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Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by _mj6o »

yunyu wrote: post #74
_mj6o wrote: post #73

Semi-related: I wrote a fb messenger bot [1] which can send any ebooks (including epub) to your kindle. It's handy if you've only got access to an epub, and a bit less clunky than sending via email. [1] https://m.me/kindleebooksender

Just so you're aware, I added it and Messenger automatically sent the "Get Started" text, and the typing animation ran for about 30 seconds until it stopped with nothing happening.

Huh that's weird. I'm looking at the logs, and this is the first time that's ever happened. It will usually just spit out the following introductory text:

  Hi there! Send me your ebooks and I'll send them to your Kindle.
  To get started, I'll need you to first tell me your Kindle's email address.
  This can be found on your Kindle management page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fiona/manage?ie=UTF8#pdocSettings

  (ending with @kindle.com)
Will look into this, thanks!

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by wuschel »

criddell wrote: post #4

I've always just used Calibre because it's a nice way for me to strip DRM and then archive my books. I've never really used it any kind of active way. Since I buy pretty much everything from Amazon, I already effectively have a content server. Does anybody have a link to an online server (with public domain books)? I'm curious to see what the presentation is like. What's the typography like? Does the screen dim after…

Re public domain books, try out Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by _mj6o »

dabber wrote: post #75
_mj6o wrote: post #73

Semi-related: I wrote a fb messenger bot [1] which can send any ebooks (including epub) to your kindle. It's handy if you've only got access to an epub, and a bit less clunky than sending via email. [1] https://m.me/kindleebooksender

I'm not on messenger but that's pretty cool. Is it one at a time? What's the upload limit?

You can upload as many files as you want in one go.

No limit on the number of ebooks you can send, but the max size for any one file is ~20MB

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by StavrosK »

jpindar wrote: post #119
StavrosK wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those aren't corrupted databases, it just can't merge so it leaves you to pick the version you want. Just pick one and keep using it, at most you'll lose some recent changes from the other computer.

I should have known not to use language imprecisely on HN. :) To the layman, any situation that results in having Calibre show books which are not in fact there, or having books in the library which are not shown in Calibre, or having Calibre's check library function report that there are "invalid titles", "missing formats" etc., could be casually described as "corruption".

Sure, but the worst case is that you don't see books which are in your filesystem, and then all you need to do to fix that is click "Add books".

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by Larrikin »

zmix wrote: post #86
criddell wrote: post #4

I've always just used Calibre because it's a nice way for me to strip DRM and then archive my books. I've never really used it any kind of active way. Since I buy pretty much everything from Amazon, I already effectively have a content server. Does anybody have a link to an online server (with public domain books)? I'm curious to see what the presentation is like. What's the typography like? Does the screen dim after…

> Does anybody have a link to an online server (with public domain books)? [Izzy's eBook Library of English Public Domain books]( https://ebooks.qumran.org/opds/?lang=en ) [Izzy's eBook Library of German Public Domain books]( https://ebooks.qumran.org/opds/?lang=de ) [Feedbooks' have a "Free" category in this following library]( http://www.feedbooks.com/catalog.atom ) [Free books on Beam Shop]( https://www.beam-shop.…

What are some of the sites for Japanese books?

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by MrMorden »

bykovich2 wrote: post #106
criddell wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because their quest for control works only when it restricts the things I've always been able to do with paper books. When I buy books I can give them away, I can resell them, I can loan them to you, I can leave them to my kids in my will, and I can read them in any country that I want. I want to be able to do the same things with digital books. I remove the DRM from every book that I buy and I feel no guilt over doi…

Perhaps that's just the price you pay for access to ebooks at all -- particularly via an incredibly convenient system like Kindle? (Also, loaning -- the most pressing concern here -- is supported.) Authors need to get paid. I completely understand the irritation DRM presents, but if you want to be able to resell your books or pass them down through the generations, maybe paper copies are the way to go under our prese…

Your question is based on two premises: that DRM reduces piracy by a non-negligible amount, and that anyone pirating a copyrighted work would have otherwise purchased it legally. The available evidence contradicts both.

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by sohkamyung »

paulcole wrote: post #130
sohkamyung wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My response is to avoid buying ebooks from Amazon if possible. Most of my purchases are from Weightless Books [1] which sells only DRM free books and magazines. Granted, this is a limited and small market (SF related stuff) but if I have a choice of getting a book DRM free from a vendor or getting it from Amazon, I would avoid Amazon, even if its price was cheaper. [1] https://weightlessbooks.com/

>My response is to avoid buying ebooks from Amazon if possible. Why? Just because of DRM?

Yes.

It's philosophical for me. Yes, I could buy a DRM book and then strip the DRM but that is self-defeating in the long run, in my opinion.

By refusing to buy DRM books from Amazon and choosing to buy from non-DRM providers instead, I'm sending a message as a consumer about my DRM preferences. I'm also trying to support the non-DRM providers by keeping them in business.

Buying DRM books from Amazon, then stripping it away quietly only signals that you don't mind DRM and discourages other people from directly providing non-DRM options.

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by abawany »

iak8god wrote: post #71
sohkamyung wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My response is to avoid buying ebooks from Amazon if possible. Most of my purchases are from Weightless Books [1] which sells only DRM free books and magazines. Granted, this is a limited and small market (SF related stuff) but if I have a choice of getting a book DRM free from a vendor or getting it from Amazon, I would avoid Amazon, even if its price was cheaper. [1] https://weightlessbooks.com/

> My response is to avoid buying ebooks from Amazon if possible. This severely limits what ebooks one can read. I used to torrent DRM-free epubs and buy the paper copy so I could support the work without appearing to support DRM. Lately though I've been skipping the torrent part and just buying the paper books.

This is often the case for me as well. I buy the paper book and send it on for (destructive) scanning, netting me a DRM free ebook.

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by zmix »

Larrikin wrote: post #135
zmix wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does anybody have a link to an online server (with public domain books)? [Izzy's eBook Library of English Public Domain books]( https://ebooks.qumran.org/opds/?lang=en ) [Izzy's eBook Library of German Public Domain books]( https://ebooks.qumran.org/opds/?lang=de ) [Feedbooks' have a "Free" category in this following library]( http://www.feedbooks.com/catalog.atom ) [Free books on Beam Shop]( https://www.beam-shop.…

What are some of the sites for Japanese books?

In Japanese or translated to English? If you are interested in a collection of Japanese bestsellers/classics, translated to English, then asking over at the /lit/ forum of 4chan (hear! hear!) will yield you some interesting answers. Other...I don't know.

Re: The Calibre Content Server

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Post by Larrikin »

zmix wrote: post #139
Larrikin wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are some of the sites for Japanese books?

In Japanese or translated to English? If you are interested in a collection of Japanese bestsellers/classics, translated to English, then asking over at the /lit/ forum of 4chan (hear! hear!) will yield you some interesting answers. Other...I don't know.

Aw, I was looking for Japanese books in Japanese
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