lbryio / lbryio/lbry-desktop

Add file types support for E-Book

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Description

## The Issue
according to faq pages, LBRY will be a place where mainstream can find great videos, music, ebooks, and more. But currently, There is none e-books format supported in LBRY.

Here is some reference for the most popular ebook format:
EPUB.
AZW
LIT.
PDF
ODF.
MOBI.

### Steps to Reproduce

### Expected Behaviour

### Actual Behaviour

### Suggested Solutions
https://github.com/futurepress/epubjs-reader
https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/

## System Configuration

- LBRY Daemon version:
- LBRY App version:
- LBRY Installation ID:
- Operating system:

## Anything Else

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Research direction

No implementation file or test is named in the issue. Begin by reviewing the app's current media and file-type handling, then compare the proposed epubjs-reader and pdf.js references; done should mean a defined set of ebook formats can be opened and read end to end.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
electron, javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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