eReaders for Selfhosted book collections (aussie.zone)

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Hi fellow hosters! I really did not know where to ask this question - and i thought you lot are pretty similar to me. If you can think of somewhere else to post this, please let me know!

I am looking for a solution to be able to host my own books (something like calibre i guess), that i can easily push them to a yet-to-be-purchased eReader.

Firstly - What eReader are you using that allows you to add any number of book sources to? i would also like to include my local library subscription, as well as locally hosted and purchased ones.

Secondly - Any hints on hosting a book collection. (Readarr v calibre, etc), where you get books from, removing DRM from eBooks that you buy, that sort of stuff.

thanks!

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[-] xcjs@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm using a combination of:

The Boox Palma reader, though they have larger tablets if you prefer. I'm not sure about the others, but the Palma runs Android with the Play Store.
Kavita to host my ebooks online.
FolderSync with SFTP to sync all of my books ahead of time to my SD card.
Moon Reader to add my Kavita server's OPDS feed as an online catalog if I need to grab something manually.
Calibre to manage and embed metadata.

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