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— Project Gutenberg News - August 2026 —
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Contents
- Visit to the Gutenberg Museum
- Early American printers
- Women in Translation (WIT) Month
- Coming Website Changes
- New Releases at Gutenberg.org — July 2026
- Links
Visit to the Gutenberg Museum by Eric Hellman
I tell people that Project Gutenberg "invented the eBook" and pioneered
"Open Access" 55 years ago. It's a simplification of the truth. There were
digital books before Michael Hart typed the Declaration of Independence
into a computer attached to Arpanet and scholars have been exchanging
"preprints" as long as postal services existed. As I learned during my
visit to the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, the narrative that
Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press is also a
simplification of the truth.
My excursion to Mainz was enabled by my son's frequent flyer and hotel
points (he's co-founder of a bus technology company), but if you have the
chance, I highly recommend a visit to "The Gutenberg Museum - MOVED" even
if you don't have the free ride. The museum is temporarily housed in the
town's Natural History Museum while a new building is being erected on the
site of the old museum. The temporary space is beautiful - it once housed a
Nunnery; gems of the collection are displayed in an innovative and
informative way. You learn right away that no one knows what Gutenberg
looked like - all the depictions of him have been based on an image made
long after his death, and the beard that is always shown in modern
depictions of him is in the style of that later date.
Dominating the first room is the ornate printing press featured in the
Project Gutenberg logo. Called the "Columbia Press", it was made in 1832,
almost 400 years after Gutenberg's original presses, which no longer exist.
It is a spectacular work of art, seemingly disconnected from the dirty,
noisy business of printing. Past that room are the Bibles. Both volumes of
the "Shuckburg Bible" are on display, and the one surviving volume of the
“Solms-Laubach Bible” is displayed next to a bible from the same era
scribed by monks. One can imagine how people of the fifteenth century felt
on seeing the new-fangled machine-produced books, so lacking in soul and
the hand of the scribe. Letterpress slop produced with brute muscle instead
of skill and finesse!
The highlight of any visit to the Gutenberg Museum is the printing
demonstration using the wooden reconstruction of an original press. In this
demonstration, the amazing technological advances of Gutenberg were
explained. Movable type and printing technologies existed in Korea and
China, but the success of the Gutenberg Press flowed out of a combination
and refinement of existing technologies - the wooden press used in
agriculture, the metal stamping and metallurgy used in coinage, and
numerous innovations in ink, mechanical alignment and paper. Even venture
capital was needed for the business of printing books to be successful!
Thanks to the Director of the Museum, Zvijezdana Cordier, I got to try my
hand at printing a page. It takes a lot of muscle! The Museum Foundation,
like Project Gutenberg, relies on a corps of volunteers and has only a few
staff and a small operating budget. They rely heavily on their lovely
Museum Shop for operating funds.
The printing press and the inexpensive distribution of printed works it
enabled is often connected to the Reformation; Martin Luther's 95 Theses
came just 65 years or so after the first Gutenberg Bible. I'm no historian,
but I've lived through an analogous revolution in information distribution
and the resulting changes in our society. It's hard to imagine what changes
will come next, and much work remains to be done in the refinement and
extension of the work we've done - following in Johannes Gutenberg’s
footsteps.
<https://www.mainz.de/en/microsite/gutenberg-museum/>
<https://www.gutenberg-foundation.com/the-gutenberg-shop>
My photos from the visit:
<https://www.flickr.com/people/201893855@N02/>
Early American printers
Before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired, a different
kind of battle was being waged on paper. Early American printers and
publishers were not just neutral tradespeople; they were the architects of
the social, religious, and political landscape of the Thirteen Colonies.
The story of American printing began in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where
Elizabeth Glover and printer Stephen Daye set up the colonies' very first
press. Initially, the trade was fueled by faith. Bibles and religious
tracts were incredibly scarce and in high demand, making spiritual
literature the driving force behind the early publishing industry.
Before 1700 there were no colonial newspapers. Communication across
hundreds of miles of wilderness was painfully slow, relying on handwritten
dispatches carried by private couriers. For the average colonist, news of
laws and events was a matter of hearsay—passed along by word of mouth in
taverns or read aloud from simple postings in the town square.
By the mid-18th century the print landscape had transformed. Newspapers
began sprouting up, particularly in Boston, turning isolated communities
into a connected public.
When the British Crown began imposing heavy taxes on the colonies—most
notably the Stamp Act of 1765—the printing press became a weapon of
protest. Influential printers like Benjamin Franklin, William Goddard, and
William Bradford stepped directly into the political fray. Many aligned
themselves with the Sons of Liberty, using their papers and pamphlets to
loudly denounce taxation without representation and champion a free press.
As their criticism grew bolder, royal authorities frequently targeted them
with charges of libel and sedition.
Despite their massive influence in steering the colonies toward revolution,
the actual impact of these early printers is surprisingly overlooked. Most
historical research focuses strictly on the biographies of famous
individuals or the mechanics of early printing press technology. The
broader story—of how a handful of printers leveraged the power of the
written word to unite a divided people and ignite a revolution—remains a
largely neglected chapter in the history of early America.
Some references:
Early American publishers and printers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_publishers_and_printers>
Bibliography of early American publishers and printers
<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_early_American_publishers_and…
>
The Art & Practice of Typography by Edmund G. Gress
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54476>
Pioneer Imprints from Fifty States by Roger J. Trienens and Library of
Congress
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48794>
Women in Translation Month
August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month! WIT Month is an annual
celebration of women writers from around the world, writing in languages
other than English.
Some interesting public domain books are listed below in no particular
order, ranked by popularity:
The Devil's Pool by George Sand
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21993>
The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56158>
Barks and Purrs by Colette
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11737>
Nostalgia by Grazia Deledda
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53905>
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46409>
The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67929>
A Christian Woman by condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54796>
Antoinette de Mirecourt, ou, Mariage secret et Chagrins cachés by Mrs.
Leprohon
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24257>
The scorpion by Anna Elisabet Weirauch
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77582>
The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by de Pisan Christine
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36737>
Brazilian Tales by Albuquerque, Coelho Netto, Dolores, and Machado de Assis
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21040>
Fantasy: A Novel by Matilde Serao
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67143>
The letters of Madame de Sévigné : To her daughter and friends by Sévigné
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78579>
The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/467>
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11417>
The romance of my childhood and youth by Juliette Adam
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70563>
Coming Website Changes
Thank you to the many of you who responded to our survey on usage of MOBI
filetypes. Based on the response, We are likely to keep producing the
legacy MOBI format and replace the “KF8” MOBI format with “AZW3” files for
use on modern Kindle devices.
New Releases at Gutenberg.org - July 2026
In the last month PGLAF added another 254 new public domain eBooks to the
PG catalog. Of these 122 were added by Distributed Proofreaders. Thank you
to all the volunteers who have helped to make these new titles freely
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The month’s eBooks are listed here (the list was getting too long for the
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A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles:
- Last and first men <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79003/> - Olaf
Stapledon
- The Hotel <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79006/> - Elizabeth Bowen
- The spoon <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79020/> - Thomas Ewbank
- The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79019/> - Edgar Allan Poe
- Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79018/> - Katherine Anne Porter
- Fables, of Æsop and other eminent mythologists
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79038/> - Sir Roger L'Estrange
- Oliver Twist <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79042/> - Charles
Dickens
- The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, [vol. 5 of 5]
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79041/> - Thomas Bell and Charles
Darwin
- The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of
the "Hansa" in the ice <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79056/> - Karl
Koldewey and Henry Walter Bates
- Beebo Brinker <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79057/> - Ann Bannon
- Designs on prehistoric Hopi pottery
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79063/> - Jesse Walter Fewkes
- Samphire <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79071/> - John Cowper Powys
- How to keep bees <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79076/> - Anna
Botsford Comstock
- Arrels mortes <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79083/> - Joan Puig i
Ferreter
- Things I know about kings, celebrities, and crooks
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79085/> - William Le Queux
- The day the world ended <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79087/> -
Sax Rohmer
- The lavender dragon <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79092/> - Eden
Phillpotts
- Ennui <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79099/> - Stephen Marlowe
- Emil and the detectives <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79102/> -
Erich Kästner
- Au bagne <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79103/> - Albert Londres
- Crowd-horror <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79105/> - Robert E.
Howard
- The adventures of a donkey <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79114/> -
Arabella Argus
- The best jokes about preachers
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79124/> - George Milburn and E.
Haldeman-Julius
- Thorstein of the mere <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79129/> - W.
G. Collingwood
- The oldest story in the world <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79128/> -
Murray Leinster
- The Kingfisher <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79126/> - Phyllis
Bottome
- Best jokes of 1927 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79125/> - Aubrey
C. Roselle and E. Haldeman-Julius
- The library of Photius, Volume 1 (of 1)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79139/> - Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Photius I
- Number two Joy Street <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79150/> -
Chesterton et al.
- Jane Eyre <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79159/> - John Brougham
and Charlotte Brontë
- The natural history of ants <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79213/> -
P. Huber
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- PG at ALA Annual Meeting
- 100th Anniversary of The Hungry Tiger of Oz
- 100th Anniversary of The Muder of Roger Ackroyd
- Do we still need 2 kinds of MOBI?
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Happy 55th Birthday, Project Gutenberg!
Project Gutenberg marks its date of birth as July 4th, 1971. On that day
Michael E. Hart got an account on a computer connected to arpa-net and
decided to type into it the Declaration of Independence of the United
States of America. He messaged some friends about it, and the rest is
history, or so the story goes. We record e-text #1 as having a “posted”
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PG at ALA Annual Meeting
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important direction for us in the coming year!
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100th Anniversary of The Hungry Tiger of Oz
As the twentieth book in the Oz series, the 1926 novel The Hungry Tiger of
Oz represents the sixth story penned by Ruth Plumly Thompson. The book,
which contains illustrations by John R. Neill, precedes the 1927 release,
The Gnome King of Oz.
The book elevated the Hungry Tiger from L. Frank Baum’s background comic
relief into a central protagonist, deeply exploring his moral dilemma and
setting a precedent for giving side characters their own adventures.
Written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, the novel highlights the structural shift
from Baum’s style. Thompson introduced fast-paced, pun-heavy, and episodic
quest narratives, though critics note her female characters (like Princess
Ozma and Betsy Bobbin) lacked the fierce independence of Baum's original
leads.
The book permanently relaxed the rules of Oz's geography by allowing
characters to easily cross the "Deadly Desert," a barrier previously
established as insurmountable.
Publisher Reilly & Lee used an inventive marketing campaign by distributing
real-world promotional materials disguised as *The Ozmapolitan*, the
fictional Emerald City newspaper.
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hungry_Tiger_of_Oz>
<
https://newwwoz.blogspot.com/2010/09/hungry-tiger-of-oz.html#:~:text=Hey...…
.>
<https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70152>
100th Anniversary of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie’s mystery novel *The Murder of Roger Ackroyd*—her third
featuring detective Hercule Poirot—was initially serialized as *Who Killed
Ackroyd?* in the *London Evening News* from July to September 1925.
In her 1977 autobiography, Christie credited her brother-in-law, James
Watts, with the "remarkably original thought" of making a Dr. Watson-style
character the criminal. In March 1924, Lord Louis Mountbatten also sent her
a letter with a similar premise. While Christie acknowledged his input, she
developed her own plot line, drawing additional inspiration from the
unsolved death of Charles Bravo, whom she believed was killed by Dr. James
Manby Gully.
Since its publication, the novel has been adapted numerous times across
various media, including theater, film, radio, television, and graphic
novels.
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd>
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087>
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In the last month PGLAF added another 194 new public domain eBooks to the
PG catalog. Of these 117 were added by Distributed Proofreaders. Thank you
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A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles:
- Louisa May Alcott, the children's friend
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78818/> - Ednah Dow Cheney
- Het communistisch manifest <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78853/> -
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- Boot making and mending <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78854/> -
Paul N. Hasluck
- Clendenen's detective manual <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78873/> -
Rufus Howard Clendenen
- An island garden <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78885/> - Celia
Thaxter
- Observations on the geology, zoology and botany of Hudson's Strait and
Bay, made in 1885 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78889/> - Robert Bell
- The flying buccaneer <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78892/> - Jack
Binns
- Silver .41 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78893/> - W. C. Tuttle
- Model yachts and model yacht sailing
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78905/> - James E. Walton
- How to conquer stupidity <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78906/> -
Leo Markun and E. Haldeman-Julius
- The decline of the West, Volume 2
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78914/> - Oswald Spengler
- The rise and fall of the mustache, and other "Hawk-eyetems"
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78913/> - Robert J. Burdette
- Sacred symbols in art <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78921/> -
Elisabeth Goldsmith
- In camp and kitchen <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78919/> - Lucy
H. Yates
- Adventures of a donkey <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78917/> -
comtesse de Sophie Ségur and Md. Emmittsburg a graduate of St. Joseph's P.
S.
- The pioneer women of the West <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78929/> -
E. F. Ellet
- The eighteen nineties <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78936/> -
Holbrook Jackson
- Over the Falls <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78938/> - Annie Edson
Taylor
- The history of civilisation in Scotland, Vol 1 (of 4)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78937/> - John Mackintosh
- Flower legends for children <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78952/> -
Hilda Murray
- Alias Whispering White <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78961/> - W.
C. Tuttle
- For the parson of Paradise <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78960/> -
W. C. Tuttle
- The Bible, should it be in the school room?
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78962/> - Franklin Steiner and E.
Haldeman-Julius
- The children's kraft shop <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78973/> -
Adelia B. Beard
- Figure piping <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78972/> - M.C.A. F.
Russell
- Stories of the Persian wars <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78980/> -
Herodotus
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- American Library Association celebrates 150 years
- Bloomsday
- Herman Melville’s Home
- Service Changes
- New Releases at Gutenberg.org — May 2026
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Bloomsday
James Joyce sets the action of his novel *Ulysses* (published in 1922) on
16 June 1904, the day in his real life when he first walks to the Dublin
suburb of Ringsend with his future wife Nora Barnacle (a chambermaid he
first met on June 10).
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300>
On 16 June 1954, a group of Dublin writers — including the already-drunk
Brian O'Nolan (Flann O'Brien), poet Patrick Kavanagh, and critic Anthony
Cronin — celebrated the first Bloomsday (Lá Bloom in Irish) by touring
Dublin in horse-drawn cabs, retracing Leopold Bloom's route from *Ulysses*.
Bloomsday and *Ulysses* has inspired numerous cultural references. In film,
Mel Brooks named Gene Wilder's character “Leo Bloom” in *The Producers*;
and Richard Linklater set *Before Sunrise* on 16 June and wove *Ulysses*
into *Slacker*. The animated series *The Simpsons* also referenced it in a
Dublin episode. In music, Kate Bush drew from Molly Bloom's soliloquy; U2's
"Breathe" fictionalises the date; the Minutemen named a song "June 16th;"
and Fontaines D.C. recorded "Bloomsday" in 2022.
The First Bloomsday Celebration…
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…excepted from *Flann O'Brien: an illustrated biography* by Peter Costello
and Peter Van de Kamp
<
https://search.worldcat.org/title/Flann-O'Brien-:-an-illustrated-biography/oclc/17231270
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Wikipedia’s page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday>
National Gallery of Ireland
<https://www.nationalgallery.ie/explore-and-learn/bloomsday>
James Joyce Centre
<https://jamesjoyce.ie/>
Herman Melville’s Home
Notes from Linda Cantoni
In 1850, in a modest farmhouse in the Berkshire hills of western
Massachusetts, a young man sat down to write what he believed would be his
masterpiece. He called it *The Whale*, and he based it on his experiences
on a whaling ship several years earlier. His study window looked out across
a field at a humpbacked mountain called Greylock. In winter it looked very
much like a white sperm whale, “one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill
in the air.”
The young man was Herman Melville; the masterpiece was *Moby Dick*; and it
was a dismal failure, both with critics and the public. Everything he wrote
afterward also failed. He left the farmhouse in 1863 and settled in New
York City, where he took a dead-end job as a customs inspector, writing
poetry and short pieces on the side. In 1890, the New York Times said of
Herman Melville, “There are more people to-day who believe Herman Melville
dead than there are those who know he is living.” He died in 1891, a
forgotten man.
But a revival of interest in his work in the 1920s brought him the
recognition he deserved. Today, that little farmhouse in the Berkshires,
Herman Melville's Arrowhead, is a thriving museum and cultural center run
by the Berkshire County Historical Society, hosting fascinating events:
tours, lectures, author talks, stage performances, nature walks, and more.
Among these events are writing workshops, during which participants have
the opportunity to write in Melville's own study, looking out at Mount
Greylock from the very same window as he did. It is truly a thrill to feel
his creative energy filling that room.
The historical society also runs a virtual book club that frequently
features books by or about Melville and his literary contemporaries, such
as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and others. Project
Gutenberg's library has many works by Herman Melville, including his
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Billy Budd
<https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/09/01/billy-budd/>
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<https://berkshirehistory.org>
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- Planning for the Long Term
- Accessibility Requirements
- 300th anniversary of 3rd edition Newton’s Principia
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300th anniversary of 3rd edition Newton’s *Principia*
In 1726 Isaac Newton published the third edition of his landmark work
*Philosophiæ
Naturalis Principia Mathematica* (or *The Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy*, known simply as *The Principia)*. But how did it
spread?
By the 1730s, thanks in particular to Voltaire and scholars such as Pierre
Louis Moreau de Maupertuis interest in Newton was growing. A key figure in
this Enlightenment activity was Émilie du Châtelet.
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56975>
Châtelet made *Principia* truly accessible at a time when Newton’s theories
were still sparking debate in France between followers of René Descartes
(Cartesians) and Newtonians. From the translation and interpretations
provided by Châtelet, along with direct tutoring, Voltaire produced “*Elémens
de la philosophie de Neuton: Mis à la portée de tout le monde*” (1733)
which brought Newtonian theories to the Francosphere.
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50340>
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Émilie du Châtelet sought to serve as a bridge between leading scientists
and the educated public. Her mastery of Latin and her understanding of
physics enabled her to make these ideas accessible.
Châtelet’s work was far more than a translation. Châtelet’s work added
extensive mathematical commentary and clarified Newton's geometric proofs
through calculus-based methods. She added explanations and personal
insights, thereby making an original and modern contribution to the
dissemination and understanding of Newtonian theories in France and beyond.
During the last five years of her life, Émilie du Châtelet devoted all her
energy to this major work, even going so far as to deposit the final
compiled manuscript at the Royal Library the day before her death in 1756.
<https://journals.openedition.org/bibnum/722>
For additional reading in this matter we recommend the following:
Les Institutions de physique de Madame Du Châtelet ou d'un traité de paix
entre Descartes, Leibniz et Newton. By Robert Locqueneux:
<https://www.persee.fr/doc/rnord_0035-2624_1995_num_77_312_5053>
Newton’s Principia, by Linda Cantoni
“There goes the man that writt a book that neither he nor any body else
understands.”
<https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/08/01/newtons-principia/>
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A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles:
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C. Oudemans
- The limerick up to date book <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78335/> -
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Christie
- Essay on comets <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78362/> - David
Milne-Home
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- Knots <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78376/> - Arthur F. Aldridge
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J. Fielding and E. Haldeman-Julius
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- Math at Project Gutenberg
- 300th Anniversary of “Shakespeare Restored”
- 100th Anniversary of Harper Lee
- 504 Gateway Timeouts
- New Releases at Gutenberg.org - March 2026
- Links
Math at Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg has long had an interest in mathematics, perhaps because
of its timelessness. This interest has been expressed in many ways, though
perhaps some of them were misguided in retrospect. For example we published
“texts” consisting of digits of π. To be fair, commercial publishers
produced *printed* volumes of π! At that time, there wasn’t even a good way
to represent the character for “π” on the internet!
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Today, the state of the art has advanced so that we can correctly represent
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The set of books entitled “Principia Mathematica” written by Alfred North
Whitehead and Bertrand Russell has been chosen to test the workflow of such
books and to demonstrate updated accessibility features (WCAG) as well.
Principia Mathematica, the landmark work in formal logic, was first
published in three volumes in 1910, 1912 and 1913. Written as a defense of
logicism (the view that mathematics is reducible to logic), the book was
instrumental in developing modern mathematical logic. An interesting review
of the unique and thrilling (from our point of view!) author’s notation is
discussed at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
<https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pm-notation/>
In accordance with the principles set out above, Principia Mathematica
(Vol. 1 of 3) and Principia Mathematica (Vol. 2 of 3) are already posted at
PG.
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78050>
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78255>
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others, need to be updated, generating corresponding HTML and EPUB
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Happy 300th birthday to Shakespeare Restored!
April 5, 1726 was the publication in London of Lewis Theobald’s
“Shakespeare Restored, or A Specimen of the Many Errors As Well Committed
as Unamended by Mr Pope in his Late Edition of this Poet; Designed Not only
to correct the said Edition, but to restore the True Reading of Shakespeare
in all the Editions ever yet published.”
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald>
In this book, Theobald attacked Pope's Shakespeare edition for smoothing
verse and missing textual errors. When Pope issued a revised edition in
1728, he quietly adopted most of Theobald's corrections while publicly
claiming to have taken only about twenty-five words — and accused Theobald
of withholding information! Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by
Lewis Theobald is available at PG:
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16346>
Happy 100th birthday to Harper Lee!
April 28, 1926 saw the birth of Harper Lee, best known as the author of *To
Kill a Mockingbird*. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, Lee achieved
literary notoriety with a single book, then proceeded to publish sparingly.
Her additional works, though few, have been the subject of considerable
attention and worthwhile debate.
*To Kill a Mockingbird* is not on Project Gutenberg. It’s locked away until
2056 under US copyright law. The estate of Harper Lee, who died in 2016,
sued many local theaters to shut down their productions of a licensed
theatrical version. Atticus Finch might have something to say about that!
Meanwhile, generations of students have read the novel in classrooms,
unaware that their well-thumbed, hand-me-down paperbacks are restricted by
copyright law.
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A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles:
- The mysterious Mr. Quin <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78084/> -
Agatha Christie
- 1066 and all that <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78124/> - Walter
Carruthers Sellar and Robert Julian Yeatman
- Peter Pan <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78131/> - J. M. Barrie
- Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78142/> - Anna Botsford Comstock
- Art and the human spirit <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78154/> -
Edward Howard Griggs
- Strong poison <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78157/> - Dorothy L.
Sayers
- Murder at the vicarage <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78220/> -
Agatha Christie
- Many inventions <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78240/> - Rudyard
Kipling
- The age of the Earth <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78241/> -
Arthur Holmes
- The Mudfog papers, etc. <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78245/> -
Charles Dickens
- Wild volatile-oil plants and their economic importance
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78246/> - Frank Rabak
- Principia mathematica, vol. 2 (of 3)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78255/> - Alfred North Whitehead and
Bertrand Russell
- A brief outline of the history of libraries
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78256/> - Justus Lipsius
- A city milk and cream contest as a practical method of improving the
milk supply <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78261/> - Clarence Bronson
Lane and Ivan C. Weld
- Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 1 [of 7]
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78263/> - John Stephen Farmer and
William Ernest Henley
- It's time something happened <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78266/> -
Arthur Doyle
- Psychopathology and politics <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78273/> -
Harold D. Lasswell
- Under the big top <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78288/> - Courtney
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March 2026
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- Message from the Executive Director: Accessibility at Project Gutenberg
- International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month
- Christine de Pizan
- 100th Anniversary of “The Blue Castle”
- Finances
- New Releases for February 2026
- Top 10 eBooks downloaded for the month of February
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International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually during the week of 8
March. It commemorates the fight for women’s equality and liberation along
with the women’s rights movement. Women’s History Month is the annual
celebration of the contributions and achievements that women have made. It
is celebrated throughout the month of March each year.
To celebrate these observations, Project Gutenberg created a new bookshelf
titled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Some
samples are given below.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706
- “Philosophical Letters: or, Modest Reflections Upon Some Opinions in
Natural Philosophy” (1664) by Margaret Cavendish: she criticized
Descartes, Hobbes, and mechanical philosophy and argued that Nature is
organic, not mechanical.
- “Eléments de la philosophie de Neuton: Mis à la portée de tout le
monde” (1738) by Voltaire and Émilie du Châtelet: she translated into
French, and wrote an extensive commentary on Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiæ
Naturalis Principia Mathematica”.
- “Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal”
and “Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France” are
biographical encyclopedia series written by Mary Shelley for Lardner’s
Cabinet Cyclopædia in the 1830s. Shelley’s approach combined biographical
narrative with literary criticism; emphasized personal lives and
psychological portraits; explored how historical and social contexts shaped
creativity; feminist perspective on women writers and the constraints they
faced.
- “The Mechanism of the Heavens” (1831) by Mary Sommerville: She
translated Laplace’s work (Mécanique Céleste) from algebra into common
language. “On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences” (1834): she
employed an interdisciplinary approach to understanding nature.
- “Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage”, Esq. by
Menabrea, translated by Ada Lovelace (1843): her added notes are important
in the early history of computers, especially since Note G described, in
complete detail, a method for calculating a sequence of Bernoulli numbers
using the Analytical Engine, which might have run correctly had it ever
been built. Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.
- “Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not” (1859) and are
influential works by Florence Nightingale: it was written for ordinary
women managing household health and aimed to educate the public about
disease prevention and health maintenance. “Subsidiary Notes as to the
Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and
in War” (1858):
she advocated systematic reform of military medical services.
- “Recherches sur les substances radioactives” (1903) by Marie Curie:
she described the discovery and isolation of radium and polonium. “La
radiologie et la guerre” (1921): she showed an advanced field of medical
imaging and proposed a model for future medical emergency response.
- “The Desert and the Sown” (1907) by Gertrude Lowthian Bell: she
provided detailed ethnographic and political information on the Arab world
which was later used by the British government for Middle East policy.
- “Stellar atmospheres: A contribution to the observational study of
high temperature in the reversing layers of stars” (1925) by Cecilia
Payne-Gaposchkin: she demonstrated that spectral differences among stars
result primarily from temperature differences, not compositional
differences, and stars are composed overwhelmingly of hydrogen and helium,
contrary to prevailing belief that stars had Earth-like composition.
Christine de Pizan
An interesting article was published by Marie Lebert: Christine de Pizan, a
medieval woman writer, was the first professional woman writer in Europe
and the first feminist writer.
https://marielebert.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/women-writers-translators/
Christine de Pizan (1364–1430), an Italian-French court writer, was the
first woman to make a living from her writing in a male-dominated world.
Writing enabled her to provide for her family following the death of her
husband and father. A prolific author of poetry, novels, and biographies in
vernacular French, she is best known for The Book of the City of Ladies.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26608
Happy 100th Anniversary! of “The Blue Castle”, a novel by L. M. Montgomery
Almost all editions of The Blue Castle lack dust jackets, and the true
first edition does not have any illustration at all on the front boards. It
was added after Montgomery had commented, “Not so pretty. A plain cover.”
We have added the beautiful castle illustration to the cover of the ebook
in tribute to her.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67979
Finances
January was an very good month for user donations to Project Gutenberg.
Thank you to everyone who contributed. Those donations brought our fiscal
year (July-June) deficit down to about $10,000, with a clear path to
break-even by June.
New Releases for February 2026
February 1
- Belchamber <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77826/> - Howard Overing
Sturgis
- Portuguese bibliography <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77831/> -
Aubrey F. G. Bell
- Natural history, lore and legend
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77830/> - F. Edward Hulme
- There's not a bathing suit in Russia & other bare facts
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77828/> - Will Rogers
- Apró bűnök <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77825/> - Cécile Tormay
- Plain Jane and pretty Betty <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77832/> -
May Hollis Barton
- Poems from Punch, 1909-1920 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77833/> -
- Screen acting <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77829/> - Mae Marsh
- The story of the universe. Volume 3 (of 4)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77827/> - Esther Singleton
February 2
- White buildings <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77837/> - Hart Crane
- Microbe hunters <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77842/> - Paul De
Kruif
- The mystery road <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77836/> - E.
Phillips Oppenheim
- Primitive art <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77834/> - Franz Boas
- The Countess Fanny <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77839/> -
Marjorie Bowen
- A cowboy detective <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77835/> - Charles
A. Siringo
- An essay on hasheesh <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77838/> -
Victor Robinson
- Collected poems of Clarence Edwin Flynn, second series
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77843/> - Clarence Edwin Flynn
- Vers le cœur de l'Amérique <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77841/> -
Charles Wagner
- The seals and whales of the British seas
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77840/> - Thomas Southwell
February 3
- Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77850/> - Albert Einstein and Karl
Scheel
- Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77854/> - Elizabeth C. Barney Buel
- Country rambles in England <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77852/> -
J. L. Knapp
- Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 1 (de 3): le pays, les
peuples, les langues <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77844/> - Maurice
Delafosse
- Moussorgsky <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77855/> - M.
Montagu-Nathan
- Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 1 of 3
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77851/> - Michael J. Quin
- Onnellinen mies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77849/> - Poul Levin
- Michelangelo élete <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77857/> - Romain
Rolland
- Tim <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77847/> - Howard Overing Sturgis
- Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 2 (de 3): l'histoire
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77845/> - Maurice Delafosse
- The war of Antichrist with the Church and Christian civilization
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77856/> - George F. Dillon
- Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 3 (de 3): les civilisations
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77846/> - Maurice Delafosse
- Defending his flag <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77848/> - Edward
Stratemeyer
February 4
- The starry skies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77859/> - Agnes
Giberne
- The Yangtze Valley and beyond <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77853/> -
Isabella L. Bird
- The curse of the painted cliffs
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77862/> - W. C. Tuttle
- Old Rough the miser <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77858/> - Lily
F. Wesselhoeft
- Technique of modern tactics <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77863/> -
P. S. Bond and Michael Joseph McDonough
- The story of a Hessian <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77860/> -
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
- Maud Marian, artist <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77861/> -
Eglanton Thorne
February 5
- The psychology of Jung <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77864/> -
James Oppenheim and E. Haldeman-Julius
- Through the sun in an airship <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77867/> -
John Mastin
- Tour en fer de 300 mètres de hauteur
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77865/> - Gustave Eiffel et al.
- Loup-Garou <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77868/> - Wallace West
- Eau de morgue <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77869/> - Arthur T.
Harris
- Memorials of old Nottinghamshire
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77866/> - Everard L. Guilford and P.
H. Ditchfield
- Talkies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77870/> - Eddie Cantor
February 6
- Journey to a woman <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77871/> - Ann
Bannon
- Mexico in den ereignißvollen Jahren 1832 und 1833
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77872/> - Carl Christian Becher
- The marriage of Susan <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77875/> -
Helen Reimensnyder Martin
- Arany mesekönyv <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77874/> - Elek
Benedek
- The mystery at Lilac Inn <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77873/> -
Carolyn Keene
February 7
- The Druid Path <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77880/> - Marah Ellis
Ryan
- Life of George Washington, volume 4 of 5
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77882/> - Washington Irving
- History of the Woman's Temperance Crusade
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77878/> - Annie Wittenmyer
- Petit manuel de la femme supérieure
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77876/> - Gerard de Beauregard
- Old Mexico and her lost provinces
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77881/> - William Henry Bishop
- The barge of haunted lives <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77879/> -
J. Aubrey Tyson
- Is sex necessary? <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77883/> - James
Thurber and E. B. White
- Hota-Leenan poika <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77877/> - Pentti
Haanpää
February 8
- Prophezeiungen <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77888/> - Max
Kemmerich
- An historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by
English navigators, vol. 1 of 4 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77886/> -
David Henry
- The autobiography of a seaman (volume 2 of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77890/> - Earl of Thomas Cochrane
Dundonald
- Het beloofde land <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77885/> - Ina
Boudier-Bakker
- Im Kampf um die Ideale, die Geschichte eines Suchenden
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77887/> - Georg Heinrich Bonne
- Gesammelte Schriften von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1/10)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77889/> - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
- Handbuch der Germanischen Mythologie
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77891/> - Wolfgang Golther
- The Pacific Coast scenic tour <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77884/> -
Henry T. Finck
February 9
- The conquest of happiness <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77894/> -
Bertrand Russell
- Lo Rector de Vallfogona <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77898/> -
Frederic Soler i Hubert
- Vile bodies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77900/> - Evelyn Waugh
- Opinions sur le roman <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77899/> - René
Boylesve
- Hot Music <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77893/> - Vic Whitman
- Masquerades <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77896/> - Shane Leslie
- Red oleanders <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77892/> - Rabindranath
Tagore
- The hermit of Turkey Hollow <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77895/> -
Arthur Cheney Train
- Bettina's best desserts <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77897/> -
Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron
- Puck in pasture <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77901/> - E.
