Comments on: Apple & eReader insist every eReader book download site use their new non-standard URL format http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:13:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/comment-page-1/#comment-1055415 Steve Jordan Mon, 11 May 2009 12:41:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/#comment-1055415 I wouldn't consider it worth the trouble... especially as I offer my books in 5 other formats already... that's enough links. And I don't support the idea of setting up specialized links for specific devices... that's the opposite of standardization, and this industry needs standardization more than anything else. I wouldn’t consider it worth the trouble… especially as I offer my books in 5 other formats already… that’s enough links. And I don’t support the idea of setting up specialized links for specific devices… that’s the opposite of standardization, and this industry needs standardization more than anything else.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/comment-page-1/#comment-1054466 Chris Meadows Sun, 10 May 2009 02:42:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/#comment-1054466 I imagine that you could probably edit the Bookshelf bookmarklet to work by changing the extensions and the prefixes that it changes. I imagine that you could probably edit the Bookshelf bookmarklet to work by changing the extensions and the prefixes that it changes.

]]> By: MJ Valente http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/comment-page-1/#comment-1054368 MJ Valente Sat, 09 May 2009 22:33:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/#comment-1054368 I agree that now (2.1) the process to upload a .pdb file to eBook Reader is a pain. Either you need to send the files to your personal space in eReader.com or you need to know the *exact* URL of the file, which — of course — most of the times is not easily obtained in Safari Mobile. Having a bookmarklet could indeed work around this. Something Fictionwise should consider. I'm still wishing I hadn't upgraded from 2.0.1. I agree that now (2.1) the process to upload a .pdb file to eBook Reader is a pain. Either you need to send the files to your personal space in eReader.com or you need to know the *exact* URL of the file, which — of course — most of the times is not easily obtained in Safari Mobile.

Having a bookmarklet could indeed work around this. Something Fictionwise should consider.

I’m still wishing I hadn’t upgraded from 2.0.1.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/comment-page-1/#comment-1054213 Chris Meadows Sat, 09 May 2009 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/#comment-1054213 All right, fair enough. I thought that all URLs (or URIs?) were supposed to be approved by some standards body, the same way that domain name suffixes do. But I guess it's more open than that. Anyway, that still doesn't change the central point that asking <i>everyone else</i> to change the way they do things for the sake of convenience to <i>them</i> seems a little backward to me. All right, fair enough. I thought that all URLs (or URIs?) were supposed to be approved by some standards body, the same way that domain name suffixes do. But I guess it’s more open than that.

Anyway, that still doesn’t change the central point that asking everyone else to change the way they do things for the sake of convenience to them seems a little backward to me.

]]> By: Henry Melton http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/comment-page-1/#comment-1054210 Henry Melton Sat, 09 May 2009 15:16:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/08/ereaders-nonstandard-url/#comment-1054210 Chris, custom URN's are fairly common. Take a look at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3305.txt which is a standards based look at the whole issue. Just off the cuff, I think this ereader: urn is a method to get around the fact that the iPhone's mobile Safari doesn't download to a file system like desktop versions do. By putting a custom URN on the URL, the browser can route the download to the proper handler application. Its the same thing that happens with iTune Store URL's to apps, with the itunes: urn. Of course, everyone should double-check my old memories, because I'm not really on top of these issues anymore. Chris, custom URN’s are fairly common. Take a look at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3305.txt which is a standards based look at the whole issue. Just off the cuff, I think this ereader: urn is a method to get around the fact that the iPhone’s mobile Safari doesn’t download to a file system like desktop versions do. By putting a custom URN on the URL, the browser can route the download to the proper handler application. Its the same thing that happens with iTune Store URL’s to apps, with the itunes: urn.

Of course, everyone should double-check my old memories, because I’m not really on top of these issues anymore.

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