[HN Gopher] Librum: Open-Source e-book platform
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       Librum: Open-Source e-book platform
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2023-12-18 20:55 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | jboynyc wrote:
       | I suppose I'm not the only one wondering whether this could
       | replace Calibre for me. Most features seem to be there, but will
       | it allow me to sync ebooks to my Kobo device?
        
       | bnj wrote:
       | A lot of my ebooks are sitting in Apple Books for the convenience
       | of syncing, this looks like it has the ability to do better
       | library management and metadata editing. Fingers crossed it
       | continues to thrive.
        
       | ziml77 wrote:
       | Oh this looks like it could be what I was looking for a couple
       | months ago. I wanted something like Calibre that could store the
       | database on a server while properly handling multiple clients.
       | Definitely going to try Librum out.
        
       | robcohen wrote:
       | This sounds great. I personally like to use SyncThing/MobiusSync
       | to sync my devices, then I use Okulus or KyBook to read. It's a
       | bit clunky but only because Apple is a closed system.
        
       | ashton314 wrote:
       | Where do y'all get ebooks from? I've been getting ebooks from
       | Amazon and using Calibre to convert them to epubs, but I'd love
       | it if I could just buy DRM-free epubs. Lots of authors seem
       | reticent to do that. (Brandon Sanderson being an exception; none
       | of his works are DRM'd, at least they shouldn't be.)
        
       | lijok wrote:
       | I'm in desperate need of a tool like this + a license management
       | platform for my company. Really bothersome to have to buy book
       | licenses on various websites when we onboard a new engineer.
        
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