miniliQuid 85 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) Not sure if there are actually many people using emby that also read a lot of books. However with Ebooks being a hot thing right now this idea popped into my head. I have a lot of ebooks which I generally keep on my normal PC. However this way it has no back-ups cause I only back-up my server to an external location. So I was thinking about switching them to my server and then I thought I can also put them in the emby folder. The request may be a bit out of the ordinary since emby is more for playing files and things rather than reading, but could a reader be implemented at some point in the future? A book library and an implemented reader, specially for mobile devices I guess (phone/tablet), but perhaps for browser/theater? Would help me get rid of yet another app and have all my "media" in the same place Edit: If you liked this also take a look here for ebook expansion https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/80398-book-serverreader-incorporation-suggestion/ Edited December 30, 2019 by miniliQuid 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1114 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Have you tried using the book library type? I don't think there is any way to view books in any of the emby apps at the moment, only download them to your devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peredor 0 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) hi, I actually added my books, but there is no ebook reader implemented. Metadata is another point, but a simple reader couldnt be so difficult i think, a verry good reader for websites already exists. Ii think we could use the reader without license problems. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, December 2004 Copyright © 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. You just DO WHAT YOU WANT TO. The Source is on GitLab, https://gitlab.com/trantor Trantor is a library website with database, similar to emby but only for books. You can download the source and install it on your linux server, but you have to set up the Webserver and mariadb on your own. There is no robot for metadata in Trantor, so you have to feed the database by hand greetings Peredor Edited November 29, 2019 by ebr Language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Have you tried using the book library type? I don't think there is any way to view books in any of the emby apps at the moment, only download them to your devices. No not yet, cause I am pretty much unsure if I actually want it since I would still need a reading app for it. Though when it is on the server putting it in emby may be beneficial (and others have easier access to them as well). But my main interest would be a way to read them (so no downloading of files). I have disabled file downloading on my server for all users, so they wouldn't be able to do anything with the books if there is no reader. That's the reason I started this topic to see if people would be interested in something like that (cause I would be ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CivBase 2 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I would also appreciate an embedded ebook reader. It would be especially useful for ebooks that I use as technical references. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexisdude 133 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Please review; been at this request for a LONG time now.https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/80398-book-serverreader-incorporation-suggestion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Added my vote to it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patjo 1 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Added my vote, also :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmysik 9 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 In my case, a library would be great. I could download the file and transfer it to my e-book reader quite easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 5:27 PM, tmysik said: In my case, a library would be great. I could download the file and transfer it to my e-book reader quite easily. Just a library to download is already possible at this point. So having a library and downloading the files is currently an option. Now what we need is a book reader implementation to complete it (so downloading is no longer needed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmysik 9 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 @miniliQuid a library with book metadata? or just files? I am asking because I haven't seen metadata like book authors, series, etc. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhoneMaxPro 9 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 New for support ebooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37058 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 3 hours ago, iPhoneMaxPro said: New for support ebooks? Hi, no news at this point but we plan to expand on our book features in future updates. Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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