From Bowerbird: "then, relevant to the point here on this listserve, is this observation: if hp cleans up all the scansets, and prints them nicely to an inexpensive paperback, why should anyone here bother doing a digitization? instead, just buy the paperback . . ." No. Amazon will charge money, and then there is mail delivery time of a few days. Except when you buy from another country, then delivery is weeks. Gutenberg is free, and delivery is immediate -- worldwide. Let's see . . . Immediate delivery verses days or a week. Hmm, hard choice. . . . free verses costly. Hmm, another hard choice. Not to flagellate the deceased equine here, but much of the world can't afford Amazon; No matter how precious books are. If you are a seamstress in India, and you make your business work on 50 Rupees a day, you'll never buy a book. But you might go to an internet cafe, rent their computer, and download several books for free. Especially if they help you with your business. How much is 50 Rupees? Look it up. Gutenberg and Amazon/HP are two completely different services. Apples and Oranges. Jay Toser