======== Subject: [gweekly] Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter From: Michael Hart <hart@beryl.ils.unc.edu> To: "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter" <gweekly@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:48:51 -0400 (EDT) Project Gutenberg's Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 24, 2001 ***Over 4000 Titles*** *31 More Listed In This Newsletter, Plus Updated Files and PDA files* We need your support more than ever. . .donation information follows! Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet [Usually sent the first Wednesday of each month, delayed if by relay.] Main URL is promo.net Webmaster is Pietro di Miceli, of Rome, Italy *Check out our Websites at promo.net, and ask me for our FTP servers.* *** If you are waiting on copyright research from me, and you don't get it by this weekend, please contact: Greg Newby <gbnewby@ils.unc.edu> . . .as I plan to be away until after Thanksgiving. *** Fourth Request!!!! Any volunteers around Salt Lake City? 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These donations should be made out to the: "Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation" and sent to our mailing address: Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation PMB 113 1739 University Ave. Oxford, MS 38655-4109 USA *** Here Are Your 31 New Project Gutenberg eTexts For This Week: For "instant" access to our new Etexts you can surf to: http://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03 or ftp://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03 You will need the first five letters of the filenames listed below. *** We have posted this file in a new format: Mar 2003 Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][xrobcxxx.xxx]3808 [The HTML version is available in robc10h.htm and robc10h.zip] We have posted a newly improved 11th editions of: Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434 Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434 [This is version 11a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800] [The new files are koran11a.txt and koran11a.zip] Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin[CD#18][vbglexxx.xxx]3704 [Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World] [The new version is vbgle11a.txt and .zip] *** We have posted LOTS of Tom Swift files in PRC format (for viewing on a hand-held ebook reader) .prc = Palm ResourCe: Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton [02tomxxx.xxx]2273 [the ebook version is in 02tom10p.prc and 02tom10p.zip] Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx]3777 [The PRC version is in 10tom10p.prc and 10tom10p.zip] Feb 2003 Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, by Victor Appleton [08tomxxx.xxx]3734 [The PRC version is in 08tom10p.prc and 08tom10p.zip] Jan 2002 Tom Swift and His Airship, by Victor Appleton [03tomxxx.xxx]3005 [The PRC version is in 03tom10p.prc and 03tom10p.zip] Jun 1998 Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, Victor Appleton[24tomxxx.xxx]1363 [The PRC version is in 24tom10p.prc and 24tom10p.zip] Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Undersea Search, Victor Appleton[23tomxxx.xxx]1362 [The PRC version is in 23tom10p.prc and 23tom10p.zip] Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon, by Victor Appleton[16tomxxx.xxx]1361 [The PRC version is in 16tom10p.prc and 16tom10p.zip] Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284 [The PRC version is in 22tom10p.prc and 22tom10p.zip] Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283 [The PRC version is in 14tom10p.prc and 14tom10p.zip] Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282 [The PRC version is in 07tom10p.prc and 07tom10p.zip] Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281 [The PRC version is in 18tom10p.prc and 18tom10p.zip] Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954 [The PRC version is in 21tom10p.prc and 21tom10p.zip] Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952 [The PRC version is in 12tom10p.prc and 12tom10p.zip] Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951 [The PRC version is in 09tom10p.prc and 09tom10p.zip] Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950 [The PRC version is in 05tom10p.prc and 05tom10p.zip] Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949 [The PRC version is in 04tom10p.prc and 04tom10p.zip Apr 1996 Tom Swift / Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton [tom20xxx.xxx] 499 [The PRC version is in tom2010p.prc and tom2010p.zip] [We may have to change this one to 20tom*.*] And Here Are Your 31 New Project Gutenberg Etexts: Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660 N.S. Complete [SP#10][sp10gxxx.xxx]4125 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov/Dec 1660 [SP#09][sp09gxxx.xxx]4124 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 [SP#08][sp08gxxx.xxx]4123 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 [SP#07][sp07gxxx.xxx]4122 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 [SP#06][sp06gxxx.xxx]4121 20 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/60 [SP#05][sp05gxxx.xxx]4120 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb 1659/60 [SP#04][sp04gxxx.xxx]4119 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/60 [SP#03][sp03gxxx.xxx]4118 Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Preface and Life [SP#02][sp02gxxx.xxx]4117 [The above are Jun 2003 = 4100's listings, those below are May 2003 - 4000's] May 2003 The Future of the Colored Race in America, Aikman [tfcraxxx.xxx]4055 [Author's Full Name: William Aikman] [Filenames are tfcra10.txt and tfcra10.zip and tfcra10x.xml and tfcra10x.zip] May 2003 Gold Diggings of Australia, by Ellen Clacy [lvtgdxxx.xxx]4054 [Full title: A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53] [Full Author: Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy] May 2003 Nuttie's Father, Charlotte M. Yonge [Yonge #14][xnuttxxx.xxx]4053 [8-bit accents are included in 8nutt10.