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I'm so grateful that this is being done. Many free ebooks are high-quality content in a low-quality format.


Indeed, this is such an incredible and important project. Anyone who has tried to get free and/or public domain works in ebook format knows how bad the situation is. Some versions are good, but most are poor inputs processed through outdated and error-prone OCR. I'm extremely grateful to have even that, but the need for this project is very real.

I'll be supporting financially when I can, but until then if anyone involved is reading, please accept my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your noble efforts.


Many paid ebooks are in a low-quality format too. I've bought Kindle books from real, well-known publishing houses that had obviously not had a single proofreader go through after their OCR. A motivated volunteer would've done so much better.


I agree. I stopped reading on the kindle years ago because I got so fed up with the terrible mistakes in the text. Not just spelling but also formatting. I love paper books. Having said that, Standard EBooks are very good.




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