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[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I do the same. It is not perfect for it but it works and it is already running. I'm not sure I would recommend it for anyone not looking for audiobooks

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I tried Calibre web and Kogma.

Calibre is just bad software at this point, it's clunky and not really designed as a server.

Kogma was fine, but a web only interface made it hit or miss. The big selling point for me with audio bookshelf was the ability to download local copies.

[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Thx! We coulf call it an ebook library then and not a reader.