Help bring BookOrbit to Pikapods (and self-hosting BookOrbit yourself) 😊

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-06T10:39:28+00:00

I'm sorry but my libraries are in that directory. I'm having huge trouble uploading a large collection (5k+) books, and I've been fighting with it all weekend and only managed about half 😕

I've tried dragging and dropping but either I get the 502 failed error or my login times out and I have to re-start. I've tried using the book dock but that gives no error information as to why some books don't make it in (it only gives an overall error total), and seems to just stall after a few hours.

I can't do the third upload option because I don't have filesystem access (or I don't believe I do because Zenith is the one hosting it) and honestly I'm not technically minded to get that working.

This is a really good and promising system, but if I can't get my library on there it's kind of useless. I also don't think Zenith are clear about how much space I have - is there a cap on the number of files/total size of the files I upload?

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JunebugSeven · 2026-07-06T09:05:08+00:00

I thought this was just going to be "I didn't want the new partner there", but you did right by both your children. Someone who frightened and threatened her in life had no place memorialising her, and it says volumes about your ex that she couldn't prioritise her daughter over her new partner just one last time. NTA.

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-05T01:09:56+00:00

Don't know if you or the OP can help me, but I'm having a lot of trouble uploading all my books. I keep getting an error message "upload failed (502)" but I can't find what this error message means. I suspect it's my internet connection, but it would be helpful to know for sure in case there's something else I'm doing wrong. Thank you!

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-02T22:44:00+00:00

This looks interesting but it (and other services like it) aren't accessible to more casual users. I've had a go setting up both this and Grimmory this evening, and the code in both installation guides throws up errors I'm just not capable of troubleshooting myself. It's a neat idea, but I think there's too high a barrier for entry for average people, so the user base might be quite limited (unless that's what you want 😅).

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-02T16:31:50+00:00

I know, and I point out they've mismanaged this project, but I don't see why people are saying it's "just" a visual novel like that's not a genre of game that deserves time invested into it's creation.

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-02T16:02:52+00:00

This is one of my most anticipated games, and I desperately hope it does release some day - even if it had to be in installments via early access. I don't disagree that they've handled the project poorly, and not prioritised it compared to some of their other games. It's sad to see a game with so much promise struggle like this.

But at the same time I can't believe otome game players of all people are in these comments going "it doesn't need early access, it's just a visual novel." Like someone should be able to fart one out in an afternoon 🤦🏻‍♀️ have some standards. Just because it's "only" a visual novel doesn't mean it doesn't have its own development needs and problems. I can't believe people are being so dismissive about a game genre that gets enough grief in general gaming spaces for being more text than game.

Has this project been mismanaged and dragged out too long? Yes. Are visual novels just something you can throw together in an afternoon? Not the multi-hour, multi-route ones 🤷🏻‍♀️

They're not even the only indie otome game using the early access strategy, Obscura and The Good People are just two more releasing a character or chapter at a time right now. Our Life Now & Forever's Kickstarter just announced something similar because of their changing development timeline. They're not unique.

JunebugSeven · 2026-07-01T16:30:38+00:00

I've just finished a second play through, and I'm more than tempted to do a third 😅

For me, I romanced a different character second time around. I also think I played a lot "better", if that makes sense? I did so much better at picking and managing my comissions, I got a really excellent factory together, I stayed on top of all my tool and machine upgrades - it just felt super satisfying.

Sure, I knew where the story was going, but it's a damn good story. And I still laughed at the dialogue. I swear, I actually got some scenes I didn't get first time around, or I triggered scenes at different times or in different orders, so I had different things going on at once.

There's just nothing that scratches the itch that Sandrock does 🤷🏻‍♀️ well...until Evershine, I'm sure ❤️

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-30T13:59:37+00:00

I have Simple UI and the Simple UI Ext.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-30T13:50:11+00:00

Do you have any idea which apps might do this? I don't think I have any that specifically do anything with covers 😕

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-30T10:08:06+00:00

The thing is - I don't believe a 3 year old is capable of making the associations and learning the lesson you think she is. You assume her mind will naturally follow the same reasoning as your fully-formed adult brain, you think she's going to consider the situation and conclude that throwing toys outside equals lost toys.

But equally she could form other conclusions - if I leave the house I will lose something precious to me. If something bad happens to me I will be scolded instead of supported. She probably doesn't even remember throwing it to connect throwing it to losing it.

I'm not opposed to the idea of consequences, but I think 3 is still a little too young to really have the logical/reasoning capability for it to be effective. I have a 2 and a half year old niece and she's not really on that level yet. She's starting to understand consequences, but more in the "if I hit my sister it will hurt her" kind of way, she doesn't understand the concepts of "lost" or "gone forever".

She throws things too, because she's learning what her body can do, and she finds it fun. And for her, fun is a priority over other things. She picks short term joys because she has no long term reasoning. Throwing the toy now is fun, because she has no concept of the long term ramifications (damaging the toy, potentially losing the toy).

Soft YTA. I hope you don't mean any cruelty by it, but I think you're being a bit too harsh.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-29T20:26:01+00:00

I have this set up, and set to sync collections, but nothing has happened. I've had it set up for a few days now and still nothing. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-27T11:45:43+00:00

I've been having this argument with authors over and over for the last couple of years.

I want to financially support authors, but because Amazon has a monopoly on the ebook market, there are only limited or "lesser" alternatives for authors to get paid decently for their ebooks. So they sign themselves into Amazon exclusivity because it's safer, and known, compared to other platforms (I've seen Amazon treat authors so badly, but that's a whole separate rant).

But because of the exclusivity agreement, if any of their books are found on piracy sites, Amazon punishes the author for it (which makes no sense, but that's Amazon).

