[First Proj] Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome

[Zach S]

Hello, long time listener first time caller here.

Looking to kick this project off and get my feet wet. I like telling short fairy tales to my kids and imagine this being a treasure-trove for me personally.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16981

A little bit of overlap with the Russian Folktales but its a distinct collection.

[Alex Cabal]

Great, that one would be a good start.

You can cut all the illustrations. Unfortunately their style is not
suitable for cover art so you'll have to find something else for that.

Since there is an introduction you will have to add a half title page.
There are a few footnotes that you'll have to convert to endnotes. You
can use <hr/> just PG did to offset the narrative frames.

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! :)

> A little bit of overlap with the Russian Folktales <https://
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> magnus> but its a distinct collection.
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[Zach S]

I have a gh repo with a first commit. Much left to do!

https://github.com/zacharyasmith/arthur-ransome_old-peters-russian-tales

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Robin will manage this with David reviewing.

On 5/1/25 10:17 PM, Zach S wrote:
> I have a gh repo with a first commit. Much left to do!
>
> https://github.com/zacharyasmith/arthur-ransome_old-peters-russian-tales
>
>
> On Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 1:26:32 PM UTC-6 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great, that one would be a good start.
>
> You can cut all the illustrations. Unfortunately their style is not
> suitable for cover art so you'll have to find something else for that.
>
> Since there is an introduction you will have to add a half title page.
> There are a few footnotes that you'll have to convert to endnotes. You
> can use <hr/> just PG did to offset the narrative frames.
>
> 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>
>

> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics <https://
> standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics>
>
> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-structural-
> patterns <https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-
> structural-patterns>
>
> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography <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 <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 <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 4/25/25 11:01 PM, Zach S wrote:
> > Hello, long time listener first time caller here.
> >
> > Looking to kick this project off and get my feet wet. I like telling
> > short fairy tales to my kids and imagine this being a treasure-
> trove for
> > me personally.
> >

> > https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16981 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16981>

> >
> > A little bit of overlap with the Russian Folktales <https://
> > standardebooks.org/ebooks/a-n-afanasyev/russian-folktales/

> leonard-a- <http://standardebooks.org/ebooks/a-n-afanasyev/russian-

> folktales/leonard-a->
> > magnus> but its a distinct collection.
> >
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