Every cover, generated from one design.
The Biblioteca Saavedra Fajardo is a free digital library of Hispanic political thought, run with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. We built its Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL publishing CMS and migrated the collection into it; the book covers are generated by code from the design file, every title with the same finish.
Two pieces run it: the CMS and API in Ruby on Rails on PostgreSQL, where the library's own team publishes, and the public website at saavedrafajardo.org. A script reads the cover design file and builds each book's cover, so a new title takes the collection's finish without going back to design. We started on it in 2020.
Migrate
The existing collection moves into the new CMS.
Publish
The library's team adds and edits titles in the Rails CMS.
Generate
A script builds each cover from the design file, every title with the same finish.
Read
Readers browse the collection for free at saavedrafajardo.org.
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