MacKinstry
February 10
- Deutsche Märchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77905/> - Jacob Grimm et al.
- In the day's work <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77910/> - Daniel
Berkeley Updike
- L'hôte inconnu <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77908/> - Maurice
Maeterlinck
- Meidän Jeremias <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77909/> - Alpo
Noponen
- Manhood <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77903/> - Clement Wood and
E. Haldeman-Julius
- "Moo-oo-oo-oo!" <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77902/> - Laurence
Donovan
- Pagine di storia letteraria <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77906/> -
Giosuè Carducci and Giuseppe Lipparini
- Les voyageurs français dans l'Orient européen
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77907/> - Nicolae Iorga
- Théâtre <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77904/> - Honoré de Balzac
February 11
- Campaign diary of a French officer
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77912/> - Lieutenant René Nicolas
- The story of the universe. Volume 4 (of 4)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77914/> - Esther Singleton
- Hermann ja Dorothea <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77913/> - Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
- Wolf Pass <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77911/> - William Byron
Mowery
- Adelbert and Bastel <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77915/> - Franz
Hoffmann
- Dora's mistake <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77916/> - A. L. O. E.
February 12
- Life in Asiatic Turkey <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77918/> - E.
J. Davis
- Sinbad <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77919/> - C. Kay-Scott
- The romance of Captain Duffy <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77920/> -
H. De Vere Stacpoole
- The secrets of stage conjuring
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77917/> - Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
February 13
- Hypnotism made plain <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77928/> -
Maynard Shipley and E. Haldeman-Julius
- Very good, Jeeves <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77923/> - P. G.
Wodehouse
- Knickerbocker's history of New York, vol. 1 (of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77921/> - Washington Irving
- Miss Lulu Bett <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77922/> - Zona Gale
- The sleeping beauty <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77929/> -
Theodora Du Bois
- Mop Fair <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77930/> - Arthur M. Binstead
- Booklet making <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77925/> - Henry
Turner Bailey
- Salmagundi <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77926/> - William Irving
et al.
- The secret of the old clock <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77924/> -
Carolyn Keene
- Tuuli käy heidän ylitseen <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77927/> -
Pentti Haanpää
February 14
- Aux jardins enchantés de Cornouaille
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77936/> - François Ménez
- Aventures de Jérôme Bardini <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77932/> -
Jean Giraudoux
- The moors and the fens, volume 1 (of 3)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77931/> - Mrs. J. H. Riddell
- Kolmen Töräpään tarina <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77934/> -
Pentti Haanpää
- The book of Enoch <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77935/> -
- Dikter <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77933/> - Edith Södergran
February 15
- All were monsters <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77940/> - Manly
Wade Wellman
- The laugh <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77941/> - Robert Abernathy
- The haunts of men <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77948/> - Robert
W. Chambers
- Hans de Klokkeluider <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77942/> - Johan
Fabricius
- The stone wall <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77938/> - Mary Casal
- Septemberlyran <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77949/> - Edith
Södergran
- Flight from New Mu <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77947/> - Joe
Archibald
- The friar of Wittenberg <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77944/> -
William Stearns Davis
- Snow-flakes <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77946/> - Israel P.
Warren
- Two-way trail <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77939/> - Clay Perry
- Pennsylvania wild cats <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77943/> -
Henry W. Shoemaker
- Children of the old masters (Italian school)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77937/> - Alice Meynell
- Juudas <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77945/> - Lauri Haarla
February 16
- What they said about the Fourth Armored Division
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77963/> - 4th United States. Army.
Armored Division
- Journal de la société de 1789 - Nº I
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77952/> - marquis de
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet and Philippe-Antoine Grouvelle
- The red heart of Russia <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77955/> -
Bessie Beatty
- Kaksi lupausta <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77960/> - Kaarle Halme
- The last Punic war, Vol. 1 (of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77953/> - Alexander Meyrick Broadley
- The dragon <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77957/> - M. P. Shiel
- Turkey and the Armenian atrocities
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77958/> - Edwin Munsell Bliss
- Rosenaltaret <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77965/> - Edith
Södergran
- A pixy in petticoats <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77956/> - John
Trevena
- Lord Lister No. 0336: Een avontuur in Alaska
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77964/> - Kurt Matull et al.
- The true story of Humpty Dumpty
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77961/> - Anna Alice Chapin
- The land of forgotten men <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77968/> -
Edison Marshall
- The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77950/> - Philippe de Commynes and Sir
Andrew R. Scoble
- Els fills <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77962/> - J. Puig I.
- Spooky Hollow <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77966/> - Carolyn Wells
- The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 2 (of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77951/> - Philippe de Commynes and Sir
Andrew R. Scoble
- The gold of Ophir <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77959/> - D.
Howard Gwinn
- Le trois-mâts fantôme <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77967/> -
Frédéric Causse
- The last Punic war, Vol. 2 (of 2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77954/> - Alexander Meyrick Broadley
February 17
- How to save money <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77970/> - J.
George Frederick and E. Haldeman-Julius
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Émile Zavie
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Greg Newby left us in October; we've had a *mourning box* on our homepage
since. Greg's birthday was February 9th, so it seemed like an appropriate
moment to turn from mourning his passing to *celebrating his
accomplishments*, while working to continue them. So, Happy Birthday Greg,
we miss you! There are birthday cakes on our homepage now.
Tributes and Notes from our Community
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*Biography on our website <https://gutenberg.org/about/newby.html>*
*From the* eServices for Citizens
<https://yukon.ca/en/digital-blog/staff-profile-meet-greg-newby> *team, a
department of the Youkon Territory government, Greg's ‘day job’:*
About Greg: A lot of people might not know that Greg was also eService’s
informally official beach volleyball team captain! Our department has an
annual staff barbecue and beach volleyball tournament. Greg was always the
first to put out a call to get everyone out at lunch to practice before the
event.
*Quoted from the* Greg. B. Newby article
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_B._Newby> *article at Wikipedia:*
Newby served as a co-organizer for the conference Hackers on Planet Earth
(HOPE) for many years. He presented about hacker ethics in 2000 and
"hacker" as a positive term in 2002. At HOPE XV in 2024, he spoke about
opportunities to mitigate climate change.
*Presenting at the* HAL2001 Hackers At Large
<https://monoskop.org/Hackers_At_Large> *conference, held at the University
of Twente near Enschede, The Netherlands in August of 2001:*
Presentation title: "Hacker Ethics: How to Teach them, and What they Are".
One of the great quotes from the 45 minutes presentation is *Writing code
can instrument our ethics.* Watch the full presentation here:
https://youtu.be/sYfYqDPYhWc
*From John Guagliardo, Project Gutenberg Board Member*
Greg carried forward Michael Hart’s vision with extraordinary dedication,
building the infrastructure, partnerships, and volunteer networks that
sustained Project Gutenberg for decades. Yet his life was equally defined
by an extraordinary passion for endurance and the outdoors. Greg was an
avid ultramarathon runner, competing in numerous races, marathons, and
grueling ultras that tested body and spirit. His love for pushing limits
extended to the far north, where he and his wife Ilana ran StinkyPup
Kennel, a sled dog rescue operation in Whitehorse, Yukon (and earlier in
Alaska). He participated in dog sled races—including 100-mile events and
Arctic ultramarathons—often enduring extreme conditions, even frostbite to
his toes. Caring for dozens of retired huskies over the years, Greg
embodied resilience, community, and generosity in both his digital work and
his adventures on trails and snow. These pursuits weren’t separate from his
Project Gutenberg role; they reflected the same optimistic, never-give-up
ethos that kept him volunteering unpaid for 25 years, always ready for the
next challenge—whether digitizing texts or mushing through the wilderness.
Notes sent with donations
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- This donation is in loving memory of Greg Newby. I'm so grateful to
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and a kind person. Sending my heartfelt condolences to Ilana and all of
Greg's family and friends.
- In memory of Greg Newby, a wonderful colleague.
- In memory of Dr. Greg Newby. Thanks for the fries with mustard &
introducing me to the world of public domain books.
- I didn't know Greg, but the description I just read about him makes
him sound irreplaceable. That being said, please try!
- In Memory of Greg Newby in support of his wife Ilana. May his work and
contributions continue on.
- In honor of Greg Newby. Greg was my classmate and friend at Schreiber
High School. I last saw Greg at our 2013 reunion where, along with our
friends, we danced to our favorite 80's music.
- When I was 10, My father gave me a set of Dave Dawson books that were
his when he was a child. I just found them on your site. Now they are on my
ebook reader. I think there are a couple I didn't have. Time to go down
memory lane.
- Donation is given with love in memory of my cousin Greg Newby.
- Sad to hear of the passing of Greg Newby. Sorry it's not much. Hope
his loved ones are taking care of themselves as best they can.
- In the memory of Greg Newby whom I was honored to know, and for the
persistence of PG.
- In memory of GREG NEWBY and his work to enable literacy. Thank you
from a grateful recipient.
- To honor Greg Newby! May his spirit and important work continue to
drive literacy and opportunities for those without! We pledge our ongoing
support.
- We were very sorry to hear about the passing of Dr. Newby. His legacy
will be remembered.
*(about 30 other messages were variants of "In memory of Greg.")*
Newsletter Responses
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- That is pretty rough. I wish him the best, although I have no idea
what "prayers" are or would do.
- Much thanks to Greg and what he has done for PG.
- This is a project that has quietly influenced my career and life as
well as the lives and technology and careers of many others.
- Greg Newby has also been serving generously as Editor for the Open
Grid Forum for many years, guiding many groups through the process of
creating the many public documents available at
https://ogf.org/documents and
lately contributing to uploading standards ready for broader adoption to
other standards developing organizations. We appreciate these contributions
deeply and also wish to convey our deep thanks and regards.
- Thank you @gbnewby I am really grateful for your generous work.
- I know @gbnewby from his time as CTO of #ComputeCanada during a time
where we went from having thirty-plus #HPC clusters of various sizes in >20
data centres to having only four big systems in as many data centres. My
thoughts go out to Greg and his family and I wish them all the strength
they need in such a difficult time!
From readers of the Globe and Mail obituary
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- Thank you for this obituary of Mr. Newby. I've used the Project
Gutenberg website many times. It's the important result of a noble
ambition. - Faustus
- What a legacy of accomplishment Greg Newby leaves us. Project
Gutenberg is an amazing contribution to humanity. - T. Stewart2
Comments via Hacker News
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- I'm shocked and saddened to hear this. Greg was a deep source of
knowledge and support as I started and shepherded Standard Ebooks. He was
generous with his time and experience, and unbelievably patient with me,
some guy he had never heard of or met before who was just another
cold-email in what must have been an endless stream in his inbox. We should
all aspire to his high spirit of camaraderie, charity, and kindness. The
world has lost a champion of both literature and the free web. - acabal
- RIP. Project Gutenberg and IMSLP are two of my favourite websites.
Every January, when new works enter the public domain, I go and download a
bunch of books and sheet music. HN readers, let's not forget to donate to
these websites that keep the Internet worth surfing. - Mastazi
- Please also accept my condolences and best wishes - I've known Greg
since the earliest HOPE conventions. - rsync
- Every year, Project Gutenberg becomes a little closer to giving us
access to every book worth reading, often in multiple editions and
languages. It’s a treasure. - sevensor
- Genuinely saddened by this. I had Dr. Newby for a Linux admin class in
college in the late 90s and it was one of the courses that got me
interested in systems administration. I remember him as patient, kind, and
enthusiastic about open-source and the possibilities Linux represented for
changing the Internet. - Castillar76
- I am very sad to hear this. Greg was my mentor during my first
internship at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center in Fairbanks Alaska
back in the very early 2000s. - JoeMattie
- I met Greg when I was an undergraduate at Syracuse University and he
was earning his PhD. I helped out a bit with some of the graphics
programming for his thesis. Greg was a class act, always patient and kind.
It was super helpful to me when I went to UIUC for graduate schools and he
showed up as a faculty member there; he knew how to get access to campus
resources and was more willing to help me than faculty in my own
department. He was a model. RIP. - razeh
- Met him at HAL 2001, volunteered together a bit there. I think he was
heading the speakers herald team I was part of. First encounter with the
hacker conference scene, he guided me wisely.
Patient and kind indeed. He's the reason I kept going around European
hacking / free software events. I owe him cultural discoveries, long
lasting friendships and tech partnerships. Very saddened by this news. So
far the thread is full of similar interactions with him.
That person changed so many lives, by his contributions to culture and
technology but more importantly (?) because he had tremendous impacts on
the lives of many people he took time to interact with. I know that these
threads are always full of "this recently deceased people made the world a
better place". I lived with him 4 days 24 years ago so I can't say I knew
him...but I know I wouldn't be writing this about more "famous" people I
interacted with. So long, and thanks for all the fish. - karmabahh
- Greg Newby was also very actively involved in the production of the
HOPE Conference. If there's a broadcast tonight, Off The Hook (AKA The
Hacker Radio Show) show on WBAI (99.5 FM in NY) and wbai.org will almost
certainly be in his honor. -ethangnawl
- I will cherish his email response to me when I emailed PG about a
donation issue a few years ago and he helped resolve the situation. I
remain grateful to PG for their amazing work. RIP Greg. - abawany
- I did some volunteer work with/for Greg a lifetime ago. He will be
missed, and the world is a better place due to his work. - toomuchtodo
- Well that's a bummer, not even terribly old. I never met the guy but I
love Gutenberg. Back before I had any money it was always this constant
force that would be guaranteed to provide something entertaining. - tombert
- Sad. I grew up in Champaign-Urbana and remember attending a talk he
was giving about Prairienet. - Bobanrocky
- RIP. Thanks for making this world a tiny bit better - gyc
Via various social media platforms
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- Greg was always incredibly kind and supportive of everyone and made
HOPE so welcoming. Absolutely a real one. What a loss. - alreadyburnt
- Greg was always kind at HOPE and, when not running around like mad
(because being staff at a con is like that) was always both pleasant and
fun to talk to. I always made sure to thank him at the end of every HOPE I
went to. - virtualadept
- It's hard to believe it's been only two years since Emmanuel and Kyle
went up to Yukon to assist Greg in a dog sledding competition. A good
reminder to take nothing for granted. RIP to a great one. - D…_spawner126
- My heart bleeds for the loss of Mr. Newby. Sadly, I never got the
honor to meet him. He was an inspiration to myself & many others! May he
never be forgotten for all the great work he has done on this planet.
R.I.P. Greg - digitalwatch_tower
- Thank you all. Project Gutenberg is a heritage for humanity. - Marco
Bolognini
- I love love love your project. Thank you, Dr. Newby. May you rest in
peace. -Eugene Abramchuk
- RIP. It's sad when relatively young people die. - Marko Tosevski
- Project Gutenberg gives me access to old books not available through
my local library's inner-library-loan system. Thank you all for giving me
such a wonderful digital library. -Karen Martin
- I worked with Dr. Newby at the University of Illinois. He mentored a
great many people. He taught a class on how to set up information
services--including how to set up and configure NCSA HTTPD. This wasn't
taught in the CS department at the time, so many CS students came over to
Library Science to learn about it. - Todd Markle
- Thank you for the Gutenberg texts made available to everyone.
-Catherine Diamond
- The real Internet heroes. - Miklos Kallo
- We owe him a great debt. - Anna Kamaralli
- Used your books for years perhaps decades. Incredible results! Thank
you for all your years of work and accomplishments. - Brian L Altonen
- Greg led the document preparation process for @OpenGridForum for
nearly two decades and helped in many ways from small to large in getting
the majority of the publications in https://ogf.org/documents reviewed
by the community and published for the betterment of the community. He was
a tremendous contributor and friend, and he will be missed. - OpenGridForum
- The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep
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- Lost over Greenland <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77606/> -
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Robert E. Howard
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Carolyn Keene
- Kings of the night <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77604/> - Robert
E. Howard
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E. Howard
- Picturesque views on the river Wye, from its source at Plinlimmon
Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow
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January 2
- A brand new world <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77608/> - Ray
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- Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XVI, Heft 1–2
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77607/> - Landesverein Sächsischer
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- A winter holiday <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77609/> - Bliss
Carman
January 3
- Courses of study in library science
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77611/> - Reginald Gordon Williams
- Valuable cooking receipts <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77612/> -
Thomas J. Murrey
- The color of space <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77610/> - Charles
R. Tanner
January 4
- Le disciple <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77617/> - Paul Bourget
- Lost city <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77613/> - Kathleen
Montgomery Wallace
- Varastaiteilija <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77616/> - E. W.
Hornung
- La arlesiana <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77614/> - Alphonse
Daudet
- Fenn és lenn <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77615/> - Ferenc Herczeg
- Joulu-yön tarina <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77618/> -
Larin-Kyösti
- Cordage and cordage hemp and fibres
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77619/> - Thomas Woodhouse and Peter
Kilgour
January 5
- Három mester <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77620/> - Stefan Zweig
- Magnolia Flower <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77621/> - Zora Neale
Hurston
- Impressions of great naturalists
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77622/> - Henry Fairfield Osborn
- Evening songs <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77623/> - Vítězslav
Hálek
January 6
- Rupert Godwin <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77631/> - M. E. Braddon
- The earliest historical relations between Mexico and Japan
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77632/> - Zelia Nuttall
- La venuta dei Normanni in Sicilia nella poesia e nella leggenda
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77626/> - Michele Catalano
- La détresse des Harpagon <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77628/> -
Pierre Mille
- Mariners catalans célebres <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77624/> -
Lluís Maria Soler y Puig
- Die Brücke im Dschungel <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77625/> - B.
Traven
- Further nonsense verse and prose
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77627/> - Lewis Carroll and Langford
Reed
- Kék mesekönyv <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77629/> - Elek Benedek
- An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77630/> - Mrs. Fulhame
January 7
- The clue of the silver key <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77643/> -
Edgar Wallace
- The troubadours <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77644/> - Francis
Hueffer
- Peter makes good, and stories of other dogs
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77634/> - Gertrude Thomas
- Servants and service <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77633/> - Ruth
Lamb
- Kuoleman voittaja <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77639/> - Franz
Werfel
- Kahden tulen välissä <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77640/> - Frans
Talaskivi
- Mornings in Mexico <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77641/> - D. H.
Lawrence
- Az ördög <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77642/> - Ferenc Molnár
- Kansojen historia 2 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77635/> - Carl
Gustaf Grimberg
- Life among the ants <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77638/> - Vance
Randolph and E. Haldeman-Julius
- Sonnets from a prison camp <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77636/> -
Archibald Allan Bowman
- Napoleon and Josephine <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77637/> -
Walter Geer
January 8
- The friends, and other stories
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77648/> - Stacy Aumonier
- Oberland <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77646/> - Dorothy M.
Richardson
- A vörös malom <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77650/> - Ferenc Molnár
- Från Washingtons salonger och hvardagslif m. m.
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77645/> - F. U. Wrangel
- Aamusta iltaan <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77649/> - Reino
Rauanheimo
- Soldiers unmasked <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77647/> - William
Addleman Ganoe
January 9
- Joan's handful <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77651/> - Amy Le
Feuvre
- Asoka's alibi <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77653/> - Talbot Mundy
- Shades of Davy Crockett <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77662/> -
Theodore Pratt
- The Táin <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77663/> - Mary A. Hutton
and John Patrick Campbell
- Afterglow <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77657/> - Julia C. R. Dorr
- The Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1664
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77652/> - Amandus Johnson
- Young man with a trumpet <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77664/> -
Frank Belknap Long
- The cybernetic kid <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77658/> - John
Jakes
- Grandma's lie soap <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77659/> - Robert
Abernathy
- Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads), vol. 1 of 2
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77660/> - Luís de Camões and Lady
Isabel Burton
- Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads), vol. 2 of 2
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77661/> - Luís de Camões and Lady
Isabel Burton
- The forbidden zone <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77655/> - Mary
Borden
- Szegedi parasztok és egyéb urak
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77654/> - István Tömörkény
- Plotting the short story <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77656/> -
Seymour Cunningham Chunn
- The man who had spiders <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77665/> -
Roger D. Aycock
January 10
- How glands affect personality <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77671/> -
Grace Kinckle Adams and E. Haldeman-Julius
- A magyarságért <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77669/> - Jenő Rákosi
- Mon curé chez les riches <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77666/> -
Clément Vautel
- Diminutive dramas <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77668/> - Maurice
Baring
- Der Teufelsschlosser <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77667/> - Adele
Gaus-Bachmann
- Kynäelmiä IV <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77670/> - Kaarlo Hemmo
January 11
- The giant, and other nonsense verse
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77672/> - Albert W. Smith
- Confessions of an anarchist <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77674/> -
W. C. Hart
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Roland Filkin
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N. Sullivan
January 12
- Dentologia <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77677/> - Solyman Brown
- Legends of the conquest of Spain
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77685/> - Washington Irving
- Lyrics selected from the works of A. Mary F. Robinson
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77682/> - A. Mary F. Robinson
- De oudheidkenner <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77684/> - Walter
Scott
- The Trent affair <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77681/> - Thomas L.
