My PD literary compilations

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » September 8th, 2013, 2:59 pm

This has become an almost weekly diversion, via my PDGazette alter ego on Archive.org. You can put one together yourself with Open Office and Project Gutenberg books. I make them for my e-reader with a basic 5" x 7" reading frame.

Three new ones:

http://archive.org/details/BilingualPDFrancais

http://archive.org/details/PDLiterature_A-Z

http://archive.org/details/PDGazette_August2013

Enjoy!

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » September 9th, 2013, 5:48 pm

B.T., Your format amazes me. Could you explain a little bit more how you do it with Open office? Thanks,

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » September 12th, 2013, 7:29 pm

Sue Anderson wrote:B.T., Your format amazes me. Could you explain a little bit more how you do it with Open office? Thanks,

I use an older model of OO. Open up a word-like document, click on Page, select the size closest to the 5 x 7 format, reduce the margins to 0.25", and save. Add your content and make sure to link back to PG -- and LV if you want to promote us with corresponding recordings of content. I've found that Arial Narrow works best, font size 12 for the text, 20 +/- for collection title page. Add public domain artwork if you like; I rarely do unless it's an art or kids' magazine, because it keeps file size small. I have been learning as I go along, now including page numbers because my older Kobo doesn't have word-search. Do a couple of visual checks to make sure everything is in order, then save as a PDF file and post.

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » September 13th, 2013, 8:55 am

Thanks! An intriguing idea.

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » November 3rd, 2013, 3:15 pm

Two new ones:
https://archive.org/details/StoriesByMen2013
https://archive.org/details/StoriesByWomen2013

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » December 14th, 2013, 9:31 am

https://archive.org/details/Christmas2013PDG

Happy Holidays!

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » June 6th, 2015, 5:00 pm

https://archive.org/details/PDFicJune2015
Latest issue features work by international writers. This is currently deriving, so that only the PDF version is available.

https://archive.org/details/NonFictionApril2015
This has four PDF books actually: 4 Short Plays, Non-Fiction April 2015, Random Verse 2015, and Stories for Kids April 2015
Archive also offers it in ePub and other formats, along with the rest of my earlier comps.

https://archive.org/details/InternationalLitApril2015
This has stories by international writers.

There are others available on Archive under my PDGazette handle there.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » June 6th, 2015, 8:57 pm

This is really cool, BT. Thanks for sharing with us.

BellonaTimes · Post by **BellonaTimes** » August 18th, 2015, 9:42 am

Thanks, Kayray.

Three more PD titles:

https://archive.org/details/PDScience2015
Everything from botany to astronomy.

https://archive.org/details/August2015Travelers
Short works in prose and poetry of travel.

https://archive.org/details/PDPoetryJuly2015
Inspired by the Lavender Lit 101 collection.

and one of my own
https://archive.org/details/100KeyFilmsByDecade
Need a good movie to download or buy? This covers the 1930's through the '90s.