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To me, that niche is already covered by Wikisource. Standard Ebooks as a project is very strict about conforming to its editorial and quality standards. On boar
by contact9879 2y ago
To me, that niche is already covered by Wikisource. Standard Ebooks as a project is very strict about conforming to its editorial and quality standards. On boarding more languages would require volunteer editorial experts in those languages.
Besides, projects in other languages can absolutely build upon Standard Ebooks work, but to expect Standard Ebooks itself to support other languages is just too outside the scope and expertise of the volunteers available.
- kelvinjps10 2y agoIf you were to find the expert editors for the other languages would you let them publish the works in those other languages on standards books website?
- contact9879 2y agowell, that would be up to Alex. but as that would require a pretty substantial organizational and responsibility shift, I imagine, no, he would not. As it is now, Alex is editorially responsible for all output of Standard Ebooks. Changing that would require someone with the time and experience willing to take on all the responsibilities that Alex currently has for each of those other languages.