What happened with ManyBooks.net? - Page 2

Trilby · 11-07-2009, 01:17 PM

The site is down again, but this time he's left a message saying he's working on it.

DMcCunney · 11-10-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

The site is down again, but this time he's left a message saying he's working on it.

It's back up now, though I don't yet know what the problem was.
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Dennis

fireproof · 11-10-2009, 03:37 PM

Hey folks -- sorry for the downtime; Dennis is right, it was a combination of technical issues and real-life intrusion. The technical side consisted of a dying hard drive, bad-timing, and an OS upgrade that horked some of the conversion software. The good news is the backups all worked, the replacement hardware wasn't too expensive, and Kovid Goyal's calibre was able to step in and take over from the messed up convertor app.

Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

Treven · 11-10-2009, 05:52 PM

Well, it's up - as of right now

Trilby · 12-14-2009, 06:15 AM

Manybooks has added (unless I just didn't see this before) book covers to view, which is great when you're trying to decide on a book to read.

DMcCunney · 12-14-2009, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

Manybooks has added (unless I just didn't see this before) book covers to view, which is great when you're trying to decide on a book to read.

Yep. Matt has been tweaking the design, and it's nice indeed.

I think part of it is a result of a move to an actual hosing facility. Once upon a time, ManyBooks lived on a Mac Pro at the owner's home, at the other end of
a DSL line. He had to use minimal design to conserve bandwidth. Once he moved to a hosting facility, those concerns eased.
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Dennis

anurag · 12-14-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Yep. Matt has been tweaking the design, and it's nice indeed.

I think part of it is a result of a move to an actual hosing facility. Once upon a time, ManyBooks lived on a Mac Pro at the owner's home, at the other end of
a DSL line. He had to use minimal design to conserve bandwidth. Once he moved to a hosting facility, those concerns eased.
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Dennis

From their about page, ManyBooks runs on a Mac Mini at http://macminicolo.net, and from what I remember, that's the way they have been for at least a few months, probably longer. I would feel very guilty about hitting a Mac Pro over DSL to get books into Inkmesh

12-14-2009, 06:15 AM	#20
Trilby Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 350 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New England Device: Kindle 2	Site updates Manybooks has added (unless I just didn't see this before) book covers to view, which is great when you're trying to decide on a book to read.

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11-07-2009, 01:17 PM	#16
Trilby Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 350 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New England Device: Kindle 2	The site is down again, but this time he's left a message saying he's working on it.

11-10-2009, 03:37 PM	#18
fireproof Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 16 Join Date: Mar 2004 Device: Palm Tungsten\|TX, Sony Reader^H^H^H^H, iLiad, iPhone	Hey folks -- sorry for the downtime; Dennis is right, it was a combination of technical issues and real-life intrusion. The technical side consisted of a dying hard drive, bad-timing, and an OS upgrade that horked some of the conversion software. The good news is the backups all worked, the replacement hardware wasn't too expensive, and Kovid Goyal's calibre was able to step in and take over from the messed up convertor app. Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

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