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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by dartharva on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:35AM (#25503251)
"Borrowing" a book just means you can view it on the clunky web reader for one hour? Other online librarians (for the lack of a better word) like Proquest lend books using the Adobe Digital Editions platform, I think that would have been a better approach.

Edit: So it appears OpenLibrary does lend through ADE, but this feature is not applicable for all borrowable books. Some can only be borrowed for one hour, at least in this redesign.

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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by mekarpeles on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:57AM (#25503366)
Please see:

https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016554912-Borr...

There are multiple options for borrowing, depending on the title, including Adobe Digital Editions for applicable titles.

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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by unicornporn on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:57AM (#25503716)
> including Adobe Digital Editions

Which can be removed: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools

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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by dartharva on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:12AM (#25503792)
Is there any way to use these tools without having to install Calibre?
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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by unicornporn on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @01:16AM (#25514948)
There used to be a drag and drop macOS app based on the (py?) script.
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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by disabled on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:19AM (#25504143)
Not if you have a print-related disability. You can borrow /any/ book published on OpenLibrary.org for up to 14 days. Obviously that is a small subset of the general population (1-2% of the population).
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Re:Introducing the Open Library Explorer by gengear on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:58AM (#25503370)
after Borrowing you can call 'https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&id...' to get ADE to download pdf for 1 hour. Api is hidden from UI after COVID. It was removed to increase availability of books that have only a single copy so that it wont be sitting in someones ADE not getting read. At the same time people waiting in queues to read it.
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