PGWeekly_March_26.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, March 26, 2003** eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since 1971 We have now completed 7462 eBooks!!! In this issue of the Project Gutenberg Weekly newsletter: 1) Editorial 2) Weekly eBook update: Updates/corrections New U.S. eBooks New books From PG Australia Obtaining new postings 3) News 4) Headline News from around the world 5) Mailing list information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *Main URL is promo.net Webmaster is Pietro di Miceli of Rome, Italy* Check out our Websites at promo.net/pg & gutenberg.net, and see below to learn how you can get INSTANT access to our eBooks via FTP servers even before the new eBooks listed below appear in our catalogue. The eBooks are posted throughout the week. 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A couple of this week's highlights include more Illustrated works of Mark Twain from David Widger, and he also continues his postings of the works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. One of the many things I was taught many years ago in journalism class was that something should be included for all readers. So, for those of you who like to find errors, be certain that we have scattered at least a few in this week's edition. Enjoy! I'm pretty certain this is the only edition of the newsletter you'll be receiving this week. But you never know! <g> [<G>eorge] This week's guest (ghost?) editor. ============================================================================= = [ Here Are The Updated Listings For This Past Week ] = ============================================================================= RESERVED count: 39 Last week the Total Count was 7,407, including 186 at PG of Australia. This week we added 55 new (incl. 4 Aus.). TOTAL COUNT as of today, Wed 03/26/03: 7,462 (incl. 190 Aus.). =-=-=-=[ CORRECTIONS, REVISIONS AND NEW FORMATS ]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, xxxxx11.txt, and prior to 1998, occasionally a new eBook number. VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, xxxxx10a.txt, as well as a new eBook number. --Please note the following changes, corrections and improvements: Last week we announced the posting of Illustrated HTML versions of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, eBooks #7100 - #7107; it should be noted that each of those files are approximately 2.2MB in size. Last week, the following series was announced with erroneous filenames; the corrected listing is as follows: Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v9, by Mark Twain[#104][ppau9xxx.xxx]7162 [Chapters 32 - Conclusion] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v8, by Mark Twain[#103][ppau8xxx.xxx]7161 [Chapters 27 - 31] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v7, by Mark Twain[#102][ppau7xxx.xxx]7160 [Chapters 22 - 26] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v6, by Mark Twain[#101][ppau6xxx.xxx]7159 [Chapters 18 - 21] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v5, by Mark Twain[#100][ppau5xxx.xxx]7158 [Chapters 15 - 17] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v4, by Mark Twain [#99][ppau4xxx.xxx]7157 [Chapters 12 - 14] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v3, by Mark Twain [#98][ppau3xxx.xxx]7156 [Chapters 8 - 11] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v2, by Mark Twain [#97][ppau2xxx.xxx]7155 [Chapters 5 - 7] Dec 2004 The Prince and The Pauper, v1, by Mark Twain [#96][ppau1xxx.xxx]7154 [Chapters 1 - 4] The following eight previously posted files were incorrectly labled Dec 2005: Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by J. Logan, Complete [JL#8][jl08wxxx.xxx]7140 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V7 [JL#7][jl07wxxx.xxx]7139 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V6 [JL#6][jl06wxxx.xxx]7138 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V5 [JL#5][jl05wxxx.xxx]7137 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V4 [JL#4][jl04wxxx.xxx]7136 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V3 [JL#3][jl03wxxx.xxx]7135 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V2 [JL#2][jl02wxxx.xxx]7134 Dec 2004 The Great Conspiracy, by John A. Logan, V1 [JL#1][jl01wxxx.xxx]7133 The following have been