932_AddAudioFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace DataLayer.Migrations
+{
+    public partial class AddAudioFormat : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<long>(
+                name: "_audioFormat",
+                table: "Books",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: 0L);
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "_audioFormat",
+                table: "Books");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/LibationContextModelSnapshot.cs b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/LibationContextModelSnapshot.cs
index c198e3c0..5579839c 100644
--- a/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/LibationContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Source/DataLayer/Migrations/LibationContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace DataLayer.Migrations
         protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
 #pragma warning disable 612, 618
-            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "6.0.4");
+            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "6.0.6");
 
             modelBuilder.Entity("DataLayer.Book", b =>
                 {
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ namespace DataLayer.Migrations
                     b.Property<string>("Title")
                         .HasColumnType("TEXT");
 
+                    b.Property<long>("_audioFormat")
+                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
                     b.HasKey("BookId");
 
                     b.HasIndex("AudibleProductId");
diff --git a/Source/DtoImporterService/BookImporter.cs b/Source/DtoImporterService/BookImporter.cs
index 67d18f4e..3e05db63 100644
--- a/Source/DtoImporterService/BookImporter.cs
+++ b/Source/DtoImporterService/BookImporter.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ namespace DtoImporterService
 		{
 			var item = importItem.DtoItem;
 
+			var codec = item.AvailableCodecs?.Max(f => AudioFormat.FromString(f.EnhancedCodec)) ?? new AudioFormat();
+			book.AudioFormat = codec;
+
 			// set/update book-specific info which may have changed
 			if (item.PictureId is not null)
 				book.PictureId = item.PictureId;
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/BookDetailsDialog.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/BookDetailsDialog.cs
index fdbc7ac7..838b72b7 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/BookDetailsDialog.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/BookDetailsDialog.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Title: {Book.Title}
 Author(s): {Book.AuthorNames()}
 Narrator(s): {Book.NarratorNames()}
 Length: {(Book.LengthInMinutes == 0 ? "" : $"{Book.LengthInMinutes / 60} hr {Book.LengthInMinutes % 60} min")}
+Audio Bitrate: {Book.AudioFormat}
 Category: {string.Join(" > ", Book.CategoriesNames())}
 Purchase Date: {_libraryBook.DateAdded.ToString("d")}
 ".Trim();