Comment on Confused about the many ebook/manga management solutions

• Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Mihon is the successor to takiyomi. It’s a manga website scrapper. But it also supports some self hosted solutions for reading across devices.

  Make sure to add this special repo: raw.githubusercontent.com/…/index.min.json

  It really sounds like you’re trying to setup a centralized solution for media consumption and I might be confusing you with my recommendations.

  I read on only one device so this works for me. Mihon supports self hosted solutions. ReadEra is just a nice reading client. I manage it with a file explorer and netshare (Solid explorer)

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  • whysofurious@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No worries! I was pretty much confused myself from the beginning, so I am definitely open to any workflow :) And I do plan to read on one device only as well. My centralized approach was mostly about saving space on the tablet/reader and a possibly easier management and freedom to move to something else in the future, rather than a strict requirement.

    I used to have tachyomi on my eink tablet, so this definitely rings a bell, but I thought the only working solution was Suwayomi.

    I will look into Mihon and its support of selfhosted solutions then, seems like a nice combination :)

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you want simplicity I recommend skipping all self hosted solutions. You can set mihon to download X chapters ahead for offline reading and delete chapters as you read. On a kindle I’d recommend save as archive and/or cut tall images (webtoons).

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      Ebooks take no space.
      Stick to calibre on your computer and transfer via netshare using a file browser (android: solid explorer) to copy stuff over. That’s what I do.

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      • whysofurious@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Thanks! I am open to try both selfhosted and local solutions, let’s see how they work out :) Definitely going to check mihon which was recommended by someone else too, seems like a pretty easy solution (and thanks for the tips about the kindle).

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