For what it's worth, I've worked on all the issues of one periodical. What I've ended up doing is releasing each issue as an individual PG item, and doing one "complete" version, including the index linking things together. --Andrew On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Roger Lee wrote:
I've previously completed a reasonable number of proof-readings of book content and now I've begun preparing the content of a large annual of weekly magazines - I have already received my copyright clearance.
My annual was published in 1905-6 and is in fair condition, but not suitable for flat-bed scanning; the pages are somewhat yellowed. I'm using a LG LSM-100 Scanner Mouse and I've completed initial scanning of the first issue of this magazine. I'm creating separate PNG files for each complete page and of each distinct illustration; these need further work. Based on my previous proof-reading, I'm working on correcting the initial OCR text in plain text files. I'm using the folder structure as follows...
Annual pngs (of annual only) text (of annual only) Issue 1 pngs (of Issue 1 only) text (of Issue 1 only) (etc)
Each weekly magazine comprises fictional and non-fictional material. Initially, I plan to treat each issue of about 16 pages as a project and the annual as a separate project. I'm also thinking that where articles are episodic, I feel it is worth considering side projects in which the episodes for a given article are assembled as a unit. The annual has a good table of contents using page numbers; in the ebook format, the page numbers might usefully be converted into issue number and article-in-issue number (like 1395.1). In the first issue, I've seen only one page reference to an issue pre-dating this annual.
In the Project Gutenberg catalog, I see there are quite a number of other magazines, so I can use them as a guide though I realize there are experienced final-formatters out there. I would welcome pointers to relevant information to help me proceed and, if possible, contact with someone who has worked on this kind of material.
How do I go about creating the project structure for others to help with proof-reading, etc, in due course?
Where can I find advice on cleaning up illustrations?
Thanks for your patience, Roger