PG Nomination for Educated Earth Website Donations

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Ben Lovatt, the owner of the humanitarian science/technology website EducatedEarth, wrote to PG with the following statement. We raise money in donations (in addition to 10% of our profits) and give them to a different organization every month. To decide which organization should receive the money, we have our members give us suggestions on companies […]

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Project Gutenberg feature in Red Hat Magazine

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Free as in, well, free. At least, that’s what the folks at Project Gutenberg believe. They work hard to make as many literary (in a very broad sense of the term) works as possible available in a variety of formats, languages, and media to as many people as possible. They are guided by similar principles […]

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The Cult of the Amateur – Part III

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A reply to the complaints of the paid professional punditry on the subject of having lost their previously impermeable media monopoly they are just now only realizing hit an immoveable iceberg quite a while ago with the Internet, cell phone, and iPod revolutions. The Structure of the Professional Versus Amateur World Systems The Structure of […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-06-27)

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pgweekly_2007_06_27.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, June 27, 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 Cult of the Amateur – Part II

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Scientists versus The Media A second essay on “The Cult of the Amateur” concentrating on some aspects of professional scientists versus amateurs. The Three Greatest Scientific Thinkers of the Last Millennium When it comes to science names such as Einstein, Newton, Galileo, stand out above all the rest when it comes to understanding those scientific […]

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The Cult of the Amateur – Part I

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A reply to the complaints of the paid professional punditry on the subject of having lost their previously impermeable media monopoly they are just now only realizing hit an immoveable iceberg quite a while ago with the Internet, cell phone, and iPod revolutions. by Michael S. Hart Internet User #199 Founding Member of Project Gutenberg, […]

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First Espresso Book Machine Installed at New York Public Library

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The first Espresso Book Machine™ (“the EBM”) was installed and demonstrated today at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL). The patented automatic book making machine will revolutionize publishing by printing and delivering physical books within minutes. The EBM is a product of On Demand Books, LLC (“ODB” – www.ondemandbooks.com), the […]

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PG Weekly Newsletter (2007-06-20)

Newsletters

pgweekly_2007_06_20.txt The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, June 20, 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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Digitized BRF (Braille) files for Gutenberg.org eBooks

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TravelBraille.com is taking requests for Braille transcriptions of Gutenberg.org eBooks to BRF Braille. The transcriptions will be prepared by a US Library of Congress Certified Braille Transcriber. There will be NO charge for this service. No assurance can or will be given that any particular file will be transcribed – priority will be given to […]

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Leading publishers [Sony] announce support for Adobe Digital Editions

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Leading publishers, online retailers and channel partners have announced their support for Adobe Digital Editions today (see separate quote sheet). By using a new export feature built into Adobe InDesign(R) CS3, publishers can easily create new Adobe Digital Editions-ready content, helping to significantly reduce cost and conversion time. In addition, with versions for mobile platforms […]

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QuotationsBook and Project Gutenberg

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QuotationsBook.com has used Project Gutenberg to match quotations into the books at PG. Many classic books have famous, classic phrases and lines, within some of the most famous words in history. Quotations Book has provided a way to view these quotes, including the link back to the PG book it belongs to – within context. […]

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