/sample_reading_media

Test sample ebooks and comics in txt, rtf, epub, fb2, pdf, CBR, CBZ, CBT, CB7, etc. format.

Primary LanguageShellGNU Lesser General Public License v2.1LGPL-2.1

sample reading media

Overview

Super small, sample ebooks that are representative samples of book formats (and content).

Pre-built files ready for download available from https://github.com/clach04/sample_reading_media/releases/

Test sample ebooks, etc. Formats:

  • test_book.md
  • test_book_md.md
  • test_book_txt.txt
  • test_book_txt_crlf_win.txt
  • test_book_txt_lf_unix.txt
  • test_book_html.html
  • test_book_odt.odt
  • test_book_docx.docx
  • test_book_pdf.pdf
  • test_book_fb2.fb2
  • test_book_epub.epub
  • test_book_md_zip.zip
  • test_book_txt_zip.zip
  • test_book_html_zip.zip
  • test_book_fb2_zip.zip
  • test_book_rtf.rtf
  • test_book_rtf_zip.zip

All the above sample books are generated from test_book.md.

  • source_test_book_fb2.fb2
  • source_test_book_fb2_zip.fbz
  • source_test_book_fb2_dot_zip.fb2.zip
  • test_book_epub_more_detail.epub
  • test_book_pdf_more_detail.pdf

LGPL license, so feel free to use in/with your projects. If you modify them, share your changes.

Test sample comics, Formats:

  • bobby_make_believe_sample.cb7
  • bobby_make_believe_sample.cbt
  • bobby_make_believe_sample.cbz
  • bobby_make_believe_sample.cbr
  • bobby_make_believe_sample_dir.cb7
  • bobby_make_believe_sample_dir.cbt
  • bobby_make_believe_sample_dir.cbz

Images in comics typically in root directory of archive (see bobby_make_believe_sample). bobby_make_believe_sample_dir sample have images in a sub-directory.

For other Comic book samples, see Comics.

bobby_make_believe images are in the Public Domain and are the first 4 four pages of "Bobby Make-Believe (1915)" from https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=26481 - 4 pages to reduce file size whilst being realistic content.

Applications to read sample media

See:

Build setup

# Assuming Debian based
sudo apt install pandoc
sudo apt install wkhtmltopdf  # for pdf support
sudo apt install xvfb  # *might* be needed for wkhtmltopdf
sudo apt install wget  # for extra cbz comic
sudo apt install p7zip-full  # for cb7 comic (also default for zip and CBZ)
sudo apt install zip  # optional, can be used instead of 7z
sudo apt install rar  # for cbr comic

Alternative/minimal build:

env SKIP_COMICS=true env SKIP_PDF=true env SKIP_PANDOC_EOL=true ./build.sh

Issue build:

./build.sh

If wkhtmltopdf needs a display (not an issue under Microsoft Windows builds of Pandoc) can either try and use a diffrent PDF engine for pandoc or use Xvfb, for example:

Xvfb :1 &
env  DISPLAY=:1 ./build.sh
# killall Xvfb

Windows Build

Sample Windows build with 7-zip and MSYS2

path %PATH%;C:\msys32_32bit\usr\bin\
path %PATH%;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\

C:\msys32_32bit\usr\bin\bash.exe build.sh SKIP_COMICS

C:\msys32_32bit\usr\bin\bash.exe

env SKIP_COMICS=true sh build.sh

Other media samples

ebooks

Comics

Images

Videos

TODO