I just came across this great site/idea:
http://gutenberg.cc/Public.htm
Perhaps http://dli.ernet.in can be just added there as a link ?
I do know Tamil and a little bit of Hindi(used to read a long time ago but out of touch). However, this project is directly financed by the Govt. of India, with several persons of repute contributing their time/expertise. Hence, I expect this project to grow quite significantly. Even a few volunteers can't keep up with this project.
Vijay
--- On Sun 05/08, Dave Fawthrop < hyphen(a)hyphenologist.co.uk > wrote:
From: Dave Fawthrop [mailto: hyphen(a)hyphenologist.co.uk]
To: rvijay07(a)myway.com, gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 20:31:15 +0100
Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Digital Library of India
On Sun, 8 May 2005 13:24:47 -0400 (EDT), "rvijay07" <rvijay07(a)myway.com><br>wrote:<br><br>| <br>| Here is another online Library.<br>| <br>| http://dli.ernet.in/<br>| <br>| Can e-books from this or another similar online project directly be transferred to the Gutenberg Project ?<br><br>Have we got a volunteer who reads the languages, and can display the<br>alphabets? <nudge nudge Wink Wink><br>Are you volunteering?<br><br>-- <br>Dave F<br><br>
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--- rvijay07 <rvijay07(a)myway.com> wrote:
>
> Here is another online Library.
>
> http://dli.ernet.in/
>
> Can e-books from this or another similar online project directly be
> transferred to the Gutenberg Project ?
It looks like it's another consumer of texts from the Million Book Project.
>From a brief glance, it seems quite hard to get material from that site, so
we'll probably carry on harvesting the Internet Archive's collection, available
here --
http://http://www.archive.org/details/millionbooks
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vijay said:
> I also got another idea from the same.
> How about creating other similar ISO images
> on different subject, languages and the the entire collection
great idea! and one that's been suggested before, many times.
the people here don't seem capable of implementing it, though.
you'll find it has been put into play over at www.samizdat.com
with the caveat that discs are for sale, not free for the taking.
-bowerbird
Here are the mirrors that didn't work for me:
1. ftp://gutenberg.mirror.cyngal.ca
2. http://gutenberg.mirror.cyngal.ca
3. ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca
4. ftp://ftp.samurai.com
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Here is another online Library.
http://dli.ernet.in/
Can e-books from this or another similar online project directly be transferred to the Gutenberg Project ?
Vijay
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Thanks. This solved the problem.
Vijay :)
--- On Sun 05/08, Andrew Rendle < andrew(a)andrewr.co.uk > wrote:
From: Andrew Rendle [mailto: andrew(a)andrewr.co.uk]
To: rvijay07(a)myway.com, gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 18:15:14 +0100
Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] ISO CD Problem.
rvijay07 wrote:<br>> <br>> I got the ISO ZIP image CD from the Gutenberg Project:<br>> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11220<br>> <br>> It consists of several data files but all as an ISO image.<br>> <br>> I burned it using k3b as a data CD. However, the burned image on the CD still remains as one large ISO. I am unable to see the individual files.<br>> <br>> I checked the md5sum for both the zipped and unzipped ISO. They are OK.<br>> <br>> Please assist.<br>> <br>> Vijay<br>> <br><br>What you need to do is tell it to use the iso file to create a CD, not <br>write the iso file to a CD as a file. (Who hasn't wasted a few CD-Rs <br>doing that? :-/ )<br>An iso contains an image of an entire disc i.e. many files, directory <br>structure, etc. A CD with the .iso file on it is a very different beast <br>to a CD with the contents of that file.<br>I think what you need to do in k3b is go Tools->CD->Burn CD Image.<br><br>Andrew<br>
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Every idea has to be sold. For eg., for a child to get a pen from his/her Father, he/she has to sell/promote the idea first.
Promoting/Selling the Gutenberg project is a great idea, as with more interest there are more chances for volunteers etc., etc.,
Here is how I sold the Gutenberg Project to a coworker. He has kids but was unaware of the Gutenberg Project. I sent him an E-Mail saying that the Gutenberg project(GP) offers a HUGE COLLECTION of fairy tales and bed time stories for children all for FREE. This got him to explore the project. Next day at work we was smiling and was very happy with my suggestion.
There is so much info./free stuff on the net. Everyone gets bombarded all the time. So being specific helps in promoting anything. For eg., to a History student I will E-Mail him a link with a Gutenberg Project History Book and also ask him to check out the project home page and other books that may interest him.
Here are my ideas to promote the project:
(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.
I am also looking forward to suggestions from others in this regard.
Regards,
Vijay
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I am trying to Download the entire Gutenberg Project ZIP-ISO. All the Canadian Mirrors I tried failed. Perhaps others can also try them and if it confirms my experience then maybe this situation can be corrected or the nonfunctional mirrors be removed from the list.
Vijay
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--- Tom Harris <beacybooks(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> Can someone point me to documentation for the format for
> submitting corrections to an existing etext?
There isn't a prescribed format as such, but see the FAQ for
suggestions: http://www.gutenberg.org/faq/R-26.php
If there's an email address in the header for the producer, send
it there, else to errata_AT_pglaf.org
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