May 2005 - dvdvol - lists.pglaf.org

the ultimate burning system!!!
by Aaron Cannon 31 May '05

31 May '05

Hello all. Today I was trying to think of a way to improve the efficiency of the CD/DVD distribution system and I got to thinking about how much of a bottle neck burning the discs is. When we first started, PG purchased 1000 professionally replicated and printed DVDs for $1000, and that helped us keep up with demand for a while. That was back when dvd-rs cost an average of $1 (I think that that was a whole year ago). :) Lately we've kept up thanks to a few key volunteers running their burners virtually nonstop. However, it occurred to me today that if we are going to keep up with the rising demand (not to mention future mass giveaways) it might be beneficial for PG to invest in a system dedicated solely to DVD duplication. However, when I did some research, I found that such duplication machines cost upwards of $1000. However, when I investigated the cost for us to build such a system on our own, as apposed to purchasing a manufactured one, the cost came down some. Here's what such a system would consist of: A large server case with 11 or more 5.25" front bays. 1 power supply with enough output 9 IDE dvd burners 1 dvd-rom 1 hard drive and 1 Wytron dvd-399 DVD/CD duplication controller. No motherboard, no memory, no mouse or keyboard. Apparently all of the duplication is controlled by the Wytron controller. It has a small display and a couple buttons on the front. The approximate cost of all this is as follows (the below prices are not exact, but just ballpark figures): 9 dvd burners at $50 each. case $150 power supply $50. Wytron controller $250. I have a hard drive and dvd rom which I would donate. This gives us a very approximate total of $900. The only thing we might do to bring that down a bit would be to get the power supply or case donated, or back off the number of burners to 5. Taking four burners out of the mix would take it down $200. If we did centralize the majority of the DVD production, volunteers would be able to focus more on mailing the discs, rather than burning them, and, I believe, would enable them to mail more. Also, it would better position us for those huge giveaways Anne is always seeming to come up with, and any other situation where a large number of CDs or DVDs are required. With such a system, we would be able to produce (assuming it takes 12 minutes to burn a DVD) at least 45 DVDs an hour, or (assuming it takes 4 minutes to burn a CD) an astonishing 135 CDs per hour. Any thoughts? Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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Re: dvdvol Digest, Vol 8, Issue 5
by Samsjob02004＠aol.com 30 May '05

30 May '05

Friendswood, TX USA 05/30/02005 Dear Aaron, Surely, I can also mail out as many CD or DVD as you will send me. I will also burn and mail one set of two DVD a week! The backlog is getting larger by the day. When I first looked it was only 357! Sincerely yours, Sam Chacko (281) 648-1750 In a message dated 5/29/2005 2:00:12 PM Central Daylight Time, dvdvol-request(a)lists.pglaf.org writes: Send dvdvol mailing list submissions to dvdvol(a)lists.pglaf.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/dvdvol or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dvdvol-request(a)lists.pglaf.org You can reach the person managing the list at dvdvol-owner(a)lists.pglaf.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of dvdvol digest..." Today's Topics: 1. do you need discs to mail (Aaron Cannon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 18:23:20 -0500 From: Aaron Cannon <cannona(a)fireantproductions.com> Subject: [dvdvol] do you need discs to mail To: dvdvol(a)lists.pglaf.org Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050528181310.01ca4e00(a)mail.fireantproductions.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I realize that I've posted this offer before, but I just thought I'd do it again, because the last time, it didn't get done for various reasons. Anyway, for a few of you, the reason you're only able to send out a few discs a week is because you either have a slow burner, or not enough time (or both). If you feel you would be able to send out a lot more discs if I were to send you a large quantity of burnt discs, please let me know. To start with, I could probably send you about a hundred DVDs. It seems as though DVDs are the major holdup for most people, but if you need CDs also, we might be able to work something out. Unfortunately, due to other obligations, I am no longer able to mail directly, however, I am able to burn a lot, so if anyone thinks that this would help them to mail more, please let me know. Anything to avoid a huge queue. :) Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.) ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ dvdvol mailing list dvdvol(a)lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/dvdvol End of dvdvol Digest, Vol 8, Issue 5 ************************************ Sam Chacko (281) 648-1750 ======================================= http://www.ChristianJobs.com?affiliateid=120706

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do you need discs to mail
by Aaron Cannon 30 May '05

30 May '05

I realize that I've posted this offer before, but I just thought I'd do it again, because the last time, it didn't get done for various reasons. Anyway, for a few of you, the reason you're only able to send out a few discs a week is because you either have a slow burner, or not enough time (or both). If you feel you would be able to send out a lot more discs if I were to send you a large quantity of burnt discs, please let me know. To start with, I could probably send you about a hundred DVDs. It seems as though DVDs are the major holdup for most people, but if you need CDs also, we might be able to work something out. Unfortunately, due to other obligations, I am no longer able to mail directly, however, I am able to burn a lot, so if anyone thinks that this would help them to mail more, please let me know. Anything to avoid a huge queue. :) Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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Fwd: PR Stuff. . . .
by Aaron Cannon 20 May '05

