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Does someone know the difference between what archive.org will take and what Gutenberg will take? It seems like they should just coalesce into one data set, right? I imagine archive.org can easily fit the Gutenberg data set; you can reasonably get it yourself via Kiwix.
Heh.
I'm ambivalent about all the weirdness about digital books. On the one hand, I kinda get why San Francisco Public Library has to "pretend" it can only loan out 20 "digital copies" of "The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck" at a time, because I guess if you could just instantly use the Libby app to throw it on your kindle and renew endlessly, why would anybody ever buy a book? Still, it is "fake" prohibitions. There's l…
I would only want to see that if we were already post-scarcity. Otherwise, there's going to be a lot of bloodshed as people figure it out and realize they don't have any way to continue buying the things they require to live.
Post-scarcity is great, but I fear the road that leads to it.
> Now it is the chance for libraries and citizens who have been reticent to scan works beyond 1923, to push forward to 1941, and the Internet Archive will host them. If individuals have private scans of rare books (1923 - 1941), how should these scans be delivered to Internet Archive for hosting? Does "not being sold" mean out of print? Used, out-of-print books may still be sold. In fact, that's sometimes the only wa…
You can upload them here: https://archive.org/upload/ (account required; free to create) and then send an email to the Internet Archive staff with the item identifier to have it added to Open Library. If you don't mind shipping them the book(s): Internet Archive, Attn: Book Donations, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 If you have a large donation of books, please call first to make arrangements: (415) 561-6…
I'm ambivalent about all the weirdness about digital books. On the one hand, I kinda get why San Francisco Public Library has to "pretend" it can only loan out 20 "digital copies" of "The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck" at a time, because I guess if you could just instantly use the Libby app to throw it on your kindle and renew endlessly, why would anybody ever buy a book? Still, it is "fake" prohibitions. There's l…
Despite their age, many of these books are still extremely readable even by young readers. I thumbed through Frog: the horse that couldn’t be tamed and really enjoyed it. The hand-drawn pictures in the book are also very readable and cool in a retro way. Makes me sad about the current quality of our children’s literature.
There is high-quality current literature today, and there was low-quality literature then.
> Sonny Bono Memorial Collection Heh.
I'm ambivalent about all the weirdness about digital books. On the one hand, I kinda get why San Francisco Public Library has to "pretend" it can only loan out 20 "digital copies" of "The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck" at a time, because I guess if you could just instantly use the Libby app to throw it on your kindle and renew endlessly, why would anybody ever buy a book? Still, it is "fake" prohibitions. There's l…
Yes, we are post-informational-scarcity (marginal cost of creating a new copy of existing digital information is zero). But we are not post-material-scarcity.
And that matters because authors need to make money in order to purchase scarce material goods.
I am not defending the various stupidities of the current copyright laws in the US, but the basic concept of "fake" prohibitions on unlimited copying still makes sense.
Despite their age, many of these books are still extremely readable even by young readers. I thumbed through Frog: the horse that couldn’t be tamed and really enjoyed it. The hand-drawn pictures in the book are also very readable and cool in a retro way. Makes me sad about the current quality of our children’s literature.
there are thousands of excellent books for children now, some with exquisite illustration.
Here's a twitter hashtag with some good examples: https://twitter.com/hashtag/favekidsbookart?src=hash
The UK has a prize for excellent illustration - the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway.php
Here's the 2017 shortlist: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway-current-shortl...
Previous winners are listed here: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive.php