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Preferred E-Book Library Server Software? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Looking for a solution to manage and access the directory on my NAS that is full of ebooks. Optimally I want to be able to web reader them but also automagically send it to the email that sends it to my kindle. And e-book wise, the majority of mine are epub/mobi that I got from various kickstarters or humble bundles. But I also have some RPG books (so PDF with a LOT of pictures) and manga (PDF or CBR).

Did some research and checked the various reference lists. Mostly narrowed it down to

Weird-ass Calibre running in Kasm and accessed through a god awful web UI: This is actually what I used for the past year or two because there was a solution that was fairly plug and play with unraid. I... would rather never do this again
"Calibre Web" https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web. This seems to be what I actually want (an actual web interface to Calibre!) but it looks like the lead dev lost their shit with obnoxious demands from users. And while I appreciate they are still supporting it, "I am going to ignore the issues unless I feel like it" seems like a good way to get a bunch of unacknowledged CVEs...
Kavita https://www.kavitareader.com. Only found out about this today but it looks clean and efficient (plex-like). REALLY not a fan of the subscription model already being there but I also don't want any of those features.

Thoughts? There anything better I am missing because none of these look all that great?

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[–] machinin 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm going to hijack this a bit.

Calibre on Windows has a great plugin called de-drm to help liberate your purchases from Amazon. Is there a way to use the plugin on the web version? Alternatively, is there an alternative software that allows that? Currently, I have to first use my desktop version, then upload the book to my server.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had the same question awhile back and found no alternative to Calibre with the de-drm (I’m on macOS). So I do the same. Download my ebooks from amazon, de-drm with calibre and upload to my server.

[–] machinin 1 points 8 months ago

That is what I was afraid of. I have no coding skill at all, but would it be difficult to adapt the plugin to a standalone docker container? Just upload, and it automatically saves to your library of choice.