I would like to start managing ebooks and manga properly. I don’t have many, but I plan on increasing my collection. My requirements are not so strict, I don’t mind getting the books/manga myself, but I am also curious about setting up LazyLibrarian at one point, is it worth it? (I already have other *arrs installed on my server). I had similar thoughts about Suwayomi.

My confusion starts from the accessories around all this: Calibre, CalibreWeb/Automated, Komga, Kavita, Audiobookshelf, etc. Does having a Kindle as reading device limits my possibilities to use any of these? Is setting up e.g. both CalibreWeb and Kavita redundant?

I guess my question is how is everyone using these services for their own library :)

  • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Android tablet phone here.

    Manga - Mihon

    Ebooks - ReadEra premium

    I use calibre on my PC to manage ebooks, but I often download directly on my phone.

    I use TTS (Text to speech, paid feature) to listen to my ebooks. Sometimes I use @Voice (free with ADs) to listen to books. It’s better for that.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days 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: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keiyoushi/extensions/repo/index.min.json

        Mihon guide here: https://everythingmoe.com/post/mihonguide.html

        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)

        • whysofurious@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
          1·
          6 days 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 :)

          • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            6 days 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).

            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.

            • whysofurious@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              5 days 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).