*, plain characters are in 7nutt10.*] May 2003 Address to the Inhabitants, by Richard Johnson [nswnixxx.xxx]4052 May 2003 Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed[lbnnlxxx.xxx]4051 May 2003 Mates at Billabong, by Mary Grant Bruce [mtsbbxxx.xxx]4050 May 2003 Piccolissima, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen #9][pcclsxxx.xxx]4049 May 2003 The Talkative Wig, by Eliza Lee Follen [ELF#8][tktvwxxx.xxx]4048 May 2003 The Leavenworth Case, by Anna Katherine Green [#6][lvnwrxxx.xxx]4047 May 2003 The Garden of Survival, by Algernon Blackwood [grdnsxxx.xxx]4046 May 2003 Omoo, by Herman Melville [Melville#5][omoosxxx.xxx]4045 [Full Title: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas] May 2003 What the Animals Do and Say, by E.L.Follen [ELF#7][wtnmlxxx.xxx]4044 May 2003 The Dynasts, by Thomas Hardy [Hardy#24][dynstxxx.xxx]4043 May 2003 Mozart:The Man and the Artist, by Kerst & Krehbiel[wammaxxx.xxx]4042 [Full Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as revealed in his own words] [Author: Friedrich Kerst, translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel] May 2003 Conscience, by Eliza Lee Follen [Follen#6][cnscnxxx.xxx]4041 May 2003 The Pedler of Dust Sticks, by Eliza Lee Follen[#5][pdlrdxxx.xxx]4040 May 2003 Volpone; Or, The Fox, Ben Jonson [Jonson #5][vlpnrxxx.xxx]4039 May 2003 Imagionary Portraits, Walter Horatio Pater [#6][ximagxxx.xxx]4038 [unaccented version in 7imag10.txt and 7imag10.zip, accented versions in ] [ 8imag10.txt and 8imag10.zip] May 2003 Appreciations, With An Essay on Style, Pater [#5][xawaexxx.xxx]4037 [Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater] [unaccented version in 7awae10.txt and 7awae10.zip, accented versions in ] [ 8awae10.txt and 8awae10.zip] May 2003 Essays From 'The Guardian', Walter Pater [#4][xessgxxx.xxx]4036 [Author's full name: Walter Horatio Pater] [unaccented version in 7essg10.txt and 7essg10.zip, accented versions in ] [ 8essg10.txt and 8essg10.zip] May 2003 Greek Studies:A Series of Essays,Walter Pater [#3][xgsasxxx.xxx]4035 May 2003 The Untilled Field, George Moore [tullfxxx.xxx]4034 *** We created 31 new eTexts for you this week. With 4038 eTexts online as of October 24, it now takes an average of 100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $2.48 from each book, for Project Gutenberg to have alreacy given away $1,000,000,000,000 [One Trillion Dollars] in books. ***100,000,000 readers is only 1.6% of the world's population!*** *** [Possible new factoid...not sure if the ratios/figures make sense; maybe too mathematical or too much confusing dimensional analysis:] How much shelf space would all of Project Gutenberg's e-texts occupy if they were physical books? There are about 2,260,000,000 bytes worth of ASCI texts online. Assuming that each page contains 2,000 bytes, and 100,000 pages would be 1 meter thick, and the front and back covers of a book total about 1/2 a centimeter in thickness, calculate: (4,020 books) x (0.005 meters total cover thickness per book) x (1 meter thickness per 100,000 pages) x (2,260,000,000 bytes / 2000 bytes per page) = 227.13 meters of shelf space. We currently have 58 *reserved* slots, which is why the total number of titles is not as high as the Etext ####'s might indicate. . .and we are also working on two sections now, the 4000's and the 4100's Our Total For The Year Is About 993 For 296 days, this is 3.35 per day or 101 Per 30 day month. . . . This Would Yield About 1225 For The Year. . . . We are about 43 weeks through the year. . . . counting each Wednesday as ending one week. Weekly Yearly Newsdate Etexts Avg/wk 10/24/01 31 23.09 10/17/01 31 22.90 10/10/01 22 22.70 10/03/01 29 22.74 October total 113 09/26/01 27 22.59 09/19/01 31 22.47 09/12/01 31 22.3 09/05/01 27 22.2 September total 116 08/29/01 25 22 08/22/01 21 22 08/15/01 30 22 08/08/01 20 22 08/01/01 22 22 August total 117 07/25/01 24 22 07/18/01 22 22 07/11/01 21 23 07/04/01 29 23 July Total 96 06/27/01 22 23 06/20/01 18 23 06/13/01 17 23 06/06/01 20 23 June Total 77 05/31/01 18 24 05/23/01 16 24 05/16/01 18 24 05/09/01 18 25 05/02/01 39 25 May Total 109 04/25/01 15 24 04/18/01 11 25 04/11/01 12 26 Weekly Started Here April total 137 1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg 13 Weeks 326 25.08 And for the 13 Weeks Ending on 07/25/01 We totaled 282 21.69 And for the 16 Weeks Ending on 07/25/01 We totaled 326 20.38 *** *** [insert edupage articles here] You have been reading excerpts from Edupage: If you have questions or comments about Edupage, send e-mail to: edupage@educause.edu To SUBSCRIBE to Edupage, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU and in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName *** About the Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter: [Goes out approximately first Wednesday of each month. 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