MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - COPS and BicBucStriim developers: option to read book in browser with out download

skyfish · 02-19-2014, 05:27 PM

First of all, thanks for developing these great tools. I am using on my Synology server, and it works well.

However, I don't see the option to read the book within the browser. I often need to refer to a book (or textbook), or read from different places. but don't want to download it every time or keep a copy and manage it everywhere I go.

Is it possible to write an extend to either COPS or BicBucStriim so that ebooks can be read within the browser without download? Are there anyone else would like to have this function?

There are open source tools already exist for display ePub and PDF in browser:

PDF.js (PDF viewer that is built with HTML5)
https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

Epub.js (javascript library for rendering ePub's in the browser, across many devices)
http://fchasen.github.io/epub.js/

Is it possible to utilize existing modules? How difficult it is to do so? I program somewhat in python, but would like to learn enough PHP and Javascript so I can help the process.

Appreciate your thoughts!!

02-19-2014, 05:27 PM	#1
skyfish Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 84 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: NOOK, Win8 tablet, iPad	COPS and BicBucStriim developers: option to read book in browser with out download First of all, thanks for developing these great tools. I am using on my Synology server, and it works well. However, I don't see the option to read the book within the browser. I often need to refer to a book (or textbook), or read from different places. but don't want to download it every time or keep a copy and manage it everywhere I go. Is it possible to write an extend to either COPS or BicBucStriim so that ebooks can be read within the browser without download? Are there anyone else would like to have this function? There are open source tools already exist for display ePub and PDF in browser: PDF.js (PDF viewer that is built with HTML5) https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js Epub.js (javascript library for rendering ePub's in the browser, across many devices) http://fchasen.github.io/epub.js/ Is it possible to utilize existing modules? How difficult it is to do so? I program somewhat in python, but would like to learn enough PHP and Javascript so I can help the process. Appreciate your thoughts!!