25000 Books Proofread By Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

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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Re:whose paying these guys?

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Socialism is top-down government officials commanding individuals to obey the collective. Many socialists desire that people belong to the state.

Melissa Harris-Perry ... professor at Tulane, has endorsed the concept of human ownership by the state ... saying in a promo for MSNBC that "we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities." http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/040913-651296-msnbc-host-says-children-belong-to-k

All activities that people, on their own, join and participate in is part of the free-market. Yes, that means food co-ops where everyone hates capitalism are part and parcel of the free-market.