September 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,477 to #1,589. September 8 is International Literacy Day, give someone the gift of an assortment of Etexts on floppy disk; encourage them to pass on copies! In honor of this we are posting more files this month than ever before. A very nice writeup in the major French paper Le Monde. Requests for Assistance. And a few clippings from Edupage.

August 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,441 to #1,486. New sites going up in Brazil and Australia, Africa needed!!! We should be posting Etext #1500 in a few weeks. A number of requests for help. Our newest sites in Australia. And a few clippings from Edupage.

July 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,405 to #1,442. Our 28th Internet Fourth of July! Congratulations to a thousand volunteers who have helped us over the years! We are currently working on our first Etext to be sent in both Chinese characters and in English translation. Have We Given Away A Trillion Dollars In Etexts Yet??? And a few clippings from Edupage.

June 1998
In this issue: Books Index update of the 36 July Etexts for 1998. We have now completed 14% of our 10,000 Etext goal. . . and selected Great Expectations as #1400, Anna Karenina as #1399, and Tarzan the Untamed as #1401, hopefully we will always have something for everyone to read. The Federalist Papers tops the list to commemorate the 27th Anniversary of thefirst Project Gutenberg Etext. And a few clippings from Edupage.

May 1998
In this issue: Books Index update of the 43 Etexts recently completed. For the first time in years we are two months ahead of schedule, having completed the first releases of all the June Etexts. We have a new site at: ftp://ftp.muc.muohio.edu/pub/gutenberg
Requested: Ludendorff's War Memoirs. And a few clippings from Edupage.

April-May 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,225 to #1,306, 50 more Etexts than we had planned to announce today.The Gutenberg Volunteers have really been on fire lately, with a record number of 80 Etexts being posted during the last 31 days, thus requiring a combined Newsletter containing all the titles-- including the two more we posted since the end of March.

VOLUNTEERS' NEWSLETTER APRIL 1998
In this issue: Getting a new influx of volunteers in a few weeks. Organizing the "Raiders of the Lost Art". This team will be in charge of finding Etexts out there. We also are working on Etexts in French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, at the moment, and we hope to have some coming in this list of languages.Some clips from messages of support we have received in the last 3 months or so.

March 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,185 to #1,225. Passing another milestone:We should be posting Etext #1250 this month, which would be a total of 1/8 of our goal of 10,000 Etexts on the Internet. At that time the following will become true: $1 Trillion Given Away By Project Gutenberg. Recently released: William the Conqueror by E.A. Freeman #1066 -- We wanted to make the obvious connection from year 1066 to book 1066. If you would like to reserve any of the dates between 1225 and 2000, just let us know. Example: something on Columbus for #1492, and on his later trips, Magellan, etc., for the next few Etexts. Many Requests.

February 1998
In this issue: Books Index update from #1,153 to #1,200. Milestones to consider: Etext #1200 posted yesterday. . .possibly #2000 on 1/1/2000 -- 10 years ago we were just posting Etext #12. If we do 36 per month for the next 23 month period, we should be able to reach 2000 Etexts by January 1 of the year 2000 -- it would be kind of nice to do our 2,000th Etext during the big celebration. We desperately need at least one editor in these languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese.

VOLUNTEERS' NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1998
In this issue: the first note to the new Project Gutenberg Volunteer's List.
How simple Project Gutenberg really is. The REALLY SIMPLE standards file for Project Gutenberg Etexts. A little about Project Gutenberg. Useful addresses for Volunteers.

January 1998
In this issue: 1997 was the first year we did not double production of Etexts in quite some time, but on the other hand, it was the first year other Etexts producers created enough Etexts that our goal of getting 10,000 Etexts online by the end of the year 2001 is still viable. the 32 December Project Gutenberg Etexts which conclude the 384 Etexts for 1997.

December 1997
In this issue: the 32 November Etexts, and 17 from December. A new release of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Please put us on your holiday gift list. Our Portuguese Team is forming up. "Yahoo Internet Life" magazine has chosen Project Gutenberg as their "Site of the Month" for January, 1998, in an issue dedicated to the "Top of the Net." TopTenLinks ranked our web site as one of the top ten web sites on the Internet! A new listserver for the Two Project Gutenberg Lists.

