josh said:

You've claimed connections to PG and DP both in the past. 

nope. i am totally unrelated to both, thank you very much. i love project gutenberg -- well, mostly michael hart -- as _the_ premiere cyberlibrary and shining example of unlimited distribution, and i hope that some of my work helps to further the cause. i'm also happy to give p.g. my gift of constructive criticism. but i'm not connected to p.g. nothing i say or do should reflect positively or negatively on project gutenberg, not in the slightest way, shape, or form... i also respect distributed proofreaders greatly -- well, the brainstorm (and hard work) of charlez franks that created a great example of distributed collaboration, as well as the _many_ volunteers who give so willingly and generously of their time and energy to the cause -- and i'd be happy to give my gift of constructive criticism to d.p. as well, but d.p. doesn't seem to want it much. :+) further, nothing i say or do should reflect on d.p. either. i'm sure everyone knew this -- my independence is clear -- but i'm quite happy to repeat it out loud just for the record... indeed, if i didn't think larger issues were at stake here -- including building infrastructure for our cyberlibrary and the best practices workflow for digitizing p-books -- i wouldn't bother giving my gift of constructive criticism here and other places in cyberspace. but there is a need... -bowerbird