Greetings,
This is my first post here. I've done some research in preparation for setting up my library system by reading posts here and reading the calibre user manual, but really I'm looking for advice more than anything.
I've been playing with calibre for a bit now and have it working on two systems. Here's my environment:
- Xubuntu server, used for media storage. calibre installed and working with local library.
- Old laptop (Windows 7). calibre installed and working with local copy of library from Xubuntu server.
- Kobo Aura H2O (recent birthday gift for my wife)
- iPads (2) with Marvin installed
- I expect I'll be receiving a Kobo for Christmas, and if not, then likely at a Boxing Day sale... :-)
My end state is hopefully:
- ebook library that is visible from the internet, so that we can download books to our devices from our personal calibre library when away from home.
- Access to the library from my laptop in order to load books directly (I believe the Kobo software isn't available for Linux)
- An automated way of keeping the two copies of the library in sync. I have a NAS that I use to back up my media on the server nightly. I just need to find a way of keeping the laptop library in sync with the server.
So two issues to resolve:
- How to keep laptop library synchronized with server library. I think FreeFileSync is probably a good candidate, but wondering if there are other / better methods.
- How make server library visible on the internet. Options that I'm aware of is to expose a port on my server to the internet and use the calibre interface, or set up calibre2opds.
Looking for advice or feedback.
Thanks in advance,
Brawny