On 01/10/2007, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
What makes you think that those books don't
already exist?
1)Lack of publishing infrastructure. In say the UK something will have
been published on pretty much any human settlement because it is easy
to do.
2)Literacy levels. India has a literacy rate of a bit under 70% small
pool to do the writing
3)Different cultures. One of the few things considered respectable in
British retirement is to research your local history
4)Raw numbers. British libiary has at 25 million books one book per
2.4 people in Britain (and a bit over 2 items per person). Now a lot
of that will be international but also suggests a decent coverage of
UK topics. National library of India has about 2 million books. 1 book
per 560 people.
5)Systemic bias. [[WP:V]] [[WP:RS]] [[WP:BLP]] yeah all kinda written
assuming a western setup in terms of documentation.
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geni