[dvdvol] User feedback from new CD/DVD creation system

[John Hagerson]

Aaron,

I find my interactions with Dr. Gill to be a bit surreal. I think he is
disappointed because I could not send him the "completer set" of everything
added to the PG collection subsequent to the production of the first CD and
DVD. That may be his only real complaint.

Are we planning to refresh the CD and DVD soon? I believe Dr. Widger (among
others) has been working to update the underlying e-books and to file them
according to the new PG directory structure. Will we need to create a
flatter structure for the CD or DVD? I'm concerned that many tiny
directories will eat up a bunch of precious space.

On a related topic: Should we update the CD/DVD request page to summarize
the contents of the discs? For example, we might state that they have
nothing to do with computers. A pointer back to the main index page might
help some, but someone who lands on the request page from a search engine
probably just wants what he wants and isn't interested in learning that we
do not provide what he wants.

John

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From: dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org [mailto:dvdvol-bounces at lists.pglaf.org]
On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:51 PM
To: CD and DVD Volunteers
Subject: Re: [dvdvol] User feedback from new CD/DVD creation system

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Do you know if he saw the link to the
FAQ?  http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/pgiso/faq.html
.  It's a decent set of instructions; or perhaps
it's not.  I wrote most of them so it's hard to
say for sure. :)  Was there something specific he didn't understand?

Sincerely
Aaron Cannon


At 08:43 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
>Here is the text of an e-mail conversation I had with a retired gentleman
>who is very interested in e-books.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Gill [mailto:gilljoseph1949 at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:25 PM
>To: John Hagerson
>Subject: RE: Please confirm mailing address
>
>Thank You John,
>
>I tried to do as you suggested below but NO easy step by step instructions.
>It is sad that after so many volunteers and yourself work so hard for years
>that there is not a simple download program and simple update files
download
>program.
>
>If you offered your text in an illustrated word file they could have FULL
>title and author listing and would be searchable as texts.  I keep 70,000
>e-texts books and papers on my computer and can search the ENTIRE
collection
>for words or dates ect.  I have my estates allocated to go to your
>organization and would like to see newer more user friendly technology at
>Gutenberg; it is available for individuals as well as institutions now.
>
>I was a prof at Harvard Uni and a director at Sotheby's NYC and am now
>retired.  If you care please see   www.worldglobetrotters.com .
>
>The more you give the more people want. Thank you for all your wonderful
>giving work.
>
>Cordially Dr. Joseph Gill
>===========================================================
>
>John Hagerson <j.hagerson at comcast.net> wrote:
>Dr. Gill,
>
>We have an option that is available to you if you have a high speed
>connection to the Internet.
>
>If you connect to http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/pgiso, you can query the
>Project Gutenberg library of electronic books based on criteria that you
>specify and create a CD or DVD image of electronic books. Once you specify
>the criteria, the system will compile the selected books into an ISO image
>and provide you with instructions for downloading the image to your PC.
>Then, you can copy the image to a blank CD or DVD and distribute copies to
>your friends. (If you just want to use the CD or DVD image yourself, you
can
>search Google for a free program called IsoBuster which allows you to
>extract the contents of an ISO file collection to your hard disk.)
>
>Because we have yet to widely publicize this service, I am not sure how
>ready it is for a large number of people to try to use it simultaneously.
In
>the meantime, however, if you are inclined, please test it out and send any
>feedback to the e-mail alias that is listed on the page.
>
>If you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them or I can ask
>others who are more knowledgeable than I.
>
>Thank you for your continued interest in Project Gutenberg.
>
>John Hagerson
>Project Gutenberg Volunteer
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Gill [mailto:gilljoseph1949 at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:40 AM
>To: John Hagerson
>Subject: Re: Please confirm mailing address
>
>Hello John,
>
>I have your 3 year old DVD but would like to download your text and image
>files to update your collection on my computer.  A GOOD IDEA
>
>Dr Joseph Gill
>
>John Hagerson <j.hagerson at comcast.net> wrote:
>Dr. Gill,
>
>Thank you for your interest in Project Gutenberg and a request for our DVD.
>
>Could you please provide your mailing address? For now, all I have is your
>name and Kona HI 96704.
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>John Hagerson (a Project Gutenberg volunteer)
>
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