[Mixx]

Hi,

could anyone please explain in plain terms what would it take to run Calibre on some Google engine (app engine or compute engine?) in a way that is simple to install/configure/maintain?

What I am trying to achieve: I'd like to use the recipes feature of calibre on a regular basis. I am interested in lot's of diverse fields and read in a (small) number of languages. Thus, I'd download on the week-end some 10-12 feeds, maybe 3-4 on a daily basis. I am not very disturbed by the fact that many recipes are not working perfectly anymore and exhibit quirks.

I can not really subscribe to them on a commercial basis, as such a service doe snot currently exist (after readbeam.com has closed down) or is just a courtesy of somebody on best effort basis and is therefore not very reliable or easily configurable (I am very grateful to reddit.kindle, though). In any case, commercial services are likely to charge "by recipe" (as readbeam.com was planning) and that would be very un-economical for me.

If it was easy to install Calibre on "Google" (whatever that means) and just run it scheduled daily for 30 mins. or so, that would be sufficient for me and probably very inexpensive (if not for free for such a minimal usage). I'd have to do the admin, but that's all right.

I have some knowledge how to write a script to run the recipes from command line (headless?) and I think I'd be bale to figure out how to schedule it.

I have done a setup under Windows using scheduled wakeup and hibernation, but on my Vista PC (vintage) it is not reliable at all as a service.

I'd appreciate any how-to-s, elaborations or pointers.

Cheers, Mixx