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eReaders for Selfhosted book collections (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi fellow hosters! I really did not know where to ask this question - and i thought you lot are pretty similar to me. If you can think of somewhere else to post this, please let me know!

I am looking for a solution to be able to host my own books (something like calibre i guess), that i can easily push them to a yet-to-be-purchased eReader.

Firstly - What eReader are you using that allows you to add any number of book sources to? i would also like to include my local library subscription, as well as locally hosted and purchased ones.

Secondly - Any hints on hosting a book collection. (Readarr v calibre, etc), where you get books from, removing DRM from eBooks that you buy, that sort of stuff.

thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Bouncing off of this, what e-book server exists that a clients sync progress back to the server (i.e. Amazon's whispersync)?

I primarily read on one device, but occasionally I pull up my phone when I don't have my e-reader and it's really handy to have to progress always up to date.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

that would be good to know!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ubooquity does this if you use the web reader across multiple devices, not sure about any third party apps or e-reader integration though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As there are currently bo other suggestions: I know that Audiobookshelf has support for non-audio books as well and it will sync progress. I have not used this functionality and don’t know how good it works for ebooks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Kavita for my comic book collection, and recently added some books into it as well. Syncs well across devices. I don't really read books as I have so much time to listen to them instead but I can't see why it wouldn't work for someone who does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I understand that Kavita only offers reading through a web interface, so it would make sense that reading progress is synchronized since you are always reading directly from the server.

What I'm referring to is a client and server that synchronizes offline reading progress (When a connection can be made), especially one that works on an e-reader device.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Commenting to come back to this. Also interested!