[First Project] A Long Way From Home by Claude McKay

[s m]

HathiTrust Scan: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008266028&seq=7

Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71744

[Alex Cabal]

Great, that one would be a good start.

This book is divided into parts, see the manual for how to structure
that, especially the `data-parent` attribute.

There is quite a lot of verse/poetry, see the manual for how to style that.

I also see a few footnotes, which you'll have to convert to an endnotes
file.

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and typography sections:

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https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics

https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-structural-patterns

https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography

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This page on common issues in older books may be useful:

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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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[s m]

I may be a bit slow working on this. Here is the Github:

https://github.com/chocolatemilq/claude-mckay_a-long-way-from-home

[chocolatemilq]

Should I remove the first three chapters with publisher, quote, and title? Are pages with the part title supposed to be their own chapters?

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Robin will manage with Emma reviewing.

On 2/10/26 7:36 PM, s m wrote:
> I may be a bit slow working on this. Here is the Github:
> https://github.com/chocolatemilq/claude-mckay_a-long-way-from-home
> On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 1:10:05 PM UTC-7 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great, that one would be a good start.
>
> This book is divided into parts, see the manual for how to structure
> that, especially the `data-parent` attribute.
>
> There is quite a lot of verse/poetry, see the manual for how to
> style that.
>
> I also see a few footnotes, which you'll have to convert to an endnotes
> file.
>
> 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! :)
>
>
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[Robin Whittleton]

Drop the publisher info. The quote would be an dedication (assuming we’re talking about “To my friends everywhere”) which you can add with se add-file dedication ., and the titepage would be a halftitlepage which you can add with se add-file halftitlepage .

-Robin

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