Roger,
the best people to consult with are probably the DPers handling periodical
material like Punch, Atlantic Monthly, Notes and Queries, etc. I've never
heard of any of those projects having individual series extracted as separate
projects/submissions to PG.
Al
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