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[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by itimpi

OK - sounds like I had a misconception then

You may have been thinking about the other sticky post - Open Books, which is for DRM free book only.

[rockdaleph]

The Kobo store is checked in my "Get Books" screen. On a number of occasions I've searched for books and the Kobo store is not listed as an available source, yet searching directly in the Kobo Store shows that they have the book.

Am I doing something wrong?

Mitch

[DoctorOhh]

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@rockdaleph moved your post to the Getbooks thread, hopefully someone will provide an answer shortly.

Originally Posted by rockdaleph

Am I doing something wrong?

It doesn't look like you are doing anything wrong.

[davidfor]

A geo-restriction? Maybe the country GetBooks presents for the search is different than what you are using through the browser.

[rockdaleph]

Perhaps it is geo. Is there a way to view (or edit) the attributes of the Kobo listing provided in the GetBooks search? And/or . .. is there a way to add a listing?

Mitch

[davidfor]

The settings for the shops are in the code. And according to the first post in this thread, you can suggest new stores here.

[Larix]

It would be nice if you can add the following german bookstores:

www.thalia.de
www.mayersche.de
www.ebook.de
www.buch.de
www.pageplace.de

[chaley]

ebook.de is already there.

[zamana]

The developer of Calibre is the only one who can add stores?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by zamana

The developer of Calibre is the only one who can add stores?

No. Anyone can add stores. That said, a store is implemented as a calibre plugin, so you must be able to program in python. You must also add the store to calibre's start up sequence, which requires modifying a few lines in calibre's code to tell it that the new plugin exists.

If you want to add stores, download calibre's source and make a development environment as described here. If you want to use eclipse or aptana as an IDE, search for those words in calibre's development forum for hints.

The existing stores provide lots of good models for how to make new ones. They are in calibre.gui2.store.stores in calibre's source code. Any new stores will need to go there as well.

If the store might be controversial for some reason, I suggest that you ask user_none by private message whether the store will be accepted in calibre.

[zamana]

Thanks for the explanation.

But, this way, the store will be added only on my installation.

How to make it available native in Calibre? I guess I'll need to convince Kovid to do so...

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by zamana

Thanks for the explanation.

But, this way, the store will be added only on my installation.

How to make it available native in Calibre? I guess I'll need to convince Kovid to do so...

Not so... Plugins can be written by one person and then shared. See the active plugins subforum here for many, many user added and maintained examples.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Not so... Plugins can be written by one person and then shared. See the active plugins subforum here for many, many user added and maintained examples.

True, but different than standard plugins. These store plugins once completed are apparently added to calibre without any user intervention required. Also it would seem according to chaley that user_none plays some roll in screening store plugins before they are added to calibre.

[zamana]

Anyway, the great question is:

Official Amazon Stores (is there some "unofficial"?) around the world shouldn't be added by default?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by zamana

Anyway, the great question is:

Official Amazon Stores (is there some "unofficial"?) around the world shouldn't be added by default?

Someone must care enough about a store to write the plugin and then maintain it when the underlying website changes. This often means someone who can be affiliate with that store, making the effort worth his or her time. Being an affiliate implies all sorts of things such as bank accounts and tax status in the store's country.

If you are talking about an amazon store, do it. The existing plugins will give you an solid head start.