World eBook Fair July 4-August 4
Greg Newby <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:48:43 -0700
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A Million Plus Books Free for the Taking! July 4 2008 The Third Annual World eBook Fair Starts July 4th. "Own Your Own Library" is the theme of this year's World eBook Fair. Starting July 4th you will be able to do just that in an unprecedented opportunity to download books in the widest variety ever available. Visit www.worldebookfair.org to get started. Project Gutenberg and partner sponsors encourage readers to create the "personal library" of their choice in a "personal computer." Most of the fair's electronic books are free of charge, and an additional 160,000 or more have coupon or discount purchases available during the month. All possible types of electronic books, or eBooks, are available: eBooks in over 100 Different Languages! eBooks designed for cell phones! eBooks designed for Adobe readers! eBooks designed for plain text readers! eBooks out loud in theatrical performances! eBooks that your computer can read aloud to you! eBooks that can be easily quoted in school papers! 160,000 eBooks in brand new commercial editions!!! Music, movies, etc. are also included. . . . Highlights of the World eBook Fair Just two years ago The First World eBook Fair came on the scene with about 1/3 million books, doubled to 2/3 million in 2007, and now over one million. Created by contributions from 100+ eLibraries from around the world, here are the largest collections As of press date of midnight Central Daylight Time July 1, 2008 these were the approximate numbers: ~100,000+ from Project Gutenberg ~500,000+ from The World Public Library ~450,000 from The Internet Archive ~160,000 from eBooks About Everything ---------- ~1,210,000+ Grand Total as of July 1, 2008 The Internet Archive will add about 1,000 books on each business day, along with various additions by the other contributors during World eBook Fair. Thus the final grand total may be over 1,230,000 Contact information: If you have any questions, or seek further materials, an interview or would like to confirm the schedule or contents please feel free to contact any of the following: Michael S. Hart Founder, Project Gutenberg 405 W. Elm, Urbana, IL 61801 [email protected] [email protected] US Phone 217-344-6623 Cellphone 808-295-0615 Gregory B. Newby CEO, Project Gutenberg [email protected] US Phone 907-450-8663 http://www.gutenberg.org John Guagliardo Founder, World Public Library Honolulu, Hawaii [email protected] US Phone 808-292-2068 http://www.worldpubliclibrary.org Catherine Hodge eBooks About Everything [email protected] US Phone 760-327-5100 http://ebooksabouteverything.com The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/texts _______________________________________________ gweekly mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gweekly