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Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today. |
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today. |
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'''Links''' |
'''Links''' |
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*Main site: http://www. |
*Main site: http://www.gutenberg.org |
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*Affiliate: http://gutenberg.spiegel.de |
*Affiliate: http://gutenberg.spiegel.de |
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'''Languages''' |
'''Languages''' |
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*English: Many many books |
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*Portuguese: A few hundred books |
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*Spanish: A few hundred books |
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*Arabic: Few to none |
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*Current list of languages and sizes: http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ |
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'''Size''' |
'''Size''' |
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== Formats == |
== Formats == |
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* Many books are currently in plain text and need to be downloaded from Project Gutenberg or various mirrors. Other content formats are Plucker, and HTML, and some download files are zipped. It may be that all books are available in unzipped plain text, but this couldn't be immediately verified. |
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* Formats materials are currently in |
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* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from |
* Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from current packaging) |
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==Curator Info== |
==Curator Info== |
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'''Group''' |
'''Group''': Literature |
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'''Group coordinator''' |
'''Group coordinator''': None |
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'''Contributing groups and their curators''' |
'''Contributing groups and their curators''': John Guagliardo |
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'''Allottable size''' |
'''Allottable size''' |
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[[Category:Literature]] |
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==Assessment== |
==Assessment== |
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'''Scope''' (subjects, ages, other) |
'''Scope''' (subjects, ages, other) |
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Covers English literature books from grade school through adulthood (i.e. few picture books). Also includes non-fiction, but not necessarily with complete coverage over non-fiction topics. |
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'''Completeness''' (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience) |
'''Completeness''' (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience) |
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Includes many English classics and numerous English books that are off copyright, as well as many older classic children's stories. |
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'''Multilingualism''' (specifically es, pt, en, ar) |
'''Multilingualism''' (specifically es, pt, en, ar) |
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*English: Many many books |
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*Portuguese: A few hundred books |
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*Spanish: A few hundred books |
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*Arabic: Few to none |
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*Current list of languages and sizes: http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ |
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'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience) |
'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience) |
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Relatively high quality |
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'''Freeness''' (license and format) |
'''Freeness''' (license and format) |
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Copyright notices vary considerably among available books. In general Project Gutenberg includes books that are past copyright in the U.S. and refers non-U.S. readers to their countries' laws to determine legality of downloading and reading the books. |
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==Comments, Tags, and Ratings == |
==Comments, Tags, and Ratings == |
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 28 November 2007
Description
From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.
Links
- Main site: http://www.gutenberg.org
- Affiliate: http://gutenberg.spiegel.de
Languages
- English: Many many books
- Portuguese: A few hundred books
- Spanish: A few hundred books
- Arabic: Few to none
- Current list of languages and sizes: http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Size
There are 20,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.
Formats
- Many books are currently in plain text and need to be downloaded from Project Gutenberg or various mirrors. Other content formats are Plucker, and HTML, and some download files are zipped. It may be that all books are available in unzipped plain text, but this couldn't be immediately verified.
- Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from current packaging)
Curator Info
Group: Literature
Group coordinator: None
Contributing groups and their curators: John Guagliardo
Allottable size
Assessment
Scope (subjects, ages, other)
Covers English literature books from grade school through adulthood (i.e. few picture books). Also includes non-fiction, but not necessarily with complete coverage over non-fiction topics.
Completeness (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)
Includes many English classics and numerous English books that are off copyright, as well as many older classic children's stories.
Multilingualism (specifically es, pt, en, ar)
- English: Many many books
- Portuguese: A few hundred books
- Spanish: A few hundred books
- Arabic: Few to none
- Current list of languages and sizes: http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Quality (incl. suitability for audience)
Relatively high quality
Freeness (license and format)
Copyright notices vary considerably among available books. In general Project Gutenberg includes books that are past copyright in the U.S. and refers non-U.S. readers to their countries' laws to determine legality of downloading and reading the books.
Comments, Tags, and Ratings
XO
School library