Harris
- The big town <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77676/> - Ring Lardner
- Yiddish short stories <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77680/> -
Isaac Goldberg and E. Haldeman-Julius
- Die Zelle und die Gewebe (Vol. 1/2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77678/> - Oscar Hertwig
- My tussle with the devil, and other stories
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77686/> - O. Henry
- Obstipation <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77683/> - Thomas Charles
Martin
- Die Zelle und die Gewebe (Vol. 2/2)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77679/> - Oscar Hertwig
January 13
- Jerry Todd and the rose-colored cat
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77687/> - Leo Edwards
- The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77691/> - Alexander Russell
- Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77688/> - Archibald Forbes et al.
- Lord Lister No. 0040: De valsche spoorwegdief
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77693/> - Kurt Matull and Theo von
Blankensee
- Isten igájában II. <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77695/> - József
Nyirő
- The sword decides <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77689/> - Marjorie
Bowen
- A bold bad butterfly <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77690/> -
Oliver Herford
- Outward bound <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77696/> - Sutton Vane
- Isten igájában I. <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77694/> - József
Nyirő
- Motion pictures, January-June 1977
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77697/> - Library of Congress.
Copyright Office
- Spanish colonial literature in South America
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77692/> - Bernard Moses
January 14
- Entstehung und Ausbreitung der Alchemie, mit einem Anhange
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77700/> - Edmund O. von Lippmann
- A greater than Napoleon <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77699/> -
Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart
- Molly Gavin's own cookbook <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698/> -
Molly Gavin
- Ueber den Umgang mit Menschen <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77701/> -
Freiherr von Adolf Knigge
January 16
- Yes and no, Volume 2 (of 2) <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77720/> -
Marquess of Constantine Henry Phipps Normanby
- Queer people <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77709/> - Basil Thomson
- Disarm! Disarm! <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77705/> - Bertha von
Suttner
- La pédagogie d'un saint <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77712/> - A.
Auffray
- Life of George Washington, volume 3 of 5
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77704/> - Washington Irving
- A dictionary of scientific terms
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77721/> - Leo Markun and E.
Haldeman-Julius
- Capital punishment among the Jews
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77702/> - David de Sola Pool
- The conquest of the Philippines by the United States, 1898-1925
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77710/> - Moorfield Storey and Marcial
Primitivo Lichauco
- Yes and no, Volume 1 (of 2) <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77719/> -
Marquess of Constantine Henry Phipps Normanby
- Ruben and Ivy Sên <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77722/> - Louise
Jordan Miln
- The story of Mary Jones and her Bible
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77715/> - Mary E. Ropes
- Final exam <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77718/> - Jr. Sam Merwin
- A little child's wreath <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77707/> -
Elizabeth Rachel Chapman
- The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1537, and the Exeter Conspiracy, 1538,
Volume 1 (of 2) <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77706/> - Madeleine
Hope Dodds and Ruth Dodds
- Kansojen historia 3 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77713/> - Carl
Gustaf Grimberg
- Wanda <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77708/> - Juliusz Rawicz
Przyjemski
- The Cohansey tea-fight <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77716/> -
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
- Racconti poetici <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77714/> - Aleksandr
Sergeevich Pushkin
- Passage to anywhere <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77717/> - Jr.
Sam Merwin
- Hämärän huoneen arvoitus <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77711/> -
Edgar Wallace
- Recuerdos de un anciano <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77703/> -
Antonio Alcalá Galiano
January 17
- Popular lectures on scientific subjects
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77725/> - Hermann von Helmholtz
- Korpinäkyjä 2 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77724/> - Larin-Kyösti
- Jungle days <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77723/> - William Beebe
January 18
- A hattyú <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77726/> - Ferenc Molnár
- The book of ice-cream <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77728/> - W.
W. Fisk
- The kedge-anchor <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77729/> - William
N. Brady
- Kolme <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77730/> - Elina Vaara et al.
- Cinderella <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77727/> - John R. Neill
- Szinház <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77731/> - Ferenc Molnár
- Tulta ja tuhkaa <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77732/> - Iris Uurto
January 19
- Les incertitudes de l'heure présente
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77734/> - Gustave Le Bon
- Color problems <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77736/> - Emily Noyes
Vanderpoel
- The progress meatless cook book
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77733/> - Carlotta M. Lake
- Halveksittu mies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77740/> - Lauri
Haarla
- Crab, shrimp, and lobster lore
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77735/> - William Barry Lord
- The rat trap <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77737/> - William Le
Queux
- A treatise concerning the properties and effects of coffee
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77741/> - Benjamin Moseley
- Viaszfigurák <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77739/> - Cécile Tormay
January 20
- Through Siberia <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77742/> - Henry
Lansdell
- Songs of the unblind Cupid <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77744/> -
J. Wm. Lloyd
- Drie Harten <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77745/> - Jack London
- The Oxford book of Portuguese verse
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77746/> - Aubrey F. G. Bell
- Duval's artistic anatomy <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77743/> -
Mathias Duval and Andrew Melville Paterson
- A daughter of Heth <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77747/> - William
Black
January 21
- Contes tendres <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77748/> - André
Theuriet
- A brief bibliography of books in English, Spanish and Portuguese,
relating to the republics commonly called Latin American, with comments
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77738/> - Peter H. Goldsmith
January 22
- Megállt az óra <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77751/> - Cécile
Tormay
- Doubly false <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77750/> - Ann S.
Stephens
- Bibliography of the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77752/> - W. H. Wyman
- West of Fifth <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77749/> - Catharine
Brody
January 23
- Lysistrata <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77760/> - Laurence
Housman and Aristophanes
- A jó tündér <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77758/> - Ferenc Molnár
- The population problem <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77753/> - A.
M. Carr-Saunders
- El espejo de la muerte <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77759/> -
Miguel de Unamuno
- Lefty o' the training camp <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77754/> -
Burt L. Standish
- Bookbinding self taught <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77757/> -
Ben Davidson and E. Haldeman-Julius
- The magnificent profession <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77756/> -
Theodore L. Thomas
- The wandering Jew <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77755/> - Moncure
Daniel Conway
January 24
- A bit of rough road <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77761/> - Amy Le
Feuvre
- The Christmas child <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77767/> - Nora
Archibald Smith
- The wild heart <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77766/> -
Emma-Lindsay Squier
- Monsieur D'Or <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77765/> - John Louis
Haney
- Tom Gillies <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77762/> - Mrs. George
Gladstone
- Soap bubbles <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77764/> - Max Simon
Nordau
- Lignum-vitae <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77763/> - Samuel J.
Record
January 25
- By the deep sea <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77774/> - Edward Step
- Marshal of Sundown <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77768/> - Jackson
Gregory
- La fugitive <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77770/> - Rabindranath
Tagore
- Kansojen historia 4 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77778/> - Carl
Gustaf Grimberg
- Münchhausen unter den Ziegen <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77772/> -
Karl Leberecht Immermann
- Freedom of speech <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77769/> - Jr.
Zechariah Chafee
- Abafi <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77780/> - báró Miklós Jósika
- Of the making of a book <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77776/> -
- The Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77777/> - Eduard Zeller
- Sworn to silence <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77775/> - Mrs.
Alex. McVeigh Miller
- Lord Lister No. 0041: Een weddenschap zonder winner
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77779/> - Kurt Matull and Theo von
Blankensee
- Haamulinna <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77773/> - Eino Railo
- Ukrainian literature <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77771/> -
Clarence Augustus Manning
January 26
- Ruhtinattaria <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77786/> - Eduard von
Keyserling
- Vainon ajoilta <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77787/> - Hilja
Tamminen
- The eyes of Max Carrados <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77788/> -
Ernest Bramah
- Aussterbende Tiere <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77785/> - Kurt
Floericke
- The peyote cult <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77791/> - Weston La
Barre
- Blunders in behaviour corrected
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77781/> - Observer of men and things
- Conversation <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77793/> - J. Frank Davis
- Islam and the Divine comedy <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77789/> -
Miguel Asín Palacios
- Mylord et Mylady <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77790/> - Brada
- The gateway to China <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77783/> - Mary
Ninde Gamewell
- The story of the Pennsylvania Germans
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77784/> - William Beidelman
- Black magic <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77782/> - Marjorie Bowen
- The story of the universe. Volume 2 (of 4)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77792/> - Esther Singleton
January 27
- Theodosia Ernest <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77796/> - A. C.
Dayton
- Ambulancing on the French front
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77797/> - Edward R. Coyle
- A picture of Stirling <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77794/> -
Robert Chambers
- The voyage of the Norman D. <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77795/> -
Barbara Newhall Follett
January 28
- Willie and Lucy at the sea-side
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77801/> - Agnes Giberne
- Old House of Fear <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77800/> - Russell
Kirk
- No enemy <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77802/> - Ford Madox Ford
- The mission-box <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77799/> - Lucy Ellen
Guernsey
- Secrets of Crewe House <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77798/> -
Campbell Stuart
- Matabele land and the Victoria Falls
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77803/> - Frank Oates and C. G. Oates
- The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77804/> - Charles Fletcher Lummis
January 29
- The coast guardsman <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77810/> - W. E.
Carlton
- The mainsprings of Russia <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77805/> -
Maurice Baring
- Master tales of mystery, Volume 1 (of 3)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77811/> - Various and Francis J.
Reynolds
- All God's chillun got wings, and Welded
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77808/> - Eugene O'Neill
- The Oriental tale in England in the eighteenth century
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77806/> - Martha Pike Conant
- Verses <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77809/> - Christina Georgina
Rossetti
- Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77807/> - Maxwell Anderson et al.
- Hunting dinosaurs in the bad lands of the Red Deer River, Alberta,
Canada <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77814/> - Charles H. Sternberg
- Enon rahat <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77813/> - Théodore
Barrière
- Master tales of mystery, Volume 2 (of 3)
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77812/> - Various and Francis J.
Reynolds
January 30
- The book of Enoch the Prophet <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77815/>
-
- Bully McGrane <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77816/> - Ernest Haycox
- Escape and fantasy <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77817/> - G.
