[First Project] Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

[Jasmine Horton]

Good afternoon, everyone! 

I was considering the novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué as my first production since it is of personal interest, but I believe it falls under the word count for short fiction mentioned in the collections policy. Would it still be acceptable for me to produce? 

I am not opposed to creating an omnibus with Undine the author's three other novellas instead, but I am unsure of the organization's stance on an omnibus as a first project. 

I would appreciate guidance on how to proceed. 

Thanks,
Jasmine H. 

[Alex Cabal]

Hello, you're right, that would be too short to produce individually. It
would go in a short fiction compilation, as it seems he wrote other
shorts (for example https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2824 which was
published in the same volume as Undine).

Short fiction compilations require first compiling a research
spreadsheet, which can be a lot of work. For your first ebook, I suggest
starting with something easier. If you complete it then you could move
on to this project, provided it's of a reasonable size.

On 4/12/26 10:59 AM, Jasmine Horton wrote:
> Good afternoon, everyone!
>

> I was considering the novella /Undine/ by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

> as my first production since it is of personal interest, but I believe
> it falls under the word count for short fiction mentioned in the
> collections policy. Would it still be acceptable for me to produce?
>

> I am not opposed to creating an omnibus with /Undine/ the author's three

> other novellas instead, but I am unsure of the organization's stance on
> an omnibus as a first project.
>
> I would appreciate guidance on how to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> Jasmine H.
>

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[Jasmine Horton]

Would the author’s novel, The Magic Ring, be acceptable for a first project? It was originally published in three volumes, but it is a single novel. 

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Hello, you're right, that would be too short to produce individually. It would go in a short fiction compilation, as it seems he wrote other shorts (for example https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2824 which was published in the same volume as Undine).

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[Alex Cabal]

Sure, that's a little longer than we like for first productions but it
looks very straightforward so you could work on it.

It looks like it was divided into volumes for that edition, but since
they're untitled I think you can remove the volume divisions and order
the chapters sequentially.

Each chapter has a bridgehead, see the manual for how to structure and
style those.

Otherwise this should be pretty straightforward.

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. Please follow
it exactly:

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 assign you a manager and reviewer.

Have fun! :)


On 4/14/26 6:13 AM, Jasmine Horton wrote:
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[Jasmine Horton]

Good morning! 

I've been working this on the side while I decide what to work on for my official first project after the Magic Ring didn't work out. 

I've made a research spreadsheet here. 

[Alex Cabal]

OK great. For your research spreadsheet, please include word counts for
the items which are not obviously very long novels. That will help us
determine how to categorize them. Once you're done, let me know and
we'll copy it into the SE account.

On 5/18/26 8:36 AM, Jasmine Horton wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> I've been working this on the side while I decide what to work on for my

> official first project after the /Magic Ring/ didn't work out.
>
> I've made a research spreadsheet here <https://docs.google.com/
> spreadsheets/d/1Tq021m5MZ8Kvzg3rkChK63sO4Bi0YpCzUvtQNuAFygs/edit?
> usp=sharing>.

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>
> Hello, you're right, that would be too short to produce
> individually. It
> would go in a short fiction compilation, as it seems he wrote other

> shorts (for example https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2824 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2824> which was

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