Comment on calibre 8.0

• vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Calibre is used as a server all the time, see calibre-web.

  calibre-web is technically not Calibre and is written and maintained by different people, although it does use the Calibre database (and I believe it must be created with desktop Calibre initially). But it’s a good option and I highly recommend it.

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  • non_burglar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Correct, my bad

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• solrize@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Thanks. What I meant is, if I buy a job book off bn.com, can I read it with calibre? Those books usually have drm but maybe calibre can bypass it.

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  • non_burglar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, sorry. There is some vendor lock-in with all bookstores, but kobo looks the other way.

    I have calibre-web setup with kobo sync, so calibre-web pretends to be part of the kobo store to my reader and I’m able to add non-drm books to my reader while still using the kobo store if I like.

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    • solrize@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks yeah I don’t have a kobo reader so was asking if there was a way to read paid-for kobo downloaded books that have drm, similar to how decss lets you watch DVDs that you bought. I don’t mind paying for books but don’t want a locked down reading device with it’s own crappy software and possible invasive phoning home.

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      • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Calibre cant natively strip DRM from ebooks, but there are third-party plugins for it that can and integrate pretty seamlessly into the process of adding the book to your library.

        I used it to strip the DRM from all of my Amazon bought ebooks back before they removed the download option.

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