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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?

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[–] IllegalD@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Despite the name, audiobookshelf is tops for Ebooks

[–] 5197799@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] IllegalD@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had no dramas with it all, sometimes it will struggle to match the right title for the metadata, but it's a quick manual fix if need be

[–] 5197799@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Then I'll give it another try. Thanks for your response.

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