20 May '05

I was cleaning my inbox and I found this message from a long time ago. Does anyone know if these were ever done? If not, is anyone interested? >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:06:08 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Hart <hart(a)pglaf.org> >Reply-To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart(a)pobox.com> >To: Aaron Cannon <cannona(a)fireantproductions.com> >Subject: PR Stuff. . . . > > >Aaron, would you please send one of our CD/DVD sets to >these two addresses? > >I'm working on a Press Kit page to include when we send >to major media outlets. I'm also going to include a few >other addresses below that you might try someday, with or >without such a Press Kit included. > > >Robert Altman >502 Park Ave #15G >NY, NY 10022 > > >Robert Altman >c/o ICM >Attn: Ken Kamins >8942 Wilshire >Beverly Hills, CA >90211 > > >HI, you might remember me, from the WIRED 25, the fellow in the >Cat in the Hat hat. . .we met in the decommissioned monastery >above Sunset Boulevard where we received our Wired 25 awards, >back in November, 1998 You gave me your email address, but I >think it's changed since then. > >My award was for creating Project Gutenberg, a collection of eBooks, >and I promised you I would send 10,000 eBooks when that was possible. > >Here are two discs, one a CD, with about 3,400 eBooks, and the other >is a DVD with about 9,400. > >While there is much duplication between these two, we DO have enough >eBooks online now for that many individual eBooks, though some are >too large to easily be included here. > >Oprah Winfrey c/o >Harpo Productions >P. O. Box 909715 >Chicago, IL 60607 > >Today Show >30 Rockefeller Plaza >New York, NY 10112 > >Jay Leno/Tonight Show >3000 W. Alameda Ave. >Burbank, CA 91523 > >The View, Attention >Bill Geddie, etc. >320 West 66th Street >New York, NY 10023 > >I'll be adding more of these as time goes on. > >Thanks!!!!!!! > >Michael > -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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Customs declaration
by Donald Arnold 14 May '05

14 May '05

Is anyone else having to complete the customs forms? I was told I had to do one today on a package to Canada. I have never been told anything about this before by the Postal Service people. Now I am wondering if any of the DVDs or CDs that I mailed without Customs forms have reached their destinations. I suppose I should fill them out regardless just to be on the safe side. Any thoughts or ideas from the group? Don Arnold

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heads up
by Aaron Cannon 14 May '05

14 May '05

A couple people in the last couple weeks have received the wrong discs (I.E. DVDs instead of CDs). The requests were sent by a couple different people, so it's not just one person. Anyway, it's no big deal, I'm sure I've done it my self. I just wanted to make you all aware of the problem so you can watch out for it. Thanks a lot for all your help!!! Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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RE: cd/dvd request & question.
by Aaron Cannon 14 May '05

14 May '05

There is about 20MB or so of extra space on the best of CD. It's not a lot, but it's something. Thanks for your help and sorry it took so long to get back to you. Sincerely Aaron Cannon At 10:13 AM 5/10/2005, Scott Clous wrote: >I've signed up for that list, I think between updating the existing >books for the updating the CD, that will get me up to speed. Is there >room for more on the CD? > >After I understand how to update that one, we can look at the DVD. > >Thx. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Aaron Cannon [mailto:cannona@fireantproductions.com] >Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:07 PM >To: Scott Clous >Cc: cd(a)pglaf.org; John Hagerson >Subject: RE: cd/dvd request & question. > >Thanks for your interest in doing this. As for determining what to >include... well, that's the big question and the major difficulty in >making the compilation. You might consider asking on Distributed >Proofreaders and gutvol-d for people's opinion as to what are some >titles they think should be included. That's how the CD was built. > >You can find information on how to join the gutvol-d mailing list at >http://www.gutenberg.org/ > >Good luck and let me know if I can be of assistance. > >Sincerely >Aaron Cannon > > >At 08:35 AM 5/4/2005, you wrote: > >sure. > > > >I have a bit of time, and a bit enough drive to develop the ISO, etc. > > > >I was wondering how one decides what is the most deserving, but for me, > > >limiting to English is a good idea, and yes, then making sure they are > >the most recent versions is ideal. > > > > > > > > > >---------- > >From: John Hagerson [mailto:j.hagerson@comcast.net] > >Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:43 PM > >To: Scott Clous; cd(a)pglaf.org > >Subject: RE: cd/dvd request & question. > > > >Scott, > > > > > > > >That would be great! One thing to note is that we have revised the web > >copies of a number of the items that we have on the August 2003 CD and > >the December 2003 DVD. Ideally, we would include the "latest and >greatest" > >versions of each of our files. Obviously, there would need to be a > >cut-off somewhere or it would never get done (and which is part of the > >reason why it has yet to be done). > > > > > > > >I tried to use the catalog data in XML and use that to generate HTML > >for navigation for a subset of our books. I was able to automate part > >and I had to hand tweak part, mainly because my tools did not > >understand the byte order mark at the beginning of the XML file and > >ignored the necessary 8-bit back to 16-bit translation. If you would > >like to see any of my efforts, please let me know. > > > > > > > >Have a great day! > > > >John Hagerson > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Scott Clous [mailto:Scott.Clous@ccci.org] > >Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:41 PM > >To: cd(a)pglaf.org > >Subject: cd/dvd request & question. > > > > > > > >Question--The last Best of DVD and CD were made in August 2003, could I > > >update one for 2005, with newly added material (Sherlock Holmes stuff, > >etc.) and submit it back to you all? > > > >-- >E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com >Skype: cannona >MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail >address.) -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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FW: CDs/DVDs
by John Hagerson 05 May '05

05 May '05

It occurs to me this morning that I should have copied this list last night. -----Original Message----- From: John Hagerson [mailto:j.hagerson@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:24 PM To: Gutenberg9443(a)aol.com; cd(a)pglaf.org Subject: RE: CDs/DVDs I have the DVDs available. Does anyone else have a stash of CDs burned? I have blanks but I would need some time to burn them. What is the deadline? Anne: Please tell me privately where to send them. Would like them packaged for individual distribution? John -----Original Message----- From: Gutenberg9443(a)aol.com [mailto:Gutenberg9443@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:39 PM To: cd(a)pglaf.org Subject: CDs/DVDs Aaron, I'm in dire need of at least 50, preferably a hundred, CDs and DVDs. These are to be used in a fundraising effort. Anne Do you like to breathe? Then save the trees! Begin a personal relationship with an ebook TODAY!

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