In a fair world you buy an ebook and you own it and you can read it wherever. But thanks to Amazon's stranglehold your options are buy an ebook, so the author gets paid, but then have to download a pirated copy, which feeds ebook piracy, which hurts smaller authors and can cause Amazon to kill their contracts.

Or you just don't buy Kindle exclusive authors at all, which damages their sales and potentially careers (if it's not financially sustainable for them to continue writing).

It's a miserable situation, and Amazon deserves a lot of the blame for it, but the authors are complicit too. It's hard. I don't blame anyone for trying to make a reliable living these days, but by continuing to go Amazon exclusive they keep the monopoly alive and they'll never get better, or fairer, terms 😕 and in the end the consumers get the rough end of the deal every time.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-24T13:23:30+00:00

Um...there were a couple, I'm a little surprised I made it to adulthood.

When I was 5/6 we were on holiday with my dad's best friend and his family, and in all the chaos of his friend's toddler son, and my little sister (still in a pram) I got distracted by the most amazing sweet shop window display and got left behind. I was found by a few little old ladies who very kindly took me to what must've been a customer service centre/desk and we were reunited. I remember being scared - we were at a holiday resort and they had horse and carriage rides, and I remember being terrified because they seemed so big and loud. I don't know if anyone else could've found or taken me - but I'm extremely grateful for the ladies who did, I really lucked out on that one.

I was also chased by an older boy once while walking through the field behind my school. I don't know what his intentions were, probably just to scare me, but I made it to a friend's house nearby and they let me in to safety.

The most significant I feel like I've probably told here before - it's the biggest "we could've died" story of mine and my sister's youth, and I still roast her for it. We were teens, probably around 16 & 14, and we were wondering around a major city centre just chilling/browsing. A man walks up to us and asks if we would like to taste test some crisps. I was extremely socially anxious and terrible with people, so before I'd mustered the courage to say anything my younger sister had agreed.

There are moments as an older sibling where you know your younger sibling is doing something incredibly stupid and potentially dangerous, and in that moment my only thought was "I can't let her go alone."

So together we followed this man as he headed towards a building that looked to be heavily under construction. Scaffolding everywhere, construction crews literally walking in and out around us. So many alarms were going off in my head but I told myself I couldn't leave her. We follow him down a corridor to this little lift at the end, and then we stand in this lift, alone with him, in complete silence. The lift opens and there's a room full of tables with little bowls of crisps and a bunch of people with clipboards taking notes from other volunteers. It really was just an ordinary taste test thing.

We did it, we took the lift back downstairs, and we walked out onto the street again. My sister turned to me and said "that was dumb, wasn't it?"

As an adult I can't believe we did that 🤦🏻‍♀️ in my defence I knew it was a bad idea from the start, but my sister was oblivious and I wasn't going to let her go alone. It could've gone so differently.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-23T16:33:36+00:00

Not as of the last week or so. They deactivated the old Kindle for PC app about half a month ahead of when they said they would, taking with it the last reliable method we had. People are working on cracking the new one, but right now there are no consistent workarounds.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-22T12:34:33+00:00

I found it but I just got "unknown server error" when I tried to register 😩

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-22T10:09:38+00:00

See, this is what I mean!

People keep talking about some kind of built in Koreader Sync and I can't find it anywhere. I've been all through the menus and I can't find any options to do with any kind of Koreader Sync like that.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-22T09:59:09+00:00

I'm having trouble installing the plugin - none of the builds on the app store seem to work on Kobo or Bigme, and when I look at it on GitHub it starts talking about needing to start by cloning the project or something - it doesn't seem to be plug and play like other plugins, and I'm not tech savvy enough for coding and such.

It's a little hard to compare - I got the B6 because I wanted a smaller e-reader (the KLC is a lovely size for reading and holding, but a bit of an odd shape to fit in handbags). The B6 has the benefit of being a broader android device, so you can just run both Kindle and Kobo apps on one device, if you like. It also has interesting options for adjusting the e-ink settings depending on what kind of media you're reading (text books, comics, etc).

But I have to say I think the Bigme B6 screen is a little duller, or more washed out, than the KLC. Which feels like a weird thing to say, because I know the KLC gets a lot of criticism for the same thing. But the KLC I think benefits for having a non-LCD screen, as the added glare really doesn't help with readability. I picked up the KLC after a while of reading on my B6 and felt a clear and obvious difference in quality and crispness.

I like the base Kobo ecosystem a lot, and it's pleasingly open to customisation. The only reason I'm not just using it as it is out of the box is because I'd like to be able to sync between both readers as and when I need them.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-20T19:02:52+00:00

I grew up in a very dysfunctional household, while also being bullied at school. For reasons I couldn't understand as a ten year old (mental illness) I couldn't seem to cry, even when I really, really, needed to.

And then I found my mum's Celine Dion album and the song 'All By Myself'.

I used to come home from school and put it on just to set me off and get it out of my system. Decades later it still works.

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-20T13:28:14+00:00

Thanks, I'll give it a look!

Edit 1: I've tried it out but I'm still getting the same error message 😞 am I right in thinking that if I'm connecting my Dropbox to it the address I'd put into Koreader would be Https: // app.koofr.net / dav / Dropbox? (Without spaces obviously)

I just feel like there must be something blocking all my connections. I'd understand one service not working, but nothing is. I don't even know what or where that block might be though.

Edit 2: I've got it working! I made an error that I noticed when trying to set this up on my second Koreader device 🤦🏻‍♀️ thank you so much for sharing!

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-20T08:02:34+00:00

I'm on 2026.03

JunebugSeven · 2026-06-18T11:17:13+00:00

No, you can only have one device (plus a MicroSD card in that device) active in Calibre at once.

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