EbookDownloader

A tool to download purchased e-books from different publishers.

Supported Publishers (websites)

Publisher	Website	Best Quality	Selectable Text	Hyperrefs	Notes
Cornelsen ("New Method")	cornelsen.de	Lossless PDF	✓	✓
Cornelsen ("Old Method")	cornelsen.de	Image (8617px x 11792px) composition	✓	✗
Cornelsen	scook.de	Image (?) composition	✗	✗
Allango Klett	allango.net	Lossless PDF	✓	?	[1]
Klett	klett.de	Image (3072px x 4096px) composition	✓	✓
Westermann	westermann.de	Image (2244px x 3071px) composition	✓	✗
C.C.BUCHNER	click-and-study.de	Image (1658px x 2211px) composition	✓	✗
Book2Look	book2look.com	Lossless PDF	✓	?	[2]

[1]: Website allows to download files that are not owned

[2]: No Account needed, only the book id

Automatic Installation

At first, clone or download the repository.

The tool uses image processing libraries and has to be executed with nodejs, therefore some dependencies are required.

You can eiher use the installation scripts (init.bat for Windows, init.sh for Debian based distros) or use manual installation. The installation scripts will download all dependencies for you.

The Windows installation script uses chocolatey, a package manager for windows which will also be installed by the script. It must be executed with admin priviledges.

Manual Installation

At first, clone or download the repository. Then follow the os-specific instructions below:

Windows

Download unifont-15.0.01.ttf from http://www.unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.0.01/font-builds/unifont-15.0.01.ttf and put it in the project root
Install ffmpeg and put the ffmpeg executable (named as ffmpeg) in the project root or add it to your path environment variable, if you need help you can follow this tutorial
Install nodejs and npm if you haven't already, you can find help here
Run npm install
Optionally install image magick and put the magick executable (named as magick) in the project root or add it to your path environment variable (required only for cornelsen "old method")

Linux

Clone or download the repository
Run wget "http://www.unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.0.01/font-builds/unifont-15.0.01.ttf"
Install packages ffmpeg, nodejs, npm and optionally imagemagick (required only for cornelsen "old method") with your favorite package manager
Run npm install

Running

Start the program by executing npm start from the project directory.

Contributing

Feel free to create issues and pull requests to contribute to the project.

Disclaimer

This project is for educational purposes only. The project is not responsible for any misuse of the software. Depending on your jurisdiction, it may be illegal to use this software to download e-books without the consent of the publisher. In other jurisdictions, it may be legal to download e-books for personal use only. Please check your local laws before using this software.

RythenGlyth/EbookDownloader