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Originally Posted by Jellby
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The problem with Ibis Reader is that a visitor to my site must download my ebook first and then upload it to Ibis Reader. Not quite what I had in mind.
I want a visitor to come to my site, click on a link (or visit a specific URL at my site) such that the EPUB just opens for them in a very nice reader that requires nothing to install, download, or otherwise.
I mean that should be possible given that the content of my EPUB is just HTML5 (well...XHTML5 at least).
The main difference between straight HTML5/XHTML5 served to visitors and an EPUB served up that I can see is the table of contents and the cover page. An EPUB has all that while HTML5 doesn't (at least unless I include it). Oh and also the nice GUI interface that allows one to use keys and otherwise move through the ebook easily. That too is way different than just HTML5/XHTML5.
I'm still looking at the other thing you suggested.
If their license allows it I may just download the Readium source code and fenaggle it into running at my server automatically. Don't know how easy that would be...don't even know what language it's written in...but if it's PHP and Javascript that should be possible at least in theory. It's a very nice reader.
Carlos