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Originally Posted by hacker
Heh, I've gotten significantly farther than the person on Geocities has done so far, and the formats I'm converting to are not proprietary or restricted by DRM... More news on this soon.
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It would seem that great minds think alike. I am the creator of the website in question and am surprised that it has become an item of discussion. My original intent was to just make it available in case anyone might be interested. I am glad it is even being looked at!
I don't know what DRM is, as I am only doing this as a hobby. While the format may be proprietary, the tools I use to create the books have cost me anything. I use the free eReader, available for PalmSource I think, to read the books. To create them, I use notepad, and the free DropBook, and code the books by hand. Because everything about them is free, so are they. They are just taking a little while.
For personal interest, I am trying to mimic the look of the Bartleby versions as much as possible, including chapters, formating and footnotes. It's the footnotes that take the most time. Over 300 in some books! But it is a labor of love, because I truly love these books.
Anyone who may have been to the site may have noticed a little incongruity. The Harvard Classics are available as
1. The Five foot Shelf and
2. The Shelf of Fiction. After doing some research I have decided to add another section based on articles and submission to Harvard Magazine. It is a collection of 29 new volumes, based on suggestions to Harvard Magazine of which books would bring the collection into the 21st century. I have called it
The Century Collection. Presumptuous? Sacreligious? Scandalous? Maybe, but it sure is fun!
Cheers
Mike