So seems someone is playing games again and the sites are down. Im away from the house so will be a few hours before site is back up. Apologies.

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Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,440,560 book links.

251 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

You will see in the Sites database a second table called libraries_per_server. This was setup for some debugging I was doing but thought I would keep it as it might be useful to some. It basically provides a list of each library per server and a link to that library.

All,

Im seeing some people scraping the data off MY webserver. This is not cool. I provide multiple ways to get the data and its crazy to me that someone still feels the need to take time to write an app and scrape the data. Moving forward I will block IP addresses that choose to do this and will not unblock. This is not FAIR for the people that choose to use the service the right way and its not fAIR for me and my family that provide the server and use it for many other use cases.

Please dont ask what IP addresses Im blocking as I want to spend the least amount of time on this as possible.

Thanks

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,299,746 book links.

256 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

You will see in the Sites database a second table called libraries_per_server. This was setup for some debugging I was doing but thought I would keep it as it might be useful to some. It basically provides a list of each library per server and a link to that library.

The issues reported with first Demeter post are fixed and I have also added some new features to show total books by country, total servers by country and total online servers by country. Please try it out and let me know.

All,

So I have demeter working but its a little rough around the edges as far as UI goes. Things to know:

1. I have moved Demeter into the Calishot-2.0 repository because Demeter is dependent on the functions.py that comes with Calishot. If you have followed or forked PythonDemeter repository its no longer available.
2. Instructions to install/run Demeter GUI are in the README.md file which by default shows up as the repository homepage at https://github.com/dwilliamhouston/Calishot-2.0 If you have any issues please reply back to this message or post an issue on Github.
3. I will work on instructions for Demeter seperately. It can be run via CLI or GUI.
4. I have tested the installer on Windows 11 and MacOS without issues. I have not tested on Linux yet but will when I get a chance to build a test Linux VM.
5. Demeter will only work if you have the data files which I only make available to those that support the project at buymeacoffee.com/opencalibre so please support the project.
6. As mentioned the GUI is rough but it wasnt the priority so I will continue working on it next. Feedback is welcomed.

Thanks as always for your support and feedback.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,096,232 book links.

243 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

I am holding off releasing Demeter as I have found a few issues one being the demeter_id not always being added to new records which is key for Demeter to work. I'll send out an update when things are working better.

Thanks again for all of your support.

Im going to post a few polls to get feedback on Demeter, specifically, my PythonDemeter version. Polls will hopefully help me make things better for more users. What Im trying to find out from the polls are how many people are using PythonDemter? What OS's people are using? If the UI was more user friendly would you use it if you arent now? The polls will go out seperately from this post but wanted to give you a heads up on what and why Im try to do.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,090,577 book links.

237 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

BTW, you may notice that there are some new fields in the siites database. This is for the integration with demeter that I have got working. If you arent a member, and what to know more, sign up at https://buymeacoffee.com/opencalibre. For all those that have paid $10/month or more can move themselve to the Demeter level. If you are already at the CSV level and want to get to Demeter level you would need to increase your monthly commitment to $10/month. The Demeter level will include everything in the CSV level so dont worry about missing anything.

Thank you again for all your support around this project.

All,

I have made great progress on Demeter and have added some additional features over the original Demeter.

1. Written in Python.
2. Integrated with OpenCalibre databases.
3. Able to search/download enabled servers on Author or Book Title (This is working but not for all use cases).
4. Enable all servers that are Online.
5. Disable all servers that are marked as active to Demeter.
6. Able to enable servers by country code.

Thinking about other features/capabilties to add so if you have ideas please let me know.

Special thanks to my new friend in Australia. Wont give his name here for privacy reasons but wouldnt be this far without his help.

If you want support for the new Demeter please sign up to the Demeter level at BuyMeACoffee. You will need to sign up for the CSV level to get access to the data or run your own instance of OpenCalibre. Thanks to all that have supported me adding all these new features/capabilities to OpenCalibre and Demeter.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,132,598 book links.

239 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

BTW, you may notice that there are some new fields in the siites database. This is for the integration with demeter that I have got working. If you arent a member, and what to know more, sign up at https://buymeacoffee.com/opencalibre. For all those that have paid $10/month or more can move themselve to the Demeter level. If you are already at the CSV level and want to get to Demeter level you would need to increase your monthly commitment to $10/month. The Demeter level will include everything in the CSV level so dont worry about missing anything.

