A tool to download your books from Zanichelli into PDF (Standard book) or EPUB (Liquid book).
- Node >= 18.0
- Windows 10 or higher (The script hasn't been tested on other platforms, but it may work, you will likely have issues on mac os)
- A modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
- Download the source code from here or click the above green button
Codeand clickDownload Zip - Extract the zip file in a new folder and open it
- Open the folder in a terminal
- If you are on Windows 11, just right click and press
Open with Windows Terminal - If you are on Windows 10, hold
shifton your keyboard and right click on a white space, then pressOpen command window here
- If you are on Windows 11, just right click and press
- Type in the terminal:
npm i
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Open the folder of the script in a terminal (same way as installation) and run the script with node typing:
node . -
Enter your zanichelli username(email) and password
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Wait for the list of books to load
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Enter the isbn of the book you want to download
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Wait, the book will be downloaded and saved to the script' directory
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For some books, further actions may be required, follow the instructions on the terminal
NOTE: You will get logged out from your account while the script is running. Do NOT login in a browser while it's running otherwise it will break the script.
EPUB, unlike PDF, doesn't have any fixed pagination, meaning that the file contains mostly text data, this makes the format a bit weirder to read, but allows things like enlarging text, think amazon kindle.
That said, you will have to look for a dedicated reading program, one I can vouch for is Calibre.
Remember that you are responsible for what you are doing on the internet and even tho this script exists it might not be legal in your country to create personal backups of books.
I may or may not update this script depending on my needs, but I'm open to pull requests, please check CONTRIBUTING.
This software uses the MIT License