March 2005 - PGCanada - lists.pglaf.org

Helping With the Technical Docs
by Jen Zed 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

James Linden wrote: Jen Zed wrote: >> (Actually, any info about UniBook would be >> really useful to me, as I've started to think about the site >> front-end, but can't go very far unless I know what the back-end looks >> like.) > I'm still working on the tech docs -- the 6 pages of docs that we put > on the wiki took me almost two weeks -- tech docs are going to be about > 6 pages - per section! Can I help with this? I'm a technical writer - if I can get access to the application, I can probably do a lot of the grunt work just by playing with the app. Or are these specification documents that describe the work that has to be done to UniBook to get it to a usable state? jen.

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Re: Queen of Seven Swords
by Michael Hart 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 Mvshelden(a)aol.com wrote: > I learned of your project from a friend at Wolfram, Bill White. Very > impressive. I've been passing the word. I also found a new benefit that > hadn't occurred to me. My father-in-law, who is losing some vision and reads > the large type Reader's Digest is excited to have one of your e-books printed > out for him in 18pt type. He's very happy. > > I recently took out the Queen of Seven Swords by Chesterton from the U of I > library. I scanned the book and ran Adobe Capture on it. It seems to have > gotten most of it. The book was written in 1926. Is this going to be > copyrighted? I'd love to go through whatever it takes to put it on your > website. Please let me know how to proceed. > > Mark Shelden > > GK Chesterton died in 1936, which means his works are public domain in all the "life +50 and 60" countries, and will be in another 21 months in the "life +70" countries that just changed their copyrights. I am forwarding your message to PG Australia and PG Canada, who can both likely contine with your work, but since US copyright cutoff is 1923, we can't post it in the US. . .unless the copyright was not renewed. Forwarding to a friend to check on that for you. Thanks!!! Michael

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Re: L.M. Montgomery's Anne of the Green Gable series
by Michael Hart 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, SH Stevens wrote: > Dear Mr. Michael Hart: > > Just wondering if the following titles of the Anne of the Green Gables series > will be available? > - Anne of Windy Poplars > - Anne of Ingleside > > Are volunteers needed to work on these books? > > Sincerely, > > Sophia Stevens > Lucy Maud Montgomery's books are not all public domain in the U.S. but I think they are in Canada and Australia, etc. I am forwarding your message to Project Gutenberg of Canada and Australia people in the hopes that they can advise you better. The list of her books we currently have online includes: Mon Year Title Author [LMM Book #] [filename.ext] BK# Mar 2004 Rainbow Valley, by Lucy Maud Montgomery [LMM#11][rnbvlxxx.xxx] 5343 Mar 2004 The Story Girl, by Lucy Maud Montgomery [LMM#10][strglxxx.xxx] 5342 Mar 2004 Kilmeny of the Orchard,by Lucy Maud Montgomery[#9][klmnrxxx.xxx] 5341 Mar 2004 Further Chronicles of Avonlea, L.M. Montgomery[#8][fcrvnxxx.xxx] 5340 Feb 2003 Rilla of Ingleside, by Lucy Maud Montgomery[LMM#7][rillaxxx.xxx] 3796 Jun 1998 Chronicles of Avonlea, by Lucy Maud Montgomery #6][avnlexxx.xxx] 1354 May 1996 Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery[#5][annhdxxx.xxx] 544 Aug 1995 The Golden Road, by Lucy Maud Montgomery [#4] [goldrxxx.xxx] 316 Jan 1993 Anne of the Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#3][ilandxxx.xxx] 51 Dec 1992 Anne of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#2] [avonxxxx.xxx] 47 Nov 1992 Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery [GG#1][annexxxx.xxx] 45 Thanks!!! So Nice To Hear From You! Michael Give FreeBooks!!! In 40 Languages!!! As of March 26, 2005 ~15,850 FreeBooks at: ~ 4,150 to go to 20,000 http://www.gutenberg.org http://www.gutenberg.net We are ~58% of the way from 10,000 to 20,000. We are ~17% of the way from 15,000 to 20,000. Now even more PG eBooks In 104 Languages!!! http://gutenberg.cc http://gutenberg.us Michael S. Hart <hart(a)pobox.com> Project Gutenberg Executive Coordinator "*Internet User ~#100*" If you do not receive a prompt reply, please resend, keep resending.

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conference / PG Canada Toronto meeting
by Jen Zed 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

An attempt to undo all the mailing list muddification I've created this morning: 1. On the *general* PG list, Andrew posted a notice regarding a conference at UVIC. I thought the message was via the PG Canada list, and replied accordingly. sheeesh. (By the way, my company has agreed to send me to the conference.) - thread: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/gutvol-d/2005-March/001780.html - conference page: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/ 2. As part of the above thread, I mentioned an upcoming meeting in Toronto of PG Canada. This was announced here: http://lists.pglaf.org/private.cgi/pgcanada/2005-March/000277.html jen.

