diff --git a/backend/src/chitai/controllers/book.py b/backend/src/chitai/controllers/book.py
index 46839cb..12bc96f 100644
--- a/backend/src/chitai/controllers/book.py
+++ b/backend/src/chitai/controllers/book.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class BookController(Controller):
 
         """
 
-        result = await books_service.create(data, library)
+        result = await books_service.create_book(data, library)
         book = await books_service.get(result.id)
         return books_service.to_schema(book, schema_type=s.BookRead)
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class BookController(Controller):
         Returns:
             The updated book as a BookRead schema.
         """
-        await books_service.update(book_id, data, library)
+        await books_service.update_book(book_id, data, library)
         book = await books_service.get(book_id)
         return books_service.to_schema(book, schema_type=s.BookRead)
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class BookController(Controller):
             The updated book as a BookRead schema.
         """
 
-        await books_service.update(book_id, {"cover_image": data}, library)
+        await books_service.update_book(book_id, {"cover_image": data}, library)
         updated_book = await books_service.get(book_id)
         return books_service.to_schema(updated_book, schema_type=s.BookRead)
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class BookController(Controller):
 
         """
 
-        await books_service.delete(book_ids, library, delete_files=delete_files)
+        await books_service.delete_books(book_ids, library, delete_files=delete_files)
 
     @post(path="/progress/{book_id:int}")
     async def update_progress(
diff --git a/backend/src/chitai/services/book.py b/backend/src/chitai/services/book.py
index ca4aa0c..2bacd80 100644
--- a/backend/src/chitai/services/book.py
+++ b/backend/src/chitai/services/book.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from advanced_alchemy.service import (
     SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService,
     ModelDictT,
     is_dict,
+    schema_dump
 )
 from advanced_alchemy.repository import SQLAlchemyAsyncRepository
 from advanced_alchemy.filters import CollectionFilter
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
 
     
 
-    async def create(self, data: ModelDictT[Book], library: Library, **kwargs) -> Book:
+    async def create_book(self, data: ModelDictT[Book], library: Library, **kwargs) -> Book:
         """
         Create a new book entity.
 
@@ -83,9 +84,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
         Returns:
             The created Book entity.
         """
-        if not is_dict(data):
-            data = data.model_dump()
-
+        data = schema_dump(data)
         await self._parse_metadata_from_files(data)
 
         await self._save_cover_image(data)
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
                 books[filepath].append(file)
 
         return [
-            await self.create(
+            await self.create_book(
                 {"files": [file for file in files], "library_id": library.id},
                 library,
                 **kwargs,
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
 
         return books
 
-    async def delete(
+    async def delete_books(
         self,
         book_ids: list[int],
         library: Library,
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
                 break
             yield chunk
 
-    async def update(
+    async def update_book(
         self, book_id: int, update_data: ModelDictT[Book], library: Library
     ) -> Book:
         """
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ class BookService(SQLAlchemyAsyncRepositoryService[Book]):
         data["files"] = files
         await self._save_book_files(library, data)
         book.files.extend(data["files"])
-        await self.update(book.id, {"files": [file for file in book.files]}, library)
+        await self.update_book(book.id, {"files": [file for file in book.files]}, library)
 
     async def remove_files(
         self, book_id: int, file_ids: list[int], delete_files: bool, library: Library