June 2011 - gutvol-d - lists.pglaf.org

Copyrigh
by Ricardo F Diogo 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi, Can anyone please tell me if PG has ever faced any trouble with any authors or publishers for copyright reasons? Did we ever had to remove any books from our catalog? Were there any copyright related conflicts? Are they documented somewhere? (A postgraduation student needs this info for a college paper). Thanks, Ricardo F. Diogo

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Re: awfully quiet -- 2555 chances at redemption
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

i said: > how the finally situation will resolve itself... mixed got i words there up some. *** rickywong said: > I know the guys at bookglutton. They aren't alone. i'm not sure what "alone" means there... > I think the term "social reading" is > quite broad and for different purpose. ok. > I'm looking more at enhanced content. then i'm not sure you picked the best examples. because i'd say it's gonna be pretty difficult to "enhance" things like "alice in wonderland" or "art of war" or the bible. or maybe not, i dunno. at any rate, i'd love to see you take your stab at it. i hope other people here give you feedback too... -bowerbird

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I have a contribution
by Bill Purvis 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Hi, I've just signed up to this list. I found Gutenberg a few years ago, but didn't have scanning or OCR facilities. I have recently bought a Kindle and down-loaded quite a few books. I have scanned and part-proof-read my copy of John Buchan's 'Castle Gay', and see that there is no copy of this in the catalog. I've been trying to work out how I can contribute this, but the volunteering pages all assume that only proof-readers for already uploaded books are needed. I have a number of other John Buchan books that I could work on, but is there any point? A secondary question: can anyone recommend a way of converting my stuff into Kindle format - I run Ubuntu Linux, but so far have found only software to read Kindle format. Many thanks Bill -- +----------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis, Book-Scanner | | gut(a)billp.org | +----------------------------------+

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Study: 12 Percent of US Households Own e-Reader
by Michael S. Hart 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

http://tinyurl.com/62eeyyr "A study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books, such as Amazon's Kindle. That's three times the number of households that owned an e-reader just a year ago, pointing to rapid acceptance." However, the highest rate of eBook distribution I've heard about has only been 2.63 times as many eBooks, not to mention that the number of eBooks given away by Project Gutenberg is only up some 20% at most over last years, as far as I can tell.

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a swallow flying into capistrano
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

bill said: > I have recently bought a Kindle > and down-loaded quite a few books. > I have scanned and part-proof-read > my copy of John Buchan's 'Castle Gay', first of all, bill, welcome. i've been waiting for you -- waiting for new kindle people to begin uploading books that they converted initially for themselves -- like people in san juan capistrano await the swallows. so i am glad you've arrived... :+) > I have a number of other John Buchan books > that I could work on, but is there any point? yes. indeed, even when a book has already been done, it's great to have a second digitization, because then the two versions can be compared, a process that has been proven to be the best way to reveal any _errors_. (while it may seem, intuitively, that it could be common the same error is made in both digitizations, empirically the finding is that it's exceedingly rare to have it happen.) so if you _enjoy_ doing digitizations, go ahead! (of course, you might find it more satisfying to do a book that's never been done, rather than improve a book that somebody else has done. but there is great value in both those activities.) > A secondary question: can anyone recommend > a way of converting my stuff into Kindle format - > I run Ubuntu Linux, but so far have found > only software to read Kindle format. i see that you've received recommendations to use the project gutenberg software, as well as calibre... i encourage you to explore both of those options... i find the p.g. workflow to be unnecessarily obtuse; and the markup from calibre can be terribly opaque, meaning it's very difficult to change, when you need. so i would also encourage you to explore my option: it's called "jaguar", and it's available at this website: > http://jaguarps.com that's the initial release, and i'll be uploading a new version "any day now", but it will give you the flavor. (and i'd love to have a beta-tester for the linux app.) from a plain-text file, very similar to the one which you get from your o.c.r. app, you can create a raft of e-book output formats: pdf, html, epub, and mobi. all of 'em in just seconds, with the click of a button. my system gives you an easy way to _customize_ the output which is generated for these various formats. why shouldn't your e-books look the way you want? single-source plain-text "master" files are a smart way to manage a library and customize your output. -bowerbird

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Re: Wanted: PG Facebook Page Admins
by Norbert Langkau 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

Hm. seemingly I'm not the only one confused... What about https://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Gutenberg/103974322971990 as opposed to >PG now has a Facebook page: > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Gutenberg/165355083528606 ? Thanx for any enlightment - Norbert ___________________________________________________________ Schon gehört? WEB.DE hat einen genialen Phishing-Filter in die Toolbar eingebaut! http://produkte.web.de/go/toolbar

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Wanted: PG Facebook Page Admins
by Marcello Perathoner 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

PG now has a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Gutenberg/165355083528606 I'm looking for people with PG and Facebook experience to help administer the page. That would be: answer questions by users, remove spam, write status updates ... I have no idea yet how much traffic this page will generate and how much time it will require to administer. How to apply: first 'like' the page and then send me an email with your Facebook name so I can make you an admin. -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster(a)gutenberg.org

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National Academies Books now free to download in PDF format
by Jim Adcock 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

http://www.nap.edu/ Not to imply that they are not still under copyright!

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