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"Borrowing" a book just means you can view it on the clunky web reader for one hour? Other online librarians (for the lack of a better word) like Proquest lend
by dartharva 6y ago
"Borrowing" a book just means you can view it on the clunky web reader for one hour? Other online librarians (for the lack of a better word) like Proquest lend books using the Adobe Digital Editions platform, I think that would have been a better approach.
Edit: So it appears OpenLibrary does lend through ADE, but this feature is not applicable for all borrowable books. Some can only be borrowed for one hour, at least in this redesign.
- mekarpeles 6y agoPlease see: https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016554912-Borrowing-From-The-Lending-Library https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016554912-Borr... There are multiple options for borrowing, depending on the title, including Adobe Digital Editions for applicable titles.
- unicornporn 6y ago> including Adobe Digital Editions Which can be removed: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools
- dartharva 6y agoIs there any way to use these tools without having to install Calibre?
- unicornporn 6y agoThere used to be a drag and drop macOS app based on the (py?) script.
- gengear 6y agoafter Borrowing you can call 'https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&identifier={bookid}&format=pdf&redirect=1 https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&id...' to get ADE to download pdf for 1 hour. Api is hidden from UI after COVID. It was removed to increase availability of books that have only a single copy so that it wont be sitting in someones ADE not getting read. At the same time people waiting in queues to read it.
- disabled 6y agoNot if you have a print-related disability. You can borrow /any/ book published on OpenLibrary.org for up to 14 days. Obviously that is a small subset of the general population (1-2% of the population).