Today Project Gutenberg is over 1/4 of the way from 10,000 eBooks to 20,000 !
Contrary to all the pundits' prolific predictions over the years,
Project Gutenberg not only has not gone under, but has continued
it's growth on a curve in excess of Moore's Law, as in this graph:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 #####
MO OctNovDec-JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec-JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
2003/2003--2004/2004/2004/2004/2004/2004/2004--/2005/2005/2005/2005/2005
12.5K>04/04 Apr 30, 2004 12.5K
12K>03/04 Mar 24, 2004 12K
11.5K>02/04 Feb 25, 2004 11.5K
11K>01/04 Jan 14, 2004 11K
10.5K>11/03 Nov 26, 2003 10.5K
MO OctNovDec-JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec-JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug MON
2003/2003--2004/2004/2004/2004/2004/2004/2004--/2005/2005/2005/2005/2005
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 #####
*Please note the graph above is in MONTHS, while the graph below is in YEARS!*
[Note: the " / " in the dates marks the portion of the month or year--
>From 12/90 - 12/00 the "/" marks the exact quarter of the year in which
Project Gutenberg reached that number of eBooks. From 2001 forward these
are sometimes off by a space or two, due to lack of space on the graph.]
*Please note the graph above is in MONTHS, while the graph below is in YEARS!*
YR 1990/1991/1992/1993/1994/1995/1996/1997/1998/1999/2000/2001/2002/2003 ^####
October 15, 2003 >>> 10K>10/03 10K
9,500>9/03 9,500
9,000>8/03 9,000
8,500>7/03 8,500
8,000>5/03 8,000
7,500>3/03 7,500
7,000>1/03 7,000
6,500>12/02 6,500
6,000 >9/02 6,000
5,500 >7/02 5,500
5,000 >4/02 5,000
4,500 >2/02 4,500
4,000>10/01 4,000
3,500>5/01 3,500
3,000>12/00 3,000
2,500 > 8/00 2,500
2,000 >12/99 2,000
1,500 >10/98 1,500
1,000 >8/97 1,000
500 >4/96 500
100 >12/93 <<<December 10, 1993 100
10 >12/90 10
YR 1990/1991/1992/1993/1994/1995/1996/1997/1998/1999/2000/2001/2002/2003 ^####
We should also add that the quality of the Project Gutenberg eBooks has been
increasing over the same period; in terms of initial accuracy, format options
and continuous error correction. In addition, Project Gutenberg now provides
eBooks in 31 languages, with Project Gutenberg of Europe targeting over 50.
The 30th language at Project Gutenberg was Romanian.
Project Gutenberg of Australia has already released 350 eBooks.
Project Gutenbergs of Canada and Luxembourg are opening soon, with new
entries from all the European Union nations expected in the near future.
If the growth rate listed above continues for only one more decade,
Project Gutenberg will be offering over one million books in 2012,
and the next step will be to translate these million eBooks into
100 different languages.
By the time this is all complete, perhaps by Project Gutenberg's
50th Anniversary in 2021, we hope to provide 10 million eBooks
from all over the world, and present them in 100 languages,
for a total 1 billion eBooks, and we hope to distribute these
to 1 billion readers, 15% of the world population.
If we succeed, we will give away one quintillion eBooks.
At present, even if we have only reached just over 1% of the world,
we have already given away over a trillion eBooks.
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