Following on from the discussion last night. In the MS world, to get an
ebook from a public library, first you download the acsm file and then
Adobe Digital Editions downloads the epub book using that.
The book that I just downloaded is
MostHumanHumanWhatTalkingwithcomputer.acsm
and the contents of this file are:
<fulfillmentToken fulfillmentType="loan" auth="user"
xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/adept";>
<distributor>urn:uuid:f1227b83-f91b-4f30-9ae2-0f65ffeea9ac</distributor>
<operatorURL>http://acsepub.contentreserve.com/fulfillment</operatorURL>
<transaction>dorsetcounty~391-648732-00046_49781B95-E6FB-472C-8740-1CD1428D91C8-410</transaction>
<expiration>2014-11-05T07:58:15-05:00</expiration>
<resourceItemInfo>
<resource>urn:uuid:9dbf8386-1b55-4444-9024-619063b64da3</resource>
<resourceItem>1</resourceItem>
<metadata>
<dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>The Most
Human Human</dc:title>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>Brian
Christian</dc:creator>
<dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>Knopf
Doubleday Publishing Group</dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>978-0-385-53307-2</dc:identifier>
<dc:format
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>application/epub+zip</dc:format>
<dc:language
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>en-US</dc:language>
<thumbnailURL>http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{49781B95-E6FB-472C-8740-1CD1428D91C8}Img200.jpg</thumbnailURL>
</metadata>
<licenseToken>
<resource>urn:uuid:9dbf8386-1b55-4444-9024-619063b64da3</resource>
<permissions>
<display>
<duration>604781</duration>
</display>
<excerpt>
<duration>604781</duration>
</excerpt>
<print>
<duration>604781</duration>
</print>
<play>
<duration>604781</duration>
</play>
</permissions>
</licenseToken>
</resourceItemInfo>
<hmac>BbtO462csTpvE/kzUiVTO4tS7ic=</hmac>
</fulfillmentToken>
I can see a content server URL and a requestor ID (DorsetCC) and a long
numbered string that I think represents the book, But is there a linux
program that can use this to get the Book?
P.
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