Great, that one would be a good start.
There is a dedication so you'll have to include a half title page.
If you find a reasonably sized scan of the the first edition dust jacket
(of a hand behind a window) you could use that as a cover. You will need
to photoshop out the title and author.
This #1 in the Roger Sheringham series, see the manual for how to
include that metadata.
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:
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 8/29/25 3:20 PM, Robert Leonard wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I've read a bit of it and seems interesting. It would be nice to bring
> it up to an easily readable ebook standard.
>
> I've already dabbled quite a bit in CSS code, creating eBooks in Sigil,
> but haven't done much with standardized formatting (laid out in the
> Manual of Style). I see it as a great exercise in learning formal style
> and strengthening my clean coding skills.
>
> I've performed a cursory search within this group and it doesn't look
> like anyone has picked up this book yet for conversion. I've already
> started reading the step-by-step guide to see if there were any major
> learning curves and I feel pretty confident that I could successfully
> perform what is needed.
>
> *Transcription*:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72883
> *Page Scans*:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/
> The_Layton_Court_Mystery/To3R4En8s4gC?
> hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Layton+Court+Mystery&printsec=frontcover
> Cover: I'll need to look a little deeper for PD artwork that'll fit the
> narrative. It's a witty mid-20s murder mystery, so I have a lot to go
> on, I'll just need to take a few moments and scan some of the public
> domain image collections provided by a number of art museums.
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