[First Project] Saragossa by Benito Pérez Galdós

[Michael Vaughan]

Hello,

For a first project I'd like to try Saragossa by Benito Pérez Galdós. I've found both of these:

Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47769
Scans: https://archive.org/details/saragossa0000unse/mode/2up

Happy to keep looking if that scan doesn't work, but otherwise, would this one be open?

Thanks,
Michael

[Alex Cabal]

Great, that one would be a good start.

You can cut the translator's introduction, it's not interesting. There
is one footnote you'll have to convert to an endnote. The book has a
subtitle, which you must include in the metadata - see the manual for
how to do that. Otherwise this will 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

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When you're ready, email back with a link to your Github repository so
that I can mark you as having started.

Have fun! :)

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[Michael Vaughan]

Sounds good! Just made a repository and working through the guide and guidelines now. 

https://github.com/mav8557/benito-perez-galdos_saragosssa_minna-caroline-smith

I had a couple of questions:

The book starts with a quote, should that be kept somewhere? https://github.com/mav8557/benito-perez-galdos_saragosssa_minna-caroline-smith/blob/stable/src/epub/text/body.xhtml#L4

Aside from that I believe I should be getting rid of these divs and page numbers as well, should I amend the initial commit to do so or just create separate ones for each?

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Robin will manage this with Emma reviewing.

The quote is called an epigraph, search the manual for how to style
that. This also means you will add a half title page.

You can remove page numbers in separate commits.

On 4/19/25 12:18 PM, 'Michael Vaughan' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> Sounds good! Just made a repository and working through the guide and
> guidelines now.
> https://github.com/mav8557/benito-perez-galdos_saragosssa_minna-
> caroline-smith
>
> I had a couple of questions:
> The book starts with a quote, should that be kept somewhere? https://
> github.com/mav8557/benito-perez-galdos_saragosssa_minna-caroline-smith/
> blob/stable/src/epub/text/body.xhtml#L4
>
> Aside from that I believe I should be getting rid of these divs and page
> numbers as well, should I amend the initial commit to do so or just
> create separate ones for each?
>
> On Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:14:43 AM UTC-4 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> Great, that one would be a good start.
>
> You can cut the translator's introduction, it's not interesting. There
> is one footnote you'll have to convert to an endnote. The book has a
> subtitle, which you must include in the metadata - see the manual for
> how to do that. Otherwise this will 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:
>
> 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>

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