May 2010 - dvdvol - lists.pglaf.org

Manufactured discs, and another new DVD
by Aaron Cannon 09 May '10

09 May '10

Hi all. I heard back from Greg. I emailed him about a place I found that seems to do a good job (according to reviews) and has great prices on dual layer DVD replication. www.burnsmart.com is the address, and they offer: 2,500 discs for $0.58 each 5,000 discs for $0.52 each. This price includes color printing on the discs, but not shipping. If anyone knows of a better deal from a decent company, please let me know. Also, a new single-layer DVD was just completed which Greg would like to see replace our 2006 DVD. I haven't seen it yet, but he seems to like it, and I trust his judgement. I'll let you know when I learn more. I should have URLs soon that will let you browse both new DVDs on the web, without having to download them, so that those of you on slow connections can take a look. Thanks. Aaron

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Thoughts on new DVD
by Christa & Jay Toser 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi, I will need someone to mail me a master disc. I still have dial-up (56K), and it would take me until about August to get the image. [That's actually why I signed on to the DVD project.] I'll also need to test if my burner can handle a Dual Layer disc. I am all FOR having the DVD's mass produced, especially if it saves Project Gutenberg money in the long run. A year or so ago, I did just that (1,000 discs), and they looked much more professional that the rubber ink stamp I use now. We already have one volunteer, Paul, who burns discs for some of the rest of us. It is a great help and speeds the process along. There is still work on each package though. It is hands and time, addressing, stuffing & mailing the envelopes and the Customs form. I wouldn't mind having my job a bit easier with pre-made DVD's. As to the question of mailing 2 old DVD's, 2 new DVD's, or one of each. I currently fall on the side of all three choices. *sigh* yes, about nine months ago, I asked to remove the option of one CD and one DVD. That was because the technology is known enough, I felt most folk across the world would know if their equipment could or could not handle a DVD. If yes, there was no reason to ask for the CD, since all books on the CD were on the DVD. If no, there was no reason to ask for the DVD, since they could not use it. Since none of us here are sure how world-wide compatible a Dual-Layer DVD is, I will have to vote for the one-of-each option, at least for the first couple years this is available. My address is: Jay Toser 135 Lazy Lake Drive Fall River, WI 53932-1002 P.S. How do I get new volunteers onto this mailing list?

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In case you're not on shop4tech's mailing list and in need of more media
by Aaron Cannon 04 May '10

04 May '10

Use coupon code media20 at shop4tech.com for 20% off. Not sure when it expires though. Just thought I'd pass it along. If you are frequently buying your blank discs online then you might sign up for their mailing list. They're always having good sales, though few are ever this good. Aaron

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Manufactured discs
by Johnnie CD 02 May '10

02 May '10

I do not have a robot so it takes about as long for me to duplicate the disc as it does to package them (remembering to load the disc every 10 min or so is ever so distracting) and get them labeled for mailing. As it would cut my time in half I would certainly like having a professionally produced product with a pretty label. Of course that would not prevent us from duplicating a few if we individually depleted our inventory and whoever is warehousing them had not had time to restock us. Everyone will likely have a individual take but hopefully they will share their thoughts with us. BTW, who do you use to product them for such a good price? Not that I currently have another specific need but I like to collect recommended suppliers for future projects. Johnnie

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Dual Layer DVD
by Johnnie CD 02 May '10

02 May '10

It is wonderful that the new DVD contains many more titles. I am sure that all of the folks requesting DVDs will appreciate the dramatic increase in content. As we all get setup to distribute the new Dual Layer product I am interested in hearing your thoughts about a couple of items. 1) What king of prices is everyone finding on DL disc? Look like the best I see on a 8.5GB DVD-R from a know vendor (that is in stock) is around $1.50 for the JVC at CompUSA. If you guys know of a good source for a reliable disc that is more cost effective please let me know as I have not had to purchase DL before so I have ignored them. 2) Also wondering if all of the active volunteers are setup to download, burn, and duplicate DL disc? My download attempt is in process. The torrent is feeding me 200-250k so it will take most of the day to obtain the file. That’s OK as I do not have any DL disc in inventory at this point so I will not be able to find out how long it will take to duplicate. It is a huge amount of data to transfer over rural networks and it might be necessary to send out some copies in the mail. 3) Do you guys have any practical experience with compatibility of DL disc in old drives? Everything indicates that they work with _most_ drives but I don’t know what that means in practical terms when some of us still have machines running that are more than 10 years old and what should happen is not always what actually happens. Mostly I am just interested in your input but I am also wondering if we need to modify the dropdown list on the request page to allow folks to specify their request for the 2006 edition , the improved 2010 edition, or maybe one copy of each? Of course, I am sure we all have some level of inventory that we need to deplete. I look forward to hearing your comments! Johnnie This communication contains information that may be confidential. Except for personal use by the intended recipient, or as expressly authorized by the sender, any person who receives this information is prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, and/or using it. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and all copies, and promptly notify the sender. Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an electronic signature under applicable law.

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Announcement: New Project Gutenberg DVD released
by Aaron Cannon 02 May '10

02 May '10

The Project Gutenberg April 2010 (Dual Layer) DVD has been released. This new DVD contains over 29,500 eBooks. For more information, visit the Project Gutenberg web site. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_CD_and_DVD_Project Thanks to all those who participated in its production. Aaron

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