[Sugar-devel] Get Books in ASLO?

[Daniel Castelo]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:29 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:

> Daniel,
>
> Get Books shares a fair amount of code (and an icon) with Get Internet
> Archive Books but is not a new version of it.  GB uses OPDS (Open
> Publication and Distribution System) which means it can support any
> source of books that uses that system.  I would *not* make a Get Books
> Ceibal.  What I would do is add your server as one of the possible
> book sources the Activity supports.  Currently it supports Internet
> Archive and Feedbooks plus "Library on a Stick" situations like the
> one the Rural Design Collective made from the Internet Archive
> Children's Book Collection.  Yours could (and should) be a fourth
> source.  Ultimately there should be a mechanism to add user-defined
> book sources to Get Books.
>
>
I think that this would be the best solution.


> As for Get Internet Archive Books, it use the Internet Archive
> Advanced Search, which is specific to IA.  It has some features not
> supported in Get Books so I feel it should continue to exist awhile
> longer.  I also have a Project Gutenberg-specific book search in Read
> Etexts and I think that needs to stay around awhile longer too.  OPDS
> is the future, my stuff is the imperfect present.
>
> I'm actually trying to write a FLOSS Manual that makes sense of our
> reading platform, helps people find the books they need, and also
> helps them create and publish their own e-books.
>
> Sounds really interesting and useful.

I got my own copy of GB from Git but if I'm going to recommend it in
> my book it really needs to be in ASLO.
>
> James Simmons
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Castelo
> <dcastelo at plan.ceibal.edu.uy> wrote:
> > I got the last version from
> http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/GetBooks-5.xo<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Esayamindu/GetBooks-5.xo>
> .
> > But is necesary add it to ASLO.
> > I have a question. Is GetBooks like a new version of "Get Internet
> Archive
> > Books"? "Get Internet Archive Books" should be removed of ASLO?
> >
> > I made some little improves to GetBooks, like
> >
> >     * The possibility of open the book just downloaded
> >     * The possibility of see and open the downloaded books that remains
> in
> > journal
> >
> > I sent this improves to Sayamindu
> >
> > I made a new version of Get Books: "Get Books Ceibal" because we want to
> > open our own repository of books.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:36 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sayamindu,
> >>
> >> As I had mentioned before, I am making a FLOSS Manual on e-book
> >> reading and Sugar.  I wanted to include a mention of your Get Books
> >> Activity in there, and I was surprised to find that Get Books is not
> >> in ASLO.  I really think it ought to be at this point.
> >>
> >> James Simmons
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> >
> >
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> >
>



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Ing. Daniel Castelo
Plan Ceibal - Área Técnica
Avda. Italia 6201
Montevideo - Uruguay.
Tel.: 601.57.73 Interno 2228
E-mail : dcastelo at plan.ceibal.edu.uy
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