Application for Indexing e-books for a web site?

tbro · 05-25-2012, 05:01 AM

I have a large library of public domain e-books I'd like to make available online via a website. Does anyone know of any software or application that could index the library and create links without having to do it manually?

HarryT · 05-25-2012, 05:14 AM

Does your web server offer PHP support? If so, this would be a simple job for PHP scripting. Add all your book names into a database, and write a PHP script to (for example) generate an HTML page containing the names of and links to, all books with authors whose names start in "A" when the "A" link is clicked.

See http://www.php.net

K. Molen · 05-25-2012, 11:24 AM

I haven't actually done this, but I believe you can do what you want by using a combination of calibre and calibre2opds.

First create a calibre database with all your public domain titles, then use calibre2opds to generate the HTML for the website, based on the calibre database.

You can read more about calibre2opds here: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Calibre2opds and here: http://calibre2opds.com/

And just in case you're unfamiliar with calibre, you can get it here: http://calibre-ebook.com/

05-25-2012, 05:01 AM	#1
tbro Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: kindle	Application for Indexing e-books for a web site? I have a large library of public domain e-books I'd like to make available online via a website. Does anyone know of any software or application that could index the library and create links without having to do it manually?

05-25-2012, 11:24 AM	#3
K. Molen Addict Posts: 284 Karma: 4478866 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kindle 3, iPad 3, Nexus 10, Nexus 5	I haven't actually done this, but I believe you can do what you want by using a combination of calibre and calibre2opds. First create a calibre database with all your public domain titles, then use calibre2opds to generate the HTML for the website, based on the calibre database. You can read more about calibre2opds here: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Calibre2opds and here: http://calibre2opds.com/ And just in case you're unfamiliar with calibre, you can get it here: http://calibre-ebook.com/ Last edited by K. Molen; 05-25-2012 at 11:31 AM.

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05-25-2012, 05:14 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Does your web server offer PHP support? If so, this would be a simple job for PHP scripting. Add all your book names into a database, and write a PHP script to (for example) generate an HTML page containing the names of and links to, all books with authors whose names start in "A" when the "A" link is clicked. See http://www.php.net

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