On May 19, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
On May 19, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
I applaud the Internet Archive and the Open Content Alliance's
efforts. archive.org++
Try this hack with Google Books, not.
$ echo http://ia300206.us.archive.org/3/items/librariesreaders00fostuoft/
> libraries.urls
$ echo http://ia310827.us.archive.org/0/items/developmentofchi00tancuoft/
>> libraries.urls
$ echo http://ia310832.us.archive.org/2/items/rulesregulations00brituoft/
>> libraries.urls
$ echo 'wget -erobots=off --wait 1 -np -m -nd -A
_djvu.txt,.pdf,.gif,_marc.xml -R _bw.pdf -i $1' > mirror.sh
$ chmod +x mirror.sh
$ ./mirror.sh libraries.urls
Here is a script that will let you download all the books from
archive.org:
http://blog.openlibrary.org/2008/11/24/bulk-access-to-ocr-for-1-million-books/
You'll have to slightly modify it to download the format you want...
-raj
