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Re: [gutvol-d] Re:making CD / DVD best of 2005--how and which books?
by Joshua Hutchinson 12 May '05

12 May '05

The future "master format" that you may hear people talk about will have something like this. PGTEI uses a divGen line to add the license when the master file is converted to text or html or PDF or ... The true ease will be in that changing one master license file will update the license in all the files in the archive. But, for legal reasons, we need the license in all the text and html files. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: bill <bill(a)truthdb.org> To: gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org Subject: [gutvol-d] Re:making CD / DVD best of 2005--how and which books? Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 02:44:15 -0400 > > I know this is likely not practical but I would like to see a read-only medium > where the legalese was exised out of the texts and stored in a license.txt in > the root of the file system. This would save a ton of space and allow for more > texts within the iso.I appreciate that the legal text has changed over the > years and is not consistant for all books but a notation "Licence--#01" or > whatever at the head of the book would allow you to cross-reference the > license file. Surely a one line system such as this would save bandwidth and > storage space while maintaining whatever legal requirements that must be met. > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org > http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d

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re: [gutvol-d] Reply comments on US issues raised by 'orphan works'
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 12 May '05

12 May '05

jeff said: > nitpick ---> "quality" should be "qualify" thank you jeff, this made me laugh at loud! how many "proofreaders" here did that slip by? but given _enough_ eyeballs, all typos are shallow... ;+) -bowerbird p.s. of course, that's what happens when you press a deadline. but at least a response from project gutenberg got in... :+) oh yeah, i ordered a project gutenberg d.v.d a while back, and the service was prompt, friendly, and quite excellent. the d.v.d., along with a c.d. that was included free as well, is sitting here on my desk. thanks to three decades of volunteers!

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Selling/Promoting The Gutenberg Project.
by rvijay07 10 May '05

10 May '05

More ideas: a) Get Librarians and Profs to refer to PG more. b) Have a copy of the PG CD/DVD available in libraries for others to make copies. Post prominent notices in this regard. c) Partner with other similar noble projects on the net for eg., http://bytesforall.org, Free Software Foundation, Freecycle etc., Comments welcome from all. Vijay _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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Book Submission Requirements
by N Wolcott 10 May '05

10 May '05

A couple of weeks ago there ws a post here that included the instructions for submitting a book in the case where it did not go through DP. Listed requirements lik??e Guiguts etc. However when I look at www.gutenberg.org the only requirement I see on the submissions page is to be W3C validated if html. Am I missing something and where can I find the full requirements. ?? N Wolcott nwolcott2(a)post.harvard.edu

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Virtual Volunteering Guidebook.
by rvijay07 10 May '05

10 May '05

Came across this guidebook: http://www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual/2003/04/000109.php Also here are some general resources for Virtual Volunteering: http://www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual/index.php Regards to all, Vijay _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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re: [gutvol-d] Special ISO CD Collections Suggestion.
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 10 May '05

10 May '05

vijay said: > Another coworker asked me if there are > fairy tales adn fiction in that CD, I said yes, > it is a wide collection and hence these are also present. > Immediately he said he didn't want the CD. that's too funny... :+) -bowerbird

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Selling/Promoting The Gutenberg Project.
by rvijay07 09 May '05

09 May '05

Summary so Far: (1) While discussing specific topics on the net and in E-Mails, include the GP Free E-Books Links (2) Suggest the Project to atleast one new person a weekly or monthly. (There are still several who are unaware of this project). (3) Giving FREE Gutenberg CDs locally to people who will actually use them. (4) Place a search box on the front page to make it obvious that PG does actually give away books :-) (5) Use the GP site as signature in E-Mails/postings etc., (6) Encourage strategic/key people to talk and promote the project. They can reach more people efficiently. (7) The Gutenberg CD/DVD makes a great FRUGAL GIFT for several occassions. Promote this idea before special holidays/seasons (8) Discuss/mention online whenever there are significant developments at the Gutenberg Project or whenever a exciting title is added that may interest someone or a group of people. (9) Discuss this project in all the sites that discuss Freebies etc., (10) Encourage present GP users to reachout to 'potential prospects' and present them the GP. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding promoting GP here. Vijay _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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Special ISO CD Collections Suggestion.
by rvijay07 09 May '05

09 May '05

gbnewby at pglaf.org wrote: >> We've done a few of this type, over the years. I am aiming for a few weeks to have a new service to let people automatically select what they want for their own custom CD or DVD image - that will open the door for some new ISOs, based on very easy creation. >> Today, it's a bit labor intensive to create a new ISO. There is complexity in selecting particular files for an eBook, then you need to make a friendly index page. A few folks have written software for this, but I don't have any of the software - and it pre-dates our XML/RSS catalog format, which is the easiest way to get a current listing of eBooks and their associated files. Anyway, stay tuned... -- Greg Hi Greg: Yesterday I had burned 10 CDs of the Best of the GP ISO. One coworker was very happy to get this. Another coworker asked me if there are fairy tales adn fiction in that CD, I said yes, it is a wide collection and hence these are also present. Immediately he said he didn't want the CD. Hence, the ability to create custom ISOs and others creating custom ISOs based on subject/language etc., and making them available for download makes the entire GP more convenient and attractive. Hopefully, this will encourage more people to use GP. I will certainly stay tuned in this regard. Thank You. Vijay :) _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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Re: [gutvol-d] Book Submission Requirements
by Joshua Hutchinson 09 May '05

09 May '05

Hmm... not sure how you missed the information. The FAQ section at http://www.gutenberg.org/faq/ has quite a bit on text formatted works. If you are trying to do a html version as well, the phrase that it must be W3C validatted is about it. That, and the general guidelines of keep it as clean and simple as possible. Overall, HTML is more wide open. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "N Wolcott" <nwolcott(a)dsdial.net> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org> Subject: [gutvol-d] Book Submission Requirements Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 12:34:20 -0400 > > A couple of weeks ago there ws a post here that included the instructions for > submitting a book in the case where it did not go through DP. Listed > requirements lik??e Guiguts etc. > > However when I look at www.gutenberg.org the only requirement I see on the > submissions page is to be W3C validated if html. Am I missing something and > where can I find the full requirements. ?? > N Wolcott nwolcott2(a)post.harvard.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org > http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d

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Re: [gutvol-d] Reply comments, new suggestion
by Jon Niehof 09 May '05

09 May '05

> To help drive the point home, it would be great if someone has > a specific example they could cite, e.g. of a derivative work > that's substantially different from print books that are > listed on places like Abebooks. It's fine if the actual > example uses a public domain work, then points out that the > equivalent is not currently legal with orphan works. The Count of Monte Cristo movie comes to mind, and the original work's not even in limited availability. Those parties pushing for ever-expanding copyright are the same who have and continue to benefit from the public domain. They keep taking and refuse to give back. Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html

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