calibre introduces open books

[neilmarr]

I strongly believe that 'Open Books' (early days yet) will play a vital part in the general anti-DRM campaign so many here at MR strongly support.

DRM is a joke to the dishonest and a downright insult to the honest. In fact, it even encourages the honest to sometimes commit a petty crime because -- although illegal -- they feel that stripping DRM is morally justified.

Anyone who feels passionately about an author's right to freely express himself in words must also stand for the right of the reader to fairly share words that have made an impression.

And Kovid and Krittika Goyal have already established themselves in the ebook community as genuine and generous contributors to the very concept of ebook reading and have worked wonders in facilitating the experience for thousands around the world. I for one would be lost without my trusty Calibre Library software.

All power to their elbows. Neil

[peaceridge]

Site looks good! Will we ultimately be able to search?

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Krittika Goyal

@CRussel: thanks

I am adding their books. I am doing it manually and trying to maintain a balance between the different genre.

You're doing great, and I understand the need for balance.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

I strongly believe that 'Open Books' (early days yet) will play a vital part in the general anti-DRM campaign so many here at MR strongly support.

DRM is a joke to the dishonest and a downright insult to the honest. In fact, it even encourages the honest to sometimes commit a petty crime because -- although illegal -- they feel that stripping DRM is morally justified.

I couldn't agree more, Neil. As both an author and a reader, I feel strongly that DRM is just bad business. It does nothing to stop the darknet, but makes it difficult or technically illegal for legitimate paid readers to have fair use of the product they bought.

[Krittika Goyal]

@peaceridge: as of now you can browse. we tried to make the categories for browsing best suited to the collection we have right now. the search function will come in a little while. its a little more work to implement.

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by Krittika Goyal

@peaceridge: as of now you can browse. we tried to make the categories for browsing best suited to the collection we have right now. the search function will come in a little while. its a little more work to implement.

Thanks. I'm currently trying to find ebook copies of several pb books I have - I'll look in the categories while I wait for search. Appreciate all the hard work.

[chaley]

google search works, albeit with accuracy is affected by the delay for their spider to notice changes. This could help until a tagged search mechanism is available.

try "baen site:drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/". You can, of course, use other search terms.

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by chaley

google search works, albeit with accuracy is affected by the delay for their spider to notice changes. This could help until a tagged search mechanism is available.

try "baen site:drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/". You can, of course, use other search terms.

Thanks again. Google was the first thing I tried - I guess many of my books have never been published in ebook format. I'll keep looking.

[Krittika Goyal]

open books now has 1270 ebooks, features 449 authors and includes ebooks from 22 different websites. The ebooks are distributed over 15 main genres.