Sign up and install the software program. So step 1 is signing up for a dropbox account. Every time your files change on your harddrive, Dropbox notes that and uploads the changed file. Dropbox is particularly suited for this cloudy goodness because of its automatic synching abilities. Dropbox provides a 2 GB cloud for free and works on Windows, MAC, Linux, and the iPhone. The cloud is essentially a computer harddrive space that you can access anywhere in the world so long as you can log onto the internet. In order to create your own cloud of books, you’ll need three pieces of free software: Calibre, Calibre OPDS & some kind of syncing software.

Take a look at these iPhone screenshots (click for bigger images): You can look up a book on Goodreads or check out the wikipage for an author. You can browse your catalog by series, tags, author, title, and most recent additions.

The catalog generated is incredibly feature rich. This cloud set up allows you to have access, either by webbrowser (the Kindle 3’s browser works too) or by iPhone/iTouch, to your entire ebook catalog from anywhere you can get internet connection, whether by wifi or cellular access. (alternatively you can create your own syncing system by using alternative systems discussed on Lifehacker or this great device which I am going to check out called PogoPlug). You can set up your cloud for free using open source programs and a free account at dropbox. This means taking your books out of the cloud (the servers of Amazon, Apple, Google, BN, or Kobo) and putting them into your own cloud. The biggest weapon that readers have in their arsenal is the ability to decouple. I’m getting pretty fed up with the powers that be who run the ebook world. Yet another ebook format has been announced. Google is randomly deleting Google Plus accounts. Kobo released an updated app with no buy link.

This post has been updated as of October 16, 2011.Īpple appears to have pushed Google out of the ebookstore. Jane Ebooks Calibre / cloud computing / iPhone / Stanza 224 Comments JCreate Your Own Cloud of Ebooks with Calibre + Calibre OPDS + Dropbox

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