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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
I’m still not “getting” it. Public domain books are so easily obtained from well established sites. While I appreciate the time you say you’ve put into the site, I see no real draw.
And the time you mentioned, 1,500 hours over 8 years, works out to less than 37 hours per book. Not that that matters...
As a personal preference, the sketch of the woman and her boobs puts me off.
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I do not want to compete with those well established sites (I mostly use them as my sources), I just want my site to be known, too, for what it is worth. The work that I put into it (you are right, I have probably hugely underestimated it) should translate into more rewarding reading experiences. I have not bothered to document (except in very general terms in the books' "About this Edition" notes) all the errors that I've fixed and all the issues I've resolved, so I can not prove the amount or the value of my work, but I strive to give the reader the quality they'd expect from a well produced printed book, as compared to what you usually get on sites with tens of thousands of scanned texts.
I apologize for offending you with the site's logo. It is not a sketch, but a photograph of a small statue, which is either a copy of a classic statue or pretends to be one. It is meant to grace a garden or a balcony, but it stands in my room, and I rather like it. The e-book reader I've put into her lap is mine, I like the way she seems to be absorbed in reading. It hasn't been my intention for this image to be controversial, but I suppose this is a transatlantic cultural difference issue. I've been using it for several years now, and don't want to change it, but I am sorry that it can be a source of displeasure.