On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:47:41PM +0200, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Andrew Sly wrote:
Does anyone else have an opinion on PG#33374 and #33375?
They appear to be copyrighted "trailers" containing the "First 25,000 words" of the respective novels.
That is the kind of thing that I hope PG does not get many more of.
Looks to me like another try at commercially exploiting PG, like the infamous `Project Gutenberg II´ saga.
My vote is: UNPost until the author coughs up the complete texts.
Why do these things always happen without prior discussion?
Greg?
Dunno what the stink is about. We've had trailers and teasers and extracts and such for many years, though never in huge numbers. This is not likely to be the start of a torrent. It's completely on-mission for us. There's no commercial intention, hidden or manifest. This was just a well-established writer who got in touch to make this offer. It happens sometimes, and I like it when it does. The meta-data for this are intended to be clear that it's an extract/teaser. Maybe we should edit the Title field to make it even clearer? Perhaps this is a situation where many people (rightly) have different views of what PG is, and its strenghts, and where effort should be devoted. Recall that our mission is a single line: To encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. ...and this is intended to be broad and inclusive. -- Greg