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Here Are Your Choices for a Self-hosted eBook Server
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this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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Wait you use it also for epub/pdf? How does that work, can you connect a client and grab it from there? Can you have both an audiobook and text version of the same book?
You can read using the web client or dedicated apps (android and ios). I feel like the clients work just as good if not better than similar software.
I haven't tested how it handles two versions (audio/ebook) of the same book, but I have ebooks and audio books and it works well for me.
That’s really cool. After I replied I also remembered you can have multiple libraries in audiobookshelf so even if side-by-side doesn’t work it shouldn’t be an issue.
Unfortunately I love my Readest reading app too much to switch away but it’s nevertheless good to know for other family members.
Oh yeah, the multiple libraries is a good point!