Good if we've got the funds.
Some reasons to go with 1,000 books for starters...
* Discussion of THE 1,000 books is likelier to be a lively ongoing
discussion, for the "Living Canon."
* We can proceed with 1,000 sooner rather than later, and get some proof
of concept of the 2-track strategy out bouncing in the real world. To me
this is more important than content.
* 1,000 books is ten times cheaper to micro-permatize than 10,000.
Besides being dramatically easier (and quicker) for us, it would appear so
to others, and invite traffic, which is the point.
* 75 disks seems like a lot. It doesn't feel so miniature.
* 10,000 books will piss off more people than 1,000 when they're not
included, because more will feel like they're a contender.
A reason for 10,000, however...
* It's an impressively huge number, an enormous-seeming volume of storage.
It pushes an envelope.
Maybe we could do a quick 1,000, and then that experience and public
interest (or not) will tell us how and whether to proceed with 10,000.