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Distributed Proofreaders 15th Anniversary

Distributed Proofreaders celebrates its 15th Anniversary and digitizes 30,000th public domain book.

Succasunna, NJ — Distributed Proofreaders (http://www.pgdp.net) is celebrating both its 15th Anniversary and the digitization of its 30,000th unique public domain e-book. Founded 1 October 2000, Distributed Proofreaders is a crowdsourced website whose volunteers convert books to electronic formats and make them available for free distribution via Project Gutenberg.

The 30,000 e-books we’ve produced represent a wide variety of literature including Science, Technology, Medicine, Poetry, Archaeology, Folklore, Literature, Drama, Music, History, Autobiography, Political Science, and General and Juvenile Fiction. Titles include the works of Dickens and Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope, Molière and Goethe. And Distributed Proofreaders produces e-books in several languages in addition to English, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog, Esperanto, and others.

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Project Hart: free eReaders for kids

Project Hart is a nonprofit created in the legacy of Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg. Our mission is to make ebooks accessible for everyone. There are so many free ebooks in this world, but many people do not have the computers or internet to access these digital libraries. Project Hart aims to solve this issue by giving ereaders full of ebooks to people in need. We plan to do this through raising funds to buy ereaders and receiving donations of used ereaders.

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2016-01-06)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for October/November/December 2015, January 2016

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Dear subscribers: I apologize for the newsletter hiatus! I am seeking to get back on a more regular schedule… gbn

Distributed Proofreaders celebrates its 15th Anniversary and digitizes 30,000th public domain book.

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Project Gutenberg Releases eBook #50,000

Project Gutenberg is thrilled to achieve the milestone of eBook #50,000. In honor of Project Gutenberg’s founder, Michael S. Hart, a special title was selected. “John Gutenberg, First Master Printer, His Acts, and most remarkable Discourses, and his Death” is now available at www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50000.

Johannes (or John) Gutenberg is best known for introducing mechanical movable type printing to Europe. This brought about a revolution in printing, which was a key event in shaping today’s information and knowlege-based society.

Michael Hart invented the electronic book in 1971, launching what would become his life’s major calling. He named his effort “Project Gutenberg,” to recognize the impact of Johannes Gutenberg and in anticipation of electronic books helping to transform society by bringing cost-free literature to all people. Free literature, and the freedom of thought and freedom of expression it fosters, is key to growth of literacy, opportunity and enlightenment.

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2015-09-20)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for September 2015

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Project Gutenberg is thrilled to achieve the milestone of eBook #50,000. In honor of Project Gutenberg’s founder, Michael S. Hart, a special title was selected. “John Gutenberg, First Master Printer, His Acts, and most remarkable Discourses, and his Death” is now available at www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50000.

Johannes (or John) Gutenberg is best known for introducing mechanical movable type printing to Europe. This brought about a revolution in printing, which was a key event in shaping today’s information and knowlege-based society.

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2015-08-06)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for May, June, July and August 2015

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Congratulations to Distributed Proofreaders for providing their 30,000th title to Project Gutenberg. Here are the DP announcements:

Celebrating 30,000 Titles http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59120

Distributed Proofreaders is a team that creates eBooks, through the collaborative efforts of many volunteers. You can join them! Visit www.pgdp.net

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2015-04-02)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for March & April 2015

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The World Public Library (www.worldpubliclibrary.org) operates the Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing Press at http://self.gutenberg.org

The Self-Publishing Press has thousands of eBooks from contemporary authors, on many topics. New books are always welcome!

Recently, the Press has been improved to link in encyclopedia entries and other discovery tools for authors, titles and subjects. This adds some great ways to navigate, browse and discover books. It also brings additional third-party content right to the search page, which can be helpful for students and others seeking additional information.

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Copyright Term Extensions are Looming!

In our September 2014 newsletter, we wrote about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is an international initiative, being negotiated in secret, which will have far-reaching impacts in many areas of trade, copyright, and more.

We urge all fans of Project Gutenberg to learn about this initiative, and speak with lawmakers and others about your concerns. Spread the word to your friends and family, who might not be aware of the downward pressure on wages and job security that the TPP would bring about.

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2015-02-05)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for February 2015

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In our September 2014 newsletter, we wrote about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is an international initiative, being negotiated in secret, which will have far-reaching impacts in many areas of trade, copyright, and more.

We urge all fans of Project Gutenberg to learn about this initiative, and speak with lawmakers and others about your concerns. Spread the word to your friends and family, who might not be aware of the downward pressure on wages and job security that the TPP would bring about.

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2015-01-07)

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for January 2015

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2015. This is Project Gutenberg’s 44th year!

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Thanks to Christina Heal, who reminded us that 2015 will be the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. There will be lots of rereleases.

Your humble newsletter editor (Greg N.) remembers the first eBook he ever heard of: It was sometime in 1987 or so, while I was a student at SUNY Albany. My friend emailed me a copy of the “Millenium Fulcrum” edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which became Project Gutenberg’s eBook #11: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11

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