marevalo said:
it would be great to have the complete bibliographical record of the book (or books) used as source for the digital edition
anne said:
Or at least the date of original publication and the name of the original publisher.
Bowerbird said:
this is a recurring request, of course.
it might be interesting to have a public forum, like a wiki, where requests like these could be made, so we could see the cumulation.
as it is, i get the distinct impression these go in one ear and out the other, and we go along in ignorant bliss thinking that all of our users are completely happy...
Agreed. I believe PG should change their policy (if they haven't already) and for all new titles to include the full citation of the source (or sources if someone made a composite using two or more differing editions, which btw I believe PG should discourage.) I surmise the reason for the past (and I assume current) policy of obfuscating the source had to do with fear of copyright litigation -- in essence "providing information to the enemy." However, since nearly all the texts produced today are from scans which are preserved, it is no longer possible to obfuscate the source. Anyway, there are a few other arguments in support of full source citation, including the most important: assuring integrity of the text to the original source. This is not a trivial issue. Jon Noring