EbookDownloader

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

Table of Contents

• Supported Publishers (websites)
• Automatic Installation
• Manual Installation
• Running

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.CH	ebooks.cornelsen.ch	Lossless PDF	✓	✗
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]
kiosquemag	kiosquemag.com	Image (?) composition	✗	✗

[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. To execute them, double click the .bat file on windows or execute the .sh file in the terminal on linux after adding execution permissions to the .sh file.

Manual Installation

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

Windows

1. 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
2. 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
3. Install mutool and put the mutool executable (named as mutool) in the project root or add it to your path environment variable, you can find the most recent builds here. Search for releases with windows. (only required for book2look and cornelsen.ch)
4. Install nodejs and npm if you haven't already, you can find help here
5. Run npm install
6. 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

1. Run wget "http://www.unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-15.0.01/font-builds/unifont-15.0.01.ttf"
2. Install packages ffmpeg, nodejs, mutool/mupdf-tools/mupdf (required for book2look and cornelsen.ch) and optionally imagemagick (required only for cornelsen "old method") with your favorite package manager
3. Run npm install

Running

Complete the setup by running npm install in the project directory and start the program by executing npm start from the project directory.

Saving credentials to avoid entering them every time (optional)

You can save your credentials in a config.json file to avoid entering them every time you start the program. To do this, create a file named config.json in the project root and add the following content:

{
    "[PUBLISHER]": {
        "email": "[YOUR_USERNAME_OR_EMAIL]", 
        "passwd": "[YOUR_PASSWORD]"
    },
    "[PUBLISHER]": {
        "email": "[YOUR_USERNAME_OR_EMAIL]", 
        "passwd": "[YOUR_PASSWORD]"
    }
    [...]
}

Replace all the square brackets with your data. Publisher keys are: cornelsen, klett, allango, scook, westermann, clicknstudy, kiosquemag, cornelsench, book2look

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.