Hi All, Just a quick recap:
I would like to add my 300~ Hebrew books to by Calibre [1] catalog. I already add most of my English books. The "problem" with Hebrew books is that they have no ISBN (almost all of the new ones) but the Israeli equivalent - D.A.N.A. Code. Currently, there is no way to freely query the D.A.N.A. Code database. This code is provided and the database is maintained by a private company called Dana Code Systems [2]. I understand it is easy enough to write a plugin to extend Calibre's capabilities, so I thought maybe we (as in the FOSS community in Israel) can write that plugin and query the database. I called Dana Code Systems and spoke with Uri - a developer. He says it's not a problem to query their data base for book info, but the info included is intended for book shops and book distributors: Price, category, author - no book cover or summery. He is willing to grant us query access to the data base if I convince him it will be worth while for his company from a business point of view, i.e.: They will provide the access in return for paying customers, being a private company and all... Dana Code Systems sells a year subscription to access their data base. They once considered populating the DB with the missing data (cover image, summery etc.), and even found a Librarian that was willing to do the data entry, but they dropped it due to financial reasons. In short, any of you can think of a way we can, as a community, make this happen? I am willing to help, but I am no developer, just a Linux user... :-) Uri is waiting for an e-mail from me, with my suggestion. Thanks! Amichai. [1] http://calibre-ebook.com/ [2] http://www.danacode.co.il/ On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:57, E L <nak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do you know any site that can be used to get the information by the D.A.N.A > code? > > Ely > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>wrote: > >> Dana Code is the Israeli equivalent to ISBN. >> >> Pick up any Hebrew book from your bookshelf and look on the back cover, >> where the barcode is. >> On Aug 24, 2011 10:09 PM, "E L" <nak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > There are Hebrew books which don't have ISBN number? >> > And what's a dana code? I can't find it on google? >> > >> > Ely >> > >> > 2011/8/24 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il> >> > >> >> Dana Systems >> > >
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