posted in new formats as indicated: Nov 2004 The Gold Bat, by P. G. Wodehouse [#15][gldbtxxx.xxx]6879 [HTML in gldbt10h.htm/.zip] Dec 2003 Political Ideals, Bertrand Russell [Russell #3][pideaxxx.xxx]4776 [HTML version in pidea10h.htm/.zip] Jan 2000 Stories by Modern English Authors: Scribners Ed. [sbmeaxxx.xxx]2038 [HTML in sbmea10h.htm/.zip] Mar 1999 Crito, by Plato [AKA"The Death of Socrates 2"]#16[critoxxx.xxx]1657 [HTML in crito10h.htm/.zip] The following have been posted in an updated 11th Edition, plus new formats as indicated: Jan 2003 The Golden Bough, by Sir James George Frazer [boughxxx.xxx]3623 [HTML in bough11h.htm/.zip] Feb 1994 Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1st Inaugural ["Fear"][fdrxxxxx.xxx] 104 [HTM version in fdr11h.htm/.zip] Jul 1993 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain [MT#02][sawyrxxx.xxx] 74 [Illustrated HTML zip only in sawyr11h.zip] We have posted an improved 11th edition of the following: Aug 1999 Initials Only, by Anna Katharine Green [#3][ionlyxxx.xxx]1857 =-=-=-=[ ?? NEW U.S. POSTS ]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Complete [BL#86][b086wxxx.xxx]7658 [Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7650-7657] Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 8 [BL#85][b085wxxx.xxx]7657 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 7 [BL#84][b084wxxx.xxx]7656 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 6 [BL#83][b083wxxx.xxx]7655 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#82][b082wxxx.xxx]7654 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#81][b081wxxx.xxx]7653 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#80][b080wxxx.xxx]7652 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#79][b079wxxx.xxx]7651 Mar 2005 Kenelm Chillingly, E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#78][b078wxxx.xxx]7650 Feb 2005 Images from Bourget's Cosmopolis, by David Widger [dw54wxxh.zip]7570 Feb 2005 Images from Bernard's Gerfaut, by David Widger [dw53wxxh.zip]7569 Feb 2005 Images from Bentzon's Jacqueline, by David Widger [dw52wxxh.zip]7568 Feb 2005 Images from Bazin's Ink Stain, by David Widger [dw51wxxh.zip]7567 Feb 2005 Images from Memoirs Marguerite de Valois, Widger [dw50wxxh.zip]7566 [Above five files posted in Illustrated HTML zip only in dw??w10h.zip] Jan 2005 Gotzen-Dammerung, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche [?gtznxxx.xxx]7203 [Plain text in 7gtzn10.txt/.zip; 8-bit version in 8gtzn10.txt/.zip] [Language: German] Jan 2005 Ecce Homo, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche [?eccexxx.xxx]7202 [Plain text in 7ecce10.txt/.zip, 8-bit version in 8ecce10.txt/.zip] [Language: German] Jan 2005 A History of English Literature, by R. H. Fletcher[?histxxx.xxx]7201 [Full author: Robert Huntington Fletcher] Jan 2005 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v8, by Twain [#112][saw8xxxx.zip]7200 [Chapters 32 - End] [Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v7, by Twain [#111][saw7xxxx.zip]7199 [Chapters 28 - 31] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v6, by Twain [#110][saw6xxxx.zip]7198 [Chapters 23 - 27] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v5, by Twain [#109][saw5xxxx.zip]7197 [Chapters 18 - 22] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v4, by Twain [#108][saw4xxxx.zip]7196 [Chapters 13 - 17] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v3, by Twain [#107][saw3xxxx.zip]7195 [Chapters 8 - 12] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v2, by Twain [#106][saw2xxxx.zip]7194 [Chapters 4 - 7] Dec 2004 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, v1, by Twain [#105][saw1xxxx.zip]7193 [Chapters 1 - 3] [The above eight files are Illustrated HTML files, zip only, in saw?10h.zip] [The files average 2.5mb each] Dec 2004 Charles Philip Yorke, by Lady Biddulph of Ledbury [?yorkxxx.xxx]7192 [Full title: Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N., A Memoir] Dec 2004 Modern Broods, by Charlotte Mary Yonge [mdbrxxxx.xxx]7191 [Plain text in mdbr10.txt/.zip, XHTML in mdbr10h.htm/.zip] Dec 2004 The Biography of a Rabbit, by Roy Benson, Jr. [rabbtxxx.xxx]7190C [HTML version in rabbt10h.htm and rabbt10h.zip] Dec 2004 A Short History of the Great War, A.F. Pollard [2][shogwxxx.xxx]7189 [Plain text in shogw10.txt/.zip; HTML