The blurb for it is here http://digitalpublishing.org.nz/index.php/great-nz-ebookshosted off the Digital Publishing website established by NZSA and the Booksellers Association.
Even NBR http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/largest-collection-nz-ebooks-could-be-ready-christmas-aw-100595 ran an article in September last year saying the venture could be live for Christmas 2011 and that 400 books has been funded to be converted. Apparently the site "is where you can find New Zealand’s best literary work being promoted and retailed online. The website has author and publisher profiles, consumer reviews, and links to retail partners where the eBooks can be purchased." Notice how this promotion text is all in the present tense, as if it's already been done.
Also the site was to present books produced for the Kobe platform http://www.kobobooks.com/ and as an author with two books produced for this platform by my publisher I was curious to see what was going on. But nothing. The site is dead: http://greatnzebooks.co.nz/ and no word from Mr Taylor despite my repeated tweets to him yesterday such as this one: https://twitter.com/#!/paul_shannon/status/182633053808631808
This was supposedly a not-for-profit venture and it'd be nice to know what is happening with this investment in the future of New Zealand authorship.
