And those people come to read the English language books - mostly. From: gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org [mailto:gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org] On Behalf Of Scott Olson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:19 PM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] FW: Build our own DP, anybody? Huh? What possible purpose would there be in splintering the PG site by language? You seem to imply that only people from the US visit gutenberg.org. It may surprise you to learn that gutenberg.org is available -- and used! -- by people all over the world. Shocking times we live in, I know. If you don't want to read non-English books, then don't read non-English books. Their presence isn't going to harm you. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Dan Weber <danweber@mindspring.com> wrote: Jim At the risk of starting a war, I disagree. The foreign language books will never be read by most people who visit Gutenberg.org. Almost all people from the USA will be reading English language books. I do not download and will never have time in my lifetime to read these other books. I think the other language books should be on another site. I do think that the books should be digitized, but not listed with the main site's inventory. There could easily be a Gutenberg-spanish.org, Gutenberg-dutch.org, etc.to <http://etc.to/> handle these books. Dan Weber