Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
by the_af on Friday May 15, 2026 @01:20PM
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I like plain text. You can always post process it into any other format you prefer.
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it's also very "accessible" - good for assistive technologies and people with "ou-of-the-ordinary" requirements
Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
by robin_reala on Saturday May 16, 2026 @02:41PM
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Well, the problem is that you lose then all the semantic information that was encoded into the HTML or ePub versions. Those tend to be better for assistive tech users.
Not really, given that it can’t represent even basic formatting such as bold or italic text, chapter markers etc.
As an output format it’s ok, but as an input format, it’s almost as bad as PDF.