zip only in shogw10h.zip] [Note: the HTML includes multiple files with images] Dec 2004 Higher Lessons in English, A. Reed and B. Kellogg [hilesxxx.xxx]7188 [Full author: Alonzo Reed and Braiderd Kellogg] Dec 2004 Seven English Cities, by W. D. Howells [#58][?sevnxxx.xxx]7187 Dec 2004 Was ihr wollt, by Shakespeare [?gs28xxx.xxx]7186 [Language: German][English Title: Twelfth Night] Dec 2004 Othello, by William Shakespeare [?gs32xxx.xxx]7185 [Language: German] Dec 2004 A Heart-Song of To-day, by Annie Gregg Savigny [?hartxxx.xxx]7184 Dec 2004 Doctor Grimshawe's Secret,Nathaniel Hawthorne[#10][?grimxxx.xxx]7183 [Full title: Doctor Grimshawe's Secret, A Romance] Dec 2004 Principal Navigations, by Richard Hakluyt [#4][?hk01xxx.xxx]7182 [Full title: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe] Dec 2004 The Bushman, by Edward Wilson Landor [bshmnxxx.xxx]7181 Dec 2004 Handy Andy, Vol. 2, by Samuel Lover [?hnd2xxx.xxx]7180 Dec 2004 Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, by Ian Maclaren [#2][?bushxxx.xxx]7179 Dec 2004 Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust [#5][?swnnxxx.xxx]7178 [Full title: Swann's Way (vol. 1 of Remembrance of Things Past)] Dec 2004 My Tropic Isle, by E J Banfield [#2][?tropxxx.xxx]7177 Dec 2004 A Letter to a Hindu, by Leo Tolstoy [#17][hinduxxx.xxx]7176 Dec 2004 The Tattva-Muktavali, by Purnananda Chakravartin [?ttvaxxx.xxx]7175 Dec 2004 The Marquis of Lossie, by George MacDonald [#27][mlossxxx.xxx]7174 [HTML also posted in mloss10h.htm/.zip] Dec 2004 Sur la pierre blanche, by Anatole France [srlprxxx.xxx]7173 [Author AKA: Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault] [Language: French] Dec 2004 Early Plays, by Henrik Ibsen [#11][?projxxx.xxx]7172 [Full title: Early Plays Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans] Dec 2004 Linda Condon, by Joseph Hergesheimer [#2][?condxxx.xxx]7171 Dec 2004 Life and Genius of Hawthorne,Frank Preston Stearns[?lgnhxxx.xxx]7170 [Full title: The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne] Dec 2004 Mfrkandeya Purfna, by Rev. B. H. Wortham [?markxxx.xxx]7169 [Title: M_rkandeya Pur_na, Books VII. VIII] [Author: Rev. B. Hale Wortham] Dec 2004 Introduction to the Old Testament,John E. McFadyen[?otmtxxx.xxx]7168 [Author: John Edgar McFadyen] =-=-=-=[ ? 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For more information, including several other ways to donate, go to http://promo.net/pg/donation.html or email gbnewby.unc.edu ======================== [ NEWS HEADLINES ] ========================== 4) Brief news reports which may be of general interest to those in the eBook community. From Newsscan: ONLINE ADVERTISING STAGING COMEBACK Market research firm Nielsen/NetRatings has reported that the top 100 traditional advertisers of such products as household good and automobiles bought more than 30% of all banner-type online ads in 2002, twice as much as they bought in 2002. The three greatest beneficiaries of this surge were the Yahoo, AOL, and MSN portals. Charles Buchwalter of Nielsen/NetRatings says: "The lion's share of the cautious optimism that's being felt through the online space is due largely to the traditional advertisers who are learning to reach critical segments who spend their time online. That's the future of this industry." (Wall Street Journal 19 Mar 2003) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB104813366834560700,00.html?mod=technology _main_whats_news (sub req'd) SUPER DIGITAL WATERMARK IN THE WORKS SunnComm Technologies is working with Stealth MediaLabs to develop a kind of super-watermark that could be embedded inside digital music files and would be robust enough to withstand digital compression, or being recorded off the radio or rerecorded through an analog connection. The technology, originally developed at the University of Miami, could also be used to embed other information. "The intention was for protecting the security of intellectual property. Adding pictures and liner notes inside a song is kind of a byproduct," says SunnComm COO Bill Whitmore. The technology works by encoding binary data inside the stereo audio signal itself, taking advantage of acoustical properties and human hearing characteristics to make it imperceptible to the listener. Because the signal is embedded in the sound