Does anyone know a good software solution for e-books
Hey, does anyone know of a good self-hosted website for managing and reading E-Books, mainly in PDF format?
Docker solutions are preferred, but if none are available, I'm open to creating an image for it.
I've already tried Kavita, which I like, but its reader is just a PDF reader. I also tried Atsumeru, but I keep encountering persistent errors with the current software. Any recommendations?
I second calibre-web. I installed it on an i3-cpu/8gb-ram thinkpad, and in the last couple of weeks give/take I've uploaded 180+gigs of books/articles/magazines I've collected over the last decade.
Also if you want a simple solution for installation, then you might want to try freedombox; which is a Debian based NAS like solution that uses standard Debian packages. It has a ton of one button installs like: media-wiki, calibre-web, wordpress, syncthing, searx(pvt.search aggregator), mumble(audio-voice server), and more. Easiest way to setup calibre-web if you ask me. Also it should be pretty easy to dockerize it since it's simply Debian.
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox
Calibre-web for central repo for all your ebooks. KOreader + Syncthing for clients because it can sync ebooks, progress and highlights between devices.
Is it? Last time I tried it, it gave me lots of issues. It didn't show many books' covers, had lots of issues when resuming reading, among other things. I do use AudioBookShelf to manage my podcasts, which it does an amazing job. Guess I'll try it's ebook capabilities again.