Project Gutenberg Canada Launches on July 1st (Canada Day); World eBook Fair Also Begins Next Week
Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg (some 36 years ago, who says book digitization is new) sends along a note that Project Gutenberg Canada will go live on Canada Day, this coming Sunday.
He writes:
The twin missions of Project Gutenberg Canada are to promote and make available, free of charge:
CANADIAN BOOKS
- Canadian literature (in both of Canada's official languages)
- non-fiction books on Canadian history, politics, and culture
INTERNATIONAL BOOKS
- fiction and non-fiction (from all countries) which are in the Canadian public domain
- in any language, as is appropriate for a country with Canada's multicultural makeup
He adds:
Gutenberg Canada's inauguration will consist of not less than a dozen new ebooks, including
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