LibriVox Produces its 1,000th Audio Recording!

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This is a fantastic feat for LibriVox who do great work on producing public domain audio recordings, much of which gets passed to the Project Gutenberg archives. Congratulations to everyone involved! Here is the official press release. LibriVox makes it to 1,000! LibriVox, the free audio book project has just cataloged its 1,000th book: “http://librivox.org/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-by-edgar-allen-poe/“, […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-10-31)

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pgweekly_2007_10_31.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 31, 2007 ****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. NEWS HEADLINES ————– Visit www.pg-news.org to read these news items. * […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-10-24)

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pgweekly_2007_10_24.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 24, 2007 ****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. NEWS HEADLINES ————– Visit www.pg-news.org to read these news items. * […]

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The Digital Library for Disabled Persons (BnH, France)

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Overview The Digital Library for Disabled Persons (BnH: Bibliotheque Numerique pour le Handicap) is a novel project compared to other current projects. For the first time, public service offers an adapted access to books, not an access to adapted books. This project was launched by the City of Boulogne-Billancourt, located near Paris, France. The project […]

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Combined PG projects hit the 25,000th post!

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This last week the combined PG projects hit the 25,000th eBook. The book that was posted is; Audio: The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon 22978 [Audio reading by Carl Vonnoh, III ] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/9/7/22978 ] [Files: 22978-readme.txt; 22978-index.html; 22978-mp3.mp3; 22978-ogg.ogg; 22978-m4b.m4b; 22978-spx.spx ] Thanks to Carl Vonnoh, III and LibriVox (www.librivox.org) This was […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-10-17)

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pgweekly_2007_10_17.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 17, 2007 ****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. NEWS HEADLINES ————– Visit www.pg-news.org to read these news items. * […]

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OPS 2.0 is now an official IDPF standard

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Nick Bogaty, Executive Director of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced on the IDPF Forums that OPS 2.0 has been Elevated to Official IDPF Standard. The specifications can be found here and supporting documentation, implementation and tools on the entire .epub standard can be found on the IDPF Forums. Voting to elevate the […]

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Paper books in 50 years time?

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In an article from the Guardian website, Michelle Pauli talks about this years Frankfurt Book Fair and particularly about a survey of top book industry professionals. According to the survey almost a quarter of the participants believe that the good old paper book will still be with us in 50 years…and so they should. Here’s […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-10-10)

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pgweekly_2007_10_10.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 10, 2007 ****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. FEATURED NEWS ————- WHAT SHOULD BE THE 25,000TH PG EBOOK? With […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-10-03)

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pgweekly_2007_10_03.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, October 3, 2007 ****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. NEWS HEADLINES ————– Visit www.pg-news.org to read these news items. * […]

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PG eBook #20,000 – A Jules Verne Classic

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It may have taken a little while but it is finally here, the 20,000th Project Gutenberg eBook! This eBook number was reserved sometime ago but has now been allocated for the title I’m sure you were all expecting; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. This is a LibriVox audio book recording and […]

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