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

raph at raphm.com raph at raphm.com

Mon Apr 26 00:35:29 BST 2021

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The author has a repository with the current version of the spec here: https://codeberg.org/oppenlab/gempub. I have a monster PR there, but there is a lot of thought still required so my ideas are (at best) tentative suggestions.

The first rule of Gemini is don't extend Gemini, so most of my feedback was around firming up the boundaries of the gempub container itself, which is intended to consist primarily of text/gemini and some images.

I really liked the idea that gempub containers can serve a dual purpose as a capsule archive format.

Also, I'm new to this list and to Gemini (hi, everyone!), but I'm old enough to remember when we called it "the net" and not "the web". Gemini does a great job of bringing back the impossible-to-describe feel of the early 1990s internet, right after BBSs and right before Canter and Siegel did their thing and filled up my NNTP drive. :)

Raph

-----Original Message-----From: Gemini <gemini-bounces at lists.orbitalfox.eu> On Behalf Of Jason McBrayerSent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:48 PMTo: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane at sources.org>Cc: gemini at lists.orbitalfox.euSubject: Re: Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext

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 at carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies, | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.” | ― Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow