WO2016020930A1

WO2016020930A1 - An integrated system for a virtual bookstore

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Publication number: WO2016020930A1
Application number: PCT/IN2015/000051
Authority: WO
Inventors: Chintan Suketu SHAH
Original assignee: Shah Chintan Suketu
Priority date: 2014-08-07
Filing date: 2015-01-27
Publication date: 2016-02-11

Abstract

An integrated for a virtual bookstore is a system for searching, browsing, retrieving, sharing, book nesting, purchasing, borrowing, managing reading of a digital content from a virtual bookstore to create user's own collection. The virtual bookstore contains digital books, magazines, newspapers and articles at any place and any time through implemented system on any LCD/ LED/ a large format display device. The compiler makes user's own book by retrieving pages or indexes or cover page from the other purchased books. The references and comments are also inserted in the e-books in text or audio format. The sharing e-book functionality is used to share an e-book from user's own bookshelf to the other participant and also adding comments and references in it during the sharing session. There is also a function where books can be used by borrowing them for certain time by paying the rent.

Description

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL BOOKSTORE

Field of the Invention: The present invention relates to an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having a method for searching, browsing, retrieving, sharing, book nesting, purchasing, borrowing, managing reading of a digital content from a virtual bookstore seamlessly anywhere and anytime with a user interface under a single platform.

Background of the Invention:

In the last two decades the pace of digitalization of books has gained momentum. Now, with the advent of mobile digital devices becoming ubiquitous, popularity of electronic reading materials or e-books particularly has acquired critical mass. In the coming year, e-books will replace physical books as the preferred medium of delivery in publishing industry as has been in the case of music or movies. As a consequence of digitalisation of books, the book stores, public and private libraries that sell and provide access to books must necessarily undergo a transformation too, as current physical infrastructure for its distributions becomes redundant and economically unviable. Therefore the book distribution and retailing will have to radically change to adapt to the digital world. The digital books are read on the different devices with the experience of the real library. The conventional websites or so called book stores restrain them to purchase books from their homes or by using mobile devices. This doesn't offer, to the user's experience of visiting a real bookstore. It also offers limited or no scope for trade channels in distribution of digital wares.

The websites give different feature to increase the user's reading experience. Some patent applications as disclosed in US 20130138532 and US 20080065609 are related with functions like sorting, browsing and purchasing the digital books. However, this only allows search within a limited database using metadata labels. This type of search although useful, compels user to follow a pre defined search which is not user friendly and sometimes confuses the user and consequentially does not lead to a desired result. These patent applications provide such search facilities which are restricted at fetching the same search results every time without having any scope for user customized refinements of subsequent search output. Every time one has to go through the same tedious process to reach user's destination. It does not offer either the scope of creating user's own collection or the creating user specific reading material by linking selected pages in part of full from the search results.

Furthermore, the reading experience is also increased by making a reference note or highlighting in the e-book. Some related patents are also disclosed as US 20130318465 and US 20130204092. However, these devices are much more complex and sophisticated from the system point of view. Further, this reference generally focuses on reading and simple marking aspect of book reading experience for a lay reader. It neither discloses nor teaches any advanced features for an advance reader who would be utilizing it for academic study or a research purpose for managed reading. Also, these prior arts provide features broadly categorized as navigation, display, edit/tools and content management; no tools and features required for content enrichment, referencing, book sharing, book collaboration, study from multiple books in a comparative mode, compilation of own material for future use are focused on or disclosed.

On the whole big disadvantages offered by aforesaid prior arts are those the different applications are made available in different platforms under cloud computing technology. Hence, on account of the lack of integration of above applications in to a single solution, a user is required to switch between various products to complete the task. This holistic approach in managing user experience of working with digital content, particularly in its on-line usage of sorting, storing, browsing, purchasing, book nesting, gifting, reading, sharing and writing using cloud computing technology robs the user of the real life, real time, work environment experience. It also put an additional limitation of one dimensional purchase option.

Therefore, a method of searching, browsing, retrieving, purchasing, book nesting, managing and reading digital content of electronic reading materials such as novels, textbooks, magazines and newspapers in anywhere and anytime by solving aforesaid problems is needed. And this need can only be fulfilled if all these aspects would seamlessly work with an excellent user interface under a single platform. Object of the Present Invention:

The main object of the present invention is to provide an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having an integrated system adaptable for searching, browsing, short listing, retrieving, purchasing, gifting, reading, sharing, book nesting, borrowing and merging e-books to exchange knowledge and information of digital content of electronic reading materials such as novels, textbooks, magazines and newspapers anywhere and anytime.

Further object of the present invention is to provide an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having an integrated system which includes the functions of navigation, basic editing tools, book marking, adding notes include audio notes and adding references in audio and text forms for enhancing the contents or sharing or reading the same e-book. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an integrated system for a virtual bookstore includes a digital writing tool to write in the digital handwriting and synchronize the written text with the e-book.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an integrated system for a virtual bookstore single platform accessed through LED/LCD or a large format display device installed in various business establishments and public places.

Furthermore, object of the present invention is to provide an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having a platform for research and academician students.

These and other advantages and features of the present invention which provides an integrated system for a virtual bookstore are described with specificity so as to make the present invention understable to one of ordinary skill in the art. Summary of the Present Invention:

The present invention relates to an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having digital contents for searching, browsing, short listing, retrieving, purchasing, gifting, reading, borrowing, sharing, book nesting and merging e-books to exchange knowledge and information anytime and anywhere which being searched by metadata queries and produce user specified results. It also allows to sort and to set aside books as user's preference so that subsequent search can be carried within the short listed content by the same user.

Further, the system provides a searchable library to create customized virtual shelf for purchased items wherein the user can create his/her own metadata labels for personalized search and retrieval system in addition to th standard search functions. A system also adaptable to include some features such as navigation, book marking, adding notes including audio notes and adding references in audio, video and text forms to enrich the content, sharing and reading the same book for study or guidance by developing user's own study material. The present invention has the advantage of providing a system which is accessible to a user at any time through a large format/ LED/LCD display devices.

Brief Description of Drawings: 1. Fig. 1(A) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to find or search an e-book or e-books in virtual as well as personal database. 2. Fig. 1(B) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to restart finding or searching e-book or e-books with filtering from saved data. Fig. 2(A) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to share an e-book. Fig. 2(B) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to end session of sharing an e-book. Fig. 2(C) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention upon auto disconnect of internet from participant side. Fig. 2(D) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention upon auto disconnect of internet from user's side. Fig. 3(A) and fig. 3(B) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to read an e-book by borrowing it or renting it. Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to add references in his/her own book. Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to create his/her own book by linking with different books. Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to add a comment or an audio note in an e-book. Fig. 7(A) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment for a user to compile user's e-book from user's own e-bookshelf . 12. Fig. 7(B) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment for a user to compile user's book. 13. Fig. 7(C) shows a flowchart of an integrated system for a virtual bookstore illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment for a user to manage the created book.

Detail Description of the Present Invention:

Before explaining the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompany drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments, as depicted in different figures as described above and of being practiced or carried out in a variety of ways. It is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

The present invention provides an integrated system for a virtual bookstore having digital contents for searching, browsing, short listing, retrieving, purchasing, gifting, reading, borrowing, sharing, book sharing and merging e-book to exchange knowledge and information anytime and anywhere. A system is accessible to a user at any time through a large format device or LED/ LCD display devices such as PCs, laptops, tablets or pads and smart phones. The present invention is advantageous for the research purposes and at academic level due to the features of searching an e-book from a virtual bookstore, sharing it, borrowing or renting it for a certain time period, book nesting, adding comments and references in it and creating user's own personalized e-book by compiling and managing pages from the reference book. These features are explained in detail as below:

A. Searching an e-book from a virtual bookstore:

Referring to fig. 1(A), a flowchart illustrates the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to find or search an e-book or e-books in a virtual bookstore as well as the user's own collection. Firstly, a communication network is to be attached with the system of the present invention to access the program. For that the user needs to register by filling required details given for signing up to open media. Identification information is determined by registering and logging-in in the virtual bookstore to access an e-book. To open the virtual bookstore the ^' username and password is given by the user. After acceptance the username and password of the user, the bookstore will be open for access to the regarding user. After signing up, user can access the search form given in the present invention.

To carry out any search in the user's personal collection or general database the search form is opened. There is an additional feature of search prompting; hereinafter called "search buddy". The word has to be entered by typing or by taking the help from the search buddy. After receiving a search request from the user from an e-book library, he may get two options to choose. First one is to go through the metadata search of the entire database and second one is to go through his/her own collection by "advance search". The metadata search selection provides different categories to search an e-book viz. the title of the book, the author of the book, the field area of the book, the publisher of the book, the ISBN number of the book and the user's tagged collection. The e-books retrieved from the web or other sources are cataloged as per entered metadata fields.

The advance search selection sends a search request from the user for desired e-book in the user's own collection. The advance search has different categories into which an e-book is sought. The categories for search are: the user's search list of e-books, user's short listed e-books, user's purchased e- books, user's selected pages, introduction and preface of the e-books, the public review of the e-books, the book level notes and the e-book index.

Upon selection of any one option, the results are displayed by highest level of their similarities. It is possible to save the search list by creating its own metadata tag. However, if it is not saved as metadata tag, then the pattern of searching is saved. The user's own search tag can also be created by tagging selected e-book. When user finds his/her required book then the book is saved in his/her own collection after purchasing it or renting it. If he/she does not find his/her required e-book then the procedure of searching e-book will start again and the search buddy will be opened till the desired e-book is not found.

By referring to fig. 1(B), in the case where the user does not find his/her required book, the search restarts and the search form is cleared and the previous search data is added to the filter criteria. Therefore, the word can be searched from the saved list of the filter criteria. The search buddy helps by giving suggestions to user with related words. The search is carried out by the same process by accepting or rejecting the search buddy's help as referred in a fig 1(A).

Furthermore, the user defines a metadata label with pre-defined metadata fields to create customized and refined search categories to pin point the desired result. For Further extending a search, a common language search tool is available for user defined metadata carried out within the pages of the e-books from the user's own collection. B. Sharing an e-book:

Referring to fig 2(A), a flowchart illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for sharing an e-book by user. First the user logs- in to open his/her own collection of already purchased e-books or to buy an e- book from the web which is needed and the book is selected for sharing with participant. The selected e-book is opened and option of sharing is selected. The screen displays available list of participants to select from and for inviting a new participant by his/her user id to enter the book sharing session with user.

When the participant is selected, the request is sent to the server for starting a session of sharing an e-book to selected participant for certain time period. The server sends the request to the selected participant. The participant has to accept the request to establish a session of an e-book sharing. Upon acceptance of the request, the server sends acceptance notification and upon rejection of the request, the server sends rejection notification to the user. Furthermore, participants are added in the session by following the same process.

When participant does not accept the request in certain time period, then the server sends a time-out message to the user notifying that the participant has accepted the request for entering the e-book sharing session.

The participant and the user read the same book from the same page which is selected by user because the screen of participant is locked after accepting the user's request. The participant can see only the user's screen. Both the user and the participant can collaborate each others thoughts by sharing the notes on the shared e-book of the user. The collaborated work is stored as note or comment in the form of text, audio or video in the user's e- book.

As per the fig. 2(B), after completing the session of sharing an e-book, the user shall send the message to end the session to the server, which in turn sends it to the participant. Upon acceptance of participant, the server ends the broadcasting and the user gets the confirmation notification of end of the sharing session. The participant's screen unlocks after ending the broadcasting session of book sharing.

Referring to fig. 2(C) and fig. 2(D) illustrating the steps performed in case of the auto disconnect of internet either from participant's side or user's side. When the session ends due to disconnecting of the browser of user or participant, then the e-book sharing session ends. However, if the browser is disconnected from participant's side then the prompt screen will be open on the user's device and show a message that describes the participant has lost internet connection and resultantly the e-book sharing session will end. C. Time / Ownership Renting:

Referring to fig. 3(A) and fig. 3(B) which illustrates the steps performed in an establishment of the invention for time / ownership renting to refer an e- book. After logging in, the e-book is found by the user from virtual bookstore database. The user may select one or more e-books to borrow or to take it on rent. The selected e-books are purchased or rented by paying the required amount of payment. An e-book is used from the online bookstore without purchasing it by using the time/ownership renting. Time is purchased as per the user's requirement by selecting a book from the web. The required pages may be extracted from the web without purchasing that e-book by renting it. However, user may access only those pages which are opened by him and select pages to merge with the original book purchased by him/her. If user wants to gift a purchased e-book, then the e-book can also be sent to that person by giving the person's email id. D. Adding a reference in an e-book:

Referring to fig. 4 which illustrates the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for enriching an e-book by adding references in any selected e-book. After logging in, to add the reference notes in the e-book, the user needs to select the e-book from the user's personal collection. For adding reference into an e-book from the reference layer, the user may choose the reference from the web or in the form of text or from any other book.

When the first option is chosen to add reference from web, a new tab is opened for browsing a reference. Then the required references are searched and selected. The text is then copied or the webpage link pasted on the reference layer in the opened book on selected page. These notes are saved as reference notes in the selected e-book and are shown at the bottom of the selected page. The reference comprises a reference layer in the form of text or image or audio or video clip.

When the second option to add reference in text form is chosen, the text window pops to write a reference note and saved. The text reference is saved at the bottom of the selected page as reference.