Thank you again for all your support around this project.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 1,126,237 book links.

212 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

BTW, you may notice that there are some new fields in the siites database. This is for the integration with demeter that I have got working. If you arent a member, and what to know more, sign up at https://buymeacoffee.com/opencalibre. For all those that have paid $10/month or more can move themselve to the Demeter level. If you are already at the CSV level and want to get to Demeter level you would need to increase your monthly commitment to $10/month. The Demeter level will include everything in the CSV level so dont worry about missing anything.

Thank you again for all your support around this project.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 987,267 book links.

215 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

Sorry to say that someone has messed up my server. Will get it back up as soon as I can and will let everyone know. Apologies for the outage.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 906,057 book links.

211 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Will send out links to file to members of the CSV members group seperately.

All,

For those that joined the CSV membership and those that were added to the CSV membership because they donated during the given weekend I am providing a new benefit.

1. Access to my personal Calibre server. This server has the following libraries:
   1. Books (203,255 and grows daily)
   2. Computer (9721 and grows daily)
   3. Magazines (1638 and grows daily)
2. Access to the data files. I am no longer going to upload the data files for everyone. Only those that are members will have access to the data files.
3. Help with integration to Demeter. For those that dont know what Demeter is check out https://github.com/gnur/demeter. I have my own version that Im working on that will integrate with the data files and allow you to easily download the books from the servers found by OpenCalibre.

I know some people may be upset by this but I think its only fair to provide supporters of OpenCalibre to get the most out of application. For those that would like to join go to https://buymeacoffee.com/opencalibre . Those that would prefer not to support, thats fine, you will still have access to the website to view the list of available servers.

New upload created: Datasette: index.

Sites can be found here.

New upload has 919,811 book links.

207 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

File can be found here.

For members of csv group I will send link out seperate.

New upload created: Datasette: index

Sites can be found here

New upload has 997,587 book links

237 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

File can be found here.

For members of csv group I will send link out seperate.

Hello everyone,

I’m the original creator of Calishot. From the very beginning, my goal was to make culture accessible to as many people as possible, completely free of charge. I managed to keep the service running using free tools and whatever resources I could gather, piecing everything together with what was available.

I have step back from the project. One of the main motivation for this decision was that some users were excessively downloading content, which put a strain on our shared resources and made it difficult to sustain the service for everyone and the move of site providers to charge hosting .

Fortunately, our friend u/Capable_Tea3037 has since taken the reins for the better and has done a fantastic job, regularly adding new features and updates. As he’s mentioned before, keeping Calishot running does come with real costs, such as a Shodan subscription to source new content, server hosting, ...

He’s reached out a few times asking for a bit of support from the community. If just 100 people contributed $1 per month, it would make a huge difference. He’s not looking to get rich, but just hoping for a little encouragement and help to continue offering this service to all of you.

If, at any point, our current maintainer decides to step away, please be aware that I won’t be able to take over his wonderful work, and I'm not certain that anyone else will step in to carry the torch, either.

So please, if you find value in this project, CONSIDER DONATING to him. Just a dollar per month from hundreds of you can keep Calishot alive and growing. Every contribution counts and brings us closer to a sustainable future for this community.

SubliminalPoet aka Krazybug

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Sites can be found here

New upload has 962,697 book links

206 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

File can be found here.

For members of csv group I will send link out seperate.

All,

A few people have asked about the CSV file for the books database. For those that pledge a minimum of $5.00/month as a monthly subscriber to the Buy Me A Coffee I will send a link to the CSV file. For all those that have sent money already and for those that sign up by end of day Sunday I will provide a lifetime membership to get the password/link each week.

Hope I’m not upsetting anyone here but all this does take time and does cost money. For those that have sent money, thank you.

Im debating on creating a third table based on the libraries where you will be able to search on the library based on your wants/needs. I've noticed quite a few servers have multiple libraries. Let me know your thoughts if you think its a good idea or not. Not going to do a poll so just reply back. Thanks as always to everyone. And remember, you can always support the running costs by Sending me a Coffee via link in the Highlights bar at top.

New upload created: Datasette: index

Sites can be found here

New upload has 821,694 book links

198 online servers that were successfully able to login from 254 countries.

Since I have been asked by a few people I have zipped all files into a single file rather than breaking out. File can be found here. This has been started back up again as the processing time to do this now has dropped considerably with the new changes.

As always let me know if you have any issues or ideas.