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Best option for hosting ebooks and audiobooks? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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It seems like thre are really only a couple of options, and I haven't found many review or examples that show enough detail to compare them.

Jellyfin has a bookshelf plugin that seems to be able to handle it. Audiobooks look to be accessed through the main client app, and ebooks through a companion app like JellyBook, which also claims to handle audiobooks.

On the other hand, there is Audiobookshelf, which specializes in audiobooks, but also claims to host ebooks. It has a number of client apps, but none that I found mention eBook reading.

I've found a couple of other solutions that seem more specialized. Maybe one of those?

I want to be able to read and listen on an Android device, preferably with a native app. I have a few comics, but mostly interested in books and audiobooks. I already have a Jellyfin server setup.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Since they're different applications entirely and you wouldn't use the same client for each, I use Calibre as a kasmweb docker image for ebooks and enable OPDS for it to hook up with my FBreader app. Audiobooks are done with Audiobookshelf and outputs an RSS feed for Antennapod subscription.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 5 days ago

Agreed, these are two different things meant for two different purposes. At this point nothing beats audiobookshelf

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