On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Wallace J.McLean wrote:
Is there a database-ready listing of PG and PG-OZ titles? I'd like something that I can flip into, say, Excel, with Title, author, and pubdate fields, at a minimum.
See: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/offline for finding gutindex files--which, however, will give you plenty of challenges if you try to convert them into a database. (as many have found in the past) You can also find GUTINDEX.AUS for PG of OZ titles on that same page. See: http://www.gutenberg.org/feeds/ for the Project Gutenberg Catalog in RDF/XML Format. This will require a bit of parsing, and don't be surprised if you find inconsistancies. As you start to deal with larger numbers of items, you realize that concepts such as "Title" and "Author" are not as simple as you might think. For PG of OZ, I am not aware of anything more structured than the gutindex mentioned above. Try taking a look at: http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html Andrew