On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joshua Hutchinson wrote:

As a side question ---

Is PGCC a part of PG? Officially? Does Greg, for instance, have oversight over it. Is anyone from PG (outside of Michael) invovled in this site in any way?

Yes, Greg has spent plenty of time on PGCC, more than plenty.

I know this is reopening old wounds around here, but the last paragraph on the PGCC home page makes it sound like this is an official part of PG, which I never understood to be the actual case...

Different people want to have different views. . .we haven't pushed it very hard. . .keeping the reports and numbers separate in the Weekly Newsletter, etc.

[quote] Up until now, Project Gutenberg has focused on the creation of the eBooks rather than their distribution and we have spent as much of our time on copyright as on eBook creation and distribution. This is our first attempt focused on distribution rather than creation. [/quote]

Yes, the Mission Statements of Project Gutenberg have always made it clear that PG is intended to focus on both the creation and distribution of eBooks. Obviously eBooks must be created before they can be distributed. Many eBook creators insist their books be left in certain formats that have not passed muster with PG processing and post-processing standards, and we pass these on to PGCC, who is willing to post them in original formats, pagination, files, etc. In addition, PGCC surfs the web for any and all possible eBook sites and sends requests to them.

Another paragraph, though, indicates that PGCC is a subset of the World eBook Library Consortia, which I'm almost positive is not related directly to PG.

[quote] Project Gutenberg Consortia Center, promoting global literacy by multiplying intellectual properties though Internet library lending and increasing access to digital archives and repositories. Project Gutenberg Consortia Center is a branch of The World eBook Library Consortia. [/quote]

This is probably something that obviously needs correction, if you can send the exact location I will forward it so it can be corrected immediately. As far as I know, there should be no reference to World eBook Library. BTW, this is a different World Library than donated us the Shakespeare files from which we made book #100.

Josh

PS Oh, and I strongly disagree with the characterisation of pgcc.net as the "new PG" site, which no matter how you MEAN it sound, it will imply that it is the "replacement" for the OLD site (gutenberg.org).

Sorry, that was quoted from someone else who used the term "new site (gutenberg.org)" in reference to the location of the Greenstone program, and I obviously should have made that quotation clearly marked.