Ebook Reader System

bayke · 01-29-2010, 10:57 AM

Hii friends , this is my first article .

I am an electronic engineer , we are three friends and interested in ebook base - network system or selling syste on web or ... .

We don't want to sell ebook reader because we are not big company and , It needs so much money and more things ...
Ebook reader isn't used in my country , maybe it will be after 1 year or more . Now we are thinking are doing something about ebook reader system ...

What is your advices , what should we do ?

bayke · 01-29-2010, 03:14 PM

any answer ?

itimpi · 01-29-2010, 03:20 PM

To be honest I do not understand what question you are actually asking.

edbro · 01-29-2010, 03:51 PM

What is an ebook reader system?

Sabardeyn · 01-29-2010, 04:47 PM

Bayke,

I did not understand your question either.

Are you asking how you can become an ebook seller? Similar to Amazon, Fictionwise, Barnes and Noble, etc? Online sales and software distribution software exists, but I am not familiar with it. I imagine that any of the online retailers using third-party sales software should be able to give you more information.

TogTogTogTog · 01-29-2010, 05:40 PM

Online eBook Site
If you're planning on building an online distribution system for ebook readers. I would recommend not to. You would have to build a website and distribution service that offers something that Amazon/B&N/iBooks etc. does not. Books also have ridiculous copyright distribution problems.

If your country does not currently have access to ebooks (certain countries for legal reasons aren't selling ebooks yet) you may be able to make a country-only distribution system. But for that you would need publisher support, the actual electronic books, a way to safely check credit card locality (legal issue again) and charge to Paypal. All while offering a lower price then elsewhere.

eReader OS
If you're thinking about building an actual operating system/programs for eReaders I'd take a look at the Nook. It runs the Google Android OS so mucking around, editing and changing that would be vastly easier then any other eReader's OS.

eReader Software
If you're thinking about building a piece of sellable software in the vein of Calibre (this is what I think your talking about). Then I would recommend building something that can convert almost all formats to any other one to cover all eReaders. I would make it clean and simple as people like one click buttons to sync books etc. and I would probably have the ability to edit Meta-date for books and upload to a website so you can quickly build a large and correct database of books with correct meta-date.

If you are doing option 3 I would instead recommend you work on designing a conversion tool that can convert PDF documents to say ePub quickly and correctly. No one really has a way to convert PDF probably without it fucking up. If you could build that... Amazon, B&N, Sony, Apple would all want to lease or buy it from you.

01-29-2010, 10:57 AM	#1
bayke Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: nook	Ebook Reader System Hii friends , this is my first article . I am an electronic engineer , we are three friends and interested in ebook base - network system or selling syste on web or ... . We don't want to sell ebook reader because we are not big company and , It needs so much money and more things ... Ebook reader isn't used in my country , maybe it will be after 1 year or more . Now we are thinking are doing something about ebook reader system ... What is your advices , what should we do ? Last edited by bayke; 01-29-2010 at 10:59 AM.

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01-29-2010, 03:14 PM	#2
bayke Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: nook	any answer ?

01-29-2010, 03:20 PM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	To be honest I do not understand what question you are actually asking.

01-29-2010, 03:51 PM	#4
edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	What is an ebook reader system?

01-29-2010, 04:47 PM	#5
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	Bayke, I did not understand your question either. Are you asking how you can become an ebook seller? Similar to Amazon, Fictionwise, Barnes and Noble, etc? Online sales and software distribution software exists, but I am not familiar with it. I imagine that any of the online retailers using third-party sales software should be able to give you more information.

01-29-2010, 05:40 PM	#6
TogTogTogTog Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nook	Online eBook Site If you're planning on building an online distribution system for ebook readers. I would recommend not to. You would have to build a website and distribution service that offers something that Amazon/B&N/iBooks etc. does not. Books also have ridiculous copyright distribution problems. If your country does not currently have access to ebooks (certain countries for legal reasons aren't selling ebooks yet) you may be able to make a country-only distribution system. But for that you would need publisher support, the actual electronic books, a way to safely check credit card locality (legal issue again) and charge to Paypal. All while offering a lower price then elsewhere. eReader OS If you're thinking about building an actual operating system/programs for eReaders I'd take a look at the Nook. It runs the Google Android OS so mucking around, editing and changing that would be vastly easier then any other eReader's OS. eReader Software If you're thinking about building a piece of sellable software in the vein of Calibre (this is what I think your talking about). Then I would recommend building something that can convert almost all formats to any other one to cover all eReaders. I would make it clean and simple as people like one click buttons to sync books etc. and I would probably have the ability to edit Meta-date for books and upload to a website so you can quickly build a large and correct database of books with correct meta-date. If you are doing option 3 I would instead recommend you work on designing a conversion tool that can convert PDF documents to say ePub quickly and correctly. No one really has a way to convert PDF probably without it fucking up. If you could build that... Amazon, B&N, Sony, Apple would all want to lease or buy it from you.

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