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