PG Other Newsletter: Thank You For All Your Work (2006-06-09)

by Michael Cook on June 9, 2006
Newsletters

From hart at pglaf.org  Thu Jun  8 09:36:06 2006
From: hart at pglaf.org (Michael Hart)
Date: Fri Jun  9 02:03:49 2006
Subject: [gweekly] Thank You for all of your work (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0606080934190.26117@pglaf.org>


As usual at this time of the year, I will be sending you some
"Thank You Notes" from our Project Gutenberg readers.

Here is one message, in it's entirety, that I hope you enjoy!


Thanks!!!

Give the world eBooks in 2006!!!

Michael S. Hart
Founder
Project Gutenberg

Blog at http://hart.pglaf.org


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:48:23 +0100
From: Amy <amy.e.pedersen@gmail.com>
To: hart@pobox.com
Subject: Thank You for all of your work

Dear Project Gutenberg,

I don?t know if many people take the time to thank you, but I just wanted to 
express my gratitude for the services you provide. Thank you all for your work 
and dedication. Your work is profoundly appreciated. I am a Peace Corps 
Volunteer working deep in rural Namibia. I had always admired Project Gutenberg 
(even donating some time through Distributed Proofreaders) but I have only 
begun to realize how truly important it is since I have been here. When I was 
in America it was nice to have access to books whenever I felt like it, without 
having to go to the trouble of going to a library or bookshop, but here it is 
vital. Bookshops are rare in Namibia (the nearest one to my village is over 250 
kilometres away) and the books they sell are often very very expensive 
(especially considering my limited financial resources.) Also, the books they 
sell are often only in Afrikaans or German, neither of which I understand 
(Peace Corps taught me the tribal language in my village?KhoeKhoe?instead.) 
Libraries are even rarer and often badly under stocked. I am trying to build up 
a school library, but we are dependent on donations and it is much more 
important to get easy to read picture books to help the children with their 
English than to get classics for my own consumption. Project Gutenberg has 
become my library. I didn?t realize the importance of plain vanilla texts until 
I got here and realized how slow and expensive internet is. The zipped plain 
vanilla texts often take less than 5 or 10 minutes to download and provide 
hours of reading enjoyment. Thank you for being an equalizing force in 
literacy, allowing books to reach those who would otherwise have a hard time 
getting them. Your work is thoroughly appreciated. I have shared your site with 
other volunteers who also enjoy it. Thank you so much. I am immensely grateful.

Sincerely,

Amy Elizabeth Pedersen

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