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brawny · 12-25-2015, 08:16 AM

Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions, everyone. I thought I'd provide an update on how I've decided to proceed.

For now, I've decided to start small, and focus on having a local library on my laptop. While having the library available on my server in case I need a book while I'm not at home sounds like a great idea, in practice, its probably not something that will be used very often, and certainly is a 'nice to have' rather than a 'need to have'.

I've started with a duplicate copy of the library from the server, and have started to clean it up using calibre running locally on my laptop against a local copy of the server. I have FreeFileSync running on my laptop to back the local database up to a NAS I have.

My plan is to take the existing library of just under 3000 books that I've inherited, and clean up the metadata, get rid of duplicates, etc. Once I have the library in a shape that I'm happy with, I'll revisit trying to make the library visible on the internet either using a second copy of calibre on the server, or by using calibre2opds.

Thanks to everyone for your advice and suggestions!

Brawny

12-25-2015, 08:16 AM	#10
brawny Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions, everyone. I thought I'd provide an update on how I've decided to proceed. For now, I've decided to start small, and focus on having a local library on my laptop. While having the library available on my server in case I need a book while I'm not at home sounds like a great idea, in practice, its probably not something that will be used very often, and certainly is a 'nice to have' rather than a 'need to have'. I've started with a duplicate copy of the library from the server, and have started to clean it up using calibre running locally on my laptop against a local copy of the server. I have FreeFileSync running on my laptop to back the local database up to a NAS I have. My plan is to take the existing library of just under 3000 books that I've inherited, and clean up the metadata, get rid of duplicates, etc. Once I have the library in a shape that I'm happy with, I'll revisit trying to make the library visible on the internet either using a second copy of calibre on the server, or by using calibre2opds. Thanks to everyone for your advice and suggestions! Brawny