[Wanted List Item: Transcribed!]

[Elliott Herbst]

Hello!

I transcribed the entirety of Sinbad: A Romance, which oh so happens to be a patron-selected wanted item.  It was intended as a Project Gutenberg project before any Standard Ebook takeover,  I'm fighting with their website to get an account on there (this is my first book transcription), so until then, I guess just stay tuned.

As for a front cover, I strongly recommend The Bride of the Wind by Oskar Kokoschka. Painted in 1914, the two figures resemble the emotional distance of the main couple fairly well, and the historical context happens to mirror the plot and setting. Plot-wise, this was inspired by and after Kokoschka's affair with Alma Mahler, who had many affairs. Setting-wise, this novel always critiques the modern art scene, and Kokoschka painted this only a decade before the book came out.

[Alex Cabal]

That's great, thanks!

Once the PG URL is live, please let us know so we can update our wanted
list.

Re. the artwork, we need proof that your selection is in the US public
domain. See https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.1/single-page#10.3.3.7.1

On 4/2/25 2:44 PM, Elliott Herbst wrote:
> Hello!
>

> I transcribed the entirety of /Sinbad: A Romance/, which oh so happens

> to be a patron-selected wanted item.  It was intended as a Project
> Gutenberg project before any Standard Ebook takeover,  I'm fighting with
> their website to get an account on there (this is my first book
> transcription), so until then, I guess just stay tuned.
>

> As for a front cover, I strongly recommend /The Bride of the Wind/ by

> Oskar Kokoschka. Painted in 1914, the two figures resemble the emotional
> distance of the main couple fairly well, and the historical context
> happens to mirror the plot and setting. Plot-wise, this was inspired by
> and after Kokoschka's affair with Alma Mahler, who had many affairs.
> Setting-wise, this novel always critiques the modern art scene, and
> Kokoschka painted this only a decade before the book came out.
>

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[Alex Cabal]

If you're interested, you could produce this yourself since you have the
HTML in hand.

I would rate it as a moderate difficulty production but since you did
the transcription yourself I think it would be OK for you try it.

Let us know if you're interested. Otherwise we'll wait for the PG link
to go up so we can update our wanted list.

[Elliott Herbst]

I appreciate the offer; however, by this point (original date extended by two weeks due to required cleaning of results from silly process), moving onto other opportunities excites me much more.