[gmonthly] Project Gutenberg Newsletter August 2014
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* Outernet affiliation
* MARC back online, and CD/DVD ISO maker is nearly back
* New eBook listings from July 2014
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* CD/DVD ISO maker and MARC records
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* New eBook listings from July 2014
~ ~ ~ ~ Posting Dates for the below eBooks: 1 Jul 2014 to 31 Jul 2014 ~ ~ ~ ~
TITLE and AUTHOR ETEXT NO.
Der Erbe. Dritter Band., by Friedrich Gerstäcker 46465
[Language: German]
The Little Cryptogram, by J. Gilfin Fyle 46464
[Subtitle: A Literal Application to the Play of Hamlet
of the Cipher System of Mr. Ignatius Donnelly]
Brani inediti dei Promessi Sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni 46463
[Subtitle: Opere di Alessando Manzoni vol. 2 parte 2]
[Language: Italian]
Recollections of a Policeman, by William Russell 46462
[Author a.k.a. Thomas Waters]
L'Illustration, No. 0063, 11 Mai 1844, by Various 46461
[Language: French]
Gunboat and Gun-runner, by T. T. Jeans 46460
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Persian Gulf]
[Illustrator: C. M. Padday]
Ljocht en Skaed, by Douwe Kalma 46459
[Subtitle: In mennich In mennich biskôgings]
[Language: Frisian]
Laughing Last, by Jane Abbott 46458
[Illustrator: E. Corinne Pauli]
White Wolf's Law, by Hal Dunning 46457
[Subtitle: A Western Story]
Mysterium Arcae Boulé, by Burton E. Stevenson 46456
[Language: Latin]
Life on a Mediaeval Barony, by William Stearns Davis 46455
[Subtitle: A Picture of a Typical Feudal
Community in the Thirteenth Century]
In Vain, by Henryk Sienkiewicz 46454
[Translator: Jeremiah Curtin]
Die Regeln des Anstands, der Höflichkeit 46453
und der guten Sitte, by Ignaz Lehmann
[Language: German]
The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 5 - May 1891, by Various 46452
[Subtitle: An Illustrated Monthly]
[Editor: George Newnes]
CONTENTS
* Outernet affiliation
* MARC back online, and CD/DVD ISO maker is nearly back
* New eBook listings from July 2014
* Outernet affiliation
Outernet is a new Project Gutenberg affiliate. Here is information about their activity, which officially launches on Monday August 11:
"Today Outernet opens the doors to humanity's public library. Using existing geostationary satellites, Outernet will broadcast a signal that will contain, in this early test phase, Project Gutenberg
literature, Wikipedia articles, and news from Deutsche Welle. In a world where only 35.5% of humanity has access to the information on the Internet, this marks an enormous step towards universal information access. All Outernet content is available for free to anyone who wants it. Users are invited to contribute to Outernet's open source software and open hardware. Outernet has released details on how to assemble a receiver to access the Outernet signal, available on their website.
Syed Karim, Outernet's CEO, says, 'For decades, Project Gutenberg has been pioneering increased access to knowledge and dissemination of the wealth of creativity found in public domain works. Outernet is honored and excited to have Project Gutenberg as both a launch partner and critical element of the Outernet core archive.'"
Greg Newby, Director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, said: "I'm thrilled at the Outernet vision of free-to-air broadcast of eBooks and other content. It is Project Gutenberg's mission to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. We have a focus on free access to information for all people, in the pursuit of literacy and enlightenment. Outernet has a vision that is wonderfully aligned with Project Gutenberg, encompassing free access, freedom from censorship and monitoring, and unlimited distribution. I am enthusiastic about Outernet's effort to bring eBooks from Project Gutenberg and other great collections to a broader audience."
Outernet is online at www.outernet.is
* CD/DVD ISO maker and MARC records
In our previous newsletter, we announced some changes to the back-end offline catalog that caused an interruption in service to the Machine REadable Cataloging (MARC) files, as well as our CD/DVD ISO maker (http://pgiso.pglaf.org). We are pleased to confirm that MARC is back, and the CD/DVD ISO maker will be back this week.
We appreciate the efforts of Steve Thomas of University of Adelaide for the MARC conversion. Thanks go to Marcello Perathoner, Project Gutenberg's Webmaster, for outstanding service to Project Gutenberg.
* New eBook listings from July 2014
~ ~ ~ ~ Posting Dates for the below eBooks: 1 Jul 2014 to 31 Jul 2014 ~ ~ ~ ~
TITLE and AUTHOR ETEXT NO.
