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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Project Gutenberg (1971-2005), by Marie Lebert This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** Title: Project Gutenberg (1971-2005) Author: Marie Lebert Release Date: October 26, 2008 [EBook #27039] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PROJECT GUTENBERG (1971-2005) *** Produced by Al Haines PROJECT GUTENBERG (1971-2005) MARIE LEBERT NEF, University of Toronto, 2005 Copyright (C) 2005 Marie Lebert Dated August 15, 2005, this long article (following a short version published in June 2004 [and copied at the end of this file]) is a paper for the third International Colloquium on ICT-enhanced French Studies: Dialogues across languages and cultures, October 2005, York University, Toronto, Canada. This article is dedicated to all Project Gutenberg and Distributed Proofreaders volunteers on the five continents, who offer us a free library of 16,000 high-quality eBooks, mainly classics of world literature, with a goal of one million eBooks in ten years. With many thanks to Russon Wooldridge, who kindly edited this long article. The original version is available on the NEF, University of Toronto: http://www.etudes-francaises.net/dossiers/gutenberg_eng.htm The French version is: Le Projet Gutenberg (1971-2005). The updated English version is: Project Gutenberg (1971-2008). TABLE 1. Summary 2. History, From the Origins to Today 3. The Public Domain, an Endless Topic 4. The Method Adopted by Project Gutenberg 5. Distributed Proofreaders, to Handle Shared Proofreading 6. eBooks in More and More Languages 7. From the Past to the Future 8. Chronology [updated in 2006] 9. Links 10. Short Version [dated 2004] 1. SUMMARY My fascination for Project Gutenberg is not new, but it doesn't wane. Nobody has done a better job of putting the world's literature at everyone's disposal. And to create a vast network of volunteers all over the world, without wasting people's skills or energy. Here is the story in a few lines. In July 19
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