Thanks Brandon for the below. I'm forwarding to the list. We'll get some good discussion going on here in a few days. We've already got about 7 people signed up and I expect at least a few more by the end of this weekend. Once everyone has had a chance to get on here, we'll get started. Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far. Eventually, I'd like to put together some documentation on the project. This may be a good starting point. Sincerely Aaron Cannon

Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:35:46 -0500 From: Brandon Galbraith <brandon@corruptedtruth.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 MultiZilla/1.6.4.0b X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: cd@pglaf.org CC: Aaron Cannon <cannona@fireantproductions.com>, brandon@corruptedtruth.com Subject: Re: Project Gutenberg CD and DVD project

I'd like to pass along some useful tidbits that I hope may help everyone else doing this:

1) Make sure to mail the CDs/DVDs in envelopes, not bubblemailers or packaging of that sort. Postage (both domestic and international) is usually cheaper when sending using large envelopes versus bubblemailers, etc.

2) The post office can be your friend if you get the right postal rep. I go to the same rep each time, and she gets me in and out as soon as possible, even when I have 50-100 envelopes to send. I explained what I'm mailing, etc., and she knows that I don't need customs forms, etc.

3) Address verification is a GoodThing(TM). I use http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp to verify domestic addresses as well as to get the zip+4 zip code, to speed delivery.

4) Return labels. I print off about 300 at a time, and put them on all the envelopes, so if an envelope doesn't reach it's destination, the postal system has an easy way to get it back to me.

-brandon

Aaron Cannon wrote:

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Hello all. You are receiving this message because either you are currently helping us with the CD/DVD project at Project Gutenberg, or because you have helped with or expressed an interest in same. If you are no longer interested in this project, ignore this message, and we'll leave you alone. :)

If, however, you would like to get involved in this project in any way, please consider joining our new mailing list. I anticipate a fairly low volume because I anticipate a fairly low number of subscribers. Also, if volume is a big concern, you might consider using digest mode, which will still send you all the messages, but they will be compiled into one message per day.

The purpose of the list will be to primarily collaborate and organize the project, as well as brainstorm refinements and/or overhauls to the project. It will also give me a chance to keep everyone updated on the status of the queue as well as other related pieces of trivia.

If you're not sure how you might be able to contribute to the project, but are still interested in doing so, please join. We may be able to help you figure that one out.

To join the list you can simply send a message to dvdvol-request@lists.pglaf.org with "subscribe me@myhost.com" in the subject (excluding the " marks and replacing your real E-mail address for me@myhost.com). Or you can visit http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/dvdvol to fill out a web form.

Thanks for your time and I hope to see you on the list.

Sincerely Aaron Cannon

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