Projects like Standard Ebooks in other languages?

Alan Orth

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Jul 21, 2019, 1:58:39 PM7/21/19

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Dear list,

I'm in awe of the quality of the books produced by the community of Standard Ebooks volunteers. This is a magnificent and truly inspiring project. Not only are you making literary heritage available in splendid technicolor, you're preserving it in an open and accessible format, with a source-based build system to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy them in epub20 on their iPhone 59 devices in 2050. :P

Having said that, I'm aware that the English language is extremely lucky to have such a large and interested—not to mention capable—user base. Are you aware of any projects like this for other languages? I'd like to be involved in such projects. Maybe I'll do a proof of concept for some public domain Bulgarian books, for example, using your standards and build system.

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Alex Cabal

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Jul 21, 2019, 2:00:25 PM7/21/19

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Thanks for the kind words! I'm not aware of such a project in different
languages. Every now and then someone stops by to mention they're going
to start something similar in a different language, but I haven't heard
back from anyone yet. If you'd like to start your own thing, good luck!

On 7/21/19 12:58 PM, Alan Orth wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm in awe of the quality of the books produced by the community of
> Standard Ebooks volunteers. This is a magnificent and truly inspiring
> project. Not only are you making literary heritage available in splendid
> technicolor, you're preserving it in an open and accessible format, with
> a source-based build system to ensure that future generations will be
> able to enjoy them in epub20 on their iPhone 59 devices in 2050. :P
>
> Having said that, I'm aware that the English language is extremely lucky
> to have such a large and interested—not to mention capable—user base.
> Are you aware of any projects like this for other languages? I'd like to
> be involved in such projects. Maybe I'll do a proof of concept for some
> public domain Bulgarian books, for example, using your standards and
> build system.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Alan Orth

> alan...@gmail.com <mailto:alan...@gmail.com>

> https://picturingjordan.com
> https://englishbulgaria.net
> https://mjanja.ch
> "In heaven all the interesting people are missing." ―Friedrich Nietzsche
>

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Il giorno domenica 21 luglio 2019 20:58:39 UTC+3, Alan Orth ha scritto:

Are you aware of any projects like this for other languages? I'd like to be involved in such projects. Maybe I'll do a proof of concept for some public domain Bulgarian books, for example, using your standards and build system.

Wikisource is active in dozens of languages, including Bulgarian:

https://wikisource.org/

https://bg.wikisource.org/

The communities of a few languages of Wikisouce, such as Italian and French, work with partners to distribute suitable EPUB versions through third-party channels. A library network in Italy hosts several thousands, for instance.