Distributed Proofreaders Posts 5,000th E-book

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 24, 2004 @06:41PM from the error-checking-and-correcting dept.

bbc writes "Distributed Proofreaders has posted its 5,000th ebook to Project Gutenberg. The book, a Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John W. Cousin, was proofed for this special occasion by over 500 volunteers. Distributed Proofreaders is a project that distributes the otherwise gargantuan task of correcting scanning and recognition errors in an OCR'ed text. The project has thousands of volunteers, of which many hundreds are active on any given day. It is currently the main supplier of etexts for Project Gutenberg."

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What about 5001? by after · 2004-08-24 18:50 · Score: 0, Troll

Why must Slashdot get all excited when a number like 5000 pops up? I don't understand why everyone is so excited about numbers. I took my 500th shit this month, you dont hear me calling the press do you?

What about the 5001st book? Will that also yeild a news item?