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67 lines
3.4 KiB
HTML
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<h2 class="title">About</h2>
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{{siteTitle}} is a digital give a book, take a book website for e-books. Books on this
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site are treated as though they were physical, meaning that when someone takes a book,
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it becomes unavailable to be downloaded.
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Books that can be given and are available here are in the following file formats:<br>
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<code>{{allowedFormats}}</code><br>
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with {{maxFileSize}} maximum file size.
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<h3>Browsing</h3>
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<p>
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You can view the available books on the home page of the site in exactly the way that they were
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provided by others. Items listed show the title, author (if provided), and the file type of the
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book, and clicking the item will reveal more information about the book, including the contributor
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and the contributor's reason for adding the book.
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While browsing, you will notice that there is a number in the top left corner of the website that
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shows how many people are currently looking at the library, including you. This number updates in
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real time as people come and go. If you are looking at a book and someone takes it, you will be
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notified that it was taken and will not be able to take it yourself. Please note that you cannot
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see what another person might be looking at, so the same thing happens to others when you take a
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book they are looking at—it is not a personal sleight against you if a book is taken.
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You can also browse the history of the shelf and see what books had once been in the library as
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well as what the contributor wrote about it.
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</p>
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<h3>Taking</h3>
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<p>
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When looking at a book's information, you will notice a "Take Book" button. Clicking that will
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allow you to start the download process.
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After confirming that you understand, a new button labeled "Download" link will appear. Click it
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to start the download to your device. As soon as you confirm that you understand, the book will
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instantly become unavailable to anyone else viewing the library! If you leave or even refresh the
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page before downloading the file, <em>it will be unavailable</em>. Once you leave the page after
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clicking the "I understand" button, the file is <strong><em>deleted from the server</em></strong>.
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Please be careful, considerate, and responsible so you do not accidentally lose the file forever.
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<h3>Giving</h3>
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When you give a book, in addition to the file itself, you are required to include the title
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of the book and your reason for giving it. You are encouraged to include your thoughts about
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the book when giving your reason.
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While it is not required, you are encouraged to also include the author of the book and your own
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name.
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When your book is taken from the shelf, the data that you entered when giving it will remain in
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the <a href="{{resourcePath}}history">History listing</a> so that anyone can look at what books
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had been on the shelf at one time and see what the contributor thought about it.
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</p>
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