
Hi Greg, At the risk of sounding uninformed, why not include the copyrighted books on the first DVD with as many titles as possible? My understanding is that PG must be allowed to at least noncommercially distribute copyrighted works before they are added. You wouldn't be selling the DVDs so I don't see a problem. With most CC licenses, it allows at least free noncommercial distribution anyway. Is it just a matter of not enough space after the 3.5 GB of public domain titles? What about a DVD of only html books and no plain text? The books could directly be viewed in a browser. Maybe a "best of" collection but only with uncompressed html files and illustrations and on a DVD instead of a CD. As far as PG's best work in terms of illustrations, I suggest searching through the "posted" list archives for the word "illustration." I've noticed that David W and Joe sometimes comment on images which stand out. This might be a good basis for the best of DVD described above. Also, what about including musical scores in one of these sets? I'm unfamiliar with Amazon's best of public domain list so I can't comment on that. One slight concern I would have with showing off PG's best work is that some people might not be interested. For example, David W just posted five volumes on the life of George Washington. I'm sure it's interesting (I haven't looked at it yet) but might not interest non-US readers and might be advanced for some people. It isn't exactly light reading. I'm sure the text has few errors and the html looks good but maybe it isn't of interest to many. This could be where the readability scores come in useful though. Pick the best PG books with the nicest html and images that is the easiest to read. Those are my thoughts. Another possibility in the future would be a CD or DVD with Braille files. National Braille Press in the US is selling such a CD but it's expensive. It would make more sens to give it away. The majority of blind people are unemployed so paying for such a CD set is out of the reach of most of them, at least in the US. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.5/376 - Release Date: 6/26/06