11-10-2014, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Me and a group of 5 other students are going to develop this term an eBook management application. Right now, we have: Organisation of ebooks in "Libraries". Rating of Books Barcode-Scanner for the ISBN Child Protection Password Author Based Automatic Book Organisation Tagging System A simple epub editor Printing What of those features is the most/least important to you? Is there any feature you want to see in an ebook management system? Thank you for helping out! Last edited by StudentTuWien; 11-10-2014 at 02:56 PM. |
11-10-2014, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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Most of those features are already available in Calibre. The barcode, child protection and printing are the only features you mention that I don't see already available. Perhaps an online version of such an app might be good. So that people could search out a given ebook that they own easier than they can at the present.
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11-10-2014, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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Why do you need a barcode scanner for an eBook?
Depending on where you live, printing the eBook itself may be illegal. |
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Honestly, in view of the fact that everything on your list can be accomplished by a currently available (and free) application, I wonder if you guys actually read any ebooks.
And I don't understand how an ebook bar code reader would work, either. |
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I always imagined a barcode scanner on a barnes and noble device. Go book browsing in a brick and mortar store, scan a books barcode and buy the ebook on your device.
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Barcode scanning already works in calibre, too.
Connect a barcode scanner go to Add Books, select the option for importing a list of ISBNs, and start scanning ISBNs, which will print out like a keyboard, with isbn numbers spat out separated by line breaks. calibre will even pull metadata from online sources. |
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Also there is the Extract ISBN plugin.
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If you want to write an application with some use, how about an app to insert a photograph and pen input into existing book and comic book formats. One that has versions for most tablet and phone operating systems.
The purpose would be to insert pictures and autographs as watermarking at digital book signings. I would like to see autographed books go digital. |
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This sounds like a homework project.
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wouldn't bet against that too. Amen to that. Last edited by Freeshadow; 11-11-2014 at 06:56 PM. |
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11-11-2014, 09:26 PM | #15 |
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Thank you for all your input!
I don't know what you mean by Homework project, but yes it is for a course we take this term. I would love to make an Android App, but the course administration said no, because we have a fixed set of technologies we have to use. And regarding the legal stuff, our application will only allow to search for books in the public domain. The project got already accepted, but thanks you for your suggestions Froide. |
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