Looking for ebook advice. Is there a tool or can I create one easily?
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supermanvthanos · 2023-12-25 04:08

I have all the arrs for plex, and use readarr for books.  Just
recently set it all up.  I have calibre content server running with
calibre web also.  My issue is that I want to automate the obtaining
of the ebook part.

When I browse to the calibre-web server on my kindle I get a protocol
error.  It works fine on my phone, so I know the server is accessible.

If that doesn't work, I am forced to either email the books or plug in
USB.  This wouldn't be terrible if it were only me.  But my wife pays
for amazon unlimited that I would like to cancel.  But I need to give
her another method.  She could tell me what books, and then I could
email them.  That's currently my best method.

I would love to see automation around requesting and obtaining the
books on devices/kindles.  The readarr/indexers work perfectly fine.
It's the automation afterwards.

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mrbmi513 · 2023-12-25 04:19

Calibre-web has send to kindle (via email) functionality built-in, no?

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supermanvthanos · 2023-12-25 04:35

Yes, that is what I've been doing up til now.  Was just looking for a
more automated way.  Request a book and have it show up.

Right now my wife has to tell me what book(s).  I go to readarr to ge
them.  Then I go to calibre and send them.

It's not the end of the world, just looking for slightly lazier/more
automated way.

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cvzero89 · 2023-12-25 05:46

I've been trying to get something like this set up for my Kobo Libra.

There's not much out there that will do it seamlessly and will require
a lot of extra automation.

For example, calibre-web has a Kobo sync option (currently kind of
broken) and it requires me to upload the file and set it to what they
call a 'shelf'. You can do this with a script but it is not in their
official docs (I think).

I don't read that fast, I would maybe need to import content every now
and then, so I just do it manually. Some things are not worth
automating.

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supermanvthanos · 2023-12-25 16:28

Yeah I am thinking just the manual add to readarr, then email from
calibre is good enough for now.