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Booki.sh - HTML5 e-reading and Distribution Platform

31 points by mgunes 16y ago

hardik988 16y ago
When I click on the link to read the sample book, I get instructions considering I'm an iPhone user (I'm on a PC) .Maybe there's some bug in the code for detecting the OS ?
PanMan 16y ago
Looks nice, and they open-sourced their reader. However I wonder if publishers are willing to distribute their content without any form of DRM.
- wccrawford 16y ago
  Some already do. Baen publishes all their ebooks DRM-free and in many formats, for instance.
AlexBlom 16y ago
Worked well, but I wonder how the page load size compares to Kindle files?
heyitsnick 16y ago
Here's some insta-feedback (if that's what you were looking for). I read the first paragraph and thought, "wow that sounds great, as an avid ebook reader I understand exactly the problem you are trying to fix, sounds great!" Then I read the second paragraph and thought, "I have no idea what Booki.sh is." Then I clicked on the 'example' and thought "oh right this is neat i guess. It's not entirely intuitive how to get back to chapters. And your ajax isn't plumbed in to my forward/back buttons". Then I posted here. Hope that's useful.
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sp4rki 16y ago
First and foremost, I love the idea and the reader seems really nice done. That being said, the controls on the reader are a pain to use at first. Bookmarks are extremely confusing until you've made two or three of those to see how they work. I think the buttons on the menu should have some hover text or there should be a tutorial available to understand how the controls work on the reader. I really like the idea and think you have a great product. Good luck!
Groxx 16y ago
Controls and intro need a lot of work, as they're extremely opaque to someone using a computer (tap? drag? they don't even work on the intro page!), and have very little obvious uses. For instance: it took me a while to figure out that the "X" on the right gets rid of that weird white triangle overlay (what's the point of that anyway?), and about a dozen clicks to get the overlay back (bottom edge of the screen...? why?). That said, once you figure out how to use it, it's an impressively nice experience, and best of luck to them. I love that it uses local storage to cache data, that's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to see when I first heard of it.
KishoreKumar 16y ago
I would have loved to see the doman as book.ish

31 points by mgunes 16y ago

When I click on the link to read the sample book, I get instructions considering I'm an iPhone user (I'm on a PC) .Maybe there's some bug in the code for detecting the OS ?

PanMan 16y ago

Looks nice, and they open-sourced their reader. However I wonder if publishers are willing to distribute their content without any form of DRM.

wccrawford 16y ago
Some already do. Baen publishes all their ebooks DRM-free and in many formats, for instance.

AlexBlom 16y ago

Worked well, but I wonder how the page load size compares to Kindle files?

heyitsnick 16y ago

Here's some insta-feedback (if that's what you were looking for). I read the first paragraph and thought, "wow that sounds great, as an avid ebook reader I understand exactly the problem you are trying to fix, sounds great!" Then I read the second paragraph and thought, "I have no idea what Booki.sh is." Then I clicked on the 'example' and thought "oh right this is neat i guess. It's not entirely intuitive how to get back to chapters. And your ajax isn't plumbed in to my forward/back buttons". Then I posted here. Hope that's useful.

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sp4rki 16y ago

First and foremost, I love the idea and the reader seems really nice done. That being said, the controls on the reader are a pain to use at first. Bookmarks are extremely confusing until you've made two or three of those to see how they work. I think the buttons on the menu should have some hover text or there should be a tutorial available to understand how the controls work on the reader. I really like the idea and think you have a great product. Good luck!

Groxx 16y ago

Controls and intro need a lot of work, as they're extremely opaque to someone using a computer (tap? drag? they don't even work on the intro page!), and have very little obvious uses. For instance: it took me a while to figure out that the "X" on the right gets rid of that weird white triangle overlay (what's the point of that anyway?), and about a dozen clicks to get the overlay back (bottom edge of the screen...? why?). That said, once you figure out how to use it, it's an impressively nice experience, and best of luck to them. I love that it uses local storage to cache data, that's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to see when I first heard of it.

KishoreKumar 16y ago

I would have loved to see the doman as book.ish