not sure about the scalability of this proposal. If we want free information then we need to avoid feeding the market. These guys are going to charge just to glance at an out of copyright book with a camera. If the charge is a pound then we can't afford that model when we look at all possible books (and neither can Africa)

Roger

On 1 August 2012 13:49, Fae <faenwp@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1 August 2012 13:29, Fae <faenwp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Scanning and promoting the use of the images and text for the public
> benefit. Then selling the book at either little loss or a likely
> profit for the charity once we have a lot of public attention on it.

Slight amendment after thinking over a cup of tea - I would prefer to
see it donated to the British Library (or some another worthy public
archive) for the permanent public benefit, rather than resell. This
fits better with the Wikimedia UK mission and the receiving
institution might even help with archive quality digitization.

Cheers,
Fae

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