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Originally Posted by jadhvaryu
Hi!
I recently started maintaining project gutenberg ebooks (html formats). I realize that metadata of the books is extremely limited.
Rarely i find proper authors, genres, or ISBN#
I not using Calibre.
I am hoping to get guidance on best way to complete the meta data. I am also open to consider epub format if that has better metadata quality and completeness.
(For full disclosure: the end objective of the project i am part of is 'for profit' from the reading device.)
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Well, I said this on your other thread, but...fwiw: The sort of people that go to Gutenberg for reading material pretty much already have their own readers. OR, you can just click "HTML" and read in the browser, if you wish. OR, download whatever format and put it on your own device or phone.
Not to mention, some huge percentage of them are already available on Amazon, as (somewhat) formatted eBooks--click and they magically appear on your device. It's not just
Pride & Prejudice. We're talking about the same business that has 90% of the English-speaking marketplace.
I'm
delighted that anyone thinks that all the FREE books in Gutenberg are somehow going to have enough of a marketplace, a buying demographic out there, to invest money in building a dedicated app, but...I mean, we're living in a world in which few people under the age of 50 watch movies filmed in B&W or before the 80's. So...???
{shrug}. It's your time and your nickel, but damned if I see how you'll monetize this in any sensible way.
Hitch