Library Advice?

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

I have a NAS which I use for storage and I have a Pi which I use for serving applications.

I thought I could just throw Calibre Web on the Pi, point it to my NAS and then be good to go. Charlie_Murphy_Wrong.gif

So Calibre Web said it needed a Calibre database, cool. I installed Calibre proper and created the database. But its not aware of my chosen book location.

I feel like I’m going all about the houses and introducing a level of complexity beyond what is required? Before I knuckle down and persist with this, I thought I’d ask and make sure I’m going in the right direction for what I’m trying to achieve?

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JASN_DE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I installed Calibre proper and created the database. But its not aware of my chosen book location.

Calibre uses its own storage/file/folder layout. The usual way would be to set up a Calibre database, point it to the storage location you want, then import your books from wherever they’re stored. Then point Calibre web view towards that library.

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thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
With a somewhat similar usecase, I ended up using Kavita.

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- CurbsTickle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Kavita is also my solution.
  
  OPDS (by user to boot), fast, clean, and with a pretty decent web reader option if you want it. Comics, manga, books - all in one.
  
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d13@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I did basically what you are trying to do:

I installed Calibre docker on my server machine with the DB local (important because the DB won’t work over a share) and the book storage on the NAS.

Then I installed Calibre-web docker and pointed it to the same local DB and the same book storage on the NAS.

Now I can use Calibre for import, DRM removal, metadata updates, etc. And I use Calibre-web for user management, OPDS feed, etc.

Let me know if you want more info.

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