Data sources
Data sources & providers
Data sources represent the external services oboku can interract with in order to read and synchronize your contents. The process of adding / synchronizing your content is the same no matter the data source being used however you might be given more or less option depending on their limitations.
Before going into further details it is important to understand why oboku use external data sources rather than a typical dedicated hosting such as Kobo, Kindle or Google Book.
First we believe everyone should have the freedom of storing their books anywhere they want in the way they want. Your books belong to you.
Secondly, by not providing a cloud storage we can drastically minimize our operating costs which in turns makes oboku completely free.
Depending of what service the datasource is dealing with you might have some difference in its configuration and the way it is being synchronized but your content will ultimately appears the same way in the app.
Supported data sources
Here is a list of all supported data sources from oboku together with the features supported by their providers.
Google Drive
https://www.google.com/intl/en_in/drive/
Features
Add book directly
Synchronize
Delete
Dropbox
Features
Add book directly
Synchronize
Delete
Link
Represent a public link on internet from which oboku can download a book. For example you could use the links present in this webpage https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/sample-ebook-library.html
Features
Add book directly
Synchronize
Delete
Mega
No support
There is no support possible of mega due to its implementation. Mega require client encryption and the only official sdk is in C++. More info at https://mega.nz/dev
Kobo
No support
Kobo does not provide an official public API
Amazon Kindle
No support
Amazon does not provide an official public API
Google Play Book
Partial Support planned
GPB provides a public API that could be used to retrieve informations. However it is not possible to read book outside of their own app so the support is not a priority yet.
Want to use a provider not listed here ?
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