On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:33:06PM -0800, Jim Adcock wrote:
... I would personally be happy just to have the ability to take a PG book which for a variety of silly reasons is in practice not readable on EPUB and MOBI devices today and make it readable. I personally would be happy to have that "snowflake" exist simply as long as it takes you guys *in practice* to get your act together and accomplish that which you claim you will accomplish. If you extinguish my "snowflake" by offering something someday which in fact actually proves to be better for the end reader, then you go boy!
That's what I'm talking about, too. I'm entirely in favor of automatic conversion to & from different formats. Of master formats. I was personally deeply involved in a whole lot of our current setup for those things, and am hugely optimistic about improvements in the future. Meanwhile, we have an immediate and useful way to improve many reader's experiences, by providing access to hand-crafted alternatives. It should be obvious that I'm constantly seeking the long-term view of Project Gutenberg. That is why I'm thinking of solutions that involve keeping all derived files or changes we create/publish/distribute, forever. But that doesn't mean I'm against providing some files that will only have a few days, months or years of useful life before they are superseded. -- Greg