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My wife is an admin on the PG project. She puts in a lot of effort to keep the site secure. I think they welcome efforts like yours, and reuse is part of why
by stew-j 4y ago
My wife is an admin on the PG project. She puts in a lot of effort to keep the site secure. I think they welcome efforts like yours, and reuse is part of why they exist! They also research the copyrights, to make sure they are clear to share.
I use Project Gutenberg a lot personally, and in fact I'm using one of their books as a study for my upcoming startup:
https://github.com/carter-brothers/hand-propped#first-stage-1912 https://github.com/carter-brothers/hand-propped#first-stage-...
One thing I really like about the PG site is that a few years ago they removed most of the JavaScript, which IMO makes it more usable. I haven't looked at Standard Ebooks yet, but I look forward to. Thanks!
One book I'd like to see on Standard Ebooks is "The Flying Girl", which my wife and I just read and loved. It's by L. Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz), and is about a flying startup in 1911, which I previously posted on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32142757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32142757
- acabal 4y agoThe Flying Girl would make a good first production, if you'd like to take it on! See https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-ste... Make sure to thank your wife on my behalf for her hard work at PG!
- stew-j 4y agoWhat a great idea! There was also a sequel: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53692 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53692 I'll look into doing these, I also know a librarian who might be interested. I really can't believe Disney or Pixar, or some studio didn't make "The Flying Girl" into a movie. It really was bold and quite moving to see Baum (writing nom de plum as Edith Van Dyne) make the female character the hero, back in 1911.
- muyuu 4y agofirst link is dead