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Will the old API be going down when the new one goes up? It would be good to have some transition time, anyhow, in order to get things moved over. Thanks!

Thanks for the response! It would be great to get that into the API.

Another note on the idea of "works" that I've been talking about. I've mostly been emphasizing the case where there are multiple works in a book, but there is also the case where a single work spans multiple books. For example, Les Miserables spans 5 books. It would be good to have a way t...

Good to hear!

Hmmm... I haven't tested it on an iPad, so I don't know for sure what may (or may not) be working there. I will have to check on that as I work on it.

Thanks for the suggestions! The books (and authors) are currently sorted by popularity. New books are added automatically, but I don't have a new books section (I do on the Android app - maybe I should add one here.) I'll look into the repeating books problem. I have a modified version I'll put out ...

That somewhat corresponds with my thought about "works". Sometimes a "book" is a single work by a single reader, sometimes it is a single work by multiple readers, and sometimes it is multiple works by multiple readers. We use the same section / chapter concept to represent both ...

I just released an iOS app to go with the Android app I have been working on. I would appreciate any comments / feedback you might have. You can find it on the Apple App Store at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/librivox-audio-books/id596159212?mt=8

Sorry to be slow in responding! I thought that I had this thread marked to notify me on changes, but apparently, I didn't. Regarding works, I would like to be able to access things smaller than a book directly. I think there is some support for that in the database already, as search results return ...

Here is a "wishlist" of features that I would like to see in the new API * Ability to access "works" even when they are distinct from books - eg. in the case where a book has multiple works in it, such as "Short Story Collection #987" So, you would like a parameter: ?wo...

Thanks! It will be good to have them working!

Sounds great! I can't wait to see the results!

Sorry for the slow response! I think I had notifications turned off. The website that catrose mentioned would be the best way to access the app on a computer. It doesn't have all of the functionality of the app, but it does use the same database, so everything is there. (If anyone is interested, the...

This is a minor thing, but I just noticed that the new recording of The Invisible Man lists the author as H.G. Wells (without a space), while the other books by that author place a space between the H. and the G.

A fun graph! Android seems to have a lot of steam behind it. I am still planning on (eventually) doing an iOS app for Apple's devices, but most of the momentum seems to be on the android side!