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So, when you edit your eBooks, and they are missing the metadata you want, do you just give up? |
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Or are you perhaps suggesting that we should visit a local bookstore and take photos of the spines of any books that we have/might be interested in obtaining/are just blown away by the sheer beauty of the spine. If you had specified a reliable source for spine images for ebooks as supplied by the publisher/creator/whatever, your post might be worth reading. As it is, your non sequitur about missing metadata is rather laughable. I don't expect my ebooks to come with weight, height, thickness or width as part of their metadata for instance though some of my pbook purchases do have such information available. I am rather surprised that no one has suggested the OP pay for a copy of Alfa Book Manager. He could enjoy 3-D models of his ebooks. |
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Of course it could generate random spine images and slap the title/author on them. They would have some random color and random thickness not matching either the actual cover or the actual length. The Lord of the Rings could well be as thin as a pencil and a short story as thick as the Bible. Somehow I don't think that is what the OP wants. The solution would be to create the spine images yourself for the program to use, or to write the necessary code for extracting the color and style of the cover + the length of the book (word count?) from the metadata and converting that information to a picture of an imaginary spine. This last doesn't sound too hard now, does it? Last edited by Sirtel; 01-02-2024 at 09:02 PM. |
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DNSB, Sirtel, it is nice to see that you are trying to think of solutions instead of saying it can't be done.
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It is nice when someone manages to post useful suggestions instead of spending their time posting pie in the sky suggestions with no information as to how their suggestions should be implemented.
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I meant that most store are from chains, that now have "adapted" and also have and e-store for e-books where you find pretty much the same stuff you can admire in print in the shelf. I do not think I ever saw a physical store that could sell the e-book on the spot.
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"missing" yes, willing to go back entirely ... no.
I do not see the point of making these arguments. E-books are more flexible, it's a fact. Now, precisely because they are more flexible in software, I think it is reasonable to ask a _software_ feature about their sorting and organization. |
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Can you explain how suggesting to use random numbers for a sort criterion makes the post go away from inanity?
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I have just sent a post, that is awaiting for moderation, to explain better my need. In essence I want to have "free sort" for the books that I have acquired recently, say the last month of acquisitions, so that I can sort them **exactly in the stupid&irrational way I feel in that moment** ... At that point my algorithm for sort starts with "no algorithm involved", just sort them for how I feel inspired by the book to read next ... is that a too human ask? |
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