Yes, there are several projects like this. I am in the process of starting up a new one! I would welcome the help of others...
After 70 years, copyrights usually expire and books become Public Domain. Shakespeare, Twain, Jefferson, etc.
The Gutenberg Project (http://www.gutenberg.net) is compiling public domain books for free electronic distribution. They distribute them in ASCII format, and I would like to redistribute them in XML so they can be transformed for any use (PDF, electronic book, web page, etc). Another site is http://www.openebook.org/ Finally, Adobe is moving in the same direction. Read this press release for more info: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressrel eases/200003/20000316king.html
Using these resources, we can perhaps find a more flexible way to distribute books free to the world. What kinds of ideas do you have after checking out these sources?
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Yes, there are several projects like this. I am in the process of starting up a new one! I would welcome the help of others...
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After 70 years, copyrights usually expire and books become Public Domain. Shakespeare, Twain, Jefferson, etc.
The Gutenberg Project (http://www.gutenberg.net) is compiling public domain books for free electronic distribution. They distribute them in ASCII format, and I would like to redistribute them in XML so they can be transformed for any use (PDF, electronic book, web page, etc). Another site is http://www.openebook.org/ Finally, Adobe is moving in the same direction. Read this press release for more info: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressre
Using these resources, we can perhaps find a more flexible way to distribute books free to the world. What kinds of ideas do you have after checking out these sources?