[gmonthly] Project Gutenberg Newsletter for July-September 2023

[Greg Newby]

This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for July - September 2023

CONTENTS

* Video: The Big Four
* Clio awards for Project Gutenberg ad
* 5000 new audiobooks from Microsoft collaboration
* Join Distributed Proofreaders
* Find Project Gutenberg on social media
* New eBook Listings from June - August 2023


* Video: The Big Four

Thanks to Joshua and Laura for work on a new YouTube video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoKUX5a7T0Y

This 5-minute video tells the story of the Agatha Christie book, The Big Four. You can find the book in the Project Gutenberg collection:
  https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70114

It includes some fascinating drama in the author's own life, including the mystery of her disappearance in 1926.


* Clio awards for Project Gutenberg ad

A print ad about Project Gutenberg won the prestigious Clio award. You can find the award and a brief writeup at this location:

  https://clios.com/awards/winner/141825?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=winners_buffer

Project Gutenberg is grateful to "the community," an advertising agency that approached us to offer their services pro bono (free of charge), to help get the word out about Project Gutenberg in a series of print ads.

This year's ad emphasized the value and accessibility of the originally published story - in this case, the story of Dracula. The ad mentions that many movies have been made of classic books, and invites people to read the original.


* 5000 new audiobooks from Microsoft collaboration

Project Gutenberg partnered with Microsoft to make over 5000 new audiobooks. They are freely available at https://marhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-public/Website/index.html as well as popular podcast download sites.

You can read more about this effort, and see a video of Project Gutenberg CEO Greg Newby talking about it:

  https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1646266241611394912-project-gutenberg-nonprofit-azure-synapse-analytics-azure-ai-services


* Join Distributed Proofreaders

Visit https://www.pgdp.net to learn about how to help create some of Project Gutenberg's forthcoming eBooks. Proofreading a page a day is easy, fun, and a great way to help bring literature to the world. There are many different roles, for each of the different steps involved in digitizing a printed book to make a Project Gutenberg eBook. Beginners are welcome, and there is an online tutorial to get started.


* Find Project Gutenberg on social media

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Thanks to the Project Gutenberg Social Media Team for keeping these feeds interesting!


* New eBook Listings from June 2023

Please visit the Offline Catalogs page at www.gutenberg.org to view GUTