Project Gutenberg and Distributed Proofreading
By aladar
@aladar (36)
Netherlands
April 12, 2009 9:24am CST
I see many people already use electronic books, to read eBooks, but any of you out there has been to Project Gutenberg? See how much books they have, all in public?
And as the most important, have you ever thought about how those books are created? Who made that possible?
I'd like let you all know that it is done page by page by people all around the globe, and anyone can join, and do even as small as one page.
If any of you out there is interested, drop me a PM and I'll let you know where and how you could participate, or just get thousands of eBook free, in different languages.
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4 responses
@lodyllesovo (321)
• Philippines
12 Apr 09
What is this project. As for me, i really don't like e-books that much. I still prefer the real books. it's just that i don't feel reading ebooks because i will just think that i am reading an email. unlike the real books wherein if ever i am in the mood, i will not stop reading until i finish the entire book.
@aladar (36)
• Netherlands
13 Apr 09
Gutenberg project is collecting together ebooks which are not copyrighted any longer. The distributed proofreader sites are preparing books for it.
I have read in many forums that people use ebook readers, and they love them, and happy that they started using them as it has less effect on environment.
By the way did you know that out of 1000 books less than 80 survives after 100 years? So what the project is doing is trying to save as many of the old books as possible.
@loudcry (1043)
• India
12 Apr 09
I came across project Gutenburg a few days ago. I think is a great project. Most importantly, this project puts long lost books back into the public domain. The books will be preserved now.
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
12 Apr 09
I have been using the Gutenberg site for many years, since the time when there was not much choice. The number of available books is now big.
Before someone who has never been to the site become disappointed, several things should have been mentioned. Two of them are
1) The books are no longer under copyright, meaning they are old and there are no new books.
2) The books are in text form. To make it easier to read readers may have to reformat the text.
all the best,
rosdimy
rosdimy@aladar (36)
• Netherlands
12 Apr 09
Yes you are right, they have only books that are no longer copyrighted, so it is free to copy them. I'd not take it as a disadvantage reading an old book can also be useful, and also there are many many books which has only been reprinted since the first publishing.
About the form of the books they store, many of them are available in html also. But the text files has the huge advantage of being able to be viewed on any platform, from a pda, mobile phone, ebook reader, pc, mac, etc.
@neerajpandey_13 (1765)
• India
14 Apr 09
First tell me what is this project. I like e books. Even i am online seller of e book so must reply me about the details of this project.
