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25000 Books Proofread By Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Posted by Unknown on from the get-your-free-knowledge dept.

New submitter fritsd writes "Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders, a volunteer site which helps provide public domain books to Project Gutenberg, announced that their 100 000+ volunteers have reached the milestone of 25 000 books scanned, OCRed, and then meticulously proofread." The 25000th title is The Art and Practice of Silver Printing by Capt. Abney and H. P. Robinson.

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  1. I'm glad he's doing someting with his time, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm glad Mr. Guttenberg is doing something with his time and money with such a noble project as this. I guess it makes up for the Police Academy movies he did.

    Now if I only read books.