Comments on: Voluminous: app for organizing, fetching and sharing public domain books http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174878 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174878 Leopard only? Yowch. Am I the only one who thinks that's an odd choice? Leopard only? Yowch. Am I the only one who thinks that’s an odd choice?

]]> By: yesno http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174885 yesno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174885 Leopard has a number of features that make life easier for devs. More Mac apps that you'd think are Leopard only. Leopard has a number of features that make life easier for devs. More Mac apps that you’d think are Leopard only.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174904 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174904 @7: Fair enough. What confused me was the matter of market share, which would seem to be important to this kind of application--i.e., one that will need some attention and support going forward, not just something that you can wash your hands of once you've sold the software. But I can see how it would be offset by other considerations. @7: Fair enough. What confused me was the matter of market share, which would seem to be important to this kind of application–i.e., one that will need some attention and support going forward, not just something that you can wash your hands of once you’ve sold the software. But I can see how it would be offset by other considerations.

]]> By: mrklingon http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174678 mrklingon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174678 Not quite the same thing, but for Windows users there is this - http://www.spacejock.com/yBook.html It's a freeware pdb, text, html and rtf ebook reader - has a nifty "Gutenberg project" feature that will download the latest Gutenberg listing - then you can search it and download any book. Lets you customize the look of the book, do full screen, etc. Not quite the same thing, but for Windows users there is this – http://www.spacejock.com/yBook.html

It’s a freeware pdb, text, html and rtf ebook reader – has a nifty “Gutenberg project” feature that will download the latest Gutenberg listing – then you can search it and download any book.

Lets you customize the look of the book, do full screen, etc.

]]> By: fulltext http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174714 fulltext Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174714 Another alternative is NetBook. Written in Adobe Air and cross-platform, it lets you search the Gutenberg database, download and read/listen to ebooks and audiobooks. Available here - http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1328518 Another alternative is NetBook. Written in Adobe Air and cross-platform, it lets you search the Gutenberg database, download and read/listen to ebooks and audiobooks. Available here -

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1328518

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174979 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174979 For me, the ability to convert xyz format into pdfs is the important thing, since I already have an ebook reader -- the iRex iLiad. I currently use a hacked-up program I wrote to convert rtf, txt, and html to pdf, which compensates for various incompatible codings of accented and other characters such as left- and right-quotes and em- and en-dashes, as well as the txt craziness of one-paragraph-per-line or one-line-per-line. Can any of these programs do that? For me, the ability to convert xyz format into pdfs is the important thing, since I already have an ebook reader — the iRex iLiad. I currently use a hacked-up program I wrote to convert rtf, txt, and html to pdf, which compensates for various incompatible codings of accented and other characters such as left- and right-quotes and em- and en-dashes, as well as the txt craziness of one-paragraph-per-line or one-line-per-line.

Can any of these programs do that?

]]> By: proto http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174740 proto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174740 Great. Now my life is ruined for the next three weeks. Great. Now my life is ruined for the next three weeks.

]]> By: Droogy http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-175547 Droogy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-175547 I was p*ssed to see it's only for Leopard - Why? WHY? I was p*ssed to see it’s only for Leopard – Why? WHY?

]]> By: Strange Quark Star http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174793 Strange Quark Star Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174793 Snow Crash, anyone? Snow Crash, anyone?

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/04/25/voluminous-app-for-o.html#comment-174839 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-174839 I use <a href="http://www.fbreader.org/">FBReader</a>, which comes installed by default on the EEE, and seems to be as good as it gets for Linux. Does most of what Voluminous seems to, apart from integrating with Gutenberg, and supports plenty of formats. (Oh yeah, and it's free.) I use FBReader, which comes installed by default on the EEE, and seems to be as good as it gets for Linux. Does most of what Voluminous seems to, apart from integrating with Gutenberg, and supports plenty of formats.

(Oh yeah, and it’s free.)

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