I have started a new collection for the Portable Library. I stumbled across the books while browsing for books on stoicism in the Intenet Archive text section.
It is called the Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. I fell in love. Just read this...
LITTLE JOURNEYS does not claim to be a "Guide" to the places described, nor a biography of the characters mentioned. The periodical, at best, will merely make outline sketches: the backgrounds being washed in with impressions of the scenes and surroundings made sacred by the lives of certain "Good Men and Great."
Stray bits of information, "the feathers of lost birds," will here be set down ; various personal incidents will be lightly detailed, and some facts may be stated which have been told before.
If these random records of beautiful days spent in little journeys may brighten the pleasant recollections of a few of those who have already visited the places described, or add to the desire for further knowledge on the part of those who have not, the publication will have fully accomplished its mission.
And it was, indeed, wonderful. Looking around, I found the entire collection of 14 volumes on Project Gutenberg (html WITH pictures!) With the recent amazing sales of the Harvard Classics at Amazon.com, I wanted to approach this collection as a test of leveraging the power of both Amazon and Mobipocket.
I have published the first draft for sale at Mobipocket (here), while I still continue to edit and refine the process and end product.
I plan on publishing the entire series using this format. Once this has worked, I will definately be revisiting the Harvard Classics.
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