Category Archives: Books

A Desk-Book of Errors in English

Posted on May 9, 2015 by admin

  My latest Distributed Proofreaders book has just been posted on Project Gutenberg: A Desk-Book of Errors in English, by Frank H. Vizetelly.  I first discovered this book via a little blog post noting the flapdoodlish nature of Vizetelly’s condemnation … Continue reading →

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Reading List 2

Posted on January 1, 2015 by admin

I got through 43 books in the second half of 2014, thanks to a lot of tram rides and three weeks on a ship with no Internet. There ended up being quite a range in terms of categories: Factual Everything … Continue reading →

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Reading List

Posted on July 11, 2014 by admin

This year, I vaguely thought that it would be nice to read a book a week. Fortunately I spend a lot of time on the trams of Bratislava, which have become my reading room, and (including Audible books) I managed … Continue reading →

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Gutenberg Happy Dance

Posted on February 12, 2012 by admin

Two causes for celebration for me at Distributed Proofreaders this week.  Firstly, thanks to Black History Month in America, my* first book as post-processor (The Freedmen’s Book by L. Maria Child) had its moment in the sun at Project Gutenberg:Over … Continue reading →

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