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PCMag new tablet buying guides
by James Adcock 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

http://mailing.enews.pcmag.com/read/archive?id=25453 <http://mailing.enews.pcmag.com/read/archive?id=25453&mid=1121969> &mid=1121969 Not to imply that I think PCMag has any particular genius in its vetting of tablets. On a related note, I finally picked up "Our Favorite Webmaster's" recommended Nexus 7 "sight unseen" - because apparently no bricks and mortor retailer actually carries the thing, and what I find is that our webmaster's hysterics on the issue is way overblown. The Nexus 7 has not suddenly become my favorite tablet, for the simple reason that I hate how books, including PG books, appear on its screen. I don't like "lightweight" fonts, such as the Nexus 7 and the IPads have - I prefer heavier looking fonts, such as printed out by HP laserjet printers. Further, I do not in practice find the Nexus 7 to be "less locked down" than Kindles say. Unfortunately all tablet manufacturers seen to be playing "lock down" games. The bottom line, IMHO, is that one needs to actually get a tablet into one's dirty hands, and actually be able to read books on that tablet, preferably PG books, in order to make an informed sensible decision of what to buy. I suggest the actual reading experience is probably going to trump other aspects of tablet marketing and design for the typical PG activist. The goods news is that now I have a Nexus 7 Google has ended its BS embargo on letting me download and read books from the Google Books "digitized from your local public university and then destroyed" collection.

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DP extended outage
by Charlene Taylor 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

The DP blog will be the best place to get updates on the outage. http://blog.pgdp.net/2014/03/01/distributed-proofreaders-extended-outage/

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Book Collecting Guide
by James Adcock 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Obviously intended to be self-serving, but the below AbeBooks guide contains useful stuff: http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/book-collecting-gui de.shtml

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Abbyy announces Finereader 12
by James Adcock 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

http://finereader.abbyy.com/ I haven't personally tried this one. I'm still running Finereader 11, which I am quite happy with.

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Fwd: Inadequate bibliographic records for translations, and thoughts on The Count of Monte Cristo
by Matt Hickford 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Hi all. I think translations should have more bibliographic information. For example, consider the record for the Count of Monte Cristo http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184#bibrec . The following vital information is missing: * That the author Alexandre Dumas wrote the book in French, and that this is a translation * Who did the translation, and when it was first published Information about the translation is important because translations can be copyright while the original work is public domain. * * * Also, this particular translation is questionable. For example, in the story, Captain Edmond Dantes is accused of aiding the exiled Napolean, by an anonymous letter to the king's attorney. The letter is read and re-read several times during the adventure. The wording varies each time! (I assume Dumas was not so sloppy in the original) > "The honorable, the king's attorney, is informed by a friend of the throne and religion, that one Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, arrived this morning from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist committee in Paris. Proof of this crime will be found on arresting him, for the letter will be found upon him, or at his father's, or in his cabin on board the Pharaon." > > "'The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religions institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris. Ample corroboration of this statement may be obtained by arresting the above-mentioned Edmond Dantes, who either carries the letter for Paris about with him, or has it at his father's abode. Should it not be found in the possession of father or son, then it will assuredly be discovered in the cabin belonging to the said Dantes on board the Pharaon.'" > > Dantes paused a moment, then said, "This is it, word for word: 'The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and religion, that one Edmond Dantes, mate on board the Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a packet for the usurper; again, by the usurper, with a letter for the Bonapartist Club in Paris. This proof of his guilt may be procured by his immediate arrest, as the letter will be found either about his person, at his father's residence, or in his cabin on board the Pharaon.'" > > "The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and religion that one Edmond Dantes, second in command on board the Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, is the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris. Ample corroboration of this statement may be obtained by arresting the above-mentioned Edmond Dantes, who either carries the letter for Paris about with him, or has it at his father's abode. Should it not be found in possession of either father or son, then it will assuredly be discovered in the cabin belonging to the said Dantes on board the Pharaon." * * * What do you think? -Matt ps. I think Project Gutenberg ought to have public comment pages that everyone can use. A private mailing list, that requires you sign up—and wait a day for your account to activate—before you can even read it, is prohibitive for many potential contributors. pps. Fourth time lucky.

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ABBYY OCR sale
by James Adcock 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

ABBYY is having a sale on their popular Finereader OCR version 11 until the 29th. Half off for "normal" people. As low as $20 for a student upgrade.

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Fujitsu Scansnap SV600 scanner
by Al Haines 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

http://solutions.ca.fujitsu.com/products/scansnap/sv600/ >From what I've seen/read of it on Youtube and in reviews, it looks like an interesting alternative to standard flatbed scanners. Has anyone out there seen it in action or had any experience with it? Al

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10 years ago
by bowerbird 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

i meant to note the 10th anniversary of the celebration in northern california in honor of the 10,000th p.g. e-text, which was centered on the date of december 10, 2003 because -- if memory serves -- that was the birthday of michael hart's father. goodness, how fast time passes... -bowerbird

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#44444 is at the door
by bowerbird 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

#44444 coming up any minute now. been looking 4ward to it 4 a while... seems like as good a time as any to re-assert my please-god-please plea to stop the mad rush of adding "more" and go back and clean up the mess... of course, i expect the same result that i got at 10,000, 20,000, 25,000, and all the other times i begged you. the irony is you think you're making "progress". -bowerbird

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"The Art of Google Books"
by James Adcock 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

http://books.google.com/books?id=PXAaAQAAMAAJ <http://books.google.com/books?id=PXAaAQAAMAAJ&dq=good&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f =false> &dq=good&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false http://theartofgooglebooks.tumblr.com/

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