Other Fiction Dickens, Charles: The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated). v7. 31 Dec 2014. - Page 2

HarryT · 08-23-2012, 12:32 PM

The problem is that many of the real classics like Dickens were among the first PG books. They predated scanners and were typed in by hand. The modern PG books produced by DP are of a very high standard.

Araucaria · 08-23-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Billi

And I wonder if you have thought for at least one minute how much work it takes to transfer an old paper book into its digital version, scanning, proof reading, ebook making... I have the greatest respect for all the work the volunteers on PG or here or on similar places do.

Yes, Billi, I have thought (for a good deal more than a minute) how much work is involved, as I have done quite a bit of PG proofreading myself. But I'd regard it as a privilege to proofread Dickens (or Trollope), and I would take a lot of care with the text.

HarryT · 12-31-2014, 09:25 AM

Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.

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08-23-2012, 12:32 PM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The problem is that many of the real classics like Dickens were among the first PG books. They predated scanners and were typed in by hand. The modern PG books produced by DP are of a very high standard.

12-31-2014, 09:25 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thoroughly proof-read against the "Oxford Illustrated Dickens" edition. Innumerable errors corrected. General improvements to the formatting, such as replacing straight quotes with curly quotes. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you find even the smallest error. Uploaded v7.