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Hello social Gutenbergers
by Joshua Preston 13 Jun '20

13 Jun '20

*Intro to social media team: *Love the work you're doing at Project Gutenberg. As a fan, I'm creating interactive graphics to showcase books on Project Gutenberg. I'd love to, when possible, promote particular authors, works, celebrations (e.g. women authors in sci-fi), etc. through interactive graphics. If you have something important or new you'd like to promote, and there's data I can work with on the website, I can look at creating something. I'll keep tagging Project Gutenberg in my Tweets (through @reignbooks account) and engage with the team when appropriate and based on your interest. Thanks a bunch. *Josh Preston* *678.231.0787*

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Odd social media message
by Andrew Sly 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Well, this is a new one to me. I recieved messages via PG's Facebook page, from someone wanting to report a "copyright violation", because images from "What Bird is that" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31751 are being used in someone's book on Amazon. *Shrug* I responded explaining that we don't claim new copyright on books we release. --Andrew

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Testing
by Andrew Sly 29 May '20

29 May '20

This is a test...

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PG in the Italian press
by Laura N 28 May '20

28 May '20

Dear colleagues: See attached some news about the block of our website in Italy. Regards and all the best Laura

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Still Italy situation
by Laura N 25 May '20

25 May '20

Some users at twitter just found out the reason for PG’s block https://lumendatabase.org/file_uploads/files/4605137/004/605/137/original/0…

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Italy situation
by Greg Newby 24 May '20

24 May '20

I've received some correspondence from people watching our FB & Twitter about issues with some people in Italy reaching PG. Feel free to use this email list to share information. Below is a generic response I have sent to people who contact the helpdesk. - Greg Project Gutenberg has received reports that some visitors from Italy are being blocked from www.gutenberg.org We were informed that visitors are blocked with an image with this text: Italian: Guardia di Finanza NUCLEO SPECIALE TUTELA PRIVACY E FRODI TECNOLOGICHE SITO SOTTOPOSTO A SEQUESTRO per le violazioni di cui agli artt. 81 cpv, 171, co.2, L.633/1941 Procedirnento Penale n. 52127/20 R.G.N.R. I. Procura della Repubblica presso ii Tribunale Ordinario di Roma Translation to English: Guardia di Finanza SPECIAL CORE PRIVACY PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRAUD WEBSITE SUBJECT TO SEQUEST for the violations referred to in articles 81 para. 171, co.2, L.633 / 1941 Criminal Procedure no. 52127/20 R.G.N.R. THE. Public Prosecutor at the Ordinary Court of Rome Evidently, this is a block applied by Italian authorities (perhaps only in Rome). It's not anything on the www.gutenberg.org servers or associated infrastructure. We don't have any agents or expertise in Italy (PG operates wholly from the US). If someone in Italy finds out more about this, we will be pleased to receive further details. We apologize that Project Gutenberg is not available in Italy, at least to some users. This does not seem to be something that Project Gutenberg has any control over. We suggest that impacted persons contact their local librarian for help in finding eBooks of interest. Best regards, Greg Newby Dr. Gregory B. Newby Chief Executive and Director Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation www.gutenberg.org A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with EIN 64-6221541 gbnewby(a)pglaf.org

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Testing
by Andrew Sly 20 May '20

20 May '20

This is a test

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Video postings
by Greg Newby 18 May '20

18 May '20

Laura, FYI below. Paul, will you be able to post to Facebook? Thanks! Greg ----- Forwarded message from Cynthia Perez <Cynthia(a)thecommunityus.com> ----- Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 20:15:25 +0000 From: Cynthia Perez <Cynthia(a)thecommunityus.com> To: "gbnewby(a)pglaf.org" <gbnewby(a)pglaf.org> CC: Mariana Sokolowski <maru(a)thecommunityus.com>, Silvio Caielli <Silvio(a)thecommunityus.com> Subject: Re: Project Gutenberg - Pro-bono idea Hi Greg, we were checking your Twitter page and saw that the video was posted, that’s great! One thing to note - we noticed that the link posted is the link to the files we sent, that has both FB and TW versions. We recommend posting the video directly instead of the link. It’s a very easy fix, you just need to download the video for Twitter and then upload it directly, without posting the link. That way it will be easier for the user to click and watch the video from the post, plus they’ll see a thumbnail. Hope it helps! Thanks, Cynthia

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Re: [socialmedia] instability of PG website in Italy
by Greg Newby 18 May '20

18 May '20

Hi, Laura (cc'ing socialmedia@). Thanks for forwarding the image. The translation is: Guardia di Finanza SPECIAL CORE PRIVACY PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRAUD WEBSITE SUBJECT TO SEQUEST for the violations referred to in articles 81 para. 171, co.2, L.633 / 1941 Criminal Procedure no. 52127/20 R.G.N.R. THE. Public Prosecutor at the Ordinary Court of Rome So, this is a block applied by Italian authorities (perhaps only in Rome). It's not anything on the www.gutenberg.org servers or associated infrastructure. We don't have any agents or expertise in Italy (PG operates wholly from the US). If someone in Italy finds out more about this, we will be pleased to receive further details. Thanks, Greg On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:32:05AM +0100, Laura N wrote: > Dear colleagues: > > I wonder if there is any kind of instability in our website. Two Italian > users at @gutenberg.org are saying that it's impossible to reach it, even > by using multiple browsers and on mobile as well. One of them got the > following msg: > [image: EYPrYRSWoAMS4x1.jpg] > On the other hand, an Italian PG's proofreader is saying that it looks > normal for him. > > Could you please check what is going on? > > Thanks for your kind attention. > > All the best > > Laura, (from @gutenberg.org)

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For posting to twitter & FB
by Greg Newby 17 May '20

17 May '20

Hi, team. We have some neat videos that were donated to us by an advertising firm. Would you please post them to the PG Twitter & Facebook pages? They are fairly high-quality videos, but FB & Twitter should properly downsample as needed for playback. They are here: https://wdrv.it/e58444890 Text could be something like this: Do you have a favorite movie? Check if it was based on a book, and you’ll enjoy the story much, much more. Take a look at our latest campaign to find out why. And go to our website to download thousands of free ebooks. #ProjectGutenberg Thanks! Would you please let me know when these are done? The videos are ours to keep, and can be reposted periodically. We might get a few more, and if you have suggestions for books let me know.. we are selecting PG eBooks that: a. Are a current movie, and b. Are not too long... up to 200 pages or so - Greg

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