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How To Create a calibre Ebook Server on Ubuntu 18.04

I have a lot of ebooks, and want them in different libraries. Like Series, DND, StarWars, etc. Otherwise, it’s just a huge long list of books (I have over 5,000)
I tried Googling it, and came across kovidgoyal saying “you specify them on the command line when running calibre-server
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen…re-server.html”

but that page has nothing about multiplie libraries.

Otherwise, your guide was flawless, and I was able to create a single library, and dumped all my books in (Boy, it took a long time to add them with the “add” command. LOL

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bobbyiliev January 20, 2021

Hi there,

As far as I can see in the official documentation, the library folder and all its contents make up what is called a calibre library and you can have multiple such libraries. To manage the libraries, click the calibre icon on the toolbar. You can create new libraries, remove/rename existing ones and switch between libraries easily.

You could try following step 2 from the tutorial and create a second library folder:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-calibre-ebook-server-on-ubuntu-18-04#step-2-%E2%80%94-creating-a-library-and-adding-your-first-book

Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Bobby

How To Create a calibre Ebook Server on Ubuntu 18.04
by Gareth Dwyer
calibre is a free and open source ebook manager. The calibre Content server includes a simple and elegant browser front-end that allows you to search for and download books from your library. It also has a mobile-friendly site built in, making it easy to download books straight to an e-reader – even to ones with only the most basic web functionality.
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  • lordsith77 January 21, 2021

    I FTP’d all my folders with the DB file, from my Windows PC, where I have the main catalog of my books sorted.
    So I had folders like;

    • DnD
    • Series
    • Various

    Then I used the command: calibredb add /home/jim/ebooks --with-library ebooks -r

    Which did add all the books (after about 2 hours. LOL) but still not in any selectable libraries. It’s still just shows the ebooks one, then ALL the books are in that main library.

    According to kovidgoyal:
    <^>The very first paragraph on the linked page says:

    Start the calibre Content server. The calibre Content server exposes your calibre libraries over the internet. You can specify the path to the library folders as arguments to calibre-server. If you do not specify any paths, all the libraries that the main calibre program knows about will be used.<^>

    So I’m assuming I do not need the calibredb add command at all. I’ll let you know how that works out. LOL

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