[GRLUG] ebook identification

[Ben Rousch]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not totally Linux related, but I thought one of you might know.  Is
>> there a program for ebook identification?  I'm thinking along the
>> lines of Musicbrainz PUID audio signature, but for books.  I would
>> think it would be easier for ebooks than music since there is no
>> compression and a word is a word, but I am coming up with nothing on
>> Google. I keep coming up with e-books about fuzzy logic, isbns, tree
>> identification, signature analysis, and fingerprinting.
>
> Not that I've ever heard of, but it's definitely a neat idea.

It's a great idea. Just yesterday, I copied my collection of ePubs to
my new Nook Color and about 10% of them had incorrect or missing
titles.

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