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We have two options for our new homescreen.
1. let the original Sony code do most of the work and just display a new UI (the current approach)
this means that only the books that the sony software picks up will be shown.
2. write our own code to grab the books. (which lets us accept all ebook formats)
If you use calibre this is easy as Calibre creates it's own 'database' (actually a text file) which I already have code to parse, but this would be entirely separate from sony's code and you would not be able to use the sony windows reader software.
3. write our own code, but update the sony on device databases. we could do this, but making sure we don't kill the sony software will make it a more time consuming task.
4. Or we could do a mix, read in from sony's on device databases AND read in from calibre files, but then we'd have to check for duplicates, etc...
at the moment, I am working on option 1 as it is the quickest, but if everyone uses calibre then option 2 would be just as easy.
we could have a vote to see how many people use calibre versus sony reader software, so we could work out what people actually want.
I think option 4 will be the best compromise, so we let the sony handle all of it's formats, but read in from calibre any other formats.
you would need a reader installed (I assume that coolreader works for you).
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