Rostrevor Hamilton
- Select letters of Christopher Columbus
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77820/> - Christopher Columbus
- Theory and practice of the confessional
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77819/> - Caspar E. Schieler and
Herman J. Heuser
- L'absence <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77818/> - Henri Ardel
January 31
- Kettusen komppanian Lapinmatka
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77824/> - Arvi Järventaus
- Advis pour dresser une bibliothèque
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77822/> - Gabriel Naudé
- The man who found Christmas <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77821/> -
Walter Prichard Eaton
- The red brain <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77823/> - Donald
Wandrei
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PROJECT GUTENBERG NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2026
— Enjoy these eBooks. Share them. Celebrate them. —
== CONTENTS ==
* Note from the new Executive Director
* Milestones for 2025
* Report of PG’s Social Media Activity for 2025
* Happy Public Domain Day 2026
* Legal News: eBook Lending and Copyright
* News about eBooks
* PG AI Large Scale Audiobook Synthesis Using LLMS and Text-To-Speech
* Top 10 eBooks downloaded for the month of December
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== Note from the New Executive Director ==
Happy Public Domain Day!
People may state that books published in 1930 have "fallen" into the US Public Domain, or that they have lost copyright "protection". This is not quite correct. Rather, books published in 1930 have been FREED of copyright restrictions. They have ASCENDED into the public domain and into the embrace of organizations like Project Gutenberg. They now belong to ALL of us, and we need to take care of them for future generations.
On October 21, Project Gutenberg lost its longtime leader, Greg Newby, to pancreatic cancer. I agreed to step up as Acting Executive Director so that Project Gutenberg could continue the mission that had become Greg's life work: to serve and preserve public domain books so all of us can use and enjoy them without restrictions.
Although I've been doing development work for Project Gutenberg for the past 8 years, I did not really understand what Greg's job entailed, or how many tasks he had been juggling. Three months in, I'm still discovering mysterious-to-me aspects of the organization.
In the past three months Project Gutenberg has proven to be resilient; we took a heavy blow and managed to keep going. I've been amazed at the dedication and talent of the many volunteers behind Project Gutenberg and our sister organization, Distributed Proofreaders. And at the large number of donors who make the organization financially viable and sustainable. So as of 2026, with your support, I'm continuing as Executive Director.
— Eric Hellman, Executive Director, Project Gutenberg and PGLAF
== Milestones for 2025 ==
Monthly Contributions: Volunteers maintained a steady output. In 2025, Project Gutenberg added over 2,000 new eBooks, consistent with its typical rate of 30 to 50 new items added weekly.
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Intelligent Discovery: In collaboration with Empathy.ai, Project Gutenberg introduced AI-driven book summaries and browsing categories were added to book landing pages to help readers discover new works.
AI Book Interaction: Project Gutenberg partnered with Empathy.ai to launch experimental models allowing users to chat with an AI about books and search the catalog using natural language.
In honor of Greg, we added a special dedication to him on our home page starting in October, along with a supporting page and we supported the creation of a page at Wikipedia.
- <https://www.gutenberg.org/about/newby.html>
- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_B._Newby>
== Report of PG’s Social media activity in 2025 ==
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== Happy Public Domain Day 2026 ==
In December the eBook community geared up for Public Domain Day on January 1, 2026, when thousands of works published in 1930 (plus sound recordings from 1925) enter the U.S. public domain. This means unrestricted access for remixing, adapting, and distributing—including free eBook editions. Many famous books and characters from 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain. This also means they can be legally digitized and shared by Project Gutenberg without copyright restrictions. Digital libraries and projects have been previewing releases.
Classic Literature and Thrillers
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.
Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes: The first novel published by this famous poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham: A popular social satire of the London literary world.
The Castle by Franz Kafka: The first English translation of this famous existentialist work.
Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams: The first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Children’s Books and Young Adult Classics
The Nancy Drew Series: The first four books, Including The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, The Bungalow Mystery, and The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene, will enter the public domain.
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper: The famous 1930 version of the story with illustrations by Lois Lenski.
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome: The first book in the classic series about children having adventures in the English Lake District.
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter: One of the final books published in her famous animal series.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth: It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1931.
Poetry and Plays
Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot: A major long-form poem.
Private Lives by Noël Coward: A famous and witty comedy play.
The Bridge by Hart Crane: A famous modernist epic poem.
Famous Characters & Icons
Mickey Mouse Comics: The very first daily comic strips featuring Mickey Mouse from 1930 will become free to use.
Betty Boop: Her first cartoon appearance in the short film Dizzy Dishes becomes public domain.
Pluto: Mickey’s dog (first named Rover) made his debut in 1930.
Blondie: The famous comic strip featuring Blondie and Dagwood first appeared in September 1930.
Internet Archive's Free Digital Library Expansion: The Internet Archive is set to unlock free eBook downloads of over 100,000 scanned 1930 volumes starting January 1, 2026, alongside audio and video remixes. In a December 1 announcement, they launched the Public Domain Film Remix Contest, inviting creators to produce short films from 1930-era public domain works (entries due March 2026). eBook access emphasizes searchable PDFs and EPUB conversions for titles like The Maltese Falcon.
- <blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/>
HathiTrust Adds 78,000+ Digital Items: In a December 16, 2025 post, HathiTrust revealed plans to release over 78,000 digitized 1930 books into full public view, including high-res scans convertible to eBooks via their tools. A dedicated 1930 Publications Collection goes live January 1, with global access to 57,000 additional titles from Canada/Australia (1899–1900). Users can download EPUBs or read online; some previews are already available through their Copyright Review Program.
- <www.hathitrust.org/press-post/coming-in-january-public-domain-day-2026/>
Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain: The annual roundup notes no major legal hurdles this year, boosting indie eBook creators. Articles from December 7 and 20 highlight remix potential, like “podifying” Nancy Drew or AI-narrating As I Lay Dying. Expect a surge in platforms like Project Gutenberg adding these titles by mid-January. These releases democratize access, especially for Project Gutenberg e-readers.
- <web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/>
== Legal News: eBook Lending and Copyright ==
Hachette vs The Internet Archive
The primary legal news revolves around the long-running lawsuit Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. The Internet Archive, which challenged the practice of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). CDL allows libraries to digitize physical books they own and lend digital versions on a one-to-one basis (one digital loan per physical copy owned), mimicking traditional library lending.
In March 2023, a U.S. District Court ruled against the Internet Archive, finding CDL did not qualify as fair use. In December 2024, the Internet Archive announced it would not pursue further appeals (e.g., to the Supreme Court), effectively ending the case.
This is a setback for open digital access advocates: CDL was promoted as extending traditional library lending to the digital age. The loss weakens alternatives to publisher-controlled licensing, limiting options for free/unrestricted digital access (especially for older or niche titles).
- <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive>
Amazon to begin selling DRM-free eBooks
In December 2025, Amazon announced changes allowing DRM-free self-published eBooks in open formats (EPUB/PDF) starting January 2026, potentially easing some lending/friction issues for indie authors.
- <kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U>
Anti-ownership in the eBook economy
Scholarly articles and reports in 2025 highlight the "anti-ownership" eBook economy and calls for fairer library terms. This case represents a major victory for publishers' rights but a setback for open digital access advocates. Libraries may increasingly rely on licensed platforms like OverDrive/Libby for eBook lending.
The "anti-ownership" eBook economy refers to the current system in the digital book market where consumers and institutions (like libraries) typically do not truly own eBooks they "purchase." Instead, they acquire limited licenses to access them. This contrasts sharply with physical books, where buyers gain full ownership rights, including the ability to resell, lend freely, donate, or read without tracking under doctrines like the First Sale Doctrine in copyright law.
Organizations like IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations), ReadersFirst, and #eBookSOS campaign advocates for principles like respecting copyright exceptions in licenses, allowing preservation/reformatting, and enabling interlibrary loans.
Proposed Legislation: Proposals for state-level mandates on reasonable terms, or federal updates to exceptions for libraries/archives (e.g., Section 108 of the Copyright Act).
- <www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/30/>
== News about eBooks ==
eBook News: The Digital Renaissance of the Public Domain
The landscape of digital literature has reached a pivotal milestone this year. As we celebrate the dawn of 2026, the arrival of "Public Domain Day" has once again sparked a surge of interest in the platforms that preserve and polish our shared cultural heritage. While the publishing industry often focuses on the latest bestsellers, a dedicated ecosystem of volunteer-driven projects is ensuring that the "Great Conversation" of human history is more accessible, and more beautiful, than ever before.
The Academic Powerhouse: HathiTrust
A massive scholarly weight to the digital library landscape is HathiTrust (hathitrust.org) Founded as a non-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries, it now preserves over 19 million digitized items. For Public Domain Day 2026, HathiTrust is opening access to more than 78,000 items published in 1930. Unlike casual repositories, HathiTrust serves a dual mission of preservation and advanced research, offering specialized services like the Accessible Text Request Service for users with print disabilities and tools for large-scale data analysis. It stands as a critical bridge between the world’s research libraries and the public.
The New Standards of Quality
Leading the charge in digital aesthetics is Standard eBooks (standardebooks.org. Far from the cluttered, poorly formatted files often associated with free downloads, this project treats the public domain with the reverence of a high-end boutique. On Public Domain Day 2026, the site added 20 new titles from 1930 to its catalog, each featuring professional typography, "curly" quotes, and custom covers sourced from period-appropriate fine art.
"Standard Ebooks isn't just about hosting files; it's about creating editions that people actually want to read on modern devices," says the project’s mission statement. By focusing on "libre" and DRM-free content, they provide a high-fidelity alternative for ereader enthusiasts who refuse to compromise on design.
A Voice for the Classics
While Standard Ebooks masters the visual, LibriVox continues to dominate the auditory realm. As of late 2024, the volunteer-driven powerhouse surpassed 20,000 free audiobooks. The project’s strength lies in its sheer human scale; thousands of volunteers worldwide record everything from Shakespeare to Austen in over 49 languages. For students, the visually impaired, and the growing "commuter class" of listeners, LibriVox remains the premier ad-free archive of the human voice.
Bridging the Accessibility Gap
Navigating the vast sea of public domain content is made easier by platforms like Loyal Books (loyalbooks.com) and ManyBooks (manybooks.net)
Loyal Books (formerly Books Should Be Free) has become a household name for families and casual readers. By hosting over 7,000 titles and offering both streaming audio and downloadable eBooks in one place, they simplify the user experience. Their mobile app has successfully brought the classics into the "on-the-go" lifestyle of the 2020s.
Meanwhile, ManyBooks has grown into a massive digital library of over 50,000 titles. It serves as a unique hybrid in the literary world, sitting at the intersection of the past and the future. While it offers an exhaustive collection of classics across every imaginable genre, from sci-fi to philosophy, it also provides a platform for modern self-publishing authors. This creates a living continuum where the giants of literature share digital shelf space with the voices of tomorrow.
A Shared Cultural Heritage
Together, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, Standard eBooks, LibriVox, Loyal Books, and ManyBooks, provide a robust infrastructure for the preservation of thought. In an era where digital subscriptions and "rented" content have become the norm, these projects stand as a reminder that the world’s greatest stories belong to everyone. As 2025 comes to an end, and we move deeper into the 21st century, the wisdom of the 19th and 20th remains just a click, or a play button, away.
— By John Guagliardo, PG Newsletter Staff, January 1, 2026
== PG AI Large Scale Audiobook Synthesis Using LLMS and Text-To-Speech ==
Project Gutenberg's Large-Scale AI Audiobook Synthesis Initiative:
Project Gutenberg, joins a groundbreaking collaboration with MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester, and Microsoft. The goal was to dramatically expand access to literature by automatically converting thousands of text-based e-books into high-quality audiobooks using AI-driven technologies.
This isn't just about technology—it's about discovery. These audiobooks empower visually impaired readers, language learners, busy parents sharing stories with children, and anyone craving the magic of oral tradition on the go. Closing a massive gap: before, only a sliver of our 76,000+ e-books had audio versions.
Stay tuned for the AI Audiobook launch coming soon!
== Top 10 eBooks downloaded for December 2025 ==
* Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
* Moby Dick, Herman Melville
* A Christmas Carol in Prose, Charles Dickens
* Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
* Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
* The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
* Twas the Night before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore
* Middlemarch, George Eliot
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== Selected New Releases at Gutenberg.org - December 2025 ==
In the last month PGLAF added another 219 new public domain eBooks to the PG catalog. Of these 131 were added by PGDP. Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped to make these new titles freely available to the world.
These eBooks are now available at:
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A selection of this month’s notable titles:
The Lass of the Silver Sword
Du Bois, Mary Constance (English)
391 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77584 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77584>
The scorpion, Weirauch,
Anna Elisabet (English)
284 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77582 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77582>
Lost in the land of ice; or, Daring adventures around the South Pole,
Bonehill, Ralph (English)
251 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77580 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77580>
The youth of Madame de Longueville: Or, New Revelations of Court and Convent in the Seventeenth Century,
Cousin, Victor (English with French)
403 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77579 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77579>
The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers
Roberts, Alexander and Donaldson, James and Crombie, Frederic (English)
526 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77576 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77576>
The Indiscretions of a Lady's Maid,
Le Queux, William (English with French)
320 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77575 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77575>
Il curato d'Orobio
Giovanni Visconti Venosta (Italian)
367 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77574 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77574>
Lord Lister 0039: De Krankzinnige van Hanwell
Kurt Matull en Theo Blakensee (Dutch)
34 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77573 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77573>
Nova Scotia, the province that has been passed by,
Willson, Beckles (English)
336 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77572 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77572>
I tolfte timmen
Molander, Molly (Pseud. f. Almqvist, Gertrud) (Swedish)
174 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77571 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77571>
Women in the shadows,
Bannon, Ann (English)
180 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77570 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77570>
List of Post Offices in Canada 1870,
Postmaster General - Canadian Post Office (English)
139 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77567 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77567>
Caoidh airson cor na Gaidhealtachd agus fogradh nan Gaidheal
Stewart, Duncan (Scottish Gaelic with English)
4 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77566 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77566>
The caliph's design: Architects! Where is your vortex?
Lewis, Wyndham (English with French)
72 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77565 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77565>
Facing old age,
Epstein, Abraham (English)
370 pages; Wednesday, December 31, 2025
PG #77562 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77562>
A los pies de Venus,
Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente (Spanish)
337 pages; Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PG #77561 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77561>
The anatomy of the frog,
Ecker, Alexander (English)
471 pages; Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PG #77560 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77560>
The story of the Great Lakes,
Channing, Edward (English)
442 pages; Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PG #77559 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77559>
Black America: A Study of the Ex-Slave and His Late Master,
Clowes, William Laird (English)
264 pages; Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PG #77558 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77558>
The Man Who Ate the Popomack,
Turner, W. J. (English)
103 pages; Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PG #77557 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77557>
Coffee merchandising,
Ukers, William H. (English)
318 pages; Saturday, December 27, 2025
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Ernest Hemingway’s, A Farewell to Arms, Iconic war novel; expected to see new eBooks editions and adaptations.
Virginia Woolf’s, A Room of One's Own. Feminist essay; poised for fresh digital annotations and audiobooks.
William Faulkner’s, The Sound and the Fury. Modernist masterpiece; highlights the "Roaring '20s" cultural wave entering free access.
Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery. Early detective story; boosts mystery genre.
Dashiell Hammett’s, The Maltese Falcon. Hardboiled noir classic; anticipated for graphic novel and eBook remixes.
Other notables include All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and early Tintin comics by Hergé. Sound recordings like George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
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Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (303,221)
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville (119,658)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (85,862)
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers (76,744)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (73,678)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (65,938)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (63,702)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (57,775)
Middlemarch by George Eliot (53,818)
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (53,757)
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Flaxius: Leaves from the Life of an Immortal,
Leland, Charles Godfrey (English)
334 pages; Monday, December 1, 2025
PG #77376 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77376>
The brave little maid of Goldau (1892),
Mary Elizabeth Jennings (English)
47 pages; Monday, December 1, 2025
PG #77374 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77374>
Brake Up; or, The Young Peacemakers,
Optic, Oliver (English)
318 pages; Monday, December 1, 2025
PG #77372 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77372>
Hold 'Em, Wyndham!, Barbour,
Ralph Henry (English)
285 pages; Monday, December 1, 2025
PG #77370 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77370>
Skum [1922],
Øberg, Edith (Norwegian)
137 pages; Monday, December 1, 2025
PG #77368 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77368>
Among the Isles of Shoals, Thaxter, Celia (English)
193 pages; Saturday, November 29, 2025
PG #77366 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77366>
Bound to get there; or, A boy who could not be downed,
Franklin, Roy (English)
324 pages; Saturday, November 29, 2025
PG #77365 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77365>
Les conversations d'Émilie,
Épinay, Louise d' (French)
208 pages; Saturday, November 29, 2025
PG #77364 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77364>
Genesis (1910), A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on,
Skinner, John, 1851-1925. (English)
671 pages; Saturday, November 29, 2025
PG #77363 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77363>
Adrift on the Amazon,
Miller, Leo (English)
286 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77361 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77361>
American medicinal barks,
Henkel, Alice (English)
61 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77360 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77360>
Letters of John Huss, written during his exile and imprisonment,
Bonnechose, Émile de (English)
248 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77359 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77359>
A lady's cruise in a French man-of-war [1882],
Gordon-Cumming, Constance Frederica (English)
397 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77356 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77356>
Household words, no. 330, July 19, 1856: A weekly journal,
Dickens, Charles (editor) (English)
48 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77354 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77354>
Historia de la instrucción pública en Puerto Rico hasta el año de 1898,
Coll y Toste, Cayetano (Spanish)
212 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77353 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77353>
Ten years in a Portsmouth slum,
Dolling, Robert R. (English)
318 pages; Friday, November 28, 2025
PG #77351 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77351>
Bacchus; or, Wine To-day and To-morrow,
Shand, P. Morton (English with French)
96 pages; Thursday, November 27, 2025
PG #77340 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77340>
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, vol 6 of 11,
Hobbes, Thomas (English)
540 pages; Wednesday, November 26, 2025
PG #77338 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77338>
Leben und Taten des scharfsinnigen Edlen
Don Quijote von la Mancha 1 {Fraktur}, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Übers.: Tieck) (German)
379 pages; Wednesday, November 26, 2025
PG #77337 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77337>
Hecuba and Other Plays, Euripides;
Michael Wodhull [tr.] (English)
288 pages; Wednesday, November 26, 2025
PG #77336 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77336>
Poems: Scots and English,
Buchan, John (English with Scots)
107 pages; Tuesday, November 25, 2025
PG #77335 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77335>
El proceso,
Franz Kafka (Spanish)
385 pages; Tuesday, November 25, 2025
PG #77334 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77334>
Green Thursday: Stories,
Peterkin, Julia M. (English)
189 pages; Tuesday, November 25, 2025
PG #77332 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77332>
The way of all earth, Delano,
Edith Barnard (English)
283 pages; Tuesday, November 25, 2025
PG #77331 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77331>
La rive d'Asie,
Anet, Claude (French)
240 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
PG #77330 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77330>
The Best Short Stories of 1925, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story,
O'Brien, Edward J. [ed.] (English)
520 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
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The work of the War refugees committee,
Shaw, Flora L. (English)
43 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
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Insomnia: Its causes and cure,
Sawyer, James (English)
66 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
PG #77326 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77326>
Bernini, and other studies in the history of art,
Norton, Richard (English)
367 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
PG #77325 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77325>
The Dark Year of Dundee (1867),
Alcock, Deborah (English)
350 pages; Monday, November 24, 2025
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PROJECT GUTENBERG NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2025
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A sailor boy with Dewey; or, Afloat in the Philippines
Bonehill, Ralph (English)
263 pages; October 22, 2025
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The Russian road to China
Bates, Lindon (English)
481 pages; October 22, 2025
PG #77082 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77082>
Murder in the Gilded Cage
Spewack, Samuel (English)
250 pages; October 18, 2025
PG #77069 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77069>
Old world masters in new world collections
Singleton, Esther (English)
475 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77067 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77067>
Catherine the Great
Anthony, Katharine (English)
342 pages; October 29, 2025
PG #77133 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77133>
The girl he loved; or, Where love abides
Stirling, Adelaide. (English)
260 pages; October 30, 2025
PG #77154 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77154>
The evolution of the oil industry
Ross, Victor (English)
212 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77066 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77066>
The barbarous babes
Ayrton, Edith (English)
152 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77065 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77065>
William Shakspere and Robert Greene: The Evidence
Chapman, William Hall (English)
190 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77063 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77063>
The wilderness
Mack, Amy E (English)
30 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77055 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77055>
The Adventures of Twinkly Eyes the Little Black Bear [1919]
Chaffee, Allen (English)
210 pages; October 16, 2025
PG #77049 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77049>
The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, Vol 5 of 6
Whitefield, George (English)
478 pages; October 13, 2025
PG #77034 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77034>
The garden yard : a handbook of intensive farming
Hall, Bolton (English)
339 pages; October 13, 2025
PG #77032 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77032>
The sinister mark, 1st ed.
Thayer, Lee (English)
313 pages; October 13, 2025
PG #77033 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77033>
is 5
Cummings, E. E. [Edward Estlin] (English)
124 pages; October 10, 2025
PG #77021 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77021>
The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Giberne, Agnes (English)
419 pages; October 7, 2025
PG #77004 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77004>
China collecting in America
Earle, Alice Morse (English)
446 pages October 7, 2025
PG #77000 <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77000>
With the Indians in France
Willcocks, James (English)
467 pages; October 7, 2025
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