Great, that one would be a good start.
This book has an introduction, so you will have to add a half title page.
It's also divided into "years" which will be semantic "parts" in the
structure. Check the manual for how to divide part 1, part 2, etc.
Some chapters end in a kind of stylized verse, which we should keep.
Should be pretty easy to do with <br> and text-align: center. However
you can cut the "the end" paragraph at the end.
The book's subtitle is "His Joyful Water-Life And Death in the Country
Of the Two Rivers", which you should include in the metadata. It will
also appear in the half title.
Make sure to read the Standard Ebooks Manual of Style before starting,
as you won't know what to fix if you haven't read the standards. In
particular, please closely review the semantics, high level patterns,
and typography sections:
https://standardebooks.org/manual
https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics
https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-structural-patterns
https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography
The step by step guide will take you from start to finish:
https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step
This page on common issues in older books may be useful:
https://standardebooks.org/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks
Please email often if you have any questions at all. Our standards are
well-established so there is probably already a standard for formatting
whatever problem you've encountered.
When you're ready, email back with a link to your Github repository so
that I can mark you as having started.
Have fun! :)
On 8/5/25 6:39 PM, Robert O'Brien wrote:
> /Tarka the Otter/ is a Patreon request in the 'First Production'
> section, would love for it to be my first project.
>
> Project Gutenberg Link <
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75899>
>
> I don't have a strong CS background, but have taken some courses in the
> past using HMTL, CSS, Python, and more. Will be learning a lot and
> refreshing my memory as I go, so I don't know what the time frame will
> look like but would like to begin to contribute in my free time.
>
> Reading through Standard Ebook Hints and Tricks <
https://b-t-
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k.github.io/> as I write this.
>
> Have read many several Standard Ebook editions (making my way through /
> Tom Jones/ at the moment) and find everyone's work here invaluable.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
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