Classic Novel Collection

sfernald · 11-30-2006, 02:05 PM

My dad just got my mom a sony reader for christmas and I've been tasked to come up with the content.

My mom loves classic literature and history books, the kind of stuff that is available on project gutenberg.

I was wondering if anyone has a collection, perhaps a couple of gigs of such literature available. It is such a PITA to download it one by one from gutenberg and also it would be great if the files were not numbers but actually were the book titles. Text files is fine of course.

Anyone have a collection like with such authors as dickens and henry james and melville? You would be a hero for my mom!?!

Bob Russell · 11-30-2006, 02:38 PM

Gutenberg offers all that stuff for bulk download or even will send you a CD or DVD for free if you can't download. (Consider a donation to support the work, if you can afford it.)

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenb...nd_DVD_Project

Edit:
By the way, there is lots of info in the threads about formatting if you do a little searching. Here are a couple that come to mind:

* A MS Word macro to format files (simple)
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793

* Gutenberg Converter
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8388

* Another Gutenberg Converter
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8532

NatCh · 11-30-2006, 02:56 PM

Then there's http://Manybooks.net, which offers a lot of the gutenberg format in LRF files, if that helps any.

RWood · 11-30-2006, 08:44 PM

I have had excellent results with the manybooks files -- from web downloading to device downloading to reading, they have been a pleasure to use.

HarryT · 12-01-2006, 04:57 AM

I find the text size used by "manybooks" to be a little on the small size for the Reader, so personally I prefer to use the Word formatting macro kindly provided by Stingo, which produces excellent results.

thebeaglebeagle · 12-04-2006, 03:35 PM

I second all the above comments, and add that my basic course has been to download the RTF from Manybooks.net, open the RTF in a TextEdit type application (or Word), select all, increase font size two or three steps, and the save the file. I copy all those files to a 1GB SD card and stick the card in my reader. That's what most of my library consists of now.

11-30-2006, 02:05 PM	#1
sfernald Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 101 Join Date: Oct 2006	Classic Novel Collection My dad just got my mom a sony reader for christmas and I've been tasked to come up with the content. My mom loves classic literature and history books, the kind of stuff that is available on project gutenberg. I was wondering if anyone has a collection, perhaps a couple of gigs of such literature available. It is such a PITA to download it one by one from gutenberg and also it would be great if the files were not numbers but actually were the book titles. Text files is fine of course. Anyone have a collection like with such authors as dickens and henry james and melville? You would be a hero for my mom!?!

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11-30-2006, 02:38 PM	#2
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Gutenberg offers all that stuff for bulk download or even will send you a CD or DVD for free if you can't download. (Consider a donation to support the work, if you can afford it.) http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenb...nd_DVD_Project Edit: By the way, there is lots of info in the threads about formatting if you do a little searching. Here are a couple that come to mind: * A MS Word macro to format files (simple) https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793 * Gutenberg Converter https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8388 * Another Gutenberg Converter https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8532

11-30-2006, 02:56 PM	#3
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Then there's http://Manybooks.net, which offers a lot of the gutenberg format in LRF files, if that helps any.

11-30-2006, 08:44 PM	#4
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I have had excellent results with the manybooks files -- from web downloading to device downloading to reading, they have been a pleasure to use.

12-01-2006, 04:57 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I find the text size used by "manybooks" to be a little on the small size for the Reader, so personally I prefer to use the Word formatting macro kindly provided by Stingo, which produces excellent results.

12-04-2006, 03:35 PM	#6
thebeaglebeagle Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony Personal Reader	I second all the above comments, and add that my basic course has been to download the RTF from Manybooks.net, open the RTF in a TextEdit type application (or Word), select all, increase font size two or three steps, and the save the file. I copy all those files to a 1GB SD card and stick the card in my reader. That's what most of my library consists of now.

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