Arabian Nights
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Arabian Nights
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#2The files at the provided link are dated 2002 and 2016, not 2021. Am I missing something?
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#3TIL Project Gutenberg is blocked in Germany.
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#4Virtually impossible to find them all in one go, have to drill down 17 times!!! No PDFs. What a _horrible_ user interface!!!
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#5For more information on the The One Thousand and One Nights, the following BBC radio programme (broadcast just last week) discusses the origins of the stories, the translations, and their enduring popularity. It's a very stimulating discussion. Download as a MP3 if you want to listen offline:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjwy
Programme description from the above page:
> The One Thousand and One Nights are a collection of fantastical stories of flying carpets, magic and genies whose ancient origins go back to the 7th century or earlier. The tales are told by Scheherazade who uses the power of storytelling night after night to stop her Sultan husband from beheading her.
> These highly influential stories were brought to the West in the 18th century, when more tales like Aladdin and Ali Baba were said to have been added by the French translator, and it has continued to evolve over the centuries. Rajan Datar and guests explore why these stories became so popular around the world and what they mean to us today.
> Joining Rajan is Wen Chin Ouyang, Professor of Arabic at SOAS in London; Dr Sandra Naddaff, senior lecturer in Comparative Literature at Harvard University; and the Iranian TV producer Shabnam Rezaei.
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#6TIL Project Gutenberg is blocked in Germany.
Technically, Project Gutenberg blocks Germany. Anyway this also surprised me last year! Protip: Main PG is blocking DE IPs but mirrors aren't. Unfortunately, [mirrors](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/81t0ad/project_guten...) don't have the convenient search infra, just the texts. If you can get the ID somehow, then you can navigate to the text in question.
Maybe I missed a more convenient mirror. In which case I'd be really glad for links to convenient mirrors.
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#7The files at the provided link are dated 2002 and 2016, not 2021. Am I missing something?
The sixth supplement volume was released this year: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64384
I'm not seeing the last and seventh supplement volume (volume 17 of 17 in total), perhaps that was released recently?
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#8Unfortunately the format of most ebooks at Project Gutenberg is usually really bad. Usable on computer screen, but unusable on eBook readers.
Just checked the "mobi" version of the volume 1 from this link, and it looks like all paragraphs are just walls of texts with no paragraphs and the footnotes don't really work unless you scroll manually. I guess it's better than nothing, but not very comfortable to read.
Usually it's even worse with text from the margins, header than footer getting mixed with the normal text.
Does anybody know if there is a website or project where one could find "curated" or properly formatted books with expired Copyright? Maybe one where other people can collaborate?
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#9Unfortunately the format of most ebooks at Project Gutenberg is usually really bad. Usable on computer screen, but unusable on eBook readers. Just checked the "mobi" version of the volume 1 from this link, and it looks like all paragraphs are just walls of texts with no paragraphs and the footnotes don't really work unless you scroll manually. I guess it's better than nothing, but not very comfortable to read. Usuall…
Standard Ebooks (https://standardebooks.org) is what you’re looking for.
Re: Arabian Nights
#10Unfortunately the format of most ebooks at Project Gutenberg is usually really bad. Usable on computer screen, but unusable on eBook readers. Just checked the "mobi" version of the volume 1 from this link, and it looks like all paragraphs are just walls of texts with no paragraphs and the footnotes don't really work unless you scroll manually. I guess it's better than nothing, but not very comfortable to read. Usuall…
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