======== Subject: *Weekly* Project Gutenberg Newsletter From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: "Project Gutenberg mailing list" <gutnberg@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:40:13 -0500 (CDT) Project Gutenberg's *Weekly* Newsletter for Wednesday, May 9, 2001 [We will continue both *weekly* AND *monthly* until July 4, 2001.] [How many of you would prefer separate subscriptions for a monthly Newsletter and a weekly Newsletter??? 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Warner [DW#3][dwqcwxxx.xxx]3471 Oct 2002 Such is Life, by Tom Collins [aka Joseph Furphy][slifexxx.xxx]3470 Oct 2002 The Hand of Ethelberta, by Thomas Hardy[Hardy #23][ethbrxxx.xxx]3469 Oct 2002 Poems by the Way, by William Morris[Wm Morris #11][pmbwyxxx.xxx]3468 Dec 2002 Complete Memoirs of Napoleon, by Bourrienne[NB#17][nb17vxxx.xxx]3567 Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, by Bourrienne [NB#16][nb16vxxx.xxx]3566 Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, by Bourrienne [NB#15][nb15vxxx.xxx]3565 Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, by Bourrienne [NB#14][nb14vxxx.xxx]3564 Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, by Bourrienne [NB#13][nb13vxxx.xxx]3563 *** COPYRIGHT BATTLE ERUPTS OVER E-BOOKS Bertelsmann's Random House and startup Rosetta Books will square off this week in a court battle that could have as much influence on the future of publishing as Napster had on the music industry. 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