looks like i declared my independence just in the nick of time.

>   http://self.gutenberg.org

not  that i disapprove, mind you.  heck, i know nothing about it.
but hey, i guess that's the point here...  i know nothing about it.

except that this is, to my knowledge anyway, the first appearance
of "world public library" under the actual gutenberg.org domain...

and, um, did i notice the ads?  what, you thought i wouldn't?  pssh.

-bowerbird