What is an eLibrarian?
Well most that have an EBW1150 have also purchased the eBook Librarian or GEBLibrarian. These programs are examples of an eLibrarian that will serve up a .imp ebook that you have onto your reader without using the ETI servers.
This software was originally written by Nandagopal Kirubanandan for Linux and REB1200.
The first mention I found of 'Linreb' (google "linreb-0.1") was the russian site ebook.org. Here is a
link to that translated google'd page. Hopefully it works. It's half way down, and around the 18th message.
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Originally Posted by ebook.org
Polazil on inetu and found support programmes for those who use Linux to communicate with REB1200.
Linreb - Linux eLibrarian for REB1200
What I really wanted was something that would run on Linux to provide the same functionality. I wrote a simple program, linreb, that runs on linux (really should run on any unix system) that provides a pseudo online bookshelf.
Here is the source code : linreb-0.1.tar.gz.
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The website where the source could be found is
http://members.cox.net/nandu/reb1200/linreb-0.1.tar.gz, however, that link no longer exists and can only be made accessible using the WayBackMachine at archive.org. (see
http://web.archive.org/web/200501251...nandu/reb1200/ for that homepage )
I couldn't get the source from there but was able to find it using a ftp filesearch (forgot the actual link, though). I attach the original source (v0.1) for linux and my modified version (v0.2) to run on windows machines and to play with.
I will be updating the software to allow many things on my wishlist, but have not yet coded anything. My wishlist would include:
- surf the net!
- grab .imp files directly from the Mobileread IMP ebook upload area,
ala 'Mobipocket Download Guide'.
- add conversion/creation abilities,
ala GEBLIbrarian.
Want to add any ideas to the wishlist?
I will be on holidays for a week starting now, and may not be able to access this site (or any other site
) as I don't have internet access where I'm staying. Upon my return, I will continue this project.
Oh, yeah, simple instructions on its use:
1. unzip the files into a directory
2. Open a command prompt and cd to that directory where 'linreb.exe' is for Windows users or 'linreb' for linux users.
3. Type 'linreb -h' for help or just double click the 'linreb-start.bat'. It uses port 9090 by default; just like GEBLibrarian.
4. Place all your .imp ebooks in the subdirectory 'shelf'
5. On your reader, ensure in 'Settings' that you have selected 'Use HTTP proxy'!
6. Have fun exploring.... To end the program, hit Ctrl-C in the command prompt window.
As always, enjoy!
EDIT: for a lark, try accessing
http://directory.ebooksystem.net/directory/default.asp from your web browser... (Great Customer Support?)
UPDATE: v0.2.02 - cleaned up source code (no major changes) but now include some internet links to allow the reader to more easily browse the internet (see
here)