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Revision as of 06:04, 24 September 2015

eBooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robwebset/script.ebooks/master/icon.png

Author: robwebset

Type: Program
Repo:

License: GPL v2.0
Source: Source code
Summary: View eBooks
Home icon grey.png   ▶ Add-ons ▶ eBooks
Attention talk.png Need help with this add-on? See here.

Allows the viewing of eBooks



Introduction

eBooks is an addon that allows you to list and view your epub and mobi eBooks using Kodi. Only the text will be displayed, no images.

Supported book formats are

  • ePub
  • Mobi
  • PDF


On installation of the eBook addon it will need configuring to point to the directory that contains all of your eBook files. This can be done via the eBooks Settings, or if not set, you will be prompted on first use.

Book Listing

When entering the addon via the Programs Menu the available books will be listed in the format:

Author - Title


Any directories that exist will be displayed with their directory name and enclosed in square brackets. On selecting a book, the chapters in that book will be displayed (Note: If there are no chapters, then a single entry for the entire book will be displayed).

Any books or chapters that have been marked previously as read will start with an asterisk ("*").

Text Viewer

When a chapter is selected for reading it will be displayed in the text viewer. This enables the reader to scroll down the text either using the scrollbar or up and down arrow keys. Once the chapter has been read the user can either

  • Select "Close" to close the window
  • Select "Mark As Read" to record that this chapter has been read and then close the window
  • Select "<" (Or the Page Up key) to go back to the previous chapter
  • Select ">" (Or the Page Down key) to go to the next chapter



Cover Art

The cover art for a given book is retrieved in the following order:

  1. A jpg file in the same directory as the book with the same name (i.e. a book with the name mybook.epub and an image with the name mybook.jpg)
  2. An image that has previously been cached from a book (Based on the file name of the book)
  3. Extracted internal image from the book file
  4. The default cover image set in the eBooks settings screen.



Settings

General

eBooks Folder
The Location where the eBooks are stored
Default Book Cover Image
The default cover image to use if there is no image available for the book
Only Show Whole Book If No Chapters
Will only show a link to the entire book if there are no chapters available in the book
Mark Chapter As Read When Navigating To Next Chapter
When using the next button on the viewer, mark the chapter being left as read
Use White Background For Reader
Use black text on a white background for the viewer window
Always Use Page Numbers For PDF Files
When listing PDF files, use page numbers rather than any chapters found
EBooks-Settings1.JPG

Operations

Clean Book Cover Cache
Removes any book covers that have been cached
Clear Book Details Cache
Clears any data cached about the ebooks (inc. read markers)
Debugging
Enable debug logging
Enables TvTunes debug logging (Required if reporting a problem) - for this to work, system-wide Kodi logging must also be enabled
EBooks-Settings2.JPG



Debugging

If reporting a problem, please also provide a debug log. To do this you need to enable BOTH:

  • Kodi logging from the main setting menu
  • eBooks debug from the eBooks addon settings menu

Please do not paste the log into the forum thread, just link to it.

Donations

If you have found the eBooks Addon useful and would like to help support future development and bug fixes, then please feel free to make a small donation.

Please use the link on the top of the eBooks Forum