I assumed everyone was using Calibre, but recent searches suggest that isn’t always the case

  • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Honest question. Why host them? Finishing one book can take a while and they are incredibly small.

    I just use calibre and sync with my e reader and phone occasionally.

    • LynneOfFlowers@midwest.socialEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      For me (I use Kavita) it’s because I want to be able to just pick up whatever device is in front of me at the moment and pick up the book where I last left off even if it was on another device

      • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Syncing progress seems like a very good reason for hosting. I didn’t think of that.

        Thanks!

    • Tenebris Nox@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I do the same thing. I’ve tried Kavita and Audiobookshelf and ended up just keeping the books on a network share and then accessing them through Calibre. I am sideloading to a Kindle though.

    • pezhore@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      This is the right answer. I have dockerized Calibre and Calibre-Web for initial intake, then use Calibre-Web’s OPDS feed with my Moon+ Android app for reading on my tablet/phone.

      Calibre handles type conversions, metadata sync, and file organization.

      Calibre-Web works well for browser reading on my PC.

  • falcon15500@lemmy.nine-hells.netEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I am using Calibre-Web mostly - but I have run into issues with thumbnail generation after my collection hit around 500000 books. I am just over 600000 now, but a large swathe don’t have thumbnails unless I do a manual metadata search. I should probably look for an alternative, but at this point I CBF.

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    I tried Kavita but it didn’t have the features I needed. I ended up just throwing them on Nextcloud and using Nextcloud sync onto my reader (Box Air 3c)