Book People Archive

Re: What's an ebook? and what's a book? stating the obvious

> [Moderator: I would request that participants in this thread *not*
>  crosspost discussion posts between this mailing list and any other.  It
>  tends to add noise to both lists; people who only get one list
>  see only a fragmented discussion (and further fragment it because
>  they may only get a partial view), and people who get both lists get
>  redundant posts.
> 
>  I'll pass through this latest round of posts, which is from people
>  on this list, but reserve the right to reject later posts if they're
>  crossposted, or if the conversation otherwise degenerates. - JMO]

I must object.

1.
I believe in unlimited distribution of my words unless I mark them
otherwise, which I sometimes actually do. . . .

2.
Some of these list moderators, most of whom I would like to consider
as my friends, actually go out of their way to stifle this kind of
communication between lists, while I get many duplicate postings
of things I regard as totally outside the purview of the lists.
[Sorry, I LOVE these lists, that's why I defend them against this]

3.           
Even though I am pretty careful about cross posting, and usually
do so only a few times a year, other than the Gutenberg Newsletters,
I note that such cross postings are "held up in the mail". . .even
when it is obvious I want to say the same thing to more than one list.

Ok . . .enuf. . .I don't mean to lecture, and don't need to be lectured.


Thanks!


Michael S. Hart
<hart@[redacted]>
Project Gutenberg
"Ask Dr. Internet"
Executive Director
Internet User ~#100

[Moderator: The post above summarizes some common user objections to the
 Book People moderators' policy of discouraging crossposting of discussion
 threads. (Crossposting of *announcements* can be appropriate, as can
 notification on one list about discussion on another, but I'd rather not
 have discussion threads continue across multiple mailing lists.) 

 In order to minimize on-list metadiscussion, this will be the
 last post made in this thread on crossposting, unless I announce
 any change to our policy.  Listmembers with an opinion pro or con
 on this policy, or on Michael's or my comments on it, can write to the
 Book People moderators at spok+bookpeople-request@[redacted]
 Additionally, Usenet newsgroups are available for people who want
 "unstifled" communication with no restrictions on crossposting;
 see http://www.usenet.org/ for information on these newsgroups. - JMO]