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re: [gutvol-d] Reply comments on US issues raised by 'orphan works'
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 13 May '05

13 May '05

jeff said: > Know anybody who needs a proofreader? i hear jon noring is looking... ;+) -bowerbird

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making CD / DVD best of 2005--how and which books?
by Scott Clous 12 May '05

12 May '05

making CD / DVD best of 2005. Which books, and why? I am eager to create an updated CD and DVD from the 2 that already exist, including the corrected versions. My motivation is 2 fold, people for better or worse download things that they think are the most current--using robots to get the most current versions vs. just the CD, etc. and because it does make the site more useable if one download gets them some wonderful content directly--and we all would want it to be the most current (and hopefully correct) versions. Many people have broadband now, and Bittorrent makes many things easier. I know there are some challenges in getting it together, then maintaining it, because the format of presenting the content has changed. Usually, without tagging the content itself, within a field to id that content as going onto a complitation, the only other method of selection is an index of choices for the CD or DVD. To start things off, I'd like to use the existing selections, update them, and make the CD available again. I also will review the new titles, Sherlock is near and dear to all our hearts, I'm sure, and include them if possible and their popularity warrents it. It would be nice to have a method to automatically update it -- fairy tales and all -- so that the site, and this part of it appear to be current. This last goal is additional work, but might be well worth it. Do any of the volunteers or programmers have feedback on these ideas? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: gutvol-d Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11
by Scott Clous 12 May '05

12 May '05

The reasons people always will want a "standard" best of, is that it takes time to pick things. Also, that does make it a bit easier to mirror the isos. I want to do a CD first because getting a successful download is key, not how much stuff can be packed onto a DVD that can't be opened. Question--do most of the subscribers/downloaders live in the US, &/or are English speakers? While I would have thought at first to only have English content in a best of, my cousin who is overseas now is enjoying the German portions of the DVD! However, if the goal is to have something easy for the give away, at least on the CD I'll suggest we try for all English; Someone who speaks Spanish, etc. would be in a better place than I to answer the great works on the others, and would have a greater motivation to see it kept up. Greg--"I should have a program available soon (really, really soon - in time for Michael Hart's visit to Fairbanks in June) to "build your own" ISO. Seeding these with lists of eBook #s is the best possible start. I'm looking forward to you program, can you tell us a bit more about it, those of us who "just came in?" Greg-"I think that the current "Best Of" CD is probably your best starting point. While we've done many, many new eBooks since then, the best-known titles were already available for the CD. But many have been updated, and a few have had images or HTML added. Is there any way, other than manually to ID the books from the CD? DVD? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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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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