Not dead at all. Quite alive. I'll post about it as soon as I can.
I've had an offer to host the images—continuously, not as a dump—but
can't talk about it until it's all agreed to. The legal issues are
surmountable.
Tim
On 2/26/07, John Rutherford <aw8721_at_wayne.edu> wrote:
>
> On the surface it sounds like an interesting project but I wonder if
> there are licensing issues involved. Would book owners be able to
> scan book covers and submit to a database? Would we have access to
> the images quickly enough to take the place of services from Amazon
> Syndetics
> and others?
>
> On the bright side reviews would certainly be possible. Though I guess if
> Library Thing
> has not run into legal issues with their database it may be ok. Just think,
> you would have
> access to all of my Silver Surfer comic covers from library thing!
>
> John Rutherford
>
>
>
> Iris Jastram wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I blogged a while ago about the possibility of an upcoming open database of
> book images
> (http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-book-cover-images.html
> ), and recently I've been getting emails and IMs from people wondering if
> there've been any developments. Has the steam gone out of those sails? If
> so, I guess life will go on... but not nearly as swimmingly as it would have
> with such a database in place. (By the way, this post has consistently been
> among the most clicked-on posts on my low-circulation blog, and the google
> searches that got people to that post reveal that there's been a lot of
> interest in such a resource).
>
> I must say, I feel kind of bad asking because I have absolutely no
> technical expertise to offer the project. All I have is a need for such a
> resource.
>
> Best,
> Iris
>
> --
> Iris Jastram
> The Pegasus Librarian
> http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com
> http://go.carleton.edu/ijastram
Received on Mon Feb 26 2007 - 13:32:18 EST