We are a group using an old Books program running on a Windows 95 PC. We would like to export the "Books" database (only the data of the books) to another...
Jaap Kuyvenhoven
KuyvenhovenJ@...
Feb 16, 2006 1:59 pm
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The Books export works by creating a folder with an XML file containing the textual metadata and all the full quality covers in PNG format. An export plugin is...
Hello all. I hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm just writing to let you all know that I put a couple of new Books plugins online this weekend. They are...
Hello and sorry to barge in... I am but a humble tinkerer who wants to customise the Web Export plugin a bit before outputting his library. Specifically, I'm...
First of all, thanks for being one of the first to write to the developer's list. This is an excellent question. Some answers: 1. The web export plugin's core...
Thanks, Chris for such a detailed and excellent response. I've downloaded Eclipse, and when I get the time later this week I'll start tinkering again. In the...
When you get it up, send the list a pointer to your site (if you don't mind). I hadn't considered including barcodes on the pages, though I can now see some of...
Hi Chris, Bad news in general, I'm afraid. 1] I just haven't been able to get my head around importing and exporting in Eclipse - I was hoping I could just...
The latest iteration of Books is now available: http://books.aetherial.net/2006/03/books_30alpha9.html Give it a spin and let me know how it works for you. ...
The new version of Books is now available. You can fetch it online at http://books.aetherial.net/2006/04/books_30alpha10.html of update from within the...
The new version of Books is out and available at http://books.aetherial.net/wordpress/?p=376 This update includes a number of interface fixes, under the hood...
The latest version of Books is now available for download: http://books.aetherial.net/downloads/Books_3.0a13.tbz This release fixes some embarassang...
Hi, I've recently discovered Books, and I find it to be a very cool little app. I have no experience as a Cocoa developer but I'd like to try and hack on Books...
1. I don't have the source under revision control because I haven't figured out a good system where the revision control adds anything to my development. I do...
Frieds, i using BOOKS, to keep my BIBLIOTECA in order... I want to know, if there´s a soft similar to books, but for music? Thanks for Buenos Aires, ...
There isn't any similar software (iTunes?), but you're more than welcome to adapt Books for your purposes. -Chris ... There isn't any similar software...
Friend, I´been using books for the last 10 months. I´ve bought a new mac and i want to pass all my old library to my new MAC... can you help me. Thanks. ...
Hi, I recently discovered the Books program and would like to offer my services to do a Dutch translation (Dutch: official language of The Netherlands and...
I am trying to import a large file of book data (2,000+ entries) into Books. The original data was in Hypercard. I exported the data to tab delimited text....
Hello all, first: a thank you to Chris and Co for an excellent app that is a handsome open source substitute to Delicious Library et al. Now my question: I am...
... Substitute? We were here first! :-) ... Oy. You caught me with my pants down. Those URLs are quite old and likely no longer work. I've posted a zip file...
... I have one more question: is it only through the CSS that I can control the layout or is there some way to drive the HTML layout used in the book info...
... You can change the order of the fields to suit your purposes by manipulating the order in the CSV file. The rest is up to CSS. The only potential problem...
... My apologies! I was unaware of the history! ... I already snarfed the Default Display from my Books directory, but the above will no doubt help future...
Dear developers, after several years of not using Books.app, I'm just trying to come back to it. So far, I like it. But there are some features (which might or...