Redesign library selection as a complete bulk actions workflow

[niklhut]

Problem

The pre-beta selection mode was removed because it exposed only bulk deletion and did not match the broader physical-library workflow. The beta follow-up notes call for a polished replacement, but that follow-up does not yet have a dedicated issue.

Scope

• Design a selection model that works with search, filters, sorting, pagination, and responsive layouts.
• Support an initial useful action set:
  • Move selected books to a location or clear their location.
  • Add or remove tags.
  • Delete selected books with clear destructive confirmation.
  • Export selected books where this fits the library-transfer model.
• Decide whether selection persists across pages and filter changes, and communicate that behavior clearly.
• Show selected counts, partial failures, progress, and completion summaries.
• Make bulk operations user-scoped and transactional where practical.
• Reuse, extend, or intentionally replace the dormant batch-delete endpoint.
• Follow the route/service/repository architecture for every server mutation.
• Ensure the workflow is usable by keyboard and on mobile.

Acceptance criteria

• Users can enter and exit selection mode without losing normal library navigation unexpectedly.
• Users can select books across the supported pagination/filter model with clear selection counts.
• Users can bulk move books and clear locations.
• Users can bulk add and remove tags.
• Users can bulk delete only after explicit confirmation.
• Selected-book export is supported or explicitly deferred with a documented reason.
• Partial failures are reported without falsely claiming that every item succeeded.
• All operations are scoped to the authenticated user's library.
• The workflow is keyboard-accessible and usable on supported mobile layouts.
• Tests cover selection state and service/API behavior for each shipped action.
• pnpm lint:fix, pnpm typecheck, and pnpm test:unit pass.

Notes

Do not reintroduce deletion-only selection. The value is a coherent collection-management workflow.

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🔗 Related PRs

#30 - feat: Add library search, filters, and query-state handling [merged]
#84 - chore: Remove the library select mode [merged]

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