diff --git a/scripts/deploy-ebook-to-www b/scripts/deploy-ebook-to-www
index 422b94af..83a9d22e 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-ebook-to-www
+++ b/scripts/deploy-ebook-to-www
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ epubcheck="true"
 recompose="true"
 feeds="true"
 bulkDownloads="true"
-coverArtDatabase="false"
 
 if [ $#  -eq 0 ]; then
 	usage
@@ -388,14 +387,16 @@ do
 		mv "${imgWorkDir}/${urlSafeIdentifier}"*.{jpg,avif} "${webRoot}/images/covers/"
 	fi
 
-	if [ "${coverArtDatabase}" = "true" ]; then
-		if [ "${verbose}" = "true" ]; then
-			printf "Updating/inserting cover in the cover art database ... "
-		fi
+	verboseDbFlag=""
+	if [ "${verbose}" = "true" ]; then
+		verboseDbFlag="--verbose"
+		printf "Updating/inserting ebook in database ... "
+	fi
 
-		if [ "${verbose}" = "true" ]; then
-			printf "Done.\n"
-		fi
+	"${scriptsDir}"/update-ebook-database ${verboseDbFlag} --ebookWwwFilesystemPath "${webDir}"
+
+	if [ "${verbose}" = "true" ]; then
+		printf "Done.\n"
 	fi
 
 	# Delete the now-empty work dir (empty except for .git)
diff --git a/scripts/update-ebook-database b/scripts/update-ebook-database
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d4051762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-ebook-database
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?
+require_once('/standardebooks.org/web/lib/Core.php');
+
+$longopts = ['ebookWwwFilesystemPath:', 'verbose'];
+$options = getopt('v', $longopts);
+
+$ebookWwwFilesystemPath = $options['ebookWwwFilesystemPath'] ?? false;
+
+$verbose = false;
+if(isset($options['v']) || isset($options['verbose'])){
+	$verbose = true;
+}
+
+if(!$ebookWwwFilesystemPath){
+	print("Expected usage: update-ebook-database [-v] --ebookWwwFilesystemPath <path>\n");
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+if($verbose){
+	print("ebookWwwFilesystemPath: $ebookWwwFilesystemPath\n");
+}
+
+$ebook = new Ebook($ebookWwwFilesystemPath);
+
+if($verbose){
+	print("Title: $ebook->Title\n");
+	print("Identifier: $ebook->Identifier\n");
+}
+
+$ebook->CreateOrUpdate();