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'''Project Gutenberg''' is a project that takes [[book]]s no longer under [[copyright]] (or under special copyright conditions) and converts them into plain text files for distribution on the internet free of charge. |
'''Project Gutenberg''' is a project that takes [[book]]s no longer under [[copyright]] (or under special copyright conditions) and converts them into plain text files for distribution on the internet free of charge. |
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coelbo Project Gutenberg is a project that takes books no longer under copyright (or under special copyright conditions) and converts them into plain text files for distribution on the internet free of charge.
All period texts could be added to Project Gutenberg but recent translations (those done in the last 70 years or so) of period texts could not be.
Proofreading for Project Gutenberg can be done through the Distributed Proofreaders website. This site shows one page at a time along with a machine created copy of the text which needs to be checked for errors.
- Project Gutenberg's website - http://gutenberg.net/
- The Distributed Proofreaders website - http://www.pgdp.net
To Quote the Official Site:
- Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart, who in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea if lots of famous and important texts were freely available to everyone in the world. Since then, he has been joined by hundreds of volunteers who share his vision.
- Now, more than thirty years later, Project Gutenberg has the following figures (as of November 8th 2002): 203 New eBooks released during October 2002, 1975 New eBooks produced in 2002 (they were 1240 in 2001) for a total of 6267 Total Project Gutenberg eBooks. 119 eBooks have been posted so far by Project Gutenberg of Australia.
Books of period interest in Project Gutenberg
- Beowulf (150kb) - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext97/bwulf10.txt
- The Complete works of William Shakespeare (5mb) - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext94/shaks12.txt
- Decameron -- Volume 1 by Giovanni Boccaccio - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext03/thdcm10.txt
- The Life Of Castruccio Castracani Da Luca by Niccolo Machiavelli - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext98/tprnc10.txt
- History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy by Niccolo Machiavelli - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext01/hflit10.txt
- Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext00/cbtls10.txt
- The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli - http://library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/pg/etext98/tprnc10.txt
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- Mutopia Project (similar to Project Gutenberg, for sheet music)