itself, the data is hard to remove without significantly changing the sound of the song. SunnComm plans initially to market the super-watermark technology to record labels, which could use it to detect which recipients of advance discs are putting songs online before the albums' official release dates. "With that anonymity gone, people will be less willing to put advance songs on file-sharing networks," says Whitmore. (CNet News.com 20 Mar 2003) http://news.com.com/2100-1027-993588.html?tag=fd_top ONE CHARGER FITS ALL A UK startup called SplashPower has developed a technology that can wirelessly charge any handheld gadget, including mobile phones, MP3 players and PDAs, simply by placing them on a small flat mat that's plugged into the wall. "You pick up your phone, drop it on the pad and it charges. The pad does all the thinking for you," says SplashPower VP David Whitewood. The system is based on the principle of magnetic inductive power transfer and works by generating a magnetic field which transfers energy into any gadget equipped with a special SplashPower module. That in turn transforms the energy into the direct current that the battery uses to recharge. The company says the cost of adding SplashPower technology to a handheld device will cost only about 25 cents each, and points out that the benefits for manufacturers could be considerable. "You don't have to put a charger in every box if you implement SplashPower in your products," says Whitewood, "and there's a green pay-off in that. Every time you change your mobile phone, you perhaps keep your charger in a drawer or throw it away. With SplashPower you wouldn't have to do that." (BBC News 21 Mar 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2861987.stm NEW ICANN CHIEF TO CONTINUE POLICY FOCUS Succeeding Stuart Lynn as CEO of the often-controversial Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in-coming chief Paul Twomey says that in addition to focusing on technical coordination, the organization will also have to continue its efforts to deal with the policy issues such as intellectual property, privacy, and law enforcement: "The consequences of those technical issues flow into other arenas, like intellectual property, consumer protection, and privacy, potentially even into commercial relationships between infrastructure providers. The law enforcement issues are potentially issues like identification for Whois databases (which list information on domain name owners), identification of those people who are committing computer crimes, (and) ensuring that financial scams don't take place on the Internet." Twomey, an Australian, has been a consultant and government bureaucrat. (CNet News.com 19 Mar 2003) http://news.com.com/2100-1028-993390.html NEW ANTI-SPAM SYSTEM BEING DEVELOPED A California start-up company created by well-known software designer Phil Goldman (formerly of Apple, General Magic, WebTV and Microsoft) has designed an e-mail service that takes a "challenge-response" approach to blocking spam. When a user receives a bulkmail message from an unknown source the system intercepts the message and requires the sender to give indication (by filling out a form) that the message is not an instance of spam. The service will cost $9.95 a year, so Forrester Research analyst Jim Nail note skeptically: "It's a really nice product, and it's pretty easy to use. The question is how big a market. Do people want to pay anybody anything for these features?" (New York Times 24 Mar 2003) http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/technology/24PHIL.html *** From Edupage: REPORT SHOWS SHRINKING DIGITAL DIVIDE A report released March 19 indicates that the digital divide in the United States is shrinking as children from all ethnic groups and income levels increasingly use the Internet. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting reported that children under 17 spend nearly as much time using computers as watching television, with Internet use among minority and low-income children surging over the past two years. More than two-thirds of low-income households have a computer at home, compared to fewer than half two years ago. Gaps persist, however, particularly with respect to high-speed Internet access at home. 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