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wil@beige.party 2 weeks ago
@jarulf I have a calibre set-up that I've been using for over a decade, I'm pretty happy with it.
Comment on I've been thinking about using a self hosted private book tracking tool in t
wil@beige.party 2 weeks ago
@jarulf I have a calibre set-up that I've been using for over a decade, I'm pretty happy with it.
@wil @bookstodon Do you use it to track your physical books as well?
I may actually go this route. I already use calibre on my PC and Calibre-web on a raspberry pi. I haven't used the latter much, except to download books to my Kobo, but if I could easily mark books as read on it that would be really nice.
Guess I'll have to actually learn how to use both Calibre and Calibre-web properly.
@jarulf I don't, because that's not something I've feel a need for. I have three Calibre libraries - one for ebooks I own, one to track my reading, and one that's my old tracking info imported from GoodReads.
I'm not a tech person but managed to customize each library for my needs. Calibre is very flexible and it makes me happy to keep my own information and not rely on yet another enshittification waiting to happen.
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@wil @bookstodon I'm not really a very techie person either, but I do dabble a bit.
It sounds like you have a great system, one that obviously works for your needs.
I've been using Calibre to keep track of my ebooks and "manage" DRM as well as to copy the books to my ereader, and StoryGraph to track my reading. I don't use the social features much.
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@wil @bookstodon
I'm starting to think my whole self hosting idea may be the wrong way to go, and I've been down this road before.
I made a post some months ago about simply using old style index cards for a catalogue and combining this with a simple book journal.
I know I'd be terrible at keeping up with the journal though, but it is probably the way I'd prefer to do this.
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