Daily Illuminator

October 19, 2019: Free Books For The Modern Reader

I mean, of course, ebooks for an e-reader; this is 2019.

The folks at Standard Ebooks have taken public-domain works, often previously available only in barely formatted text, and turned them into attractive ebooks for all the popular e-readers out there. And did I mention they're all free? They're all free.

They have opportunities for more hands-on work as well, because there are a LOT of public-domain works that could use a presentation upgrade. If you've got the know-how and a little time to spare, maybe think about helping out.

-- Andrew Hackard

Update 10/20: It turns out that Standard Ebooks doesn't accept donations because their costs are so low they wouldn't be able to use them. Accordingly, I've deleted my exhortation to donate to the project. -AH


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