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Shameless plug, Chekhov's complete short fiction for free, at Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton-chekhov/short-fiction/constance-garnett/

by acabal 10y ago

Shameless plug, Chekhov's complete short fiction for free, at Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton-chekhov/short-fiction/constance-garnett/ https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton-chekhov/short-fictio... We took the Gutenberg transcriptions, compiled them into one ebook, ordered by publication date, lightly modernized, edited, corrected, and completely proofread them. Check out the Github repo to see the changes (which are a lot, since it's a huge amount of writing): https://github.com/standardebooks/anton-chekhov_short-fiction_constance-garnett https://github.com/standardebooks/anton-chekhov_short-fictio... While I don't speak Russian, I've found Garnett's translations to be extremely readable. A lot of her contemporaries seem to have agreed.

e15ctr0n 10y ago
Standard Ebooks looks to be a very interesting project. Is there a story behind the project that details how you got started and who are the main contributors? A 'Show HN' [0] or a write-up on indiehackers.com [1] would be awesome and could you more contributors. I subscribed to your RSS feed [2] that announces your new publications but it lacks a URL for me to download the Ebook right away. Also, is there a way for omnivoracious readers like me to download all your Ebooks in a mega .zip file at one go? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/show https://news.ycombinator.com/show [1] https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ [2] https://standardebooks.org/opds/all https://standardebooks.org/opds/all
- acabal 10y ago
  Thanks for the suggestions! The project is very small, not for profit so indiehackers.com would probably not be interested. It's all volunteer-based so if you're interested in contributing work somehow then drop me a line. The OPDS feed is mainly for reading systems and libraries, not for human consumption. However it does actually include direct links to epub files, but you typically have to view the feed source--i.e. the raw XML--to see them. Humans should subscribe to our mailing list,[0] where we do actual release announcements as they occur. [0] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/standardebooks https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/standardebooks
  - e15ctr0n 10y ago
    > The OPDS feed is mainly for reading systems and libraries, not for human consumption. Understood. I was using a standard RSS reader to parse the feed. I added the OPDS feed to my FBReader app on Android [0] via its Network Catalog feature [1]. Et voila, I have your entire catalog at my fingertips. Thanks. :-) > It's all volunteer-based so if you're interested in contributing work somehow then drop me a line. I can definitely see myself volunteering. Thanks for the invite. :-) [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerpl... [1] https://fbreader.org/content/documentation/own-opds https://fbreader.org/content/documentation/own-opds
sho 10y ago
Great project! I grabbed the book; look forward to reading it. A small tip - I note the files don't automatically trigger a file download in my browser (Chrome), instead trying to display inline in the browser. Look into the following headers you need to send to force a download: Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="thebook.epub"
- acabal 10y ago
  Fixed, thanks for catching that!

by acabal 10y ago

e15ctr0n 10y ago

Standard Ebooks looks to be a very interesting project. Is there a story behind the project that details how you got started and who are the main contributors? A 'Show HN' [0] or a write-up on indiehackers.com [1] would be awesome and could you more contributors. I subscribed to your RSS feed [2] that announces your new publications but it lacks a URL for me to download the Ebook right away. Also, is there a way for omnivoracious readers like me to download all your Ebooks in a mega .zip file at one go? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/show https://news.ycombinator.com/show [1] https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ [2] https://standardebooks.org/opds/all https://standardebooks.org/opds/all

acabal 10y ago
Thanks for the suggestions! The project is very small, not for profit so indiehackers.com would probably not be interested. It's all volunteer-based so if you're interested in contributing work somehow then drop me a line. The OPDS feed is mainly for reading systems and libraries, not for human consumption. However it does actually include direct links to epub files, but you typically have to view the feed source--i.e. the raw XML--to see them. Humans should subscribe to our mailing list,[0] where we do actual release announcements as they occur. [0] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/standardebooks https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/standardebooks
- e15ctr0n 10y ago
  > The OPDS feed is mainly for reading systems and libraries, not for human consumption. Understood. I was using a standard RSS reader to parse the feed. I added the OPDS feed to my FBReader app on Android [0] via its Network Catalog feature [1]. Et voila, I have your entire catalog at my fingertips. Thanks. :-) > It's all volunteer-based so if you're interested in contributing work somehow then drop me a line. I can definitely see myself volunteering. Thanks for the invite. :-) [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerpl... [1] https://fbreader.org/content/documentation/own-opds https://fbreader.org/content/documentation/own-opds

sho 10y ago

Great project! I grabbed the book; look forward to reading it. A small tip - I note the files don't automatically trigger a file download in my browser (Chrome), instead trying to display inline in the browser. Look into the following headers you need to send to force a download: Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="thebook.epub"

acabal 10y ago
Fixed, thanks for catching that!