Comment on calibre 8.0

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cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

All the choices for “ebook stores” and ereader ecosystems are proprietary services with no self-hosting options. While Calibre is primarily a “local” tool it is a true alternative to all these proprietary services and I think it’s at least in the spirit of self hosting, if not strictly the letter.

For what it’s worth, I self-host a Calibre Portable library on Nextcloud, which enables me to access all my ebooks anywhere, and to upload new ones to my ereader from anywhere, as long as I have access to my Nextcloud. I retain control of all my books, I remote all the DRM and convert them to epub. Calibre isn’t a service on its own, but it fits nicely into the self-hosting ecosystem, and for that I am grateful.

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