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marussell01 · 01-14-2008, 08:45 PM

Pretty much given up on the idea of using HTML for this. It looks like the only real way to do this is using manifest.xml files and lots of directories.

I've started designing an application to help me build an ordered directory structure. My thoughts so far is that you'll add all your books to the app. Define title & author information (hopefully I can write code to read some of this from the mobipocket files themselves). Then after adding all the books, you go to a seperate part of the app and define how you want the generated directory structure to look like. I think I've got a design that will allow me to create a fairly fancy directory structure (including grouping books by genre, author, whatever).

Still in the process of pinning down my UI, but I've investigated the manifest stuff enough to know that this can be done (without copying the book itself into a dozen different places.)

The benefit, once I get it working, will be that there is nothing to install on the iLiad. You'll just copy the generated directory structure to your iLiad and then use the iLiad to browse the books.

01-14-2008, 08:45 PM	#3
marussell01 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iLiad	new approach Pretty much given up on the idea of using HTML for this. It looks like the only real way to do this is using manifest.xml files and lots of directories. I've started designing an application to help me build an ordered directory structure. My thoughts so far is that you'll add all your books to the app. Define title & author information (hopefully I can write code to read some of this from the mobipocket files themselves). Then after adding all the books, you go to a seperate part of the app and define how you want the generated directory structure to look like. I think I've got a design that will allow me to create a fairly fancy directory structure (including grouping books by genre, author, whatever). Still in the process of pinning down my UI, but I've investigated the manifest stuff enough to know that this can be done (without copying the book itself into a dozen different places.) The benefit, once I get it working, will be that there is nothing to install on the iLiad. You'll just copy the generated directory structure to your iLiad and then use the iLiad to browse the books.