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Re: Moore's "Practical Navigator" c.1800 is Online
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Jul 3, 02:41 -0500
Dear Frank,
> The scans are poor in some cases, so I would count these as 90% books.
> It's
> great to see them at all (and for free), but they're imperfect.
I disagree with your assessment.
The missing pages cover the most interesting part: the Lunars.
I think that digitalizing a book like that is worse than not
digitalizing them at all.
Because now everybody knows that the book is "digitalized",
and this will discourage someone from digitalizing it again.
> Also note
> that these are not "books for download".
Yes, unfortunately this is what many digitalizers are doing.
(Mystic Seaport Museum, for example).
Apparently they want to leave some opportunity for themselves
to charge money for downloads.
Alex.
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From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Jul 3, 02:41 -0500
Dear Frank,
> The scans are poor in some cases, so I would count these as 90% books.
> It's
> great to see them at all (and for free), but they're imperfect.
I disagree with your assessment.
The missing pages cover the most interesting part: the Lunars.
I think that digitalizing a book like that is worse than not
digitalizing them at all.
Because now everybody knows that the book is "digitalized",
and this will discourage someone from digitalizing it again.
> Also note
> that these are not "books for download".
Yes, unfortunately this is what many digitalizers are doing.
(Mystic Seaport Museum, for example).
Apparently they want to leave some opportunity for themselves
to charge money for downloads.
Alex.
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