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Everything about Distributed Proofreaders
Web-based proofreading project
Distributed Proofreaders is a web-based project that supports the development of e-texts for Project Gutenberg by allowing many people to work together in proofreading drafts of e-texts for errors. As of December 2025, the site had digitized 50,000 titles. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Distributed ProofreadersA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: WorkingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: LaTeX at Distributed Proofreaders and the Electronic Preservation of Mathematical Literature at Project GutenbergCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Project GutenbergA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Distributed Proofreaders CanadaA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
WorkingStuds Terkel · 1972- 📕Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert BurtonRobert Burton, Karl Hagen · 2017
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 step by stepJoyce Cox · 2011
Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for AuthorsCarla King · 2013- 📕The Self-Publishing RoadmapJenna Rose Robbins, Sara Stratton · 2026
Professional Communications Student Edition -- National -- CTE/SchoolCourtland L. Bovee, John V. Thill · 2017
Applied Veterinary Gynaecology and ObstetricsPradeep Kumar · 2009
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