Automated ebook advice. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Machinist@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Realized my family was spending more than $200/mo on streaming and other media sources. Been a while, but I'm sailing the high seas again. Ethically, I agree with "Piracy." Fuck Disney with a cactus. Functionally, it's a service problem for me.

Currently running Readarr, Calibre, Sabnzbd, Qbittorrent. Have Drunkenslug, NZBgeek, 1337x, TPB as indexers.

My results aren't great for books. Lot of titles aren't automatically found. Readarr and Calibre integration is janky. My indexers don't have a lot of titles.

I can manually search on Anna's Archive or Libgen and find what I want. However, for the rest of my family to really use it, it needs to be easy like the rest of my setup.

Lazylibrarian?

Can someone please recommend a toolchain for automated book grabbing?

I don't mind spending a few bucks a month/year for quality and ease of use.

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[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

It's unfortunately a fairly sparse space. With that said, I'm not sure how much automation benefits. Books take a very long time to read compared to watching a series/movie. It's ok to spend that little extra time to search Anna's Archive bc the time spent attaining the material vs consuming it will still be higher than just about anything else. Having scoured the space myself just recently, Anna's Archive is really the best option, with myanonymouse as great backup. usenet is honestly garbage for ebooks and music.