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[Fwd: Re: [PGCanada] What help do you need?]
by Jennifer Zickerman 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

oops...forgot to CC the list (cleared the login info before doing so) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [PGCanada] What help do you need? Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:27:27 -0800 From: Jennifer Zickerman <jennifer(a)sxip.com> To: David Fewer <johnson.fewer(a)sympatico.ca> References: <4233A4A2.7010109(a)sympatico.ca> Hi David - I'm very pleased to meet you. It's funny how a glorified TODO list (the wiki) can help clarify a big project, isn't it? I've created an account for you and look forward to reading your contributions. jen. David Fewer wrote: > Hi, Jennifer. Good - very good - to see someone with energy join the > project. Not that the rest of us lack energy - it's just a question of > where we direct it at any one time. > > I am legal counsel at CIPPIC (check out the website at cippic.ca to see > what we're all about). CIPPIC has volunteered to advise on public > domain matters, and to assist with other legal aspects of the PG set up, > including taking a seat on the Board. If you have any specific > questions about our involvement, let me know. > > In the interim, could you give me a pass to the Wiki? I'll see if I > can't find time to put some stuff up over the next little bit. > > Thanks! > > David Fewer > dfewer(a)uottawa.ca

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An Immodest Proposal
by Jen Zed 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

What is the feasibility of launching PG Canada on Canada Day (July 1)? Could we do it? We'd need: 1. Content: Some Canadian books (fifteen to twenty?), some French some English, ASCII and HTML format. It would be good if some of those books were only available from PG-Canada. 2. A Bilingual Site: Nothing fancy, just a front end with some content about PG-Canada, instructions about donating and / or volunteering, and a search / download mechanism for the books. 3. Non-Profit Status: A legal entity capable of accepting donations. 4. Marketing Materials: Press releases, slashdot announcements, pings to the blogosphere, newsletter sign-up, etc. 5. Volunteer Tasks: Things for volunteers to do. It seems to me that the only potential show-stopper for a July 1 launch is the non-profit status. (I don't think it's worth doing a full-on launch otherwise.) There has been talk on the mailing list about this - what's the status? jen.

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List of current Canadian etexts?
by kris foster 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Has a list of current Canadian PG titles been made? I do know of a few individual books, and I'm in the middle of transcribing some Drummond poems for PG. If this hasn't been done already, I don't mind putting in some effort to find what's in there. Kris

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Re: [PGCanada] List of current Canadian etexts?
by Wallace J.McLean 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

These are the ones I've PMd, excluding non-CanCon: Catalogue d'ouvrages sur l'histoire de l'Amérique et en particulier sur celle du Canada Faribault, G.-B. Litanaiit Liturgiillo attoraksat illagêktunut Labradoremẽtunut Moravian Church An account of the customs and manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets savage nations, now dependent on the government of Cape-Breton [Maillard, Antoine Simon] Life of Tecumseh Drake, Benjamin Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian Murray, Thomas Boyles Notes of a twenty-five years' service in the Hudson's Bay territory,Vol II McLean, John The story of Grenfell of the Labrador Wallace, Dillon Troop one of the Labrador Wallace, Dillon The false chevalier; or, the lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Lighthall, William Douw Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador... Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch A new Hochelagan burying-ground discovered at Westmount on the western spur of Mount Royal, Montreal, July-September 1898 W.D. Lighthall An account of the battle of Chateauguay... Lighthall, W[illiam] D [ouw] Animal sanctuaries in Labrador Wood, William Charles Henry Animal sanctuaries in Labrador, Supplement to an Address... Wood, William C. H. Bobby of the Labrador Wallace, Dillon Bowdoin boys in Labrador Cilley, Jonathan Prince Dangers on the ice off the coast of Labrador: with some interesting particulars respecting the natives of that country. Anonymous Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Wood, William Hochelagans and Mohawks: a link in Iroquois history W.D. Lighthall Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland Joseph Noad Les îles: promenades dans le golfe Saint- Laurent : une partie de la Côte Nord, l'île aux Oeufs, l'Anticosti, l'île Saint-Paul, l'archipel de la Madeleine Narcisse Henri Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice Notes of a twenty-five years' service in the Hudson's Bay territory, v. 1 McLean, John Opuscules... Louis Gamache, Le Labrador Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland Report of Mr. W.E. Cormack's journey in search of the Red Indians in Newfoundland Cormack, William Epps Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Comte de Premio-Real The copyright question Morang, George N. The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum The Manor-House of Lacolle W.D. Lighthall The Narrative of Gordon Sellar who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar The young seigneur, or, Nation-making Wilfrid Châteauclair (pseud. W.D. Lighthall) Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure W.D. Lighthall With the Harmony to Labrador Benjamin La Trobe

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Re: [gweekly] PT1 Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter
by Katherine Delany 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

What sort of help is needed? I'm a Canadian who has been proofing at pgdp.net for a year and some-odd now. -- Katherine Delany > Project Gutenberg of Canada needs your help! > > Please email: > > pgcanada(a)lists.pglaf.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

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Death
by Wallace J.McLean 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

An example of why care must be taken with reference sources: PUBLICATION: The Telegram (St. John's) DATE: 2005.03.16 SECTION: News PAGE: A8 BYLINE: Stacey, Jean Edwards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Well-known lawyer dead at 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- There's a funny story about Edmund Joseph Phelan, the retired St. John's lawyer and former St. Bon's hockey great, who died Friday at age 102. In the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, it appears he passed away at age 69. Next to his name is the notation 1902-1971. "We had a grand laugh about that," says his niece, Carolyn (Carrie) Graham.

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