[First Project] Saragossa by Benito Pérez Galdós

[PC]

Hi all,

For a first project I'd like to try Saragossa by Benito Pérez Galdós. I looked it up to see if anyone here has already started working on it, and it does seem like someone's already started. I don't think they've made much progress, though. Can I revive this book and produce it for the website?

Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47769

Internet Archive scan: https://archive.org/details/saragossa0000unse/mode/2up

Thanks,

PC

[PC]

I should add that I do have some experience with coding, but that was a few years ago at this point and I have not worked with HTML or CSS much at all. Hopefully that isn't too much of a roadblock.

[Alex Cabal]

Great, that one would be a good start.

There is an epigraph and introduction so you'll have to add a half title
page, see the manual for copy and paste html/css.

This work has a subtitle, which you should add to the metadata and also
in the half title page. Also make sure to include the collection
metadata (National Episodes of Spain), again, see the manual for how to
do that.

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 assign you a manager and reviewer.

Have fun! :)

On 1/16/26 12:22 AM, PC wrote:
> I should add that I do have some experience with coding, but that was a
> few years ago at this point and I have not worked with HTML or CSS much
> at all. Hopefully that isn't too much of a roadblock.
>
> On Friday, January 16, 2026 at 1:14:42 AM UTC-5 PC wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> For a first project I'd like to try Saragossa by Benito Pérez
> Galdós. I looked it up to see if anyone here has already started
> working on it, and it does seem like someone's already started. I
> don't think they've made much progress, though. Can I revive this
> book and produce it for the website?
>

> Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47769 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47769>
> Internet Archive scan: https://archive.org/details/
> saragossa0000unse/mode/2up <https://archive.org/details/
> saragossa0000unse/mode/2up>
>
> Thanks,
> PC
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[PC]

Hi,

I'm in the process of creating the EPUB skeleton and I was wondering whether the subtitle should be included in the --title "" part as well. Thanks for letting me know.

PC

[Vince]

No, the --title is for … the title. :)