Today I noticed something peculiar: There is a new format supported by Project Gutenberg. Besides Epub (we have discussed this in other thread) there are now some books in Mobi format. Up till now I haven't seen any official news from PG concerning this astonishing move. Mobis (illustrated and non illustrated) can be found, among others, in
"Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls by Mary Roberts Rinehart" and in "
Ben, the Luggage Boy; by Horatio Alger", both books featuring an illustrated and non-illustrated Mobi version.
On first view, the books seem quite nicely formatted, with the usual blurb before and after the body of the book. Covers, however, are correctly defined and display outside of the book body (they appear in the book body a second time).
No such luck for TOCs. The inline TOCs seem to be working (so far) but no outside one (it would have been quite easy via a simple anchor definition, though).
The books are justified and do have correct metadata as far as I could see. We don't know anything about the scale of the Mobi integration yet, but we hope that this evolution goes parallel with the Epub integration. There is for sure something moving inside PG.
Update:
In the format explanation, PG gives this short statement:
Quote:
|
Important notice: Mobipocket files are a new experimental feature (as of 2009-03-22). Some or all Project Gutenberg Mobipocket files may be buggy or may not work altogether.
|