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Project Gutenberg Publishes 10,000th Free eBook
AndrewRUK writes "Earlier today, Project Gutenberg's founder, Micheal Hart, announced that the project has passed the milestone of 10,000 free eBooks available, with the publication of the Magna Carta.Project Gutenberg was founded in 1971, with the aim of "[making] information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search." In the 32 years since the project started, over 10,000 books, ranging from the Bible to school textbooks, and from the complete works of Shakespeare to the USA's declaration of independence, have been made freely available to the public by Project Gutenberg."
it is time to read up eh?
I still kind of have issues with ebooks.. I mean, reading is pretty much a tactile thing for me.. I.e. I like the smell of books, I like turning pages..
In other words, it is nice to get away from the computer sometimes and just read..
Though, I congratulate their efforts, it is cool
anime+manga together at last.. in real time.
Based on someone's post earlier, I gave Distributed Proofreaders a try. It's very straightforward to get started on a couple of pages done at your leisure (especially easy for those knowing basic HTML--like Slashdot posters--think standard bold and italic tags; the only mild ramp up is footnotes), and I found their scanned book choices interesting to be reading through in the process of proofing (well-done proofing interface as well).
If you're in the mood for browsing books, give it a try... you can find something interesting to read and do a little service for humanity at the same time.
~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
That's odd. What with all the extensions on copyright expirations, I didn't realize that the Bible was in the public domain.
Libertarians somehow believe that private businesses should be stronger than governments but weaker than individuals.
I prefer the palm pilot, myself... smaller than a paperback, long battery life, and very readable backlightable screen... And there are freeware apps that will allow you to take Gutenberg eTexts and convert them for your Palm.
How much text can you stuff in 8Mb?
2 full copies of the bible..
or
all of shakespeare
or
LOTS and lots of good fiction.
-Jazz
-- All That's Evil in the Geek Space
You mean, the U.S. Constitution has been freely available on the Internet all this time, and still Ashcroft hasn't bothered to read it?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney