of Rights,
that includes the ten first amendments added in 1789 to the Constitution (dated
1787) and defining the individual rights of the citizens and the distinct powers
ot the Federal Government and the States. In 1973, Michael typed in the full
text of The United States Constitution.

From one year to the next, disk space was getting larger, by the standards of
the time (there was no hard disk yet), so it was possible to plan bigger files.
Michael began typing in the Bible, because the individual books of the Bible
could be processed separately as different files. He also worked on the
collected works of Shakespeare, with one play at a time, and a file for each
play. That edition of Shakespeare was never released, due to copyright changes.
If Shakespeare's works belong to the public domain, the comments and notes may
be copyrighted, depending on the publication date. But other editions belonging
to the public domain were posted a few years later.

In parallel, the internet, which was still embryonic in 1971, was born in 1974
with the creation of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn. Its rapid expansion started in 1983.

= 10 to 10,000 Books

In August 1989, Project Gutenberg completed its 10th book, The King James Bible,
that was first published in 1611, with the standard text dated 1769. In 1990,
there were 250,000 internet users, and the standard was 360 K disks. In January
1991, Michael typed in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
(published in 1865). In July 1991, he typed in Peter Pan, by James M. Barrie
(published in 1904). These two worldwide classics of childhood literature each
fitted on one disk.

1991 was also the year the web became operational. The first browser, Mosaic,
was released in November 1993. As the web was becoming a popular medium, it
became easier to circulate eTexts and recruit volunteers. Project Gutenberg
gradually got into its stride, with the digitization of 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 celebrated its 100th book
by releasing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote most
of his work 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.

As we can see, from 1991 to 1996, the