Project Gutenberg release Mobile Edition eBooks

PG Mobile is going to be a new addition to gutenberg.org, which will allow mobile/cell phone users to download and read eBooks. The files will be available on the normal download page of any PG eBook. Here is the full Press Release. Look For PG Mobile – Project Gutenberg’s Mobile Edition Why using Amazon’s proprietary […]

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Project Gutenberg December 2008 Newsletter

Over the last month we officially passed 32,000 original Project Gutenberg eBooks, including all our usual listings and almost 2,500 eBooks at PrePrints. This means the original Project Gutenberg editions now list as many titles as the average U.S. public library. 27,475 + 287 112008 PG General Automated Count 1,723 + 6 111808 PG Australia […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter: Gutenberg Mobile Cellphone Ebooks (2008-12-21)

This Service Just Announced As Follows!!! Our CEO, Greg Newby, is trying this out, it’s working fine! [The following is the press release pretty much as it arrived] Look For PG Mobile – Project Gutenberg’s Mobile Edition Why using Amazon’s proprietary Kindle when you can use your mobile phone instead? Today’s cell phones offer excellent […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2008-12-21)

I am sending this to BOTH the monthly and weekly Newsletter lists, and apologize for any previous confusion between those lists: Project Gutenberg Monthly Newlsetter <gmonthly@lists.pglaf.org> Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter <gweekly@lists.pglaf.org> If you appear on BOTH lists you may get two copies. If you get NO copy next month, be sure you are on MONTHLY. […]

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Project Gutenberg November 2008 Newsletter

The big news this month is that Project Gutenberg has officially passed 30,000 original eBooks, bringing the the original Project Gutenberg editions to as many titles as the average U.S. public library. 27,188 (+212) 11/20/08 – PG General Automated Count 1,717 (+ 11) 11/18/08 – PG Australia 542 (+ 12) 10/21/08 – PG Europe 2,461 […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2008-11-21)

The Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter, Nov. 21, 2008 eBooks Readable By Both Humans And Computers Since 1971 By the time I wake up in the morning, it will be a time you usually expect The Monthly Newsletter so I am doing my best to get everything done before going to bed. However, I should warn […]

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PG Canada Newsletter for October 2008

During October Project Gutenberg Canada published a total of 13 eBooks bringing their total to 190 eBooks, which by the way, took Michael Hart’s Project Gutenberg twenty-three years to achieve! LANGUAGES: 7 titles in English 5 in French 1 in German (the first title in that language!) GENRES 4 history books and monographs 3 novels […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter: Pgca (2008-11-10)

Here’s the news from PG Canada for October. We published a total of 13 ebooks during the month: we have now published a cumulative total of 190 ebooks. The New Releases section at the top of the PGC main page always gives the details of new releases for the most recent three months. LANGUAGES: – […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter: Pgau (2008-10-31)

PROJECT GUTENBERG OF AUSTRALIA ============================== MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2008 [includes details of ebooks placed online during October 2008] Dear Avid Reader, Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing ebooks mentioned in this newsletter. CONTENTS: ————————————— * News and Reviews […]

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Apple iPhone, Stanza and Project Gutenberg

With the introduction of the Stanza eBook reading application the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch have become major platforms on which to read eBooks. Since Stanza was released there have been several other eBook readers released for the iPod Touch allowing eBooks in many different file formats (including the ePub eBook standard) to be downloaded […]

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PG Monthly Newsletter (2008-10-21)

pgmonthly_2008_09_16.txt The Project Gutenberg Monthly Newsletter, Sep. 21, 2008 ****eBooks Readable by Both Humans and Computers since July 4, 1971**** http://www.gutenberg.org NOTE: Best viewed with a fixed-width font, e.g. Courier New. Windows Notepad is a good a program to use for viewing. You may not have received this on time, due to problems with the […]

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