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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Project Gutenberg (1971-2008), 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 (1971-2008) Author: Marie Lebert Release Date: October 26, 2008 [EBook #27045] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PROJECT GUTENBERG (1971-2008) *** Produced by Al Haines PROJECT GUTENBERG (1971-2008) MARIE LEBERT NEF, University of Toronto & Project Gutenberg, 2008 Copyright (C) 2008 Marie Lebert This long article is dated May 2008. With many thanks to the great people who helped me, especially Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, and Russon Wooldridge, founder of NEF. All the mistakes are mine - my mother tongue is not English, but French. This article is also available in French: Le Projet Gutenberg (1971-2008). TABLE 1. Overview 2. A Bet Since 1971 3. The Method 4. Shared Proofreading 5. Becoming Multingual 6. Public Domain vs. Copyright 7. From the Past to the Future 8. Chronology 9. Stats 10. Links 1. OVERVIEW August 1997: 1,000 books; April 2002: 5,000 books; October 2003: 10,000 books; January 2005: 15,000 books; December 2006: 20,000 books; April 2008: 25,000 books. In July 1971, Michael Hart created Project Gutenberg with the goal of making available for free, and electronically, literary works belonging to public domain. A pioneer site in a number of ways, Project Gutenberg was the first information provider on the internet and is the oldest digital library. When the internet became popular, in the mid-1990s, the project got a boost and an international dimension. The number of electronic books rose from 1,000 (in August 1997) to 5,000 (in April 2002), 10,000 (in October 2003), 15,000 (in January 2005), 20,000 (in December 2006) and 25,000 (in April 2008), with a current production rate of around 340 new books each month. With 55 languages and 40 mirror sites around the world, books are being downloaded by the tens of thousands every day. Project Gutenberg promotes digitiza
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