When the third option to add reference from any other book is chosen, the books are selected either from user's own collection or access to it has been purchased through time/ownership renting. The reference to the page is added in the user's copy as a reference by selecting required pages. The e-book with reference is saved in the personal bookshelf of the user. All added reference will be stored in the user's copy and will be shown with a notation at the bottom of the page.

E. Book Nesting:

The present invention also comprises the feature to create user's own personalized target book by adding the cover page, the index page and any other pages from any other source book. Fig. 5 illustrates the steps performed in an establishment of the invention for a user to make his/her own target book by linking and integrating with different e-books. For that after logging in, the user selects a source book from personal collection and selects the pages from the target book for integrating. The selected page/pages of the source book and the target book are interconnected forming a seamless reading material. The user interconnects one or more books using this process. The book nesting feature is accessed either in the source book or the target book(s). The e-book is nested / interconnected at several levels, i.e. at cover page, index page, chapter or any selected page.

To change the cover page, the option is selected and prompt asks to select a cover page from any source book. The cover page is browsed and selected to integrate with the original book. After selection, the button named "link books" is clicked and the cover page, selected from the source book, will be integrated with the original book. The source book stays open till the user closes it.

Similarly the index page is browsed and selected to link the index with the original book. After selection of the "link Books" button the index page is integrating with original book and the same goes with the integrating of the one or more pages from source book to the original book. The source book can also be borrowed by time/ownership renting.

F. Adding an Annotation in the e-book:

Referring to fig. 6, it explains the flowchart which illustrates the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention for a user to add a note in any purchased e-book. After logging in, the user opens the e-book from personal collection or through online search. Then the^' book is opened and a note is added by selecting the annotation button for writing the note. The note comprises a layer in different formats like text or an audio by recording user's own voice. The note is added at book level, chapter level, page level and word level by following simple steps.

When the note button is selected, the aforementioned four options will be displayed. When any one of the option is selected, the write pad would be opened and any note made through it will be given for that particular level. A stacked note on the user's interface is saved at the place where it is made and can be retrieved later on.

When the annotation button is activated, the different formats are activated to add notes either being handwritten information, text, audio or video. These annotations are made either at the page level or at a user selected location on the text, in the form of a super script marking, with auto indexing facility for easy retrieval.

G. Compile and Manage an e-book:

Referring to fig. 7(A) and fig. 7(B), the flowchart illustrating the steps performed in an embodiment of the invention to compile and to manage the user's e-book. After logging in the user needs to select a book from user's personal collection or from web through search or the user also has the option to create his/her own page using standard page editor tools. The intended book is opened and then the pages are selected for compilation. When the e-book is selected from the web, either single page or multiple pages are selected to compile and make user's own book. The compilation is completed by saving it on bookshelf after naming the same. If user wants to share the created book then it is shared with any participant selected by user.

By referring to fig. 7(C), after saving the compiled book, the chapter or its names are organized by user. The options are available to organize, reorganize or remove chapters from compiled and saved book. When the user wishes to organize chapter, the chapter name and the page numbers are interchanged as per user's selection. If user wishes to remove a stored e-book from his/her own collection, he/she can remove an e-book by selecting an e-book and selecting remove book option from his/her own collection. The same is with reorganizing the chapters or pages in compiled in book.

Industrial Applicability:

The present invention is more beneficial for the students> academicians or researchers. The system comprises of a digital shelf having digital contents such as e-books, music, games and movies. The digital contents are arranged in an interactive manner as a physical shelf for merchandizing digital contents. The user retrieves digital contents by entering relevant metadata query. The pre-defined metadata labels of the digital contents are modified by the present system. It is having a hierarchical structure to metadata query for the user to arrive at the desired results in efficient and user friendly manner. The search is extended by using the online library of previously specified data. The user can also search with the help of the common language search tool which is carried out within the pages of the books from the user's own collection. Further, the method of manipulating results obtained through search query to browse and narrow down choices to specific desired result(s). The system also has features of making a note or adding a reference or link and marking the search results.

Claims

1. An integrated system for a virtual bookstore comprising :

a) determining an identification information by registering to login in the virtual bookstore to read an e-book;

b) accepting the username and password of a user, and opening the bookstore providing different categories to search an e- book;

c) receiving a search request from the user for an e-book in the digital library;

d) presenting a screen to the user with search fields for entering keywords;

e) selecting desired e-books from different e-books displayed on the screen;

f) selecting any of the functions from searching, sharing, merging, book nesting and borrowing of desired e-book;

g) responding to an indication of acceptance to purchase the e- book and purchasing the e-book; and

h) storing the purchased e-book and viewing it for indefinite period of time in user's own collection.

2. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1 step (b), wherein the different categories for search of e-book(s) being: the title of the book, the author of the book, the field area of the book, the publisher of the book, the ISBN number of the book and book tagged by user.

3. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1 step (b), wherein the different categories for search of e-books are retrieved from the web or other sources as catalogued by the user.

4. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1, optionally comprising: i) an advanced search request from a user for an e-book in the user's own collection with different categories; and j) selecting a desired category from said different categories from the user's own collection to read.

5. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 4, wherein the desired categories for advanced search comprising: the user's search list of books, user's short listed books, user's purchased books, user's selected pages, introduction and preface of the books, the public review of the books, the book level notes and the book index.

6. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system can be executed, on LCD/ LED/ a large format display device.

7. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1, wherein selecting a book also comprising a note layer for adding a comment and a reference layer for adding a reference.

8. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 7, wherein said comment comprising said note layer in the form of text or in the form of an audio by recording user's own voice and a stacked comment on the user's interface is saved at the place where it is made.

9. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 8, wherein said comment is given at a book level or a chapter level or a page level or a word level.

10. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 7, wherein said reference layer is added from either the web or the text or any reference book and a stacked reference layer on the user's interface is saved at the bottom of the page of book.

11. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 10, wherein said reference which is added from the web comprising a reference layer in the form of text or image or audio or video clip.

12. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1 step (f), comprising selecting an e-book to share with other participant, available in the user's list or a person who is the member of a virtual bookstore.

13. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 12,comprising steps: i) sending request to share book to the participant by the user; ii) accepting the user's request by participant to read the shared e- book by user;

iii) establishing session of book sharing for certain time period; and

iv) ending the session of the e-book sharing by user.

14. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 13 step (ii) enabling a note / a comment layer to add comment from both side on user's shared book.

15. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, comprises as claimed in claim 1 step (f) creating user's own book by book nesting by extracting the cover page, index page or other pages from the other reference books.

16. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore as claimed in claim 15, comprising steps:

i) selecting a book from user's own collection or the web to extract the cover page, index page or other pages;

ii) selecting pages which are required from source book;

iii) interconnecting selected pages from source book to target book; and

iv) saving the book on user's own collection under new name.

17. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 15, creating an e-book by formatting a page using a page formatting tool.

18. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 15, wherein the created book is shared with participant by user through book sharing session.

19. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim

15, comprising:

creating an e-book from the user's own collection and saving it as a new e-book in user's own collection.

20. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim

16, wherein an editing functionality is present to add, reorganize or remove a chapter in the compiled book.

21. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 15, wherein said stored e-book in user's collection having a functionality to remove an e-book from user's collection.

22. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1 step (f), wherein said e-book is used from the online bookstore without purchasing it by using the time/ownership renting/ borrowing feature.

23. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 22, comprising steps:

i) selecting an e-book for renting or borrowing from virtual book store;

ii) purchasing time or ownership of the e-book as per user's requirement by renting it; and

iii) accessing the e-book for the purchased amount of time.

24. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 22, wherein the accessed pages are extracted and added as reference or compiled without purchasing that e-book.

25. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 22, wherein the book is not accessible after expiration of purchased amount of time.

26. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 1, optionally for enhancing a user's experience of an e-book comprising the steps of:

a) creating a digital shelf having digital contents;

b) obtaining a metadata query by selecting required metadata field of digital contents from the web and other sources;

c) modifying metadata label pre-assigned to the digital contents; d) providing a hierarchical structure to metadata query for the user to arrive at the desired result;

e) providing cross referencing search results by linking the user defined metadata query;

f) providing extension of search to an online library for previously specified data by the user;

g) extending a search through a common language search tool to user defined metadata query;

h) selecting desired e-book(s) from different e-books displayed on the screen;

i) responding to an indication of acceptance to purchase the e-book and purchasing the e-book; and

j) storing the purchased e-book and viewing it for infinite period of time in user's own collection.

27. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 26, wherein said digital contents consisting of e-books, music, videos and games.

28. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 26, providing an arrangement of said digital contents as a physical shelf with interactive display for merchandizing digital contents.

29. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 26, wherein said user defined metadata results are pin-marked by user.

30. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 26 step (g), wherein the search through common language search tool is carried out within pages of the e-books available in the database of the user.

31. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 26, wherein the search results for digital contents from the web are displayed after sorting or short-listing.

32. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 31, wherein said sorted or short-listed results are stored separately in user's own collection by the user for later use.

33. The integrated system for a virtual bookstore, as claimed in claim 31 or 32, wherein the searched results for digital contents are created into alternate search routes by putting a note, a reference or a link or a marker to mark it.