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HarryT · 02-07-2010, 06:21 AM

I've just finished a month carefully proof-reading "Framley Parsonage", the 4th book of Anthony Trollope's "Barchester Chronicles", against the Penguin Classics edition. I've uploaded a new edition of my "Barchester Chronicles" omnibus containing the corrected text.

Jellby · 02-08-2010, 10:37 AM

I've finally started (proof)reading "Le vicomte de Bragelonne", the third novel of d'Artagnan, you can expect it in the coming months.

I have also "Noli me tángere" and "El filibusterismo", by Philippines' national hero José Rizal, in the original Spanish, in the works.

HarryT · 02-08-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

I've finally started (proof)reading "Le vicomte de Bragelonne", the third novel of d'Artagnan, you can expect it in the coming months.

Is it my version of it that you're proofing, or have you created your own? It's a seriously long book!

Jellby · 02-08-2010, 03:44 PM

It's the original French, so it's a new version

HarryT · 02-09-2010, 02:35 AM

Ah, OK; thanks!

forcheville · 02-15-2010, 07:09 PM

I'm working on Etienne Pivert de Senancour's "Obermann", englished by A.E. Waite, and available from the Internet Archive in photographic pdf.

Am currently about 1/3 the way through cleaning up my own OCR of it. I intend to post it in RTF and a pdf suitable for 6" eReaders.
I find Calibre and BookDesigner too confusing.

roger64 · 02-22-2010, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

I've finally started (proof)reading "Le vicomte de Bragelonne", the third novel of d'Artagnan, you can expect it in the coming months....

Your work is sorely needed...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...461#post800461

Hamlet53 · 03-01-2010, 09:36 AM

I'm working on putting together a good version of Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin with the original illustrations.

I had finished preparing an epub version of A Sky-Blue Life by Maxim Gorky, but now I am not sure of the copyright status. So unless someone can point out where it is definitively in public domain I will not upload it.

Patricia · 03-01-2010, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

I had finished preparing an epub version of A Sky-Blue Life by Maxim Gorky, but now I am not sure of the copyright status. So unless someone can point out where it is definitively in public domain I will not upload it.

Is a translator listed? And what was the date of publication?
It would be a pity to miss out on the work, if it is PD.

Hamlet53 · 03-02-2010, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Is a translator listed? And what was the date of publication?
It would be a pity to miss out on the work, if it is PD.

It's from an out of print paperback I have that has a number of short stories; all by Gorky. I scanned, OCRed, and converted it to EPUB. The translator is listed as George Reavy. Most of the stories in teh book I know are up here and at Gutenberg.

Jellby · 03-02-2010, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

It's from an out of print paperback I have that has a number of short stories; all by Gorky. I scanned, OCRed, and converted it to EPUB. The translator is listed as George Reavy. Most of the stories in teh book I know are up here and at Gutenberg.

If he's this George Reavey, his translations are not public domain anywere (he died in 1976, and having been born in 1907, I doubt he published anything before 1923).

Patricia · 03-02-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

It's from an out of print paperback I have that has a number of short stories; all by Gorky. I scanned, OCRed, and converted it to EPUB. The translator is listed as George Reavy. Most of the stories in teh book I know are up here and at Gutenberg.

Jelby is right about George Reavey's date of death. And none of the Project Gutenberg translations of Gorky are listed as by George Reavey. So it looks as though his works are definitely not in the public domain.

Hamlet53 · 03-02-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Jelby is right about George Reavey's date of death. And none of the Project Gutenberg translations of Gorky are listed as by George Reavey. So it looks as though his works are definitely not in the public domain.

Thanks for the definitive information on the issue. It's a shame that at least here in the U.S. anything that is not already out of copyright may never be.

M-I-C ... K-E-Y...

pshrynk · 03-05-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Thanks for the definitive information on the issue. It's a shame that at least here in the U.S. anything that is not already out of copyright may never be.

M-I-C ... K-E-Y...

You need to send $5 to Disney, RIGHT NOW!

Logseman · 03-13-2010, 11:28 AM

I'm going to start with Emilia Galotti, a German classic by G.E.Lessing, which is listed on the PG. I've added a TOC (quite easy) and I've put the whole umlauts (easier) but the bulk of the work is my idea to actually use theatrical notation which the play needs. The PG version has the following scheme:

Character. (annotation) speech.

and it's my idea to... well, make it theatrical and readable:

Character: (annotation) speech.

03-13-2010, 11:28 AM	#705
Logseman Orisa Posts: 1,999 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	I'm going to start with Emilia Galotti, a German classic by G.E.Lessing, which is listed on the PG. I've added a TOC (quite easy) and I've put the whole umlauts (easier) but the bulk of the work is my idea to actually use theatrical notation which the play needs. The PG version has the following scheme: Character. (annotation) speech. and it's my idea to... well, make it theatrical and readable: Character: (annotation) speech. Last edited by Logseman; 03-13-2010 at 11:38 AM.

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02-07-2010, 06:21 AM	#691
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've just finished a month carefully proof-reading "Framley Parsonage", the 4th book of Anthony Trollope's "Barchester Chronicles", against the Penguin Classics edition. I've uploaded a new edition of my "Barchester Chronicles" omnibus containing the corrected text.

02-08-2010, 10:37 AM	#692
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I've finally started (proof)reading "Le vicomte de Bragelonne", the third novel of d'Artagnan, you can expect it in the coming months. I have also "Noli me tángere" and "El filibusterismo", by Philippines' national hero José Rizal, in the original Spanish, in the works.

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02-09-2010, 02:35 AM	#695
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Ah, OK; thanks!

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forcheville Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 672100 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Sony prs650, Boox M92, Samsung Slate 7	I'm working on Etienne Pivert de Senancour's "Obermann", englished by A.E. Waite, and available from the Internet Archive in photographic pdf. Am currently about 1/3 the way through cleaning up my own OCR of it. I intend to post it in RTF and a pdf suitable for 6" eReaders. I find Calibre and BookDesigner too confusing.

03-01-2010, 09:36 AM	#698
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	I'm working on putting together a good version of Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin with the original illustrations. I had finished preparing an epub version of A Sky-Blue Life by Maxim Gorky, but now I am not sure of the copyright status. So unless someone can point out where it is definitively in public domain I will not upload it.