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Project Gutenberg - FREE BOOKS, July 4 to August 4
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globalsc-@cox.net
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Jun 07, 2006 23:39 PDT
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FREE BOOKS, ELECTRONICALLY
Project Gutenberg is organizing a book fair featuring online texts from its
own digital library as well as that of the World eBook Library Consortia.
During the World eBook Fair, which will take place from July 4 to August 4,
users can download free copies of books from Project Gutenberg's collection
of 18,000 texts, which are always free, or from the World eBook Library
Consortia, which otherwise cost $8.95 each.
Organizers hope the event will encourage more people to start reading books
electronically, not only on desktop or laptop computers but also on portable
devices. Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, said, "We get a lot
of people reading Project Gutenberg e-books on PDAs, iPods, pocket PCs, cell
phones, etc." Hart said electronic books benefit those who cannot get
physical books from traditional libraries, noting that the goal of Project
Gutenberg is to "break down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy." Daniel
Greenstein, executive director of the California Digital Library, said that
e-books are typically being used to find facts, not to facilitate "the
reading experience that we all know and love."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 June 2006 (sub. req'd)
<http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/06/2006060701t.htm>
http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/06/2006060701t.htm
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