[First Project] The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner

[Andy Zeigert]

Hi, I am interested in producing The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner. It would be my first production for Standard Ebooks.

Project Gutenberg text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14107

Thanks!

[Alex Cabal]

Great, that one would be a good start.

This one is slightly unusual in that it looks like it's divided into two
parts with a framing narrative. So you'll have the intro letter and
epigraph as frontmatter, a half title page, and then part-1.xhtml which
will be the header "MISS SOPHIA MALTRAVERS' STORY". Then chapters will
be children of that part, and then the much shorter part 2 will be "MR.
GASKELL'S NOTE " with no subchapters.

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! :)

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[Andy Zeigert]

Actually, it's not listed in the active projects list, but it looks like this one has already been discussed in the mailing list. I must have searched incorrectly when I first looked. Should I choose a different title?

[Alex Cabal]

No, if it's not on our projects list then it was never started and you
can work on it.

On 5/20/26 11:42 AM, Andy Zeigert wrote:
> Actually, it's not listed in the active projects list, but it looks like
> this one has already been discussed in the mailing list. I must have
> searched incorrectly when I first looked. Should I choose a different title?
>
> On Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 9:28:21 AM UTC-7 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great, that one would be a good start.
>
> This one is slightly unusual in that it looks like it's divided into
> two
> parts with a framing narrative. So you'll have the intro letter and
> epigraph as frontmatter, a half title page, and then part-1.xhtml which
> will be the header "MISS SOPHIA MALTRAVERS' STORY". Then chapters will
> be children of that part, and then the much shorter part 2 will be "MR.
> GASKELL'S NOTE " with no subchapters.
>
> 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. Please
> follow
> it exactly:
>
> 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 assign you a manager and reviewer.
>
> Have fun! :)
>
>
> On 5/20/26 12:49 AM, Andy Zeigert wrote:
> > Hi, I am interested in producing The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade
> > Falkner. It would be my first production for Standard Ebooks.
> >
> > Project Gutenberg text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14107
> <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14107>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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