Thanks to both Juliet and Josh for their useful thoughts. Let me add that OpenReader files from an XML/CSS-related format or another would be highly desirable if one cares about format standards as well as reader standards. Format standards would be one way to help public domain books get closer to the mainstream of publishing. Many public librararies dispense e-books only in a few formats. I hate the idea of their paying for public domain books, and format standardization could help. I want libraries to be able to give away public domain books for keeps rather than just loan them. While I hope that dotReader will catch on, let's think format as well to be safe. Either way, though, with or without OpenReader, dotReader could be very good for PG and DP alike. Sooner or later OpenReader will catch on through other means, and the readers (both human and software) will be ready. David David Rothman davidrothman@openreader.org dr@teleread.org http://www.teleread.org/blog 703-370-6540 JulietS wrote: If dotReader can handle XML/CSS-related formats, then many of the more recent PG books are already available for it, since they have been produced in xhtml. Most of the output from DP these days comes with an xhtml version. JulietS