Sources
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Where to find books for DPC? The FAQs explain a little, and the forums have a few more suggestions, but not all in one place.
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In general, Distributed Proofreaders Canada only accepts texts that are going to be distributed electronically by Project Gutenberg Canada as widely as possible and for as long as possible and to as many people as possible.
Before you start acquiring books for Distributed Proofreaders Canada, it is therefore wise to first find out whether PGC will accept them. The DP Content Provider's FAQ explains the how and what.
Sources
Your own library
Second hand sales, book shops, eBay et cetera
tips for how to acquire books through second hand sales, book shops, eBay et cetera
- (Books in English) If you're out and about without your copy of David Price's list, and you run across some potential DPC books, you'll likely save yourself some money if you don't buy books (that you want solely for PGC) by anybody you've ever heard of -- especially fiction. For more convenient searching on a PDA, DPer bgalbrecht has put up a Web page with the list split up into single letter sections. [1]
- Library book sales. Many libraries hold annual book sales. These usually include both library cast-offs as well as books donated by the general public. Used books are often sold for a dollar or less. Booksale finder is a good source of information about these sales.
- In the UK, charity shops, car boots and jumble sales can come up with the most obscure things. Oxfam used to be a good source, but now has specialist bookshops which are much more expensive: It appears they now trawl the Web (e.g. Abebooks) to set a price for the books (disregarding the fact that the books listed online at that price have not been sold).
Online collections
- A number of Online sources of scanned book images have been identified.
- Online collections for Dutch texts
