GetBooks announcements - Page 6

user_none · 05-26-2011, 09:44 AM

The next release (0.8.3) is going to have a new feature which will be very handy for the whole DRM issue. It's a store chooser dialog that can be accessed from the "Get books" tool item or from the search dialog. It gives a list of all stores, various information about them, and allows you to enable or disable the store. A disabled store will not appear on the right hand side of the search dialog. One of the pieces of information is the DRM stance of the store. Stores that do not use DRM at all are marked as such. This is just general for the stores itself. Per search result DRM status is still returned in the search.

CRussel · 05-26-2011, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

The next release (0.8.3) is going to have a new feature which will be very handy for the whole DRM issue. It's a store chooser dialog that can be accessed from the "Get books" tool item or from the search dialog. It gives a list of all stores, various information about them, and allows you to enable or disable the store. A disabled store will not appear on the right hand side of the search dialog. One of the pieces of information is the DRM stance of the store. Stores that do not use DRM at all are marked as such. This is just general for the stores itself. Per search result DRM status is still returned in the search.

Nice add.

Being able to disable a store and completely remove it will be a good thing as this list grows.

bmn001 · 05-27-2011, 10:43 AM

Could you add [pirate site] to the list of sources? I get a lot of books for my kids there.

edit: Looks like it has an API too [pirate site]

user_none · 05-30-2011, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmn001

Could you add [pirate site] to the list of sources? I get a lot of books for my kids there.

edit: Looks like it has an API too [pirate site]

The API isn't very helpful for "Get books". However, [pirate site] does have an OPDS feed which is very helpful. Currently their search for the feed is broken. I've reported it to them and when they get it fixed I can start adding support for it.

friz · 06-02-2011, 11:53 AM

I used to buy almost all my physical books at The Book depository.
They also have ebooks and over 11,000 free books
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/category/3390/eBooks

JMikeD · 06-05-2011, 07:14 PM

I'm using Calibre 0.8.4, and it no longer seems to search Amazon or Barnes and Noble for books, although it works with Gutenberg, Baen, Manybooks and others.

Yes, the checkboxes are checked.

user_none · 06-05-2011, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMikeD

I'm using Calibre 0.8.4, and it no longer seems to search Amazon or Barnes and Noble for books, although it works with Gutenberg, Baen, Manybooks and others.

Thanks for reporting this JMikeD. B&N has changed their site, again. I haven't looked at Amazon but both will be working for 0.8.5.

CRussel · 06-06-2011, 09:55 AM

@user_none: The Amazon UK search is returning a physical book as an ebook. I did a search on author:"Stanley Marianski", and it returns: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0982426739. Which is, unfortunately, a dead tree book. They haven't put their books in digitial format yet except for Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design (and its two subcomponents.)

user_none · 06-06-2011, 11:53 AM

@CRussel, I'll let Chaley know as he maintains that one.

chaley · 06-06-2011, 12:16 PM

@CRussel: This problem was fixed in 0.8.4. At least it works for me. I see only Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design.

Are you running 0.8.4?

CRussel · 06-07-2011, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

@CRussel: This problem was fixed in 0.8.4. At least it works for me. I see only Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design.

Are you running 0.8.4?

Yes, running 0.8.4.

See Attachment. (And yes, I know the google books ones are just wrong. But that's a different problem.)

user_none · 06-07-2011, 11:05 AM

I'll look into Google Books.

chaley · 06-07-2011, 11:49 AM

@CRussel: my apologies. I was confused. The changes I made were merged into calibre the day after the 0.8.4 release. The attachment shows what it now finds.

kiwipippa · 06-11-2011, 03:37 PM

Any update on whether books on board can be added to the list?
Love this feature, I use it all the time now.

user_none · 06-11-2011, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwipippa

Any update on whether books on board can be added to the list?

It cannot. BoB has recently changed their website and all search results are dynamically loaded via javascript. This makes scraping very difficult. They also do not provide any other means of accessing their book listing (OPDS feed for example) so scraping is the only way to get the data.

05-27-2011, 10:43 AM	#78
bmn001 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Could you add [pirate site] to the list of sources? I get a lot of books for my kids there. edit: Looks like it has an API too [pirate site] Last edited by pdurrant; 10-25-2011 at 03:10 PM. Reason: Deleted links to a pirate ebook site

06-07-2011, 11:49 AM	#88
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,525 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	@CRussel: my apologies. I was confused. The changes I made were merged into calibre the day after the 0.8.4 release. The attachment shows what it now finds. Attached Thumbnails

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05-26-2011, 09:44 AM	#76
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	The next release (0.8.3) is going to have a new feature which will be very handy for the whole DRM issue. It's a store chooser dialog that can be accessed from the "Get books" tool item or from the search dialog. It gives a list of all stores, various information about them, and allows you to enable or disable the store. A disabled store will not appear on the right hand side of the search dialog. One of the pieces of information is the DRM stance of the store. Stores that do not use DRM at all are marked as such. This is just general for the stores itself. Per search result DRM status is still returned in the search.

06-02-2011, 11:53 AM	#80
friz Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belgium Device: Sony PRS650 Touch	I used to buy almost all my physical books at The Book depository. They also have ebooks and over 11,000 free books http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/category/3390/eBooks

06-05-2011, 07:14 PM	#81
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	I'm using Calibre 0.8.4, and it no longer seems to search Amazon or Barnes and Noble for books, although it works with Gutenberg, Baen, Manybooks and others. Yes, the checkboxes are checked.

06-06-2011, 09:55 AM	#83
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,322 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	@user_none: The Amazon UK search is returning a physical book as an ebook. I did a search on author:"Stanley Marianski", and it returns: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0982426739. Which is, unfortunately, a dead tree book. They haven't put their books in digitial format yet except for Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design (and its two subcomponents.)

06-06-2011, 11:53 AM	#84
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	@CRussel, I'll let Chaley know as he maintains that one.

06-06-2011, 12:16 PM	#85
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,525 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	@CRussel: This problem was fixed in 0.8.4. At least it works for me. I see only Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design. Are you running 0.8.4?

06-07-2011, 11:05 AM	#87
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	I'll look into Google Books.

06-11-2011, 03:37 PM	#89
kiwipippa Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 613022 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: kobo glo, kobo touch (dead), kindle touch, android phone	Any update on whether books on board can be added to the list? Love this feature, I use it all the time now.