Der Erbe. Dritter Band., by Friedrich Gerstäcker 46465
[Language: German]
The Little Cryptogram, by J. Gilfin Fyle 46464
[Subtitle: A Literal Application to the Play of Hamlet
of the Cipher System of Mr. Ignatius Donnelly]
Brani inediti dei Promessi Sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni 46463
[Subtitle: Opere di Alessando Manzoni vol. 2 parte 2]
[Language: Italian]
Recollections of a Policeman, by William Russell 46462
[Author a.k.a. Thomas Waters]
L'Illustration, No. 0063, 11 Mai 1844, by Various 46461
[Language: French]
Gunboat and Gun-runner, by T. T. Jeans 46460
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Persian Gulf]
[Illustrator: C. M. Padday]
Ljocht en Skaed, by Douwe Kalma 46459
[Subtitle: In mennich In mennich biskôgings]
[Language: Frisian]
Laughing Last, by Jane Abbott 46458
[Illustrator: E. Corinne Pauli]
White Wolf's Law, by Hal Dunning 46457
[Subtitle: A Western Story]
Mysterium Arcae Boulé, by Burton E. Stevenson 46456
[Language: Latin]
Life on a Mediaeval Barony, by William Stearns Davis 46455
[Subtitle: A Picture of a Typical Feudal
Community in the Thirteenth Century]
In Vain, by Henryk Sienkiewicz 46454
[Translator: Jeremiah Curtin]
Die Regeln des Anstands, der Höflichkeit 46453
und der guten Sitte, by Ignaz Lehmann
[Language: German]
The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 5 - May 1891, by Various 46452
[Subtitle: An Illustrated Monthly]
[Editor: George Newnes]
[...]
Starved Rock, by Edgar Lee Masters 46197
Cuentos Clásicos del Norte, Primera Serie, by Edgar Allan Poe 46196
[Language: Spanish]
An Accidental Honeymoon, by David Potter 46195
[Illustrators: George W. Gage and
Edward Stratton Holloway]
Avioelämää II, by August Strindberg 46194
[Subtitle: Kahdeksantoista aviojuttua]
[Language: Finnish]
Avioelämää I, by August Strindberg 46193
[Subtitle: Kaksitoista kertomusta avioelämästä]
[Language: Finnish]
The Pan-German Programme, by Anonymous 46192
[Subtitle: The Petition of the Six Associations
and the Manifesto of the Intellectuals]
[Translator: Edwyn Bevan]
Fighting without a War, by Ralph Albertson 46191
[Subtitle: An Account of Military Intervention in North Russia]
Stories of Robin Hood, by Bertha E. Bush 46190
While I Remember, by Stephen McKenna 46189
Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War, by Martha Finley 46188
Letters from the Holy Land, by Elizabeth Butler 46187
Germany in War Time, by Mary Ethel McAuley 46186
[Subtitle: What an American Girl Saw and Heard]
The Devil, by Ferenc Molnar 46185
[Translator: Oliver Herford]
Frau Jenny Treibel, by Theodor Fontane 46184
[Subtitle: Roman aus der Berliner Gesellschaft]
[Language: German]
La maison d'un artiste, by Edmond de Goncourt 46183
[Language: French]
Sonata de otoño; Sonata de invierno, by Ramón del Valle-Inclán 46182
[Subtitle: memorias del Marqués de Bradomín]
[Language: Spanish]
The Forty-third regiment United States Colored Troops, 46181
by Jeremiah Marion Mickley
Der Findling, Erster Band, by Jules Verne 46180
[Language: German]
Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum, by Hiram Chase 46179
[Subtitle: from August 20th, 1863 to December 20th, 1865]
Flower of the Gorse, by Louis Tracy 46178
Punainen huone, by August Strindberg 46177
[Subtitle: Kuvauksia taiteilija- ja kirjailijaelämästä]
[Language: Finnish]
The Knights of the Round Table, by William Henry Frost 46176
[Subtitle: Stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail]
[Illustrator: Sydney Richmond Burleigh]
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, 46175
Volume II of 2, by George Cary Eggleston
[Subtitle: A Narrative and Critical History]
Der Findling, Zweiter Band, by Jules Verne 46174
[Language: German]
Tourmalin's Time Cheques, by F. Anstey 46173
A Tale of the Tow-Path, by Homer Greene 46172
Florida Caverns State Park, by Robert O. Vernon 46171
[Subtitle: Marianna, Florida]
Fathers of Men, by E. W. Hornung 46170
Fishing with Floating Flies, by Samuel G. Camp 46169
Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature 46168
and Properties of Electricity, by William Watson
[Subtitle: In One Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq;
President, and Two to the Royal Society]
British Royal Proclamations Relating to America 1603-1783, by Various 46167
[Editor: Clarence S. Brigham]
History of the Zulu War, by A. Wilmot 46166
The Book of Daniel Unlocked, by W. S. Auchincloss 46165
Il piccolo santo, by Roberto Bracco 46164
[Subtitle: Dramma in cinque atti]
[Language: Italian]
Maschere, by Roberto Bracco 46163
[Subtitle: Dramma in un atto]
[Language: Italian]
Ad armi corte, by Roberto Bracco 46162
[Subtitle: Commedia in un atto]
[Language: Italian]
By Forest Ways in New Zealand, by F. A. Roberts 46161
Malaeska, by Ann S. Stephens 46160
[Subtitle: the Indian Wife of the White Hunter]
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Cuentos Clásicos del Norte, Primera Serie, by Edgar Allan Poe 46196
[Language: Spanish]
An Accidental Honeymoon, by David Potter 46195
[Illustrators: George W. Gage and
Edward Stratton Holloway]
Avioelämää II, by August Strindberg 46194
[Subtitle: Kahdeksantoista aviojuttua]
[Language: Finnish]
Avioelämää I, by August Strindberg 46193
[Subtitle: Kaksitoista kertomusta avioelämästä]
[Language: Finnish]
The Pan-German Programme, by Anonymous 46192
[Subtitle: The Petition of the Six Associations
and the Manifesto of the Intellectuals]
[Translator: Edwyn Bevan]
Fighting without a War, by Ralph Albertson 46191
[Subtitle: An Account of Military Intervention in North Russia]
Stories of Robin Hood, by Bertha E. Bush 46190
While I Remember, by Stephen McKenna 46189
Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War, by Martha Finley 46188
Letters from the Holy Land, by Elizabeth Butler 46187
Germany in War Time, by Mary Ethel McAuley 46186
[Subtitle: What an American Girl Saw and Heard]
The Devil, by Ferenc Molnar 46185
[Translator: Oliver Herford]
Frau Jenny Treibel, by Theodor Fontane 46184
[Subtitle: Roman aus der Berliner Gesellschaft]
[Language: German]
La maison d'un artiste, by Edmond de Goncourt 46183
[Language: French]
Sonata de otoño; Sonata de invierno, by Ramón del Valle-Inclán 46182
[Subtitle: memorias del Marqués de Bradomín]
[Language: Spanish]
The Forty-third regiment United States Colored Troops, 46181
by Jeremiah Marion Mickley
Der Findling, Erster Band, by Jules Verne 46180
[Language: German]
Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum, by Hiram Chase 46179
[Subtitle: from August 20th, 1863 to December 20th, 1865]
Flower of the Gorse, by Louis Tracy 46178
Punainen huone, by August Strindberg 46177
[Subtitle: Kuvauksia taiteilija- ja kirjailijaelämästä]
[Language: Finnish]
The Knights of the Round Table, by William Henry Frost 46176
[Subtitle: Stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail]
[Illustrator: Sydney Richmond Burleigh]
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, 46175
Volume II of 2, by George Cary Eggleston
[Subtitle: A Narrative and Critical History]
Der Findling, Zweiter Band, by Jules Verne 46174
[Language: German]
Tourmalin's Time Cheques, by F. Anstey 46173
A Tale of the Tow-Path, by Homer Greene 46172
Florida Caverns State Park, by Robert O. Vernon 46171
[Subtitle: Marianna, Florida]
Fathers of Men, by E. W. Hornung 46170
Fishing with Floating Flies, by Samuel G. Camp 46169
Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature 46168
and Properties of Electricity, by William Watson
[Subtitle: In One Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq;
President, and Two to the Royal Society]
British Royal Proclamations Relating to America 1603-1783, by Various 46167
[Editor: Clarence S. Brigham]
History of the Zulu War, by A. Wilmot 46166
The Book of Daniel Unlocked, by W. S. Auchincloss 46165
Il piccolo santo, by Roberto Bracco 46164
[Subtitle: Dramma in cinque atti]
[Language: Italian]
Maschere, by Roberto Bracco 46163
[Subtitle: Dramma in un atto]
[Language: Italian]
Ad armi corte, by Roberto Bracco 46162
[Subtitle: Commedia in un atto]
[Language: Italian]
By Forest Ways in New Zealand, by F. A. Roberts 46161
Malaeska, by Ann S. Stephens 46160
[Subtitle: the Indian Wife of the White Hunter]
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