Hundreds of Free eBooks for Libronix...Now Automatically Downloaded
Stilltruth just posted info on how you can have Libronix automatically download and update all the new Libronix Personal Books (pbbs) that are being created across the web. These are limited functionality public domain works that will import into Libronix, able to take advantage of many of Libronix's powerful features including search and keylinks. Below is the text of the post Thomas Black made on the logos newsgroup:
I am very happy to announce two programs which will be of great help to themore neurotic PBB users among us. PBB Updater and PBBMover.
Most of you know that Stilltruth.com (http://www.stilltruth.com/) hosts a
rather large and growing assortment of PBB files. The Walther Library at
Concordia Theological Seminary (http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/) also has a
growing collection. Happily there are now so many it's getting difficult
to ensure that you have all of them. So I asked a friend to build a
program which would keep you all up to date.
gephartr (http://stilltruth.com/user/gephartr) (Randy Gephart on this
newsgroup) thankfully agreed and created PBB Updater. It acts very much
like the Libronix Resource Update Script. It first downloads two very
small files from stilltruth.com and uses those to compare the PBB's
available on both Stilltruth.com as well as the Walther Library. Then it
offers you check boxes so you can download the PBB's you either don't have
or don't have the latest version of.
All of these files are downloaded to a very helpful "tree" which segregates
the books by author. for example:
> C:\PROGRAM FILES\LIBRONIX DLS\RESOURCES\PBB
> |
> +---StillTruth.com
> | +---AbrahamKuyper
> | | ccel_kprhlysprt.lbxoeb
> | | kuyper_calvinism.lbxoeb
> | | kuyper_near_God.lbxoeb
> | |
> | +---AJGordon
> | gordon_moh.lbxoeb
> |
> \---Walther Library
> augustinesermon112.lbxoeb
> barryunchangingtruth.lbxoeb
> birdcalledandordained.lbxoeb
>
However that creates a potential problem. It takes a lot of bandwidth to
download all of those files (roughly 800+MB!) If you've already downloaded
most of them then you're in a bit of a pickle. It not only uses bandwidth
but it also takes up precious hard drive space. So I whipped up a nifty
little Batch file called PBBMover which will automatically create the
needed directories and then move all the books you've already downloaded
into their homes as shown above.
So if you run PBBMover and then download and run PBB Updater you'll be able
to stay up to date.
IF you happen to have a website which holds PBB files and you wish to be
included in this tool it should be rather easy. Contact me directly and
I'll let you know what information you need to collect.
Now:
if you're sufficiently interested to get up to date
1. Download and Run PBBMover
2. Download, install and run PBB Updater
Start here: http://stilltruth.com/book/software/keeping-pbbs
Be sure to leave a thank you note on the site to gephartr!
I'm no prophet but I predict a bandwidth spike over the next few days. :-)