I do the same thing. I’ve tried Kavita and Audiobookshelf and ended up just keeping the books on a network share and then accessing them through Calibre. I am sideloading to a Kindle though.
Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash… and I’m delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever!
I do the same thing. I’ve tried Kavita and Audiobookshelf and ended up just keeping the books on a network share and then accessing them through Calibre. I am sideloading to a Kindle though.
I’ve had that happen to me. Usually a sign that one of the plugins hasn’t been updated for a newer version of Obsidian.
I’m interested in what you ended up choosing to do (if you have).
Have you considered keeping (or tweaking) your current folder system and putting it in an Obsidian vault?
The advantages are that you’d still be able to keep your pdfs as they but also tag and link them. (And if you doing like Obsidian you keep your files untouched.) Obsidian has lots of plugins that would help. Plus the Obsidian community has lots of TTRPG-ers who do some amazing things in Obsidian. And it’s all free.
Groan.
The Second Doctor’s sonic screwdriver… removed screws and put them back. Sonically. Couldn’t we please just go back to that?
You are right about this and it’s something I’d not given any thought to. Checking out your recommendations. Thank you.
Mostly on a basic kindle. I read pdfs and comic books on an ipad.
I’m waiting for a decent colour eink reader about same size as my kindle with stylus/writing support. From what I can see, they are nearly there… but not quite.
Take a look at OpenAudible.
I tried all sorts of stuff before getting OpenAudible and it works brilliantly. It costs about $20 (and there’s an upgrade about every year costing $8) but I’ve not upgraded and it still works perfectly.
It just stores them to the folder you choose as a vault for your notes. I have seen people put their vaults on a USB stick which they encrypt for security.
No web version of Obsidian as far as I know. Have you tried SimpleNote?
Have you tried Remote Save plugin?
I use it to sync from a webdav on my NAS at home to work computer if I ever need it. It also syncs from services like OneDrive, Dropbox, S3 etc.
There are other versions of similar syncing.
2nd vote for Obsidian.
I’ve moved from OneNote and Evernote about two years ago to Obsidian. I tried out (and still do look at) all the note-keeping apps and Obsidian beats hands down. For me, the major determiner was that it saves to plain text files that I can just transfer into any future app easily. The other aspect is that plug-ins enable you to tailor how Obsidian functions to your own working processes.
I’ve found keeping Obsidian in sync over iCloud pretty good as long as you keep the number of plug-ins on phone and iPad limited.
Thanks. I’ll take a look. I’ve wanted to move away from gmail for a while now and this is cheap enough to try out.
What’s PurelyMail like? They seem very cheap.
I don’t think that Note Station has been updated (other than maybe security patches) for years. I tried it when I was looking for an Evernote replacement and was shocked how basic it is.
Sure I’m not going to be the first one to ask you this but have you tried Obsidian?
The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay. Short stories.
This looks great. I’ll have a go and let you know how it goes.
Thanks. I think the KFX one is what I use. I use a Kindle but always remove the DRM from my purchases.
Thanks for this. Going to take a look at the Autoshelf plugin.
I don’t use many plugins with Calibre except the deDRM ones. Are there any others that you think are useful?
A neglected series is Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. There are five volumes that are a great read.
All humanity is resurrected after death on the banks of a strange river. Each book deals with a real historical figure and the struggle to understand the mysteries of Riverworld. Each volume more or less follows characters from history (Richard Burton, Mark Twain, Cyrano de Bergerac and others) who embark on a journey to travel to the end of the River in order to solve the mystery of their resurrection. It’s quite pulpy but very enjoyable.
Just looked at Sleek (which I hadn’t heard of before) and looks pretty good. Thanks. I’ve been using the Obsidian plugin which has been fine up until now.