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Posted by JSeiko 7 hours ago

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better(www.gutenberg.org)
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oidar 5 hours ago|
I'm slightly curious how PG handles heavily illustrated books. I've downloaded some years ago, and the quality of the illustrations was always pretty poor. Has it been improved lately? What's the QA like for illustrations?
gluejar 5 hours ago|
Nowadays we depend on scans from Internet Archive, Hathitrust, and other sources. Some scans are better than others. Bear in mind that our illustrations need to be in the public domain and usually from the same edition as the text. https://www.gutenberg.org/help/errata.html
autoexec 5 hours ago||
I love how usable the site is even with JS disabled!
elias1233 3 hours ago||
I thought this was for the Wordpress Gutenberg Editor for a second
bryankaplan 5 hours ago||
I find it interesting that the context of this comments page apparently overrides the normal definition of “PG” on HN.
JSeiko 5 hours ago|
:D
JSeiko 5 hours ago||
personally I'm a fan of the other "PG" as well.
AndrewStephens 5 hours ago||
PG remains one of the best things on the internet. The amount of fascinating material almost beggers belief.
JSeiko 5 hours ago|
the amount of weird/interesting stuff that one would find nowhere else is possibly the coolest aspect of PG imo
carlosjobim 6 hours ago||
Their feeds of new books is a goldmine:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/feeds.html

Every day you'll get much more than you're bargaining for, right into your feed or inbox. Easy download books you're interested in and put them on your Kindle.

WillAdams 5 hours ago|
I used to use the Online Books Page new books listing similarly:

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/new.html

jwpapi 4 hours ago||
Please give me some book recommendations :)
JSeiko 4 hours ago||
Flatland: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=flatland

I've heard good things. Also - Sherlock Holmes :)

klondike_klive 4 hours ago|||
Not a recommendation per se but I used to use Amphetype on Gutenberg texts to practise touch-typing. There's something about writing out a book that hits differently to reading it. You skip less, odd parts stick with you. I think the last one I tried was The Island of Dr Moreau.
jwpapi 4 hours ago||
Ulnar Nerve Entrapement :/
BaseBaal 3 hours ago||
From the newest releases page I stumbled into "Some Nigerian fertility cults" by Percy Amaury Talbot & am enjoying it so far.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78684

monegator 5 hours ago||
I keep getting PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR
JSeiko 4 hours ago||
just heard back that the server provider has been doing a security update. Maybe you were one of the users that got unlucky as a result... maybe try later if still interested
JSeiko 4 hours ago||
I've reported it.
taubek 7 hours ago||
Thank you for reminding me about this project. Didn’t visit it in a long time.
kgwxd 5 hours ago|
How did "Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs" come to be the #1 download?
JSeiko 5 hours ago|
good question. first though - maybe some bot has downloaded it often for whatever reasons and our systems didn't detect it as bot traffic. just a guess.
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