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When I thought about Project Gutenberg I remembered that original brutalist non-design. The current site has been very tastefully updated but looks like it's still very accessible if you turn styles off. Great job!
sadly HN doesn't have a "heart" emoji I could use :D
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I can't say for project Gutenberg specifically, but in general a huge issue I see is OCR errors. What do you all do to address OCR?
Check out Distributed Proofreaders: https://pgdp.net
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wikipedians, please help update this article.
In what way? And from what sources? (Wikipedia as a tertiary source is supposed to be a summary of information present in reliable secondary sources — see for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Based_upon . So if the information on the Wikipedia article is incomplete or out of date, where is the correct information available?)
I had some small e-correspondence with Michael S. Hart back in the 90's as well, and made a few modest contributions to the project, which made my English major undergraduate heart swell with pride and joy.
I guess this is only to say that PG is special to me for these reasons, and I am glad to see it still thriving. <3
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Found: it's a sentence from 2020, and PG decided not to appeal (!?) Full story (in Italian) at https://www.wired.it/internet/web/2020/06/30/progetto-gutenb...
It looks like the issue was that, in Italy, copyright expires 70 years after the death of the author or the first translator of a work.
As a Kindle user, I still miss the old version of the site. The new one looks great on normal desktop, but the old one was simple enough to load and directly download books on the device's built-in browser.
That's interesting. What about the new design prevents you from doing it? Genuinely asking here. We may fix it if it's actionable
The best thing I ever did for my father was to buy him a kindle and an access point and show him how to use Project Gutenberg to get books. He loved the old writings (he being a GED holder who was in the Navy during Korea yet had read the entire Harvard Classics). He had a special rolled up towel he used to prop it on his lap in his favorite chair and he read and read and read. When he passed he was reading "Legends…
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The book list elements on front page render as both horizontally and vertically scrollable divs on mobile - seems like an opportunity for improvement. Keep up the good work!
good feedback thanks! Doing an iteration on the homepage design is actually pretty high on the priority list. will keep your feedback in mind!
I've since discontinued hosting it, but happy to add you all and merge into an official PG offering: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/s/VtYKxjrMme
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good feedback thanks! Doing an iteration on the homepage design is actually pretty high on the priority list. will keep your feedback in mind!
Any interest in offering PG as a multi-lingual web e-reader in any language? I've since discontinued hosting it, but happy to add you all and merge into an official PG offering: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/s/VtYKxjrMme