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+# Create Media Item
+
+Create a new media item (Admin only).
+
+**Endpoint**: `POST /api/media-items`
+**Auth**: Required (Admin only)
+**Content-Type**: `application/json`
+
+## Request Body
+
+| Field | Type | Required | Description |
+|--------|------|-----------|-------------|
+| library_id | string (UUID) | Yes | Library UUID to add the media item to |
+| title | string | Yes | Media item title (1-500 characters) |
+| author | string | No | Author name |
+| isbn | string | No | ISBN number |
+| description | string | No | Description or summary |
+| file_path | string | Yes | Path to the media file |
+| file_size | integer | Yes | Size of the file in bytes |
+| mime_type | string | Yes | MIME type of the file |
+| cover_image_path | string | No | Path to the cover image |
+| series | string | No | Series name |
+| series_number | integer | No | Number in the series |
+| tags | array of strings | No | Tags (auto-normalized) |
+| asin | string | No | Amazon ASIN |
+| date_published | string | No | Publication date |
+| publisher | string | No | Publisher name |
+| contributors | array of strings | No | Contributors (auto-normalized) |
+
+## Tag/Contributor Normalization
+
+Tags and contributors are automatically normalized:
+
+- **Tags**: Titlecased, punctuation preserved, case-insensitive deduplication
+- **Contributors**: Original casing and punctuation preserved, case-insensitive deduplication  
+- **Search fields**: Auto-generated for case-insensitive search
+
+### Example Request
+
+```json
+{
+  "library_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
+  "title": "Example Book Title",
+  "author": "Jane Doe",
+  "isbn": "978-0-123456-78-9",
+  "description": "A great book about technology",
+  "file_path": "/library/books/example.epub",
+  "file_size": 1048576,
+  "mime_type": "application/epub+zip",
+  "series": "Tech Series",
+  "series_number": 1,
+  "tags": ["science-fiction", "technology", "ACME CORP."],
+  "publisher": "O'Reilly Media",
+  "contributors": ["John Smith", "ACME CORP."]
+}
+```
+
+## Response (201 Created)
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
+  "library_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
+  "title": "Example Book Title",
+  "author": "Jane Doe",
+  "isbn": "978-0-123456-78-9",
+  "description": "A great book about technology",
+  "file_path": "/library/books/example.epub",
+  "file_size": 1048576,
+  "mime_type": "application/epub+zip",
+  "series": "Tech Series",
+  "series_number": 1,
+  "tags": ["Science-Fiction", "Technology", "ACME CORP."],
+  "tags_search": ["science fiction", "technology", "acme corp"],
+  "publisher": "O'Reilly Media",
+  "contributors": ["John Smith", "ACME CORP."],
+  "contributors_search": ["john smith", "acme corp"],
+  "created_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z"
+}
+```
+
+## Error Responses
+
+| Code | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| 400 | Invalid request data |
+| 401 | Invalid or expired token |
+| 403 | User is not an admin |
+| 404 | Library not found |
+
+## Try It Out
+
+<!-- API Explorer will be inserted here in Phase 3 -->
diff --git a/docs/developer/api/ratings/delete_rating.md b/docs/developer/api/ratings/delete_rating.md
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+# Delete Rating
+
+Delete the current user's rating for a media item.
+
+**Endpoint**: `DELETE /api/media-items/{media_id}/rating`
+**Auth**: Required
+
+## Path Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
+|-----------|------|-----------|-------------|
+| media_id | string | Yes | Media item UUID |
+
+### Example Request
+
+```http
+DELETE /api/media-items/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/rating
+Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
+```
+
+## Response (200 OK)
+
+```json
+{
+  "message": "Rating deleted successfully"
+}
+```
+
+## Error Responses
+
+| Code | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| 401 | Invalid or expired token |
+| 404 | Media item or rating not found |
+
+## Try It Out
+
+<!-- API Explorer will be inserted here in Phase 3 -->
diff --git a/docs/developer/api/ratings/update_rating.md b/docs/developer/api/ratings/update_rating.md
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+# Update Rating
+
+Update an existing rating for a media item.
+
+**Endpoint**: `PUT /api/media-items/{media_id}/rating`
+**Auth**: Required
+**Content-Type**: `application/json`
+
+## Path Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
+|-----------|------|-----------|-------------|
+| media_id | string | Yes | Media item UUID |
+
+## Request Body
+
+| Field | Type | Required | Description |
+|--------|------|-----------|-------------|
+| rating | integer | Yes | Rating value (1-10 scale) |
+| review | string | No | Optional review text |
+
+**Rating Scale**: 1-10 (odd numbers = half-stars: 1=0.5★, 2=1★, 3=1.5★, ..., 9=4.5★, 10=5★)
+
+### Example Request
+
+```json
+{
+  "rating": 8,
+  "review": "Great book! Very enjoyable read."
+}
+```
+
+## Response (200 OK)
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "uuid",
+  "media_item_id": "uuid",
+  "user_id": "uuid",
+  "rating": 8,
+  "review": "Great book! Very enjoyable read.",
+  "created_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-01-31T11:00:00Z"
+}
+```
+
+## Error Responses
+
+| Code | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| 400 | Invalid request data |
+| 401 | Invalid or expired token |
+| 404 | Media item or rating not found |
+
+## Try It Out
+
+<!-- API Explorer will be inserted here in Phase 3 -->