On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 05:10:01PM -0500, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
but even if we ignore all of that, for now, we can't ignore that p.g. _could_ be mounting scans now. but it doesn't.
which tells me the p.g. infrastructure can't handle scans, not with any volume, which means this thing won't scale.
Those are false statements. Earlier in the past few weeks of this dialog, I posted a message explaining the page scan system, and that I have been disappointed that DP has not provided scans with every title. It is part of the established WWer workflow to upload such images as part of a new book publication, and we also have a workflow to add page images to existing titles. (BB was, in fact, at the event in San Francisco in 2004 when Charles & Juliet & I talked about wanting to get images, and the file naming scheme & other details. Though he wasn't part of that discussion, that I recall.) The file naming scheme is well known, and page image sets for over 7000 eBooks are online at www.gutenberg.org right now. -- Greg