Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle91
Hi Fraser - welcome to the forum.
Calibre does have the ability to do what you want. I personally use Calibre to host all of my books on my own personal server so I can access/manage my library from (literally) all over the world.
If you go into the "Calibre" forum you will be able to find several threads on how to set it up. Search for "ODBC" or "server".
Cheers!
|
This doesn't really solve fraser's question of how to do this
without leaving his home PC on all the time. Also, I think you mean "OPDS" (Open Publication Distribution System, an Atom-based syndication format for libraries), not "ODBC" (Open Database Connectivity, a method of connecting to databases like SQL Server or Oracle).
Fraser, are you just looking for access to download your books that you manage from your PC when you're at home? Or are you looking to be able to manage the library (add more books) while on the god? The latter is hard and doesn't really have a solution at the moment, but the former is easy. Here's what you do:
- Get yourself an account with an online file storage place, like Dropbox, Skydrive, Box.net, etc. Make sure you read TOSes and search the net for feedback, as some of these are more strict about content you can host (for example, Dropbox has banned some users for "pirated content").
- Install the software for your chosen service that manages syncing between desktop and the cloud. This will create a local folder that is synced
- Tell calibre to create a library in the synced folder, and then copy books to that library. Or just move your existing library into that synced folder. The sync software will now upload all of your data to the cloud (this could take a while)
- Get Calibre2Opds and run it against your calibre folder location. This will generate an OPDS file that you can upload to your cloud storage as well (if you do this all within the synced folder, that should happen automagically)
- Figure out the public URL of the opds file you generated, and put that into your favorite OPDS-compatible reader (on Android you can use Aldiko, FBReader, Moon+, Cool Reader, calibre companion, etc; on Kindle, you should be able to browse the generated HTML catalog to download books)
Alternatively, if you don't want to use a file locker and manual OPDS file, you can pay for a virtual hosting service (generally pretty cheap, you can find them for as little as $20/year if you shop around for sales) and run something like
COPS there. You'll still have to upload your library, though, and without an automated sync tool like the file lockers provide you'll have to do it manually any time you change anything.