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'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.
> It's not just an e-book reader. With Librum, you can manage your own online library and access it from any device anytime, anywhere.
Different strokes for different folks as you seem to already have a solution to sync your own library.
Are the clients desktop only?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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.
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 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 will be in the Server’s readme very soon.
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!”
It is very clearly called a platform.
I appreciate and use Open Source, and still I'm recognizatnt of the saying "Open source is only free if your time is worthless".
Luckily the short term self-hostability of many projects has become trivial.