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I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks.

I've seen Calibre but it doesn't seem to be quite the same thing, and running a sync is a bit clunky for the spouse factor.

Is there anything that would index the books, show a bookshelf and allow me to read them, with offline support?

Preferably with an Android app for reading with, and the reader handling eink rather than scrolling.

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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I've been looking for something like this for a while. Calibre is great for managing it on a personal machine, but I want something that I can use on the web and then, with a click, send a book to a Kindle or whatever.

[-] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Calibre Content Server
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/server.html

Or Calibre-Web
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web

[-] drphungky@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, based on OP saying low WAF, I'm guessing maybe he didn't set up the content server? Ours is great, and I can read on my phone or 2-in-1.

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