Post by Ishkah on Feb 10, 2024 3:06:54 GMT
I’m working on two spreadsheets of texts that may be helpful to small radical publishers and hobby publishers alike finding out of print books to republish.
One is a comparison of the various AmuseWiki archives (The Anarchist Library, Elephant Editions, etc.):
• AmuseWiki Archives Comparison
The other is a comparison of various archives of Leo Tolstoy's texts:
• Leo Tolstoy Archives Comparison
One benefit of seeing all the texts in a spreadsheet is that people can sort the spreadsheets by the date the texts were written. So, making research into finding public domain texts somewhat easier.
I'm going to try submitting some of the books to publishers as part of trying to flog my own writing anyway. Then on the public domain books with no takers, I'll try formatting some myself for sites like etsy or amazon:
• Book Submission Drawing Board
If anyone would like to help work on one or both of the spreadsheets, just let me know a gmail to add, or hit the little request edit access in the top right corner.
Also, if anyone can remember the title of a really good book that when you went to look for it you were surprised was out of print feel free to let me know. As I might be able to help digitize it, re-print it for cheap, and so have it be read more widely and quoted more often. Bonus points if it's an old book published before 1927, so is more likely to be public domain. Or I can always help with suggestions for publishing it yourself also.
One is a comparison of the various AmuseWiki archives (The Anarchist Library, Elephant Editions, etc.):
• AmuseWiki Archives Comparison
The other is a comparison of various archives of Leo Tolstoy's texts:
• Leo Tolstoy Archives Comparison
One benefit of seeing all the texts in a spreadsheet is that people can sort the spreadsheets by the date the texts were written. So, making research into finding public domain texts somewhat easier.
I'm going to try submitting some of the books to publishers as part of trying to flog my own writing anyway. Then on the public domain books with no takers, I'll try formatting some myself for sites like etsy or amazon:
• Book Submission Drawing Board
If anyone would like to help work on one or both of the spreadsheets, just let me know a gmail to add, or hit the little request edit access in the top right corner.
Also, if anyone can remember the title of a really good book that when you went to look for it you were surprised was out of print feel free to let me know. As I might be able to help digitize it, re-print it for cheap, and so have it be read more widely and quoted more often. Bonus points if it's an old book published before 1927, so is more likely to be public domain. Or I can always help with suggestions for publishing it yourself also.