I like periodicals and have prepared a lot of them for DP. I always treat each issue as a separate project/book. If there is index material, I include it with either the first or last issue, depending on where it appears in the volume. For serialized stories, particularly novels, I've often thought that it would be nice to see these posted to PG as separate entities for those who want to follow one story. Even where the story is very well-known (for example Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, from St. Nicholas) there may be unique illustrations and/or potentially textual differences from the later publication as a novel. I don't have the skills to do it, and only one post-processor has chosen to do so (with one novel), so I guess it's not a popular idea. I've also prepped a children's annual that apparently was much more common in its bound form than as individual issues. Since I couldn't tell where the issues started and stopped, and since one of my fond memories from childhood is having to follow a story as it appeared in pieces throughout the book (lots of page flipping!), the whole thing was done as a single volume. It's a heroic work to put together after proof-reading. Two are in PG now (Chatterbox 1905, Chatterbox 1906) and you might have a look at them to get some ideas. There's another one in process at DP. JulietS On 12/22/2011 1:00 AM, Andrew Sly wrote:
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
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