Project Gutenberg Wants Your Input on Refreshing Its Site
At long, long, long, long, long, long last, Project Gutenberg is updating its listing pages.
They sent this message to one of their mailing lists this morning.
We would like to invite design ideas and input for Project Gutenberg's eBook landing pages, such as https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/100
Discussion is being hosted in the gutvol-d email list, which you can subscribe (or peruse back issues) at https://lists.pglaf.org
The idea is to have a static HTML file for every eBook. This will make it easier to get a full copy of the book's files and surrounding meta-data. We are also working on friendlier filenames and other improvements. The main criterion is to use HTML+CSS only in static files: no Javascript, database, or server-side requirements. Ideas and demonstrations are welcome! (You can email directly to [email protected], or join the gutvol-d list.)
I don't have the time to contribute right now but I am looking forward to the improved layout.
What would you like to see changed?
image by reingestalter
File names. File names. File names.
my kingdom for file names
Agreed and some nice cover art for the titles. Better editing so the books are readable.
The home page needs to be appealing. I dislike the welcome page
Ooooh, cover art! Yes, that is one of those things that would not be hard to automate.
And it’d give jobs to very talented people. And covers are a nice esthetic intro to the book
Sure. Jobs that don’t pay anything, but jobs nonetheless.
Improved search function. I’ve had trouble with it before. It’s not very smart.
Make them epub’s and include calibre compatible metadata.
The books are in several formats. I download both epub and mobi, both with image, directly to Dropbox