Project Gutenberg 2011-08-06 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 904 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.) Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Electronic books Z Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 269191 2025-08-15T06:07:55.729509 text/html 269603 2025-01-15T06:25:11.867991 text/html 159286 2025-08-15T06:08:01.441502 application/epub+zip 161657 2025-08-15T06:07:58.097489 application/epub+zip 466325 2011-08-06T10:51:02 application/pdf 157524 2025-08-15T06:07:57.072483 application/epub+zip 299508 2025-08-15T06:08:03.991478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286341 2025-08-15T06:08:00.838455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250637 2022-09-17T04:31:31.386620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245902 2025-08-15T06:07:55.445494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247729 2011-08-06T10:33:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247137 2011-08-06T10:33:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247133 2011-08-06T10:33:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22120 2025-08-15T06:08:04.121431 application/rdf+xml 12633 2025-08-15T06:07:57.550466 image/jpeg 3547 2025-08-15T06:07:57.311475 image/jpeg 83603 2011-08-06T10:56:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 83189 2011-08-06T10:56:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 419990 2011-08-06T10:56:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 83081 2011-08-06T10:56:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 155846 2025-08-15T06:07:55.747470 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog