Project Gutenberg 2011-08-06 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 279 Lebert, Marie The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) Produced by Al Haines "The eBook is 40 (1971-2011)" by Marie Lebert is a comprehensive historical account written in the early 21st century. This work chronicles the evolution of ebooks and digital literature, highlighting significant milestones and developments from the inception of the ebook concept in the early 1970s to its widespread acceptance and integration into modern reading practices by 2011. The book not only reflects on technological advancements, including the rise of the internet and specific projects like Project Gutenberg, but also considers the social impact of these transformations on literature and culture. The opening of the book introduces the significant milestones in the history of ebooks, beginning with the launch of Project Gutenberg, which aimed to create free, accessible electronic texts. It shares the vision of its founder, Michael Hart, and outlines the early challenges and successes of digitizing literature, pointing out how the project gained momentum with the advent of the internet. The narrative sets the stage for subsequent themes—like the development of digital libraries, ebook formats, and evolving copyright laws—giving readers insight into how ebooks transitioned from a novel concept to a critical component of the digital age. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Electronic books Z Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Teaching & Education 269602 269555 2024-09-15T14:08:24.280769 2023-09-16T07:32:22.379989 text/html text/html 269595 269548 2024-09-15T14:08:24.450772 2023-09-16T07:32:22.521992 text/html text/html 138073 2024-09-15T14:08:29.069697 application/epub+zip 140465 2024-09-15T14:08:25.804720 application/epub+zip 466325 2011-08-06T10:51:02 application/pdf 419990 2011-08-06T10:56:50 application/pdf application/zip 140465 2024-09-15T14:08:24.918738 application/epub+zip 264532 2024-09-15T14:08:31.611708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251129 2024-09-15T14:08:28.573737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250637 2022-09-17T04:31:31.386620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245959 2024-09-15T14:08:23.944769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247729 2011-08-06T10:33:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 83603 2011-08-06T10:56:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 247137 2011-08-06T10:33:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83189 2011-08-06T10:56:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 247133 2011-08-06T10:33:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83081 2011-08-06T10:56:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22229 2024-09-15T14:08:31.745683 application/rdf+xml 12655 2024-09-15T14:08:25.357711 image/jpeg 3550 2024-09-15T14:08:25.178727 image/jpeg 137564 2024-09-15T14:08:24.470761 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog