it appears jim isn't gonna tell me what it is that i don't know about what project gutenberg "does" here. i guess, like many people, he feels this listserve is a place to make attacks, but not to back them up... and that's too bad, because i am quite certain that i can help jim by writing software to help him "do" what he "does". so jim, why not be constructive and tell me what kind of software that might be? what do you need? what would you actually _use_?... while i have a very good idea myself, concerning what you might _need_, i have no confidence that you would actually _use_ any program i wrote, so i would be open to your suggestions... as it is, i'll be releasing a program called "wordplay" in a week or so that might prove to be useful to you, even though -- as its name implies -- entertainment is one of its goals too... -bowerbird