You both should do the bare minimum amount of research before asking these questions or insulting the project. It would take you one whole click to find the server code.
I guess I just don't understand why a desktop application intended to read e-books would need a remote server in the first place.
I've already got my e-book library on my local drive, and synced to my own storage server with NextCloud -- why do I need my desktop e-reader application to force me to use a separate, parallel server solution?
And even if I were to self-host, the UI does not seem to expose any way to point the frontend client at my own server instance.
Support for mobile devices is currently in development. The application is currently only available on Desktop, but the aim is to be available on all devices.
It seems to replace what the kindle platform would do
Multiple users might allow that for friends and family
It’s easier to ask “ what else could this mean” in a positive way and assume that it doesn’t have to make sense to one perspective to make sense for everyone.
Calibre for example doesn’t seem to do the multi device access/sync well
Calibre library syncs perfectly across devices via dropbox / any other cloud storage. Can't see why this wouldn't just work with a shared cloud folder as well. This also has an added benefit that the books are available for download on mobile.
- Calibre doesn't have a reader app as far as I can tell on android or iphone.
- KOReader I hear is excellent and could point to Calibre, but again, I don't think it handles per user highlights and annotations as easily.
Mostly I'm looking for a reasonably straight forward workflow to import highlights into logseq/obsidian that doesn't need a user to install or run a script manually, or connect a usb cable. That kind of self-hosting is useful.
Since I’ve started playing around with logseq/obsidian for one point of note taking the value of having your notes and annotations from books and YouTube videos in one place is too close to making all that reading more useful and introduce it into practice :)
It took one clarifying comment from the founder of Dropbox for BrandonM to understand and agree with the value proposition.
The story of that comment is not “clueless power user doesn’t understand regular user needs”, it’s “user makes respectful criticism and changes their mind when confronted with compelling arguments”. That exchange is a prime example of what we should all strive to do, not a target of ridicule.
Haven't tried to install it myself but was looking through the git repo for this exact info. Just do it like every other project, either let the user configure it in the frontend through config or make it an environment variable.
I looked for any mention of hosting your own server on the repo's readme and could not find it. This is not readily available information so stop shaming people for not finding it.
But thank you for sharing the link that was helpful
“ With Librum, you can manage your own online library and access it from any device anytime, anywhere. It has features like note-taking, bookmarking, and highlighting, while offering customization to make it as personal as you want!”
Many selfhostable solutions use similar wording as their main focus is the platform. While not excluding selfhosting options they don't promote it either.
To be fair, Amazon could write the exact same things (minus customization) about their platform, saying that you have an online library is different from saying that you can self-hosted it. But it being (F?)OSS can give an hint that there could be the possibility of doing it.
> "Open source is only free if your time is worthless"
The main reason to use FOSS software shouldn't be the price: indeed with commercial competitors at a few $/€ per month that require less work on your part one can rightfully wonder if he's saving money with FOSS software. But also control over your tools and not giving away personal data has a value.
https://github.com/Librum-Reader/Librum-Server