les. Volunteers began typing in the Bible,
with one individual book at a time, and a file for each book. Michael
typed in the collected works of Shakespeare, with the help of
volunteers, one play at a time, and a file for each play. This edition
of Shakespeare was never released, unfortunately, due to changes in
copyright law. Shakespeare's works belong to public domain, but
comments and notes may be copyrighted, depending on the publication
date. Other editions of Shakespeare from public domain were posted a
few years later.

# 10 to 1,000 ebooks

In August 1989, Project Gutenberg completed its 10th ebook, "The King
James Bible" (1769), both testaments, and 5 M for all files.

In 1990, there were 250,000 internet users. The web was in its infancy.
The standard was 360 K disks.

In January 1991, Michael typed in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
(1865), by Lewis Carroll. In July 1991, he typed in "Peter Pan" (1904),
by James M. Barrie. These two classics of childhood literature each fit
on one disk.

The first browser, Mosaic, was released in November 1993. It became
easier to circulate etexts and recruit volunteers. From 1991 to 1996,
the number of ebooks doubled every year, with one book per month in
1991, two books per month in 1992, four books per month in 1993, and
eight books per month in 1994.

In January 1994, Project Gutenberg released "The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare" as eBook #100. Shakespeare wrote most works
between 1590 and 1613.

The steady growth went on, with an average of 8 books per month in
1994, 16 books per month in 1995, and 32 books per month in 1996.

In June 1997, Project Gutenberg released "The Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood" (1883), by Howard Pyle.

Project Gutenberg had 1,000 ebooks in August 1997. eBook #1000 was "La
Divina Commedia" de Dante Alighieri (1321), in Italian, its original
language.

As there were more and more ebooks, they got classified in three main
sections: (a) "Light Literature", such as "Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass", "Peter Pan" and "Aesop's
Fables"; (b) "Heavy Literature", such as the Bible, Shakespeare's
works, "Moby Dick" and "Paradise Lost"; (c) "Reference Literature",
such as "Roget's Thesaurus", almanacs, and a set of encyclopedias and
dictionaries. (This classification in three sections was replaced later
with a more detailed one.)

"Light Literature" was the main section in number of ebooks. As
explain