A thrift store near me has a 24-volume set of "Modern Business" books, written by various authors, published by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, all copyright dates pre-1923. According to a Google search, the Institute appears to still exist. The books don't seem to be in PG. Are such books suitable candidates for PG, or are they too out of date? Al
Hi. I would like to point out something to you. As you know, the point of PG is to digitize (or digitise) public domain books. It doesn't really matter how current they are. In fact, often they are interesting from a historical prospective. A few years ago, a project was begun to post several hundred issues of Scientific American Supplement. Obviously, they are outdated since they are from the 1880's and 1890's. I don't know about others, but I personally find them interesting because electricity was still experimental and the debate was whether it would replace steam or not. Also, I read at the time that the pictures were interesting too but I'm blind so I wouldn't know. My point is that I ask you to not worry about books being out of date. If nothing else, they show how business has changed, but they might still have some useful bits somewhere too. Some of the basic principles of business still apply regardless of the time period. At 09:19 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
A thrift store near me has a 24-volume set of "Modern Business" books, written by various authors, published by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, all copyright dates pre-1923.
According to a Google search, the Institute appears to still exist. The books don't seem to be in PG.
Are such books suitable candidates for PG, or are they too out of date?
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Tony Baechler wrote:
Hi. I would like to point out something to you. As you know, the point of PG is to digitize (or digitise) public domain books. It doesn't really matter how current they are. In fact, often they are interesting from a historical prospective. A few years ago, a project was begun to post several hundred issues of Scientific American Supplement. Obviously, they are outdated since they are from the 1880's and 1890's. I don't know about others, but I personally find them interesting because electricity was still experimental and the debate was whether it would replace steam or not. Also,
I strong agree. Watching how modern politicking mirrors historical politicking is amazing, and I often see the same patterns emerging in the processes, whether they are in business or government. This particular example of electricty and steam, and the additional example of electricty and gas, were VERY amazing to study. The truth is that Edison BARELY won his bet to do Broadway's electric lights!
I read at the time that the pictures were interesting too but I'm blind so I wouldn't know. My point is that I ask you to not worry about books being out of date. If nothing else, they show how business has changed, but they might still have some useful bits somewhere too. Some of the basic principles of business still apply regardless of the time period.
Absolutely! Thanks!!! Give the world eBooks in 2006!!! Michael S. Hart Founder Project Gutenberg
At 09:19 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
A thrift store near me has a 24-volume set of "Modern Business" books, written by various authors, published by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, all copyright dates pre-1923.
According to a Google search, the Institute appears to still exist. The books don't seem to be in PG.
Are such books suitable candidates for PG, or are they too out of date?
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Michael/Tony/Kevin - thanks for the enthusiasm and the philosophy discourses! You'll be happy to know that I picked up the books this morning. On closer inspection, it turned out that only 19 of the 24 books were present. I haven't figured out yet which five are missing, but since each book has a list of all 24 of the books and their authors, it may be possible to track them down through Abebooks or eBay. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hart" <hart@pglaf.org> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Candidate books for PG?
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Tony Baechler wrote:
Hi. I would like to point out something to you. As you know, the point of PG is to digitize (or digitise) public domain books. It doesn't really matter how current they are. In fact, often they are interesting from a historical prospective. A few years ago, a project was begun to post several hundred issues of Scientific American Supplement. Obviously, they are outdated since they are from the 1880's and 1890's. I don't know about others, but I personally find them interesting because electricity was still experimental and the debate was whether it would replace steam or not. Also,
I strong agree.
Watching how modern politicking mirrors historical politicking is amazing, and I often see the same patterns emerging in the processes, whether they are in business or government.
This particular example of electricty and steam, and the additional example of electricty and gas, were VERY amazing to study.
The truth is that Edison BARELY won his bet to do Broadway's electric lights!
I read at the time that the pictures were interesting too but I'm blind so I wouldn't know. My point is that I ask you to not worry about books being out of date. If nothing else, they show how business has changed, but they might still have some useful bits somewhere too. Some of the basic principles of business still apply regardless of the time period.
Absolutely!
Thanks!!!
Give the world eBooks in 2006!!!
Michael S. Hart Founder Project Gutenberg
At 09:19 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
A thrift store near me has a 24-volume set of "Modern Business" books, written by various authors, published by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, all copyright dates pre-1923.
According to a Google search, the Institute appears to still exist. The books don't seem to be in PG.
Are such books suitable candidates for PG, or are they too out of date?
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Al Haines (shaw) wrote:
A thrift store near me has a 24-volume set of "Modern Business" books, written by various authors, published by the Alexander Hamilton Institute, all copyright dates pre-1923.
Ever notice how often books have "modern" in the titles?
According to a Google search, the Institute appears to still exist. The books don't seem to be in PG.
Are such books suitable candidates for PG, or are they too out of date?
Definitely! All the more interesting for being so "modern"! Especially if they have pictures/illustrations. I'd still like to see a index made of all the public domain illustrations in PG for use in such things as Web pages, school reports, scrapbooks, etc... Maybe create a additional XML file for each illustration listing such items as search terms (man, woman, bucket, lawnmower), color/B&W, photo/woodcut/painting/line-art... (Summer of code project?) Make sure you keep the copyright/printing dates in the final product. Great for someone who wants to know how business practices have changed over the years.
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