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[access-uk] Re: Project Gutenberg Help Please

From: "alan pollard" <apollaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "access uk" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:44:47 +1000

Hi Douglas,thanks very much for the imfo re  the Webbie alternative
link,haven't tried it out yet but will let you know how it go's.thanks
again.Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:44 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Project Gutenberg Help Please


>
>
> Alan, I believe  that I did reply to Margaret's query agreeing that the
> Gutenberg site itself is not very friendly but suggesting that Accessible
> Gutenberg (which is installed along with Webbie 3.3.2) may offer an easier
> alternative.   But on trying the latter I still had problems getting books
to
> download, so I decided to keep quiet in future!
>
> However I have now found that on
> http://download.webbie.org.uk
> there is a stand alone version of Webbie 3.3.2.  Instead of installing,
you
> simply unzip the downloaded archive and put the files in a suitble folder.
> To my surprise running the Gutenberg.exe included, enabled me to
> download books quite easily.    I have no idea why this behaves
differently,
> but thought it worth passing on the information.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
> On 31 May 2007 at 21:44, alan pollard wrote:
>
> > Hi Margaret,just   read your querie regards :Project Gootenburg I  had a
> > similar  problem ,just wondered if you  have recieved any advice on how
to
> > proceed with the downloads?I didn't see any but  of cource may have
missed
> > them, if you dont mind may be you could let me know off list  how things
> > turned out?.thanks a lot.Alan.E Mail address:apollaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Margaret Smith
> >   To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >   Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:20 AM
> >   Subject: [access-uk] Project Gutenberg Help Please
> >
> >
> >   Hello
> >
> >   Could someone give me some idea of how to down-load e-books from the
> >   Gutenberg site.  I start off well enough but then seem to become
> >   entangled with Mirror Sites etc and I haven't the faintest idea how to
> >   proceed from then on.
> >
> >   Many thanks.
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> Douglas Harrison
>
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[access-uk] Re: Project Gutenberg Help Please
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From: Douglas Harrison

[access-uk] Re: Project Gutenberg Help Please

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