Bug#883867: RFP: bookworm -- simple, focused eBook reader
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : bookworm
Version : 0.9.1
Upstream Author : Siddhartha Das <bablu.boy@gmail.com>
* URL : https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/
* License : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: Vala
Description : simple, focused eBook reader
Read the books you love without having to worry about the different
format complexities.
The current version of Bookworm (v0.9) supports eBooks in the
following file formats: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, CBR, CBZ.
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Key features for library management and reading in Bookworm:
1. Toggle between a grid view and a list view for the library.
Sort, filter, and edit metadata.
2. Easy, simple layout to read books. Three reading profiles.
Bookmarks. Full screen mode.
3. Info button to access information about contents, bookmarks,
search results.
4. Customization of cache, library view, font family, reading
profiles, directories to watch.
Other relevant information:
I think this package may be useful, because fbreader risks being
removed from Debian (see bug #874867): when this happens, we risk
being left without a simple lightweight e-book reader in Debian
(I've considered calibre, but it seems to be a huge package with
countless dependencies, which would bloat my systems with hundreds
of megabytes of extra packages). Bookworm looks like a possible
alternative to FBReader.
Please note that there seems to be a (somewhat outdated, I should
say) PPA for Ubuntu:
https://launchpad.net/~bookworm-team/+archive/ubuntu/bookworm
I am not sure whether this may be a starting point for the Debian
package.
I hope someone is willing to package Bookworm for Debian.
Thanks a lot to anyone who steps in!
Bye.
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