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Our distribution system for e-/audio books is called Digital Distribution System (DDS) and comprises of several services to online retailers. The following is a brief overview of the services described in this documentation.
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Services to create and administrate user accounts and authorize reading devices and applications.
Overview of Users Books - Bokskya Bookshelf
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It is the publisher who decides which DRM to use on the e-book. It is also an option not to use any DRM (NoDRM). DDS support to three types of DRM:
Adobe Content Server 4 (TDRM) - being phaced out
Watermarking (SDRM)
About formats
Bokbasen supports the following audio book formats:
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Metadata about e-/audio books are delivered as a separate service. Bokbasen delivers metadata about all types of books. You can read about formats and how to import and implement metadata to your site in the documentation for metadata services (Onix from Bokbasen and Metadata Export Service).
Established customers can contact us to start the delivery of metadata for e-/audio books in the same stream as received today.
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Update and populate your system with data from the inventory service and the Bokbasen Metadata export API.
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IMPORTANT! First update your system with the required metadata from the API. This is not a part of the e-/audio book distribution; it's a separate service. |
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All DDS services have to be authenticated against the Bokbasen authentication service as described below. The Bokbasen authentication service is used across Bokbasen’s services, so you also use the same process for retrieving Metadata. The documentation for the authentication API is also available online at
Bokbasen is renewing its Authentication service. Look her for more information.
Authentication Service (upcoming)
DDS Inventory
Introduction
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Technical API documentation: https: //bokbasen.jira.com/wiki/display/api/Orders Orders and reporting
Downloading a product
The download service (/content) gives access to the end product based on an order placed in DDS. The process is the same for all kinds of content and delivery methods, but the client will need to handle the actual delivery different based on the format and delivery protocol (e.g. download of an EPUB vs. Streaming an Audio book over HLS). Which delivery methods used is based on the format of the file and the player-/reader application’s requirements.
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Technical API documentation: https: //bokbasen.jira.com/wiki/display/api/Content + download
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Which types and bitrates are available for a particular audio book?
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