Sisko Urso

I went about it this way as well, was much easier this way.

This looks really exciting, looking forward to trying it out.

To add to this currently Readarr metadata server is having issues and has been most of the month so you may find issues adding authors/books to your library that you had not already added.

+1 for Dashy

In regards to media server, may want to go with Plex over Jellyfin as you will find it much easier for those users who are not as technical and will offer support to far more devices which sounds like what you are looking for.