Add support for ebooks

[alexture]

From a toot I received when I shared - someone thought that my inventory was ebooks and was disappointed when it wasn't. It would in fact be pretty cool to be able to have a separate shelf/library for non-DRM ebooks, without mixing them with the physical books!

[VladiKup]

One more opportunity: accessible books. Per Marrakesh Treaty for Visually Impaired People (VIP); and per EU Accessibility legislation, DRM must be subordinate to accessibility, for e-Books for VIP. Hence everyone who claims being VIP - like "I need reading glasses, so I wish to join VIP-"club" is OK (no medical confirmation needed, in Finland, maybe also in some other countries)

[ghost]

It would be a cool feature to add yes, I have added several ebooks in my inventaire but they are still perceived as physical books :) Was thinking about addind a 'note' to these, but il will take some times...

[VladiKup]

We are developing a solution to merge three products in one: paper book+eBook+audio Book, that should solve the publishers bias* against libraries issue, by securing royalty flows to copyright holders: see slide 4 http://bit.ly/oeBook4Breaks4 Long read: https://bit.ly/oeBook4YCmedium *https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/26/e-books-libraries-are-huge-hit-leading-long-waits-reader-hacks-worried-publishers/

[jum-s]

some readings about the problem @VladiKup is mentioning : https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2020/09/hold-on-ebooks-cost-how-much-the-inconvenient-truth-about-library-ecollections/

"publishers refuse to sell ebooks to libraries"

[VladiKup]

Thank you very much for your comment!

Vincent Jumo kirjoitti 2020-09-29 09:37:

some readings about the problem @VladiKup [1] is mentioning : https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2020/09/hold-on-ebooks-cost-how-much-the-inconvenient-truth-about-library-ecollections/

"publishers refuse to sell ebooks to libraries"

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[Aethelflaed]

Most of the stuff I plan to add to my inventaire are ebooks, so 👍

[VladiKup]

Thanks for your comment. We're working hard to start our solution in practice. UPDATEd link (sorry, I occasionally deleted my a.m. Google doc http://bit.ly/oeBook4Breaks4 ): CORRECT IS - see slide 6 http://bit.ly/oeBook4Breaks8