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authorNick White <git@njw.me.uk>2012-04-03 02:17:32 +0100
committerNick White <git@njw.me.uk>2012-04-03 02:17:32 +0100
commit7739ec5aaee54b44ee9e570c3f4fbc11e0fd3014 (patch)
tree58c2957b92b5b0a0c64bad716490c28421f5eafd
parent7d2f01ff65f2755aa375eab6134a00d9acd13369 (diff)
Improve wording of readme
-rw-r--r--README37
-rw-r--r--TODO2
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9b19c32..89c9a3f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,30 +8,31 @@ getxbook is a collection of tools to download books from websites.
## why
-Online book websites are engineered not around reading, but around
+Online book websites are designed not around reading, but around
surveillance. It is not merely the selection of book that is
recorded, but exactly what is read, when, and for how long.
Forever. And this is linked to all other information the website
holds about you (which in the case of Google and Amazon is likely
-a great deal).
+to be a great deal).
Reading books is one of the holiest acts in our society. Limiting
-our access, and monitoring it closely is a grave act. It is
-censorship, whether done for profit or for any other reason. And
-it is dangerous.
-
-The getxbook programs download books anonymously. Your IP address
-will still be logged (use [torify](https://www.torproject.org)
-to stop this), but your reading won't be automatically linked to
-other information websites have about you, as no existing cookies
-are used. Once the book is downloaded, you can read it as you
-please without any further prying.
-
-Of course, being free to do what you like with it, you can also load
-the book onto any device you have access to, share it, study it, and
-anything else you can do with normal computer files. You can easily
-use OCR software to get text versions of downloaded books, making
-them accessible to people who can't easily read from the page scans.
+and monitoring it is a grave act; it is censorship, whether its
+goal is profit or more direct political control. And it is
+dangerous.
+
+The getxbook program downloads books anonymously. Using it will
+still result in your IP address being logged (use
+[torify](https://www.torproject.org) to stop this), but reading
+habits won't be automatically linked to other personal information
+websites hold, as no existing cookies are used. Once the book is
+downloaded, it can be read without any further prying.
+
+Being free to do what you like with a book, you can also load it
+onto any device you have access to, share it, study it, read it
+offline, and do anything else you can do with normal computer files.
+You can easily use OCR software to get text versions of downloaded
+books, making them accessible to people who can't easily read from
+the page scans.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every
form of tyranny over the mind of man."
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index a3a75dd..58f131e 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ in getabook, the web client tries downloading sequentially the first few pages,
in getgbook, check that downloaded page doesn't match 'page not available' image; if so delete (as may be redownloadable later, perhaps even then with different cookies)
+in getgbook, grab the link data (presumably as json somewhere), and add this to pdf
+
1.0 format and package man pages in win and osx packages
1.0 package for osx - https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer