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I produced CC0 ebook compilations of Poe’s short fiction and poetry for Standard Ebooks if anyone is interested in diving deeper into his writing: https://stand

I produced CC0 ebook compilations of Poe’s short fiction and poetry for Standard Ebooks if anyone is interested in diving deeper into his writing: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe (I’d also recommend Leonid Andreyev’s short fiction; he’s often referred to as Russia’s Poe: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leonid-andreyev/short-fiction/herman-bernstein_alexandra-linden_l-a-magnus_k-walter_w-h-lowe_the-russian-review_archibald-j-wolfe_john-cournos_r-s-townsend_maurice-magnus https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leonid-andreyev/short-fict... )

glimshe 2y ago
Very cool. Are the cover images made with AI or classic paintings?
- robin_reala 2y ago
  Classic paintings: everything used on Standard Ebooks productions is old enough to be in the US public domain. The artists are in the colophons if you want to find out more.
  - card_zero 2y ago
    Odilon Redon, Melancholy, and Robert Delaunay, Saint-Séverin No. 3. https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=Redon https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=Redon - I see he also made a series of prints, "To Edgar Poe"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay ...and some seascape with a ship in it, wasn't fussed about that one.
    - robin_reala 2y ago
      I do love Odilon Redon, there was an excellent exhibition of his work in Copenhagen a few years ago that I managed to catch: https://www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/odilon-redon-into-the-dream-en/ https://www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/odilon-redon-into-the... . Unfortunately etchings aren’t house style for covers, we typically go for oil or watercolour-indistinguishable-from-oil.
  - defrost 2y ago
    Nice work, thanks to you and your fellow editors. Is there a back story to the Gormenghast collection not being available: https://standardebooks.org/collections/gormenghast https://standardebooks.org/collections/gormenghast The comment given was: This book was published in 1946, and will therefore enter the U.S. public domain in 17 years on January 1, 2042. however it seemed odd that apparently the work was done to prep it and notice appears elsewhere * that material offered is in the public domain .. and then this. No great drama, it just caught my attention, I like the series and wanted to check the art and the copy against what I have here in book form. * https://standardebooks.org/about/standard-ebooks-and-the-public-domain https://standardebooks.org/about/standard-ebooks-and-the-pub...
    - acabal 2y ago
      Some placeholders like this one exist because they are part of other collections for which we have more items. So when the reader is viewing the other collection, they can see which items we have and which we don't.
spike021 2y ago
thanks for your work! i was just thinking the other day it had been a while (since university days) since i read his work and i happen to be taking a long-haul flight this week, so need something to read.
janetmissed 2y ago
tysm for contributing to standard ebooks, one of my favorite things on the whole internet
the_florist 2y ago
Many thanks to each of you editors for the sterling work! I was recently inspired to embark on a project to mirror the Standard Ebooks library, starting with a book that you produced, which happens to be my favorite: https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction Once the business achieves ramen profitability, the next milestone will be to give back with a corporate sponsorship.
- robin_reala 2y ago
  Looks good! One minor point: it looks like some of your conversion isn’t keeping accurate styling. For example, if you look at the letter in https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/text/thou-art-the-man https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/short-fict... that starts with “In conformity with an order” you’ll see (in Firefox and Chrome, Safari’s in the process of adding the styling) that the address is 90º as per the original scans. The same in https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/thou-art-the-man https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/thou... falls back to normal display, which is fine but perhaps a little bit of a shame.
  - the_florist 2y ago
    Good catch! I am still fleshing out the EPUB parser, so loading of CSS and images (other than the SE logo) is not yet supported. I hard-coded the styling for now, which works well enough thanks to the books’ consistent markup. I also overlooked the diary styling of “Mellonta Tauta.”
timonofathens 2y ago
If you prefer a physical book, I can recommend: http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/classics-author.aspx?letter=p&search=&firstname=Edgar%20Allan%20&surname=Poe http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/classics-author.aspx?lette... (Not affiliated, I just really like Everyman's Library)

glimshe 2y ago

Very cool. Are the cover images made with AI or classic paintings?

robin_reala 2y ago
Classic paintings: everything used on Standard Ebooks productions is old enough to be in the US public domain. The artists are in the colophons if you want to find out more.
- card_zero 2y ago
  Odilon Redon, Melancholy, and Robert Delaunay, Saint-Séverin No. 3. https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=Redon https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=Redon - I see he also made a series of prints, "To Edgar Poe"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay ...and some seascape with a ship in it, wasn't fussed about that one.
  - robin_reala 2y ago
    I do love Odilon Redon, there was an excellent exhibition of his work in Copenhagen a few years ago that I managed to catch: https://www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/odilon-redon-into-the-dream-en/ https://www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/odilon-redon-into-the... . Unfortunately etchings aren’t house style for covers, we typically go for oil or watercolour-indistinguishable-from-oil.
- defrost 2y ago
  Nice work, thanks to you and your fellow editors. Is there a back story to the Gormenghast collection not being available: https://standardebooks.org/collections/gormenghast https://standardebooks.org/collections/gormenghast The comment given was: This book was published in 1946, and will therefore enter the U.S. public domain in 17 years on January 1, 2042. however it seemed odd that apparently the work was done to prep it and notice appears elsewhere * that material offered is in the public domain .. and then this. No great drama, it just caught my attention, I like the series and wanted to check the art and the copy against what I have here in book form. * https://standardebooks.org/about/standard-ebooks-and-the-public-domain https://standardebooks.org/about/standard-ebooks-and-the-pub...
  - acabal 2y ago
    Some placeholders like this one exist because they are part of other collections for which we have more items. So when the reader is viewing the other collection, they can see which items we have and which we don't.

spike021 2y ago

thanks for your work! i was just thinking the other day it had been a while (since university days) since i read his work and i happen to be taking a long-haul flight this week, so need something to read.

janetmissed 2y ago

tysm for contributing to standard ebooks, one of my favorite things on the whole internet

the_florist 2y ago

Many thanks to each of you editors for the sterling work! I was recently inspired to embark on a project to mirror the Standard Ebooks library, starting with a book that you produced, which happens to be my favorite: https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction Once the business achieves ramen profitability, the next milestone will be to give back with a corporate sponsorship.

robin_reala 2y ago
Looks good! One minor point: it looks like some of your conversion isn’t keeping accurate styling. For example, if you look at the letter in https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/text/thou-art-the-man https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/short-fict... that starts with “In conformity with an order” you’ll see (in Firefox and Chrome, Safari’s in the process of adding the styling) that the address is 90º as per the original scans. The same in https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/thou-art-the-man https://flowery.app/books/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction/thou... falls back to normal display, which is fine but perhaps a little bit of a shame.
- the_florist 2y ago
  Good catch! I am still fleshing out the EPUB parser, so loading of CSS and images (other than the SE logo) is not yet supported. I hard-coded the styling for now, which works well enough thanks to the books’ consistent markup. I also overlooked the diary styling of “Mellonta Tauta.”

timonofathens 2y ago

If you prefer a physical book, I can recommend: http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/classics-author.aspx?letter=p&search=&firstname=Edgar%20Allan%20&surname=Poe http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/classics-author.aspx?lette... (Not affiliated, I just really like Everyman's Library)