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[tsgreer]

Originally Posted by Patricia

There is work going on behind the scenes to resolve this sort of problem. I don't want to say more, until everything is sorted out and ready to run. But expect an announcement in the next week or 10 days. Alex has a cunning plan.

Ohh, a mystery plan. Excellent!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

There is work going on behind the scenes to resolve this sort of problem. I don't want to say more, until everything is sorted out and ready to run. But expect an announcement in the next week or 10 days. Alex has a cunning plan.

hmm... please don't take this as pre-emptive criticism, or any kind of trollishness, but i sincerely hope that the "cunning plan" will continue to leave the option of downloading or not open to the user, with the corollary being that the responsibility of respecting copyright / pd falls to them as well...

first, because it's almost assuredly ineffectual to block a user based on location (simple use of proxy will allow you to bypass most blocks, or depending on the system why not just lie and say you live in whatever country is most convenient ?) but no less annoying to the legitimate user,

second, because i am a mature, responsible adult, i have to pay my own rent and cook my own dinner, so if i'm obligated to be responsible for the annoying bits i'd like the privilege of being responsible for the less annoying bits , and

third, in some specific cases, i may feel justified in downloading a book which is not in public domain in my country ; for example, what if i have already bought the book in paper format, but would like to have it in electronic format ? regardless of the legal status of format shifting i consider that to be fair use, and i would like such situations to be left to my own discretion (as an adult, who also understands that if she breaks the law and gets caught, she's also the one who will pay the fine / go to jail).

i do fully understand that it is not all about me , and obviously the most important thing to take into consideration is the protection of MR for everyone's continued pleasure and edification. but just in case you were feeling indecisive i thought i would mention how i feel...

i bring this up partly because the site booksinmyphone.com uses a system which blocks downloads from France of all but the creative commons books they offer, to be absolutely sure no copyright violation is possible ( well, not without going through one or two extra steps first anyway). i wanted "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, which has been in the PD in France for a couple hundred years, but i couldn't download it directly. I wrote to the owner of the site and explained the situation (and suggesting he revise his system if possible), and he very kindly emailed me the book i wanted, so no lasting harm done. but still : how incredibly annoying, especially since my desire was completely legitimate and legal.

...we now return you to your regularly scheduled topic...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hmm... please don't take this as pre-emptive criticism, or any kind of trollishness, but i sincerely hope that the "cunning plan" will continue to leave the option of downloading or not open to the user, with the corollary being that the responsibility of respecting copyright / pd falls to them as well...

It will; don't worry about it.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It will; don't worry about it.

ouf ! brilliant. thanks for the reply.

sorry for the (temporary) thread hi-jack.

[nrapallo]

Just finished a marathon upload of the Complete Works of Charles Dickens in .IMP formats. First of 25 uploads started here

Each is hand-crafted from HarryT’s beautifully illustrated and carefully formatted .prc version of this set of 25 Dickens' classics.

See new .IMP Wiki entry for Works of Charles Dickens

I feel they are as good as they will ever get!

I was able to strong-arm JSWolf into letting me finish this .IMP conversion that I had started three weeks ago. He had previously gained HarryT's permission to 'do' the .IMP conversion and so graciously allowed me to see this to fruition.

Many thanks to HarryT for initially procuring this set for all to enjoy!

[HarryT]

Nick,

Thank you for doing this. The only thing I'd ask is that you please keep an eye on the book uploads forum and re-do the IMP conversion of any Dickens books that I issue new versions of. I'd like the IMP versions to stay "in step" with the other versions, so PLEASE make sure that you use the same "version number" in the thread titles, etc, and re-do them when I do. I specifically ask people to let me know about errors in them, and obviously it would be highly inconvenient for people to report typos in v5 of "Great Expectations" which I've already fixed and released a v6. For that reason, the version numbers are important to me.

Thanks!

[HarryT]

One of the first things I did when I got my Sony Reader was to create illustrated versions of Jane Austen's novels. Looking at them now, they have many flaws, so I've started re-creating them for both Sony and MobiPocket. These are classic novels which deserve "the full treatment" when it comes to creating nice e-Book versions of them.

Just posted "Pride and Prejudice"; the rest will follow over the next few days.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by HarryT

One of the first things I did when I got my Sony Reader was to create illustrated versions of Jane Austen's novels. Looking at them now, they have many flaws, so I've started re-creating them for both Sony and MobiPocket. These are classic novels which deserve "the full treatment" when it comes to creating nice e-Book versions of them.

Just posted "Pride and Prejudice"; the rest will follow over the next few days.

illustrated Jane Austen, yay ! Pride and Prejudice is my favorite... i already have the straight Gutenberg text of it (of course) but i am going to switch it this second for your new (illustrated !) version. if you don't mind, i'll post the imp version (including the current mobi version number, as per your request to nrapallo above), so all of us eb1150-having people can enjoy them. thanks for these !

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Nick,

Thank you for doing this. The only thing I'd ask is that you please keep an eye on the book uploads forum and re-do the IMP conversion of any Dickens books that I issue new versions of. I'd like the IMP versions to stay "in step" with the other versions, so PLEASE make sure that you use the same "version number" in the thread titles, etc, and re-do them when I do. I specifically ask people to let me know about errors in them, and obviously it would be highly inconvenient for people to report typos in v5 of "Great Expectations" which I've already fixed and released a v6. For that reason, the version numbers are important to me.

Thanks!

Yes, I am in tune with your thinking and will re-do them as necessary.

I 'copied' your thread title with the latest version numbers (as of last week) and used 'them' as my .IMP thread titles.

At first I thought about changing the 'posting date' to 01 March 2008, but I deliberately didn't alter your 'posting date' in the title so that it would be easier to 'spot' any new revisions as they appear.

[HarryT]

New version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" just posted for both Sony and MobiPocket. Fully illustrated.

[HarryT]

New versions of "Northanger Abbey", "Mansfield Park", and "Persuasion" uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket. I hope to finish this tomorrow with "Emma" and the shorter works.

[HarryT]

A new illustrated version of "Emma" uploaded for Sony and MobiPocket. That's all 6 of Jane Austen's novels done now. I'll put together a compilation of her shorter works.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

A new illustrated version of "Emma" uploaded for Sony and MobiPocket. That's all 6 of Jane Austen's novels done now. I'll put together a compilation of her shorter works.

Nice, maybe I should read the two I have not yet read. Or re-read Pride and Prejudice.

I saw that you had done some Wodehouse in Sony format. Will you redo them to MobiPocket format? Since I recently read a Wodehouse with missing images it would be nice to find better versions than the ones I probably downloaded from Manybooks.

[HarryT]

I intend to redo the Wodehouse. No pictures in those, I'm afraid!

[tompe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I intend to redo the Wodehouse. No pictures in those, I'm afraid!

It was in one I notice that pictures should probably have been there since the text describing the picture was left in the book (it was Love Among the Chickens). Looking forward to read your versions of the Wodehouse books I have left to read.