OPDS
The Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) is an application of the Atom Syndication Format intended to enable content creators and distributors to distribute digital books via a simple catalog format. This format is designed to work interchangeably across multiple desktop and device software programs.
This standard, also called OpenPub, supports ePUB as the primary reading format although additional formats are supported. It is based on an implementation by Lexcycle for the Stanza application.
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[edit] Overview
The idea of this system is to provide a format that can be used by eBook readers or even a dedicated eBook reader devices with Internet access to be able to search, discover, and download eBooks from online eBook catalogs. The system requires a RSS style processor that works with the distribution system to display choices with descriptions for the user to download. It could also provide the ability to purchase eBooks or other files. Supporting this format would be sufficient for wireless capable devices that did not include a Web Browser, or wanted to standardize the user interface experience from multiple sites.
[edit] Online OPDS Catalogs
[edit] (Mainly) English
- Feedbooks: http://www.feedbooks.com/catalog.atom
- Plough Publishing: http://www.plough.com/ploughCatalog_opds.xml
- Internet Archive: http://bookserver.archive.org/catalog/
- PragPub Magazine | The Pragmatic Bookshelf: http://pragprog.com/magazines.opds
- Project Gutenberg: http://m.gutenberg.org
- All Romance eBooks: http://allromanceebooks.com/epub-feed.xml
- O'Reilly: http://opds.oreilly.com/opds/
- Baen eBooks (formerly Webscriptions.net): http://www.baenebooks.com/stanza.aspx
- BooksOnBoard: http://www.booksonboard.com/xml/catalog.atom
- ManyBooks: http://www.manybooks.net/opds/index.php
- Ludwig von Mises Institute (Conservative-libertarian think tank): http://mises.org/catalog/
- Tuebl: http://www.tuebl.ca/catalog
- ePubBud: http://www.epubbud.com/feeds/catalog.atom
[edit] (Mainly) Russian
- Book Library: http://books.vnuki.org/opds.xml
- ePubBooks.ru (Русские электронные книги): http://www.epubbooks.ru/index.xml
- zone4iPhone.ru (Русские электронные книги): http://www.zone4iphone.ru/catalog.php
- Либрусек (Русские электронные книги): http://lib.rus.ec/opds
- КулЛиб (Русские электронные книги): http://coollib.net/opds
- Флибуста Книжное братство: http://flibusta.net/opds
[edit] (Mainly) French
- Revues.org: http://bookserver.revues.org/
- Ebooks libres et gratuits: http://www.ebooksgratuits.com/opds/
- Atramenta: http://www.atramenta.net/opds/catalog.atom
- YouScribe: http://opds.youscribe.com/Catalog/catalog.xml
[edit] (Mainly) Chinese
- Shucang: http://www.shucang.com/s/index.php , http://www.shucang.org/s/index.php
- SNDA YZSC: http://opds.yzsc.com.cn
[edit] (Mainly) Other languages
- Beam eBooks (German): http://stanza.beam-ebooks.de/
- Tatsu-zine (Japanese): http://tatsu-zine.com/catalogs.opds
- Читанка (free Bulgarian books): http://chitanka.info/catalog.opds
- Legimi - digital content delivery platform (Polish): http://www.legimi.com/opds/root.atom
[edit] eBook Reading Software Supporting OPDS
- Moon+ Reader Pro: - ebook reader for Android devices.
- Infinite Book Reader: - eBook reader for the iPad.
- QuickReader: - The Speed Reading eBook Reader for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Available on iTunes app store.
- Aldiko: - EPUB reader and OPDS client for Android
- EPUBReader: - All devices and OS supporting Firefox and SeaMonkey Web Browsers
- FBReader: - All devices with network access.
- Ouiivo Reader: - EPUB reader and OPDS client for iPhone and iPod Touch
- MegaReader: - Highly customizable eBook reader for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch with Heads Up Display. Available on iTunes app store.
- Cool Reader: - Only in Android version.
- eBook Search App: - iPhone/iPad app. Download free books from major catalogs to iBooks, Kindle, Nook, or your favorite eBook reader app. Available on iTunes app store.
- eBook Search PRO App - iPhone/iPad app. Download free books from major catalogs to iBooks, Kindle, Nook, or your favorite eBook reader app. Available on iTunes app store.
- Mantano Reader: - ePub and PDF reader for Android.
- Stanza: - Free EPUB reader with OPDS support for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Available on iTunes app store.
- Marvin: - ePub reader for the iPad available in the app store.
- IDEAL Group Reader: - ePub reader for the Android available in the Google Play store.
- Book Bazaar Reader: - ePub/Fb2/Mobi reader for Windows 8 available in the Windows 8 Store.
[edit] Software Supporting OPDS
- Calibre2opds compatible software
- personalbookspace: - A personal online catalog service
[edit] OPDS Catalog Generation
- calibre2opds generates OPDS and HTML catalogs from the ebooks database of Calibre.
- COPS generates OPDS and HTML catalogs on your server, from your Calibre library. Needs PHP and file access to the Calibre library.
- Lucicat generates OPDS and HTML catalogs on your server. Needs PHP/MySQL to run. As of mid-2012, the author has removed it from his website and it is unavailable.
- TinyOPDS - lightweight and simple OPDS server for the home use, needs Windows OS plus .NET 4.0 (client profile) or Linux OS plus Project Mono packages
- Pathagar - Pathagar is a book server written in Python Django. It serves book catalogs through a web interface and OPDS feeds for use with clients including the Get Books activity on the Sugar Learning Platform, largely used on One Laptop per Child laptops. Book uploads, tagging, grouping and other management is done through the web interface. Bulk uploads are done using json and CSV.
