Comments on: New Book Reader http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-almost-beta-9417 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 Robert Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:50:33 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-1487 It is a good news that internet archive has integrated a usable book viewer for the public. It is a good news that internet archive has integrated a usable book viewer for the public.

]]> By: Open Content Alliance (OCA) » Blog Archive » New New Gnu Book Reader http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Open Content Alliance (OCA) » Blog Archive » New New Gnu Book Reader Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:15:37 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-821 [...] announced our new beta book reader in April, and now we’re pleased to announce that we’ve just [...] [...] announced our new beta book reader in April, and now we’re pleased to announce that we’ve just [...]

]]> By: Tim Zenderfield http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Tim Zenderfield Thu, 28 May 2009 12:44:51 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-799 What does this ereader look like? Is it going to be as expensive as the Kindle? What does this ereader look like? Is it going to be as expensive as the Kindle?

]]> By: dbReader http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-721 dbReader Mon, 04 May 2009 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-721 Nice, bowerbird! Sharp comments. What is developer's target time to go from book reader beta to full version? Nice, bowerbird! Sharp comments.
What is developer’s target time to go from book reader beta to full version?

]]> By: bowerbird http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-661 bowerbird Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:46:56 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-661 > We also support full text search against books of course, that's "full text search" on your crappy o.c.r., which means people won't get the results they really want. -bowerbird > We also support full text search against books

of course, that’s “full text search” on your crappy o.c.r.,
which means people won’t get the results they really want.

-bowerbird

]]> By: ADA Library Blog http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-467 ADA Library Blog Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-467 [...] From the Blog Post: The Internet Archive has released a new book reader in beta. The new version of our book reader provides support for several critical new features. The reader is widgetable, so it can be embedded easily in blog posts or digital asset repository pages. We also support full text search against books, and the new reader can display extremely high resolution images, up to the limit of the archival scan. Finally, a highly desired feature: it supports books written in right to left languages, such as our fantastic new Yiddish collection, and certain CJK historical or display variants. [...] [...] From the Blog Post: The Internet Archive has released a new book reader in beta. The new version of our book reader provides support for several critical new features. The reader is widgetable, so it can be embedded easily in blog posts or digital asset repository pages. We also support full text search against books, and the new reader can display extremely high resolution images, up to the limit of the archival scan. Finally, a highly desired feature: it supports books written in right to left languages, such as our fantastic new Yiddish collection, and certain CJK historical or display variants. [...]

]]> By: bowerbird http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-464 bowerbird Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:19:07 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-464 > We’ve spent a lot of time working on a new > URL scheme that allows deep-linking into books > as well as search highlighting and other features. will there be any _public_ discussion of this new u.r.l. scheme? _many_ of the things you've "spent a lot of time working on" in the past have holes that one could drive a truck through, so i surely hope this will not be yet another one of those... -bowerbird > We’ve spent a lot of time working on a new
> URL scheme that allows deep-linking into books
> as well as search highlighting and other features.

will there be any _public_ discussion of this new u.r.l. scheme?

_many_ of the things you’ve “spent a lot of time working on”
in the past have holes that one could drive a truck through,
so i surely hope this will not be yet another one of those…

-bowerbird

]]> By: ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » New eBook Reader from The Internet Archive http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-461 ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » New eBook Reader from The Internet Archive Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:47:46 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-461 [...] From the Blog Post: The Internet Archive has released a new book reader in beta. The new version of our book reader provides support for several critical new features. The reader is widgetable, so it can be embedded easily in blog posts or digital asset repository pages. We also support full text search against books, and the new reader can display extremely high resolution images, up to the limit of the archival scan. Finally, a highly desired feature: it supports books written in right to left languages, such as our fantastic new Yiddish collection, and certain CJK historical or display variants. [...] [...] From the Blog Post: The Internet Archive has released a new book reader in beta. The new version of our book reader provides support for several critical new features. The reader is widgetable, so it can be embedded easily in blog posts or digital asset repository pages. We also support full text search against books, and the new reader can display extremely high resolution images, up to the limit of the archival scan. Finally, a highly desired feature: it supports books written in right to left languages, such as our fantastic new Yiddish collection, and certain CJK historical or display variants. [...]

]]> By: Michael Ang http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Michael Ang Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:31:39 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-460 We've spent a lot of time working on a new URL scheme that allows deep-linking into books as well as search highlighting and other features. We want to get this right since we hope these URLs will be around for many years! You can track progress on our Launchpad page for this feature: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gnubook/+bug/302656 We’ve spent a lot of time working on a new URL scheme that allows deep-linking into books as well as search highlighting and other features. We want to get this right since we hope these URLs will be around for many years!

You can track progress on our Launchpad page for this feature: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gnubook/+bug/302656

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Jonathan Rochkind Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:50:29 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-458 Hmm, looking at it, there doesn't seem to be any way to do the latter. 'Search inside' is entirely javascripty, with no way to construct a url 'deep linking' into search results for a particular book. This was true of the previous book reader too, and I wrote someone at IA saying it was really unfortunate, and they told me it would be fixed in the next flipbook software. Doh! Hmm, looking at it, there doesn’t seem to be any way to do the latter. ‘Search inside’ is entirely javascripty, with no way to construct a url ‘deep linking’ into search results for a particular book.

This was true of the previous book reader too, and I wrote someone at IA saying it was really unfortunate, and they told me it would be fixed in the next flipbook software. Doh!

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://www.opencontentalliance.org/2009/04/01/new-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Jonathan Rochkind Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:48:38 +0000 http://www.opencontentalliance.org/?p=433#comment-457 Nice. I would like to link to search inside the book with IA/OL books, as I have with Amazon and Google. How can my software know if a particular book supports 'search inside'? If and only if you have it in full text? If my software knows a query, can I link directly to a results page on IA/OL? That's what I do with Google and Amazon, allowing me to display a query form in my software, but when the user presses 'go', direct them to the results in the third party service. Nice. I would like to link to search inside the book with IA/OL books, as I have with Amazon and Google. How can my software know if a particular book supports ’search inside’? If and only if you have it in full text?

If my software knows a query, can I link directly to a results page on IA/OL? That’s what I do with Google and Amazon, allowing me to display a query form in my software, but when the user presses ‘go’, direct them to the results in the third party service.

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