it may be “focused” on audio books, but works really well for everything
Huh…didn’t know that. It has a great looking UI.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The one I’ve enjoyed the most is www.audiobookshelf.org, it may be “focused” on audio books, but works really well for everything. It also supports offline mode (meaning downloading local copies in the app).
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 day ago
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The only real downside I’ve run into is it’s very opinionated about folder structures around authors.
illusionist@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I do the same. It is not perfect for it but it works and it is already running. I’m not sure I would recommend it for anyone not looking for audiobooks
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I tried Calibre web and Kogma.
Calibre is just bad software at this point, it’s clunky and not really designed as a server.
Kogma was fine, but a web only interface made it hit or miss. The big selling point for me with audio bookshelf was the ability to download local copies.
illusionist@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Thx! We coulf call it an ebook library then and not a reader.
hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Wait you use it also for epub/pdf? How does that work, can you connect a client and grab it from there? Can you have both an audiobook and text version of the same book?
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can read using the web client or dedicated apps (android and ios). I feel like the clients work just as good if not better than similar software.
I haven’t tested how it handles two versions (audio/ebook) of the same book, but I have ebooks and audio books and it works well for me.
hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 day ago
That’s really cool. After I replied I also remembered you can have multiple libraries in audiobookshelf so even if side-by-side doesn’t work it shouldn’t be an issue.
Unfortunately I love my Readest reading app too much to switch away but it’s nevertheless good to know for other family members.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh yeah, the multiple libraries is a good point!