11-10-2006, 10:00 PM | #1 |
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eBook Management software
Here is a very nice book tracking application for Mac OS X:
http://books.aetherial.net/wordpress/ It is free and open software, runs VERY fast, and it is free (-: It has the ability to auto-import books based on Amazon.com data, and you can attach files to the book entries. The two features it is missing: -Support for Sony Reader and Connect eBooks -Auto-generation of RSS Feed PDF's (-: Anyone want to get cracking? I would, but I am a Java man. |
11-11-2006, 02:09 AM | #2 |
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I had a play with it the other day just to see if it did what I wanted. It doesn't.
Adding books to the library takes ages. Multiple file additions aren't possible if you want it done properly. That said, it's not far off. It needs stripping down to lose the extraneous features and streamlining the features that are there but aren't currently the focus of the application. Although not free, I think BookPedia might make a better starting point. I prefer it's familiar iTunes like interface and it has a lot of the features I would want in an application of this type. I'm messing with a demo of it at the minute just to get a feel for it. It has the same limitation of books in that items have to be added individually which is going to be a common theme among existing applications since none of them cater exclusively to ebook management. More thoughts in a future post..... |
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11-11-2006, 02:55 AM | #3 |
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My choice of p-book management software is ReaderWare: http://www.readerware.com/
It's really easy to add books, I can download my catalog onto my Palm, I can add my own custom fields, and it has powerful search/sort capabilities. I don't know how it handles e-books, though. Do e-books get ISBNs? |
01-15-2008, 07:33 PM | #4 |
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There are many tools that can convert or manage content, but none with the features that I really want.
I've done a bit of Java but we are talking about a fair bit of work. Ace |
07-25-2009, 07:42 AM | #5 |
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Hello,
We are developing an integration utility to connect our ebook management software with Sony Reader. Could you please advise, what features are needed for such a tool, besides syncing the Reader folders with folders on hard drive? Thanks, Jack |
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07-26-2009, 01:30 PM | #6 |
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Which is your ebook management software?
The most important feature would be the ability to read the meta data from the ebook, even DRM'ed books if possible. If I have to type in the info for each book, I probably won't use it. |
08-02-2009, 06:14 AM | #7 |
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pwalker8, sorry for the delay, and thanks for your advice
Our software is Alfa Ebook Manager and it already can extract ebook metadata, but it's the universal feature not only for Sony Reader users. If you can advise any specific feature for Sony Reader book management, it will be great |
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08-02-2009, 09:17 AM | #9 |
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Ah, ok. You are a windows only program? Unfortunate.
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08-03-2009, 03:41 AM | #11 |
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Collection management, LRF/LRX pre-pagination, auto-sync that works well, works with the 500, 505, 700, 300, 600, and the ability to change the metadata.
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I would be interested in your software if it can make a list of all my .pdf files, then another list of all my .lit files, another list of just my .txt files, etc. Can your software do this now? If not, would you be interested in adding this feature to it? Thanks. Stitchawl |
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