Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Free Books!
AUGUSTA, GA. - Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, online or offline. From novels and poetry to cookbooks and reference to magazines and newspapers, Gutenberg.org boasts quite the scope of work. Looking for something specific? Search the catalog by title or author, then download the e-book in plain text English (looking for a different language? Gutenberg's got those, too). Some downloads are also available as audio books or "plucker" files for your Palm or smart phone. You can also download comprehensive CD and DVD collections of Gutenberg.org's most popular works. The August 2003 CD contains 600 of their most downloaded e-books, while the July 2006 DVD collects over 17,000 books from their first 19,000 titles. That's some pretty heavy reading.
Started in 1971 on a single computer at the University of Illinois, its site has grown to include over 20,000 free titles for download, with over 100,000 available through its partners and affiliates. Biggest Digital Library Ever.
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