On 02/11/2013 12:36 PM, Jon Hurst wrote:
The basic premise is that the PG library as it stands becomes just one of multiple contributor libraries hosted by PG, with the gutenberg.org interface rejigged to catalogue all of these libraries.
Why should PG reorganise itself into a copy of something that already exists elsewhere? See: www.openlibrary.org Why should PG turn itself from a trusted source of books of reliable quality into a repository of every kind of crap somebody wanted to throw in? Who is going to audit the copyright status of submitted works? You'll have to check each book description and every single cover page. You'll also have to check if the book is indeed derived from a PG edition or if there's "value added" in form of copyrighted illustrations, introductions, author biographies etc. Regards -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org