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+This is a libepub based backend to watch epub books using okular
+The epub library can be obtained using:
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+svn co https://ebook-tools.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ebook-tools ebook-tools
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+The library uses standard cmake (ccmake .;make install)
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+The epub standard specs can be found in:
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+http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm
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