Clarification: My point below was that _a few pages_ of a common work is not particularly useful in the grand scheme of things. (A few pages is all Google Print would offer for most books). An _entire text_ everyone has individual access to is a different matter entirely, and why many of us contribute to PG. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> Sent: Jan 3, 2005 10:57 AM To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: Re: [gutvol-d] !@!Googleberg eBooks
(How important, really, is it to look at just a few pages of a book that is in most public libraries and many book stores?)
Well. . .this brings us to the entire point of why have Project Gutenberg? Why give people an entire home library of eBooks that are "in most public libraries and many book stores?" * I say the answer is simply individual access rather than public access. Of course, Ray Bradbury VIOLENTLY disagrees with me here, and I understand why he does. . .he believes in the social experience of libraries. --------------------------- Dennis McCarthy nihil_obstat@mindspring.com