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I've used https://standardebooks.org/ https://standardebooks.org/ to pull nicely formatted Project Gutenberg books on any e-reader that supports a browser (in m
by horsawlarway 5mo ago
I've used https://standardebooks.org/ https://standardebooks.org/ to pull nicely formatted Project Gutenberg books on any e-reader that supports a browser (in my case, Boox).
Technically, I can also just directly pull the epub from Project Gutenberg, but sometimes the formatting leaves a lot to be desired.
Once you get an e-reader that runs a semi-capable OS (ex - stock android, even an older version), it's hard to go back to something like a kindle.
- JSeiko 5mo agostandardebooks.org is great!
- everybodyknows 5mo agoHTML editions from the two sites contrast interestingly: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1513/pg1513-images.html https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1513/pg1513-images.html https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/text https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/romeo-... Each has its particular advantages relative to the other ...
- svat 5mo agoCurious, what are the advantages you see in each relative to the other? Also one should probably compare the former to the single-page version on standardebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/romeo-and-juliet/text/single-page https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shakespeare/romeo-...
- swores 5mo agoPersonally I find the formatting used by the Gutenberg one to be a lot nicer/easier to read, despite (or perhaps because of) being simpler, more plain. At least for the first few pages of content that I looked at on both versions.
- robin_reala 5mo agoTo be precise, the vast majority of SE is from Gutenberg, but we also source from Faded Page, Gutenberg Australia, Wikisource and occasionally do our own transcriptions.