calibre-web/readme.md

##About

Calibre Web is a Python web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading e-books from a Calibre e-book database.

This was originally forked from calibreserver and now includes additional features as well as many bugfixes.

Also available as Docker image.

##Features

• Bootstrap 3 HTML5 interface
• User management
• Admin interface
• OPDS feed for eBook reader apps
• Filter and search by titles, authors, tags, series and language
• Create custom book collection (shelves)
• Support for editing eBook metadata
• Support for converting eBooks from EPUB to Kindle format (mobi/azw)
• Restrict eBook download to logged-in users
• Support for public user registration
• Send eBooks to Kindle devices with the click of a button
• Support for reading eBooks directly in the browser
• Upload new books in PDF format

Quick start

1. Rename config.ini.example to config.ini and set DB_ROOT to the path of the folder where your Calibre library (metadata.db) lives
2. To enable public user registration set PUBLIC_REG to 1
3. To enable uploading of PDF books set UPLOADING to 1
4. Execute the command: python cps.py
5. Point your browser to http://localhost:8083 or http://localhost:8083/feed for the OPDS catalog

Default admin login:
Username: admin
Password: admin123

Requirements

Python 2.7+

Optionally, to enable on-the-fly conversion from EPUB to MOBI when using the send-to-kindle feature:

1. Create a vendor folder in the app root
2. Download Amazon's KindleGen tool for your platform and place the binary named as kindlegen in this folder.