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.\" See COPYING file for copyright and license details.
.TH GETXBOOK 1 getxbook\-VERSION
.SH NAME
getxbook \- a collection of tools to download books
.SH DESCRIPTION
getxbook is a collection of tools to download books from
websites.
.PP
It contains one tool per website, plus an optional graphical
frontend:
.TP
.BR getgbook (1)
Downloads books from Google Books' "Book Preview" service.
.TP
.BR getabook (1)
Downloads books from Amazon's "Look Inside The Book" service.
.TP
.BR getbnbook (1)
Downloads books from Barnes and Noble's "Book Viewer" service.
.TP
.BR getxbookgui (1)
A graphical frontend to the getxbook tools.
.SH NOTES
The getxbook tools will not try to download pages that have
already been downloaded, so closing it and then starting it
again later will continue downloading from where it left off.
.PP
Book pages vary in availability depending on the book, the
website, and potentially the location of your IP. See specific
tool man pages for details.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR getabook (1),
.IR getgbook (1),
.IR getbnbook (1),
.IR getxbookgui (1)