-    @classmethod
-    def register(cls, format_name):
-        """A decorator for registering subclasses for particular formats."""
-        def wrapper(builder):
-            cls.formats[format_name] = builder
-            return builder
-        return wrapper
+    def get_current_etag(self):
+        import pkg_resources
+        librarian_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("librarian").version
+        return librarian_version
+
+    def schedule_stale(self, queryset=None):
+        """Schedule building this format for all the books where etag is stale."""
+        # If there is not ETag field, bail. That's true for xml file field.
+        if not self.with_etag:
+            return
+
+        etag = self.get_current_etag()
+        if queryset is None:
+            queryset = self.model.objects.all()
+
+        if self.format_name in EBOOK_FORMATS_WITHOUT_CHILDREN + ['html']:
+            queryset = queryset.filter(children=None)
+
+        queryset = queryset.exclude(**{
+            f'{self.etag_field_name}__in': [
+                etag, f'{etag}{ETAG_SCHEDULED_SUFFIX}'
+            ]
+        })
+        for obj in queryset:
+            fieldfile = getattr(obj, self.attname)
+            priority = EBOOK_REBUILD_PRIORITY if fieldfile else EBOOK_BUILD_PRIORITY
+            fieldfile.build_delay(priority=priority)