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Originally Posted by hansel
Hey, that would be cool! Are all those uploaded books archived somewhere in a way a computer can understand?
PS: a.f.a.i.k. the Iliad already can surf the internet (sort of) with minimo.
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The Mobipocket Download Guide just lists the all the .prc/.mobi attachments available for download at Mobileread.com filtering out all the other formats or uploads.
If you explode the .mobi that gets downloaded when you access the
Mobipocket Download Guide under the E-Books menu item at the top of the page in the Blue Bar, then you will see exactly how this is accomplished.
In particular, when referenced, a URL is re-directed to the exact ebook attachment, for example this is an extract of the exploded html:
Code:
Eliot, Charles W. (editor), Harvard Classics 22: Homer's Odyssey, v.1, 27 July 07
edited and uploaded by RWood
Download: https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/4609 for Harvard Classics XXII.prc
and
Download: https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/4610 for Harvard Classics XXI.prc
As an example, try downloading "Bower, B. M - Cabin Fever" using these links:
.epub
https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/37998
.imp
https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/38000
.imp
https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/38001
.lrf
https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/38003
.prc
https://www.mobileread.com/ebooks/mobi/38005
Now, if Alex would supply you with a downloadable listing of all the .prc/.mobi ebooks, then your app would just have to list it and allow the user to select which one to download (hopefully using filters/searches) and then fetch that attachment and place it into the iLiad's Books/Mobipocket folder in use.
Sounds simple doesn't it?
While I profess to have no inside knowledge of how the mobileread.com servers operate, I have tested this approach to downloading attachments before...
