license + description

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 Marcell Mars
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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+# accorder accords
+
+Accorder takes care of various tasks which Memory of the World amateur librarians do in order to maintain their shared catalogs online.
+
+It builds searchable, standalone, portable webapp which one could then just copy to USB disk and open BROWSE_LIBRARY.html in her web browser.
+
+It uploads all of the books and metadata from local Calibre's library (together with portable webapp) to the server.
+
+It helps a librarian to maintain and share her catalog at
+
+https://library.memoryoftheworld.org
+
+together with other amateur librarians.
+
+It does all of above in one go by typing: accorder release SESSION.
+
+The configuration file will keep information about one or more SESSION. Good name for SESSION is the one which reminds you quickly on what SESSION would do.
+
+Under every SESSION's configuration section there will be information about the directory path of local Calibre's library, librarian's name, credentials needed to upload/download the files to the destination server etc.
+
+## Available commands
+
+- `build`: Build standalone, portable webapp from Calibre library.
+- `mc`: A proxy for `minio` client responsible for upload & download.
+- `release`: Release local Calibre collection to the MotW Library.
+- `submit`: Submit metadata to the aggregated MotW Library.
+- `upload`: Upload local Calibre library to the MotW server.
+
+## Context
+
+`accorder`, originally written in Python, has been in use for years by MotW librarians. This repository is where `accorder` is being reimagined and rewritten in Go. The last feature missing from Python version is the import to Calibre from Zotero.
+
+ The short-term roadmap is to rally the community around [Gitea](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea), which not only does what Gitea does best, but also serves as the main hub for user management. [Headscale](https://headscale.net/) is handling the p2p topology and public IP exit node. [Sftpgo](https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo) and [Minio](https://min.io/) are teamed up to provide a simple shared file exchange space for the community, as well as an object store that could potentially allow for some distributed storage expansion.
+ 
+A decade ago, before `accorder`, there was a Calibre's plugin `[lets share books]` which allowed for sharing books at https://library.memoryoftheworld.org "live" from librarian's laptop. That was a great conceptual "proof of concept" but patrons complained about not being stable and reliable.
+
+This new infrastructure would allow librarians to share their web app catalogs "live" straight from their laptop - public and/or protected. Another project [Logan & Jessica](https://github.com/marcellmars/logan_and_jessica) would come back too. Jessica could use her laptop to become an exit node for Logans in need. 
+
+With this setup MotW librarians will be much better equipped to participate in [Sandpoints](https://pages.sandpoints.org/sandpoints/simplesandpoints-de47f813/draft/portfolio/) projects.

cmd/build.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"