02-07-2012, 08:33 PM | #166 |
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book source addition request - http://www.ccel.org/ - a lot of Christian classics - I use it a lot ...
BTW - great software. I have showed my friends and bragged about the utility it has add to my kindle. |
02-17-2012, 01:35 AM | #167 |
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It would be great to support our local indie bookstores through calibre. Here are the stores, including my own in Bellingham WA:
http://www.indiebound.org/google-ebooks |
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02-17-2012, 10:24 AM | #168 |
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St. martins press...they're in the states, but would still be nice
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02-22-2012, 03:10 PM | #169 |
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Onleihe
I would like to see onleihe as a new source of ebooks in calibre (www.onleihe.net).
Onleihe is a free lending service for ebooks in germany that works together with public libraries. You must be a registred user of a local library in germany, and with that account you can download ebooks out of a pool from that library via onleihe. The ebooks are DRM-protected to make them readable for a lending period of 7 to 14 days. After that period expires, the book becomes available for the next lender. While I am here I would like to add a feature request: As the list of book sources grows due to the suggestions from this thread, it might be a good idea to add filters for this list. Or to have only book sources of your own locale activated by default. It is better for a new user to start with a small list and add some favourite sources later than be burried under a pile of sources from so many strange countries. |
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03-06-2012, 02:27 PM | #171 |
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Hi, there are a lot of posts here, but I'd like to know if anyone has recommended www.booksonboard.com as a recommendation for addition to the book source list. If it's already been nominated, then please forgive my duplication.
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03-08-2012, 01:20 PM | #172 |
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I have a suggestion for the "Get Books" addition to version 0.8.x It is the Project Gutenberg Australia Library, they seem to have some eBooks that aren't listed in the Project Gutenberg that's in the United States.
the link is here: http://gutenberg.net.au/ Thanks, Tony Last edited by TonyKZ1; 03-08-2012 at 04:52 PM. |
03-11-2012, 08:15 PM | #173 | |
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There are also probably some books that are public domain everywhere, but mainly of local interest, so that they have not been added to the main Gutenberg library. |
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03-19-2012, 10:43 AM | #174 |
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If not already recommended, this site - http://arthursbookshelf.com/sci-fi/index.html - is a great source for Sci-Fi classics. Take a look.
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03-19-2012, 11:59 AM | #175 |
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Hi,
I've noticed over the past couple of weeks that when I use the GetBooks feature, I am no longer getting any results back from Kobo, despite it being checked on the left hand side. I used to get results from Kobo all the time, but it stopped at some point (I don't know when). Did the Kobo API change? Is anyone else seeing this? Dave. |
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03-21-2012, 12:57 PM | #177 | |
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I did a bit more playing around with the different Get Books options and narrowed it down a bit: it seems to be related only to searches that specify an author. I typically use the "Get Books->Search for this book" option, and this is the one that does not return any results from Kobo. Similarly, if I use the "Get Books->Search for this author" I also do not get Kobo results. However, if I use "Get Books->Search for this title", I do get Kobo results. Also, if I use "Get Books->Search for ebooks" and just time an author or a title, I get Kobo results (although if I use the author: specifier in the search, I do not get Kobo results). Using the Kobo wesite directly, there is no adevanced search, so typing in the search field just does a generic search with the following URL (searching for Jim Butcher): http://www.kobobooks.com/search/sear...?q=jim+butcher If I click on the author name link in the above results, it narrows the results to only Jim Butcher's books with the following URL: http://www.kobobooks.com/search/sear...erating&g=both Hope this helps. Dave. |
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For example if you use "George R. R. Martin" you will get 0 results because Kobo has him as "George R.R. Martin". Notice how there is no space between the initials. |
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03-21-2012, 10:42 PM | #179 | |
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In my case, the search term in the Get Books dialog showed: author:"Jim Butcher" and I would get no Kobo results despite that being the exact spelling used by Kobo. Also, if I modify the search term and delete the "author:" specifier, I do get Kobo results for all Jim Butcher's novels. Dave. |
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03-23-2012, 06:56 AM | #180 |
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I noticed something odd today ( this isn't a complaint, just curiosity):
Yesterday, I discovered that The Night of Gods by Thorne Smith is one of this month's nominations for the book club, and since it sounds like something I would like, I decided to download it when I got home. I did take the time to check if it was available in epub or lrf. I was happy when I found the lrf copy. On a whim, when I got home today, I decided to use Get Books. Except that according to Get books it was available in mobi and imp format, but not lrf. I guess what I wonder is why lrf didn't show up? Anyway, I downloaded it the normal way, skipping Get Books. |
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