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  • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Nice but 1) doesn’t Kobo use DRM? 2) I had thought selfhosted was about server apps. Calibre is great but it’s a client app. Should this post be in a different group?

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’ve heard Kobo is better than the other big players when it comes to interoperability with open formats / self hosted setups.

      As for the servers

      The main one

      https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web

      A popular newer one

      https://github.com/crocodilestick/Calibre-Web-Automated

      Also (to everyone else reading your comment) let’s not downvote good faith comments, especially when they’re phrased as a question and wanting to learn more

    • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      calibre is an app? i just have a docker container with calibre web for all my epub, mobi etc.since bookstack or nextcloud cant handle those. is the client app any good?

      • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yes I’ve been using the calibre client app under Debian MATE and it’s decent. I’m a Luddite though, so sometimes I convert epubs to plain text with pandoc and read them in emacs or a terminal.

        • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          ah. i use calibre web for conversion aswell. just never used it as an app. what is a benefit 9f having the app then?

          • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Avoids the need for a network connection or server, though I guess you could run it on a local socket. The UI might be preferable too.

            • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 months ago

              ok. i want to read on different devices for some reason. like a good book on the couch with a tablet, in the kitch looking up a manual on my phone and maybe working on computer read some magazine. that would mean i need to install 3 clients and maybe without nfs even have a copy of each book on each device? and if you jave nfs you could aswell run a calibre container somewhere. but for UI I agree web could be better.