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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (7 children)

What I really want is a a similar project for epub files. I’ve not been able to find a web based library that allows easy download and auth based management.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That's a solved problem, the answer is Calibre. If you want a nicer interface and some other fluff you can install calibre-web as a frontend for it. Calibre-web is very interesting if you have a Kobo e-reader because you can configure it as your store and get the books you add to calibre to magically appear on the e-reader with a nice download button next to it.

[–] luxinnocte@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I'd suggest looking into Kavita. I've been using it for a while now and it works great as a server to read and organize my epubs.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

jellyfin with OPDS plugin. you can download books directly from any OPDS compatible reader (Koreader, Moonreader+, etc)

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Audiobookshelf supports EPUB files and other ebook formats. You can put them alongside audiobooks (offering a UI option to either read or listen) or use purely ebooks although obviously a little overkill if you aren't using the audio features at all

[–] sanglyon@jlai.lu 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use Calibre to manage my librairy on my NAS, and COPS (https://github.com/seblucas/cops) to access it from anywhere. COPS just read the Calibre database saved on the NAS, and displays it as a self-hosted web site with all categories (authors, ratings, languages,...) and download links.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Oooo thank you for this. I already use Calibre but their web offering is imho kinda bad. This looks like it’s pretty much a drop in solution to my problem. If I throw it behind a zero trust page I can even open it up to the open internet.

Thank you for this!

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago