Ebook Reading And Distribution: Difference between revisions

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**Open eBook(OPF) is an XML-based format from E-book Systems. It's a legacy version of Epub.
**Open eBook(OPF) is an XML-based format from E-book Systems. It's a legacy version of Epub.
**DJVU is designed to hold scanned images so it's ideal for e-books, but contains almost no metadata.
**DJVU is designed to hold scanned images so it's ideal for e-books, but contains almost no metadata.
*It has been suggested that there should be various points of entry to a central directory, including:
**A directory to upload e-books into via Moodle - For teachers to
upload new e-books that they may have downloaded or obtained via
sneakernet.
**The XS scans USB sticks that you plug in for certain directories- and
if the content matches what the XS expects, then they are imported.
This works for activity bundles, etc. Adding support for an 'ebooks'
directory is easy.


===Distribution===
===Distribution===