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Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext

- Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane at sources.org>

@ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:31 +0200

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[I'm not the author, I just relay the idea. If you have comments, send

them on this list or to the author, not to me.]

gemini://oppen.digital/memex/gempub/index.gmi

"A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext. Gempub can

also serve as a Gemini capsule archive format."

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Re: Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's

Gemtext

- Jason McBrayer <jmcbray at carcosa.net>

@ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:48 -0400

In reply to Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane at sources.org>

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Stephane Bortzmeyer writes:

[I'm not the author, I just relay the idea. If you have comments, send

them on this list or to the author, not to me.]

gemini://oppen.digital/memex/gempub/index.gmi

"A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext. Gempub can

also serve as a Gemini capsule archive format."

I love this idea (seems to be from the author of Ariane). I'd love to

see a few reader implementations:

In a terminal Gemini client
In a graphical Gemini client
For Kobo ebook readers

Jason McBrayer | “Strange is the night where black stars rise,

jmcbray@carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies,

| but stranger still is lost Carcosa.”

| ― Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow

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