Calibre server usage

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Documentation

cli book management https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibredb.html#add

CLI

Adding Books

calibredb \
  --library-path /mnt/smbshares/books/textbooks \
  --password <pass> \
  --username <user> \
  add \
  --authors "Smith John" \
  --tags "ComputerProgramming: Python, ComputerProgramming: Methodologies" \
  --title "Your Book"

Web Interface

Adding Books

Add --enable-auth to the calibre-server service launch commands
after adding a user to calibre-server, and you can add books using the web-interface.

List books by Tag

# You probably want to disable partitioning in search settings
- click search:
  - click tags
    - choose a tag