[First Project] Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton

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Kari Delmar

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Jun 7, 2026, 11:46:04 AM (4 days ago) Jun 7
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Hello,

I'd like to produce Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton as my first project. It looks like there were previous attempts to do this, but the title isn't currently on the active projects list. Please let me know if it's okay to start working on it.


Thanks,
Kari

Alex Cabal

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Jun 7, 2026, 12:10:44 PM (4 days ago) Jun 7
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Great, that one would be a good start.

There's an epigraph, so you'll have to add a half title page. A
well-crafted regex can probably replace all the drop caps with their
characters in one go. Otherwise 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 6/7/26 7:31 AM, Kari Delmar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to produce Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton as my first project.
> It looks like there were previous attempts to do this, but the title
> isn't currently on the active projects list. Please let me know if it's
> okay to start working on it.
>
> Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70844 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/70844>
> Scans: https://archive.org/details/twilightsleep0000edit_j3q0/page/n7/
> mode/2up <https://archive.org/details/twilightsleep0000edit_j3q0/page/
> n7/mode/2up>
>
> Thanks,
> Kari
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Kari Delmar

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Jun 8, 2026, 1:08:12 AM (4 days ago) Jun 8
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Thanks! Here's my repo with initial commit:

-Kari

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Alex Cabal

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Jun 8, 2026, 2:15:28 PM (3 days ago) Jun 8
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OK, Robin will manage with Emma reviewing.

On 6/8/26 12:07 AM, Kari Delmar wrote:
> Thanks! Here's my repo with initial commit:
> https://github.com/kdelmar/twilight-sleep <https://github.com/kdelmar/
> twilight-sleep>
>
> -Kari
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM 'Alex Cabal' via Standard Ebooks
> <standar...@googlegroups.com
> <mailto:standar...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>
> Great, that one would be a good start.
>
> There's an epigraph, so you'll have to add a half title page. A
> well-crafted regex can probably replace all the drop caps with their
> characters in one go. Otherwise 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>
>
> 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 6/7/26 7:31 AM, Kari Delmar wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to produce Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton as my first
> project.
> > It looks like there were previous attempts to do this, but the title
> > isn't currently on the active projects list. Please let me know
> if it's
> > okay to start working on it.
> >
> > Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70844 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70844> <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> page/n7/ <https://archive.org/details/twilightsleep0000edit_j3q0/
> page/n7/>
> > mode/2up <https://archive.org/details/twilightsleep0000edit_j3q0/
> page/ <https://archive.org/details/twilightsleep0000edit_j3q0/page/>
> > n7/mode/2up>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kari
> >
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