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A Guardian Netbytes article on the Project Gutenberg archives

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Peruse the world’s best public library Jack Schofield wrote this nice little article for the Guardian website yesterday. He talks about the project archives, volunteering and includes a nice little quote from the site about preservation. Here is the article in full; If you fancy a good read, Project Gutenberg has more than 22,000 books […]

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2008: Predictions, Hopes and Fears

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Every year I write my predictions, hopes and fears, but this year I think we can all agree that these predictions cross boundaries, concern advances, and declines, in both the technology and social world orders that are far beyond anything I previously predicted. This year’s predictions include “personal libraries” on “personal computers” to rival the […]

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R.I.P. Robert Marquardt, PG-SF Bookshelf Creator

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Robert Marquardt, PG’s wiki sysop, died this morning [2007/12/29]. His work must remain unfinished and questions to him will remain unanswered. This was his last will. This info was added by his brother Rolf Marquardt today at PG’s wiki. Robert joined Project Gutenberg in December 2006 to create the Science Fiction Bookshelf. He has completed […]

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Library World Records

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I wonder what libraries have the highest circulation, and how many times their average books circulate, and things like that.Are these the kinds of things you consider? The Loneliness of the Unread Books I recall learning in Library School that the averages for circulation are around six times during the whole lifespan a book spends […]

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Book People mailing list: So long, and thanks….

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We had some new friends over for dinner last night, and towards dessert, the conversation turned to books, and eventually to all the books that were now available online. They were quite interested in the travel accounts by women that Mary had been putting online, and remarked “You must have a passion for this.” When […]

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Farewell to “The Book People List”

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Well, life today, as so often, has been so hectic, with newspaper articles and interviews to do about the recent PR blitzes from billion dollar products or at least what they HOPE will be such, that I am down to the wire with well under an hour to Mark’s deadline and so I must do […]

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eBooks Versus Digital Picture Books

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eBooks as I invented them are what you would get if you sat at your computer and typed in a book the same way a person types in anything else, however, but most of the news items that claim a million books are book pictures rather than actual computer characters. Here is the difference: When […]

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DP Canada now “Live”

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For several months DP Canada was running in limited operation. On December 1, 2007 they went “live” again. DP Canada is dedicated to; Preserving Canadiana one page at a time Taking advanatge of Canada’s more liberal copyright laws to ensure public access to books in the Public Domain in Canada. PGC presented the first DP […]

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International Year Of Languages

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“Acting without a vote, the Assembly, also recognizing that the United Nations pursues multilingualism as a means of promoting, protecting and preserving diversity of languages and cultures globally, emphasized the paramount importance of the equality of the Organization’s six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).” Note the lack of languages from India […]

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PG-News on Pause: limited activity for 3 weeks

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Due to a seriously limited internet access the PG-News site will not be update for the next 3 weeks. My apologies to all for this and I thank you for your patience. — Ed

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IDPF Names New Executive Director: Michael Smith

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Michael Smith to Promote eBook Standards for Publishing and Digital Reading New York, NY 11/20/07 – The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the international trade and standards association for the eBook and digital publishing industry has named Michael Smith its new executive director. As executive director Michael Smith is responsible for leading the operational and […]

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