I'm so glad to hear that, Tim! You just made my day.
Iris
On 2/26/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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Iris Jastram
The Pegasus Librarian
http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com
http://go.carleton.edu/ijastram
Received on Mon Feb 26 2007 - 16:21:54 EST