if you ignore the non-book entries, and combine the split-up e-texts, you'll find there are ~30,000 books in the project gutenberg library now. with a light-markup master-source making auxiliary formats on-demand, storage needs would be less than now, as would be the costs of maintenance. and user-satisfaction would skyrocket. this is only a hard job for y'all because _you_are_doing_it_wrong._ end of post. -bowerbird