This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for October 2014
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Digital Library in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Outernet Launches
New eBook listings so far from September 2014
Digital Library in Minas Gerais, Brazil
“The State of Minas Gerais has the largest network of Technological
Vocational Centers - now improved to hubs that support distance
education - forming the largest Distance Education platform in
Brazil. UAITEC - Integrated and Open University of Minas Gerais -
offers distance education courses to more than 100 municipalities,
proposing free content on Languages, Professional Technical Courses,
Undergraduate and Graduate studies.
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for September 2014
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TPP: Getting involved
Our first eBook in Farsi
CD/DVD ISO back online
Trouble for Amazon Kindle users
Roboting/harvesting advice
Thank you for your donations!
New eBook listings from August 2014
TPP: Getting involved
Have you heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Most people haven’t.
Yet, this is one of the most important international treaties that may
have a large impact on your life, in the near future.
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for August 2014
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Outernet affiliation
MARC back online, and CD/DVD ISO maker is nearly back
New eBook listings from July 2014
Outernet affiliation
Outernet is a new Project Gutenberg affiliate. Here is information
about their activity, which officially launches on Monday August 11:
“Today Outernet opens the doors to humanity’s public library. Using
existing geostationary satellites, Outernet will broadcast a signal
that will contain, in this early test phase, Project Gutenberg
literature, Wikipedia articles, and news from Deutsche Welle. In a
world where only 35.5% of humanity has access to the information on
the Internet, this marks an enormous step towards universal
information access. All Outernet content is available for free to
anyone who wants it. Users are invited to contribute to Outernet’s
open source software and open hardware. Outernet has released details
on how to assemble a receiver to access the Outernet signal, available
on their website.
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for June-July 2014
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Happy birthday to Project Gutenberg!
The BookLand project
Offline catalog update & impact
Bookshelves still undergoing revitalization
New eBook listings from May & June 2014
Happy birthday to Project Gutenberg!
On July 4, 1971, Michael Hart created the first electronic book. This
was the United States Declaration of Independance, available online at
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1
As the United States celebrates the 238th year since its founding, now
is a great time to look at the 1350 or so words that launched a
nation.
Next month will mark the centenary of the start of World War I. People around the world will be commemorating those that fought in the Great War. If you’re interested in learning more about the war then you may be interested to learn that the Project Gutenberg archives contain a large number of works, both factual and fiction, from both WWI and WWII. (this year also marks the 75th anniversary of the Second World War).
To help you find and navigate these ebooks, PG volunteers have created bookshelves dedicated to each war.
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for April-May 2014.
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Editorial content
Bookshelves undergoing revitalization
David Price’s “In Progress” list has moved
“Thank you” message received
New eBook listings from March & April 2014
Editorial content
I have not had too many submissions of items for this and last month’s
newsletter, so have combined April & May. If you have items of note,
please share them. Brief announcements, requests for assistance, and
other items related to Project Gutenberg are welcome.
[In commemoration of Michael’s birthday, Jim Berger has written some reflections–Ed]
Michael Hart’s birthday comes around in just a few days. What do you remember?
Did you ever hear about the two buildings Michael disappeared in South Korea?
Or how about sitting out one of the riots during the 1968 Democratic Convention, with his girlfriend, atop a squad car?
If Michael’s life was not charmed, it certainly was interesting.
I can testify to keeping the water up in his furnace in the dead of winter while Michael was out of town. Michael’s home was storied and rightly so, for Michael was an inveterate collector of all things remotely interesting.
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for March 2014.
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Michael Hart’s birthday
Read an eBook Week
New eBook listings from February 2014
Michael Hart’s birthday
Michael Hart’s birthday 67th birthday would have been Thursday March
6, 2014. In commemoration, long-time friend Jim Berger has written
some reflections.
The reflections, and an image of Michael from when he and I made a
presentation at the University of Illinois, are online here:
www.gutenberg.org/wiki/User:Jim_Berger
This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for January & February 2014.
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Missing newsletter
This is an abbreviated newsletter for January/February 2014. We had a
disk failure in late January that displaced my newsletter notes
containing the new content I had intended to share, but I have no
excuse for missing the January newsletter.
Below are the new eBook listings for December 2013 and January 2014,
with thanks to Larry for assembling these listings.
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