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Here Are Your Choices for a Self-hosted eBook Server (itsfoss.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Thinking about self-hosting an ebook library? Here are the open source software you can consider.

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

So... if my SO is buying ebooks from the Kobo store, can they upload to Calibre (etc) and then someone else can download it?

They read a heap of books and want to share them with their family... who are on Kindles, with that DRM nonsense (boooo)

[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep, though with calibre in particular you want to kind of make sure it's locked down real good. People sniff for the ports it uses, so open calibre-web libraries get found quickly, and then will usually have some attempts at cracking.

I had mine set up as a local-only thing (could only access from my home WiFi), but from experiences with other apps that have similar crawlers, it takes about a week for them to be found. Just make sure everyone's passwords are decent, or just share one account if it's people you trust.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

Ok, good point.

This would be local only so they can up/download ebooks here and share with the family - when they're here.

Thanks

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

Thats the idea! You just have to get them off the store and download them somehow.