[Bookreader] Book reader and eBook distribution/hosting service

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

Hello,

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Mike DeVine <pixelshredder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, this is Mike DeVine, I'm a student in RIT's OLPC program. I wanted to let you know I'm working on a project for the XO that will involve hosting a library of eBook-compatible files on RIT's OLPC school server (which we completed work on last semester), in conjunction with a file distribution system that's being worked on by students here, in order to allow students and teachers to browse, download and read eBooks from their XOs.
>

It may make sense to use OPDS here. OPDS lets you query "bookservers"
for books (using OpenSearch) and browse and retrieve books as well. It
is a draft standard and you can get the latest version at
http://code.google.com/p/openpub/wiki/OPDS. We are already using it at
the client side (check out the Get Books Activity at
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/get-books), and it would be awesome
to have support for a minimal OPDS server on the Schhol Server itself.
There's a screencast of Get Books in action at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRvMGEQrI0

> This involves collaborating between several pre-existing projects, and I've been looking for anyone who's worked on Book Reader-related projects for the XO, who may be willing to have their code used with our project. I saw the Book Reader page on the Sugar Labs wiki, and was wondering how far along the project was. Any info I can get would be helpful as I'm still in the research phase of my project.
>

We currently support most major non-DRM'ed ebook formats (except for
Mobipocket). Is there anything specific in terms of features which you
are looking for ? As for code use, the code is GPL'ed (version 2 or
above), so as long as you stick to the terms and conditions of the GPL
in your project, you can freely use the code or parts of it.

Thanks,
Sayamindu


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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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