diff --git a/tests/test_import_flow.py b/tests/test_import_flow.py
index 2e8b838..74ba814 100644
--- a/tests/test_import_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_import_flow.py
@@ -1270,3 +1270,27 @@ def test_connections_hear_about_committed_rows(client, monkeypatch):
     calls.clear()
     client.delete(f"/api/requests/{req_id}")
     assert calls == [("POST", "http://hook/in")]  # nothing new on disk, no scan
+
+
+def test_bulk_move_delete_and_count(client):
+    def lib(name, media_type):
+        return client.post("/api/libraries", json={
+            "name": name, "media_type": media_type,
+            "root_path": str(client.tmp_path / name)}).json()["id"]
+
+    a, b, audio = lib("a", "ebook"), lib("b", "ebook"), lib("audio", "audiobook")
+    ids = [client.post("/api/requests", json={"library_id": a, "title": f"T{i}"}).json()["id"]
+           for i in range(3)]
+    assert client.get("/api/requests/count?status=missing").json() == {"count": 3}
+
+    assert client.put("/api/requests/bulk", json={
+        "ids": ids[:2], "library_id": audio}).status_code == 400
+    assert client.put("/api/requests/bulk", json={
+        "ids": ids[:2], "library_id": b}).json() == {"updated": 2}
+    assert [r["id"] for r in client.get(f"/api/requests?library_id={b}").json()] \
+        == sorted(ids[:2], reverse=True)
+
+    assert client.request("DELETE", "/api/requests/bulk",
+                          json={"ids": ids[1:]}).json() == {"deleted": 2}
+    assert client.get("/api/requests/count?status=missing").json() == {"count": 1}
+    assert [r["event"] for r in client.get("/api/history").json()] == ["deleted"] * 2
diff --git a/wordarr/api/requests.py b/wordarr/api/requests.py
index 7b4d221..093026f 100644
--- a/wordarr/api/requests.py
+++ b/wordarr/api/requests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, Depends, HTTPException
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
-from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy import func, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from .. import config, connect
@@ -176,6 +176,51 @@ def create_bulk_items(data: BulkItemsIn, session: Session = Depends(get_session)
     return {"created": [_out(r) for r in created], "skipped": skipped}
 
 
+@router.get("/count")
+def count_requests(status: str | None = None, session: Session = Depends(get_session)):
+    stmt = select(func.count()).select_from(BookRequest)
+    if status:
+        stmt = stmt.where(BookRequest.status == status)
+    return {"count": session.scalar(stmt)}
+
+
+class BulkIdsIn(BaseModel):
+    ids: list[int]
+
+
+class BulkUpdateIn(BulkIdsIn):
+    library_id: int
+
+
+# registered before the /{request_id} routes, which would try "bulk" as an id
+@router.put("/bulk")
+def update_bulk(data: BulkUpdateIn, session: Session = Depends(get_session)):
+    """Move requests to another library. Imported files stay where they are
+    until the request is relocated."""
+    lib = session.get(Library, data.library_id)
+    if not lib:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "library not found")
+    reqs = session.scalars(select(BookRequest).where(BookRequest.id.in_(data.ids))).all()
+    if any(r.media_type != lib.media_type for r in reqs):
+        raise HTTPException(400, "library has a different media type")
+    for r in reqs:
+        r.library_id = lib.id
+    session.commit()
+    return {"updated": len(reqs)}
+
+
+@router.delete("/bulk")
+def delete_bulk(data: BulkIdsIn, background: BackgroundTasks,
+                session: Session = Depends(get_session)):
+    reqs = session.scalars(select(BookRequest).where(BookRequest.id.in_(data.ids))).all()
+    rows = [record(session, "deleted", r, source=r.imported_path) for r in reqs]
+    for r in reqs:
+        session.delete(r)
+    session.commit()
+    connect.schedule(background, rows)
+    return {"deleted": len(reqs)}
+
+
 @router.put("/{request_id}", response_model=RequestOut)
 def update_request(request_id: int, data: RequestIn, session: Session = Depends(get_session)):
     req = session.get(BookRequest, request_id)