November 1997
In this issue: announcing  books from #1.057 to #1,092 (the 32 October PG Etexts, and 4 more to start November.). Project Gutenberg started releasing Shakespeare as individual files rather than only as the "The Complete Works", plus new editions. Scanning Needed for Balzac Works.

October 1997
Announcing next Project Gutenberg plea, involving production of books in languages other than English. Completing our collection of Oscar Wilde.
Project Gutenberg started releasing Shakespeare as individual files rather than only as the "The Complete Works". Some early innovators are finding that making a monograph available electronically can boost sales of hard copies. Project Gutenberg now has a mirror site in Portugal, and a site in Brasil is under construction.

Etext #1000 Edition, Dante's Divine Comedy September 1997
In this issue: announcing Etexts #997 to #1036. "Never, in the field of literature, have so many owed so much to so few." Thanks to all those who have volunteers help to Project Gutenberg, over more than a quarter of a century. The future of Project Gutenberg, the Copyright laws and the Information Age. Times Magazine interviews Michael Hart. New sites announced in Portugal and in Brazil. Xerox introduces a scanner-copier-printer for home use.

26^th Anniversary Edition - July 1997
In this issue: July 4th 1971 to July 4th 1997: nearly 1,000 Etexts online. Howard Pyle's "Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" as our 26th Anniversary edition. In this issue: WIRED magazine's July issue listed Project Gutenberg as part of their 40 year timeline of the most important events in an extensive "informed projection" of the causes and effects of the events of the 40 years surrounding the year 2000. Update on the Project Gutenberg Etexts we prepared for July, 1997.

July 1997
In this issue: the 32 Project Gutenberg Etexts we prepared for July, 1997.
!!We need proofreaders for the John Ormsby translation of Don Quixote!!

June 1997 UPDATE
In this issue: This is a very short Project Gutenberg Newsletter announcing June's Etexts and the first one for July. - A new FTP site in Asia - How to get the Project Gutenberg books via FTP and the Web - How to subscribe to PG listservers.

June 1997
In this issue: the 32 Project Gutenberg Etexts we prepared last month and the first five books for June. - A new FTP site in Asia - How to get the Project Gutenberg books via FTP and the Web - How to subscribe to PG listservers.

May 1997
In this issue (besides the 32 Project Gutenberg Etexts we prepared last month and the first two books for May): Etext #900 is here! - Folio format - We are working on Dante's Divine Comedy for Etext #1,000 in both English and Italian. - Copyright - Project Gutenberg at Carnegie Mellon University - New search and index software - New Search Engine and listings at promo.net PG site - TRAPEZE broadcast data network - shareware for text compare - How to get the Project Gutenberg books via FTP and the Web - How to subscribe to PG listservers.

Project Gutenberg NEEDS YOU!
Contents. Announcements: The 900th Project Gutenberg Etext is scheduled for Tuesday!! We are working on Dante's Divine Comedy for Etext #1,000 in both English and Italian. Copyright -- Scanning and Typing -- Proofreading -- FTP and WWW Sites -- Donations -- Raiders of the Lost Archives.

April 1997
In this issue (besides the 32 Project Gutenberg Etexts we prepared last month): Sending Us Files - We have added a new "outgoing" site. Lost Etexts - several Etexts and several site locations that are in danger of being lost to the public. The Complete Works Of Various Authors - With Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Master of Ballantrae" [released this month], we are nearly complete in our "Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Etext #1,000 - As we are approaching our 1,000th Etext, Project Gutenberg would like a variety of suggestions for the 900th, 999th, 1,000th and 1,001th Etexts. Etexts In More Formats - We would like some volunteers to work with other formats than in the Plain Vanilla ASCII format. New Project Gutenberg Sites a new site is going up in New Zealand

March 1997
Notes you may wish to read concerning the continuing efforts to eliminate 99.9% of the Public Domain by extending copyrights an additional 20 years. Some words of thanks for those who have supported Project Gutenberg with sorely needed funds and institutional support. New books (from #801 to #836) and how to get them.

January 1997
Changes in our email and snailmail addresses. News about the financial and institutional support we are receiving. Project Gutenberg starts to post Books in foreign languages. New books (from #737 to #776) and how to get them.

1996 Etexts are Done!
Latest books online (from #737 to #768)

Book #750 Released!
Celebrating a milestone.

December 1996
News, new books (from #705 to #736) and how to get them.

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