Le Projet Gutenberg
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A good fit for
- Scholars and students studying the history of digital publishing and the origins of ebooks
- French-reading readers interested in open knowledge and public libraries
- Researchers seeking source material on the early development of Project Gutenberg
- General readers curious about Michael Hart and early ebook ideals
Not a good fit for
- Readers looking for tutorials on ebook production or software operation
- Researchers expecting a complete, detailed chronicle or extensive archival detail
- Readers without French who lack translation support
Reading tips
- Begin with the opening section on Hart and the project's founding, then follow the chronological development from 1971 to 2005.
- Note key years and events as you read for easy comparison with English editions or other sources on digital publishing history.
- Browse the Project Gutenberg website alongside the text to deepen understanding of the material described.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Marie Lebert is a French translator and researcher of books and digital publishing. She holds a doctorate in linguistics from the Sorbonne and has worked in translation and library roles at international organizations in several countries; she now lives in Australia. Her research focuses on multilingualism online, e-books and the history of translation, and her writing for general readers traces how books have moved from print to digital form. Representative works include La Jérusalem médiévale, Del libro impreso al libro digital, Le Projet Gutenberg and Le Livre 010101: Enquête, and 47 of her titles are held in the collection. Her e-books and writings on Project Gutenberg are distributed free of charge through the University of Toronto's NEF and Project Gutenberg, making them easy to access online. Public information about her is limited, and her works centre on digital publishing and changing reading practices.
