Project Gutenberg Keeps Getting Better
- Project Gutenberg has been improving its site over the past few months.
- The project started in 1971 with the digitization of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- Users can download the entire English Gutenberg corpus for offline access.
The Buzz Score
The Internet’s Verdict: 70% Hyped, 30% Skeptical
What the Community Says
One of the programmers at Gutenberg notes:
Hi! I’m one of the programmers at Gutenberg. We’ve been improving the site a lot over the past few months (and more is coming!). If you haven’t visited the page recently, it’s worth checking out again: https://www.gutenberg.org/
Another user mentions the project’s history:
While PG has probably gotten a lot of use and growth with the growth/mainstreaming of the Internet since the 1990s, (TIL) it started back in 1971: > Michael S. Hart began Project Gutenberg in 1971 with the digitization of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Offline Access and eBook Readers
Users can download the entire English Gutenberg corpus for about 60GB. However, some users are surprised that no eBook reader vendor has a Project Gutenberg ‘Store’ for easy access.
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