


It is inline with a vision Bill Gates put out about 15 years ago.

The thing to do is decide what Ereader you will use and then get books in the suggested format of that app.Just an observation note: It is a typical trend that is spreading everywhere. epub books, while the Amazon Kindle and Fire tablets use. epub books, plus it has an Android addon, Calibre Connection, to access your Calibre library. The app I use on my Android devices, FBReader, (has free and paid versions, Android and Apple) works with. In the case of this tutorial I can access my library with Īlthough Calibre can work with just about any book format, I try to use. Refer to the Calibre help guide for any problems you have adding or formatting ebooks with Calibre.Īfter the Calibre server is started you can access your library via your browser by going to or. Once a few books are added start the Calibre server by clicking the “Connect/share” button at the top of the Calibre program, then click “Start Content server”. Project Gutenberg is a good, legal place to download ebooks, but you won’t find any current best sellers there. You can use the bittorrent program Transmission we installed on your remote desktop to download books (I’m just sayin’), or you can find many places on the net that offers free ebooks. Īfter Calibre finishes installing you will need to add a few books to it. After that select the ereader type device you will be using and click “Finish”. When Calibre starts you will be asked where you would like your library to be created, we will use the default and have it installed to /home/admin/Calibre Library. Right click on the desktop, then Applications=> Office=> Calibre Now go to your XFCE remote desktop and start the Calibre program. Sudo -v & wget -nv -O- | sudo sh /dev/stdin To install Calibre, SSH in to your server as user: admin, SU to root and type: Go to your VestaCP Control Panel and click the “Firewall” link at the top of the VestaCP Control Panel.Ĭlick the round green “+” ADD RULE button and fill in the firewall info like below. We will use VestaCP to open the port Calibre uses, port 8080, in our firewall. It is assumed you have VestaCP and an XFCE Remote Desktop installed. With Calibre you can change book formats, manage your library and download any book in your library with your PC, phone or tablet. Calibre Ebook Management and Server on Debian 9Ĭalibre is a powerful ebook manager and server.
