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What's the self hosted ecosystem like for these? Let's say I have my own ebooks and audiobooks. Is there whisper sync like features?

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I have no idea what Whispersync is but Kobo works very well with Calibre or Grimmory. You can change the store URL to your own Calibre(-web) [1] or Grimmory.

Some of the Kobo also support audio books. All of them have microUSB or USB-C to sync, some got Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as well. Mine even has a mic for some reason.

There's a plethora of hacks for devices like the Kobo (reMarkable is another one). For example, see [4]

[1] https://calibre-ebook.com

[2] https://grimmory.org

[3] https://koreader.rocks

[4] https://github.com/RiccardoSilva42/Kobo-Hacks-Comp

witbound over whispersync anyday to behonest. its on the appstore only though

I just set up Bookbridge (https://github.com/cporcellijr/bookbridge) to do this. It's so new that I can't even endorse it as I just don't know if it works well yet, but this is at least one solution.

No for Whispersync. Kobo only offers synchronization for books purchased through them. On the other hand, KOReader does offer synchronization.

I’m using Calibre Web and it syncs with Kobo just fine. It’s a minor change to the config and then you can sync with your own library.

Self hosted in Docker, I browse to the book I want, add it to a ‘shelf’ that is synchronised. then on the Kobo I press sync. It downloads.

I used a guide that was something like this:

https://jccpalmer.com/posts/setting-up-kobo-sync-with-calibr...

i kind of use the witbound on the app store, my own files epub and m4b instead of being locked using whispersync.

i kind of use witbound instead of whispersync. it was one time purchase and now i get sync my m4b and epubs together and not be locked on whispersync.

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