Realized my family was spending more than $200/mo on streaming and other media sources. Been a while, but I’m sailing the high seas again. Ethically, I agree with “Piracy.” Fuck Disney with a cactus. Functionally, it’s a service problem for me.
Currently running Readarr, Calibre, Sabnzbd, Qbittorrent. Have Drunkenslug, NZBgeek, 1337x, TPB as indexers.
My results aren’t great for books. Lot of titles aren’t automatically found. Readarr and Calibre integration is janky. My indexers don’t have a lot of titles.
I can manually search on Anna’s Archive or Libgen and find what I want. However, for the rest of my family to really use it, it needs to be easy like the rest of my setup.
Lazylibrarian?
Can someone please recommend a toolchain for automated book grabbing?
I don’t mind spending a few bucks a month/year for quality and ease of use.
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It’s unfortunately a fairly sparse space. With that said, I’m not sure how much automation benefits. Books take a very long time to read compared to watching a series/movie. It’s ok to spend that little extra time to search Anna’s Archive bc the time spent attaining the material vs consuming it will still be higher than just about anything else. Having scoured the space myself just recently, Anna’s Archive is really the best option, with myanonymouse as great backup. usenet is honestly garbage for ebooks and music.
Also consider your local library for books (and other media I guess). I think a lot of them have some kind of deal set up for ebooks too.
Unfortunately most use Libby/Overdrive which puts DRM on the books and only lets you read through their clunky app or kindle.
There are ways to remove DRM. Maybe there is even a plugin for Calibre which does that automatically.
I joined MyAnonaMouse and there have been very very few books that I can’t find, and if they don’t have it you can always request it on the forums. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of registering or getting an invite (DM me if you need one) I don’t know if there are any book specific nzb indexers that would work.
MyanonaMouse is like going to heaven without dying for a book nerd.
It really is, if it ever went down it would feel like going back to caveman times
That would definitely be going backwards, I’m relatively new there, I’ve been using public torrent sites until earlier this year.
Public torrent sites will only get you so far but you can find a surprising amount of books and audiobooks on them.
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