Does anyone know of a self hosting option for hosting ebooks? I keep hoping there is an open source library type app where I could add my ebooks and host them for myself and others.

  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
    19·
    1 year ago

    I use Kavita to host ebooks and manga for myself. It’s still work in progress, so do expect changes, though I haven’t had huge issues on the stable releases so far. Besides Tachiyomi for comics/manga there aren’t any native reading apps yet, so you will have to use the webinterface for the time being.

    Another option often mentioned is Calibre Web, though I haven’t used that myself.

    • TableCoffee@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’ll throw in my vote for Kavita. Works great. I read a lot on my phone so I just saved the app shortcut to my home screen from Firefox.

    • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I use kavita and kavitaEmail as well and haven’t had issues. I like the email service so I can send a book to my kindle when I want to start it.

    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I honestly prefer Kavita even though I do not download comics or manga. Their reader is so nice, specially with the themes. 0 issues on my end except for indexing, which the dev promptly fixed after I reported the issue.

      I use Moon+ Reader pro on my android, and on my iOS I simply make a “webapp” of the website.

      • exu@feditown.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Moon+ Reader doesn’t sync though, does it? I thought there weren’t any readers that supported OPDS-PS, just simple downloading.

        • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No, you’re right, it does not sync. Usually I do this on longer durations without internet, else I just use a webapp (on mobile) or the website on PC.