I've been struggling to send ebooks to koreader from an Android phone directly

amin021023 · 11-16-2021, 05:46 PM

Hey guys, I have an ebook reader running on android 4.2 and an Android Xiaomi phone running on Miui 12. I've been struggling to find a way to send ebooks from my Android phone to my ebook reader/Koreader; I have been using indirect methods like attaching the ebooks to an email sent to myself and then downloading it through the email. I have no problem sending ebooks to Koreader from my laptop using Calibre, but there is no Calibre app for Android that does what Calibre does on laptops. Do you have any suggestions to send ebooks directly to ebook reader/Koreader from Android phones?

Thanks in advance.

everdred · 11-16-2021, 09:14 PM

Running an OPDS, WebDAV or FTP server on your phone would let you connect over wifi and download books. Or you could upload to Dropbox from your phone and then download using KOReader's Dropbox functionality.

hius07 · 11-16-2021, 10:44 PM

Another way: start SSH server in KOReader, then connect to it with a sftp client on your phone.

everdred · 11-17-2021, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hius07

Another way: start SSH server in KOReader, then connect to it with a sftp client on your phone.

This is actually a really good solution, probably better than most of the ones I suggested. It makes the "complex" portion of the process (running the server) as simple as clicking a checkbox in KOreader, while running the client on your phone should be less complicated.

pazos · 11-17-2021, 06:09 PM

The SSH plugin that KOReader ships requires a patched dropbear(also shipped). It is currently supported for Kindles, Kobos and Cervantes.

Adding support for other platforms is out of scope. There're better ways to achieve the same with an external binary.

In the case of android you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.galexander.sshd/.

rsync and rclone are other good alternatives to sync files across devices.

11-16-2021, 05:46 PM	#1
amin021023 Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Fidibook	I've been struggling to send ebooks to koreader from an Android phone directly Hey guys, I have an ebook reader running on android 4.2 and an Android Xiaomi phone running on Miui 12. I've been struggling to find a way to send ebooks from my Android phone to my ebook reader/Koreader; I have been using indirect methods like attaching the ebooks to an email sent to myself and then downloading it through the email. I have no problem sending ebooks to Koreader from my laptop using Calibre, but there is no Calibre app for Android that does what Calibre does on laptops. Do you have any suggestions to send ebooks directly to ebook reader/Koreader from Android phones? Thanks in advance.

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11-16-2021, 09:14 PM	#2
everdred Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kobo Libra H2O, Remarkable 2, Android, Linux	Running an OPDS, WebDAV or FTP server on your phone would let you connect over wifi and download books. Or you could upload to Dropbox from your phone and then download using KOReader's Dropbox functionality.

11-16-2021, 10:44 PM	#3
hius07 Wizard Posts: 1,058 Karma: 3581267 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ukraine Device: Kindle PW2, PW3, PW4, Voyage	Another way: start SSH server in KOReader, then connect to it with a sftp client on your phone.

11-17-2021, 06:09 PM	#5
pazos cosiñeiro Posts: 1,271 Karma: 2200049 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: BQ Cervantes 4	The SSH plugin that KOReader ships requires a patched dropbear(also shipped). It is currently supported for Kindles, Kobos and Cervantes. Adding support for other platforms is out of scope. There're better ways to achieve the same with an external binary. In the case of android you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.galexander.sshd/. rsync and rclone are other good alternatives to sync files across devices.

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