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vivaldirules · 06-11-2008, 06:41 PM

PH, I'm most glad that you're interested in uploading books here.

For copyright rules and where to check them see this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14163

For content, I mostly use PG and the Penn site that ZP mentioned. A few things I've found in the far corners of the web that weren't listed in either of those (no, these weren't pirated copies - we're only talking public domain stuff).

OCR? I doubt if many people use OCR at all unless they enjoy proofreading ebooks thoroughly. Way too much effort. That means I rarely start with PDFs since most of those are scans. Starting with HTML is best if it's available but a lot of stuff is only available in TXT format. It would be great to use the scans from Googlebooks but then we're back to OCR and I'm not going there.

Conversion: You didn't ask but I will point anyway to Harry's invaluable tutorial for using BookDesigner (a free program) in the first post of this thread on book creation: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...utorial&page=6
There are also other useful comments in that thread. Note that some people (like me) don't like BD much (although I use it exclusively). Some people use Stingo's Word macro to get started.

Uploading: See the Uploading Guidelines in the first post here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14163

And feel free to ask if you have any questions or problems. I've only done a couple of dozen or so (x3 formats) so I'm still a neophyte.

06-11-2008, 06:41 PM	#6
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	PH, I'm most glad that you're interested in uploading books here. For copyright rules and where to check them see this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14163 For content, I mostly use PG and the Penn site that ZP mentioned. A few things I've found in the far corners of the web that weren't listed in either of those (no, these weren't pirated copies - we're only talking public domain stuff). OCR? I doubt if many people use OCR at all unless they enjoy proofreading ebooks thoroughly. Way too much effort. That means I rarely start with PDFs since most of those are scans. Starting with HTML is best if it's available but a lot of stuff is only available in TXT format. It would be great to use the scans from Googlebooks but then we're back to OCR and I'm not going there. Conversion: You didn't ask but I will point anyway to Harry's invaluable tutorial for using BookDesigner (a free program) in the first post of this thread on book creation: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...utorial&page=6 There are also other useful comments in that thread. Note that some people (like me) don't like BD much (although I use it exclusively). Some people use Stingo's Word macro to get started. Uploading: See the Uploading Guidelines in the first post here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14163 And feel free to ask if you have any questions or problems. I've only done a couple of dozen or so (x3 formats) so I'm still a neophyte. Last edited by vivaldirules; 06-11-2008 at 06:45 PM.