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Calibre-Web handles... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/self-hosted-photos-are-just-the-beginning-your-book-collection-belongs-on-the-same-server-qqhrljfqn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QqhRLJfqn.png og:image:alt: Self-hosted photos are just the beginning — your book collection belongs on the same server og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Self-hosted photos are just the beginning — your book collection belongs on the same server **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Self-hosting your photo library with Immich is a common first step, but your e-book and audiobook collections deserve the same treatment. Calibre-Web handles e-books and comics with metadata fetching, a web reading interface, and OPDS support for e-readers like KOReader. Audiobookshelf manages audiobooks with cross-device progress syncing. Both run as Docker containers on the same NAS already serving your other media, requiring no extra hardware. The key caveat is that consolidating all media on one device raises the stakes for hardware failure, making a solid 3-2-1 backup strategy essential. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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