-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know I've brought this up in the past, but I've never been able to reach an agreement or even a workable solution. Since we have the ISO creator in place and building DVDs has just gotten a whole lot easier, perhaps its time to try again. The DVDs and CDs that we are currently distributing, as many of you know, are from 2003. They were great for their time, and are still excellent collections. However, I believe we should generate a new compilation for distribution. The question is what should be included? My personal feeling is that we should be distributing a DVD and CD with as many books as possible, even if that means excluding the pictures which go along with many of them. The reason I feel this way is because our discs are going to various parts of the world where such collections are virtually unheard of or unavailable. Many of those discs are going into schools and literally tripling (or more) their library collections. These people are happy to receive pictures along with those books, but that is secondary IMHO to what they really want and that is more books. If someone wants pictures, they will almost certainly go somewhere else. But, when people want books, they come to Project Gutenberg, and that IMHO is what we should give them. That's not to say that we shouldn't include pictures on the DVD. But I do think that they should be secondary. Some books absolutely need pictures to have any value. The Hand Shadows book is a good example. Identifying all of them might be a challenge though. Now, I have to admit that as a blind person I may be a bit biased, and that is why I am seeking your input. The next time we send a DVD to South Africa, what should be on it? Sincerely Aaron Cannon - -- E-mail: cannona@fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona@hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) - GPGrelay v0.959 Comment: Key available from all major key servers. iD8DBQFDKb8bI7J99hVZuJcRAumAAJ93OONK550dtCfK/R6r+zt3hOIuXQCfbDEJ O2jNTHQJGSlUstnbA4ACtmc= =6xxD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----