Thinking about self-hosting an ebook library? Here are the open source software you can consider.

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What's the benefit of this over ftp?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Most people don't know how to use ftp anymore. It's a pretty limited protocol (and requires 2 open ports to function). It's hard to integrate with good modern auth solutions. Probably more, that's off the top of my head.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I personally use Calibre+Calibre-web.

    It's configured as a proxy for the Kobo store, the default store for my e-reader.

    That means that when I click the sync button on my Kobo, it downloads anything hosted on my calibre-web server, while still keeping the ability to browse the Kobo store.

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