Link to full backup image Files:

1. pishrink.sh - Used to shrink pi backup files
2. emptyLibrary.sh - Used to delete the current calibre library

Nick's Note: The version in this repository uses absolute pathing (untested) to the calibre-library directory while the version in the backup image file uses relative pathing

Link to script

TODO: Make a modified version of this script that creates for KidsWrite network defaults

General Tutorial

Making Server start on boot

Nick's Notes: Steps 1-3 and step 5 in the General Tutorial worked fine. Step 4 did not work. Instead of Step 4 in the general tutorial use this to make the calibre-server start on boot

For Step 5 the tutorial made some pathing mistakes in his cron command. I've corrected and modified his command below:

#This version of the command adds the books in the calibre-library/toadd folder to the Calibre library on reboot
@reboot xvfb-run calibredb add /home/pi/calibre-library/toadd/ -r --with-library /home/pi/calibre-library && rm /home/pi/calibre-library/toadd/*

How to backup and restore a pi from an image

Nick's Note: For restoring from a backup I found more success with Etcher than the built in dd tool

Reducing the size of a backup image