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Subject: Project Gutenberg Newsletter, October 1, 1997 [to Etext #1057]
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: hart@archive.org
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:10:04 -0500 (CDT)
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for October, 1997 [ To Etext #1057]
Well. . .we [I] survived the mad rush to get Etext #1,000 online on schedule,
though I must admit I am still at little behind in posting some updated files
and answering yesterday's email. . . .
You will be receiving a separate note detailing Project Gutenberg's goals for
1998, and beyond, which may have some surprises for you. If you have had the
idea of starting a project in your own country, region, or language, this one
is a message you won't want to miss.
It will be titled: "Project Gutenberg Needs Your Help!" and should be coming
to you next week.
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In addition, you will notice that we have started releasing Shakespeare, as I
promised we would after Etext #1,000, as individual files rather than only as
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Here are the 28 Project Gutenberg Etexts currently labelled as September,
[and one for October, since this is the first of the month].
Mon Year Title and Author [# of PG books by the author][filename.ext] ###
A "C" following the Etext number indicates a copyrighted work.
Oct 1997 Poems, by Oscar Wilde [Etext #16 by Oscar Wilde] [pmwldxxx.xxx]1057
Oct 1997 Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde [re: above][pmwldxxx.xxx]1057
NOTE:
[This is a new indexing effort to make it easier to look up shorter materials
without having to actually make separate short files. Comments encouraged!!]
Sep 1997 Martin Eden, by Jack London [Jack London #10] [medenxxx.xxx]1056
Sep 1997 'Twixt Land & Sea, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #15] [twxlsxxx.xxx]1055
Sep 1997 A Collection of Ballads, by Andrew Lang [Lang #6] [cbladxxx.xxx]1054
Sep 1997 Within The Tides, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #14] [wthntxxx.xxx]1053
Sep 1997 Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom [?Tract #2][tidysxxx.xxx]1052
Sep 1997 Sartor Resartus, by Thomas Carlyle [Carlyle #1] [srtrsxxx.xxx]1051
Sep 1997 Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw[3][dlotsxxx.xxx]1050
Sep 1997 Vanished Arizona, by Martha Summerhayes [varizxxx.xxx]1049
Sep 1997 The Ruling Passion, by Henry van Dyke [van Dyke#2][rlpsnxxx.xxx]1048
Sep 1997 The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells [Wells #11] [nmchvxxx.xxx]1047
Sep 1997 God The Invisible King, by H. G. Wells [Wells#10] [godikxxx.xxx]1046
Sep 1997 Venus and Adonis, by William Shakespeare[Shakes#3][wsvnsxxx.xxx]1045
Sep 1997 Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain[cptsfxxx.xxx]1044
Sep 1997 The Story of Evolution, by Joseph McCabe [tsoevxxx.xxx]1043
Sep 1997 A Reading of Life, Other Poems, by George Meredith[rdlifxxx.xxx]1042
Sep 1997 Shakespeare's Sonnets, by William Shakespeare [#2][wssntxxx.xxx]1041
Sep 1997 The Three Taverns, by Edwin Arlington Robinson[#3][3tavsxxx.xxx]1040
Sep 1997 Missionary Travels in South Africa, by Livingstone[mtravxxx.xxx]1039
Sep 1997 Style, by Walter Raleigh [Walter Raleigh Etext #2][stylexxx.xxx]1038
Sep 1997 The Life of John Bunyan, by Edmund Venables [lfbynxxx.xxx]1037
Sep 1997 Joe Wilson and His Mates, by Henry Lawson [HL#2] [jwahmxxx.xxx]1036
Sep 1997 The Man against the Sky, by Edwin A. Robinson [#2][tmatsxxx.xxx]1035
Sep 1997 Poems, by Wilfred Owen [wowenxxx.xxx]1034
Sep 1997 Rose O' the River, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [KDW#4] [rorvrxxx.xxx]1033
Sep 1997 The Pupil, by Henry James [#14 by Henry James] [pupilxxx.xxx]1032
Sep 1997 Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde[Wilde#15][crmdsxxx.xxx]1031
Sep 1997 Cavalier Songs & Ballads of England, MacKay/Editor[csboexxx.xxx]1030
Sep 1997 The Night-Born, by Jack London [Jack London #9 [ntbrnxxx.xxx]1029
My Apologies:
Please note: Due to my somewhat exorbitant efforts to get Etext #1,000 out on
schedule, I accidentally posted 36 Etexts in July, and 40 in August. This was
pointed out to me in time to fix the August listings, but I just noticed July,
and since it is now to late to fix this easily, I will just remedy this by the
posting of only 28 Etexts labelled as September, to get us on track. Oops! mh
[PS. . .I may change the month labelling later, but not the Etext name/number.
There are supposed to be 32 Project Gutenberg Etexts released every month. mh
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It's "great advertising," says the Press's director. The MIT Press is
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identifies copyrighted material and links the user to the copyright owners.
http://www.doi.org/overview.html (Chronicle of Higher Education 12 Sep 97)
[In addition I heard a news report that said books of all varieties have
an average of 28% increased sales, if they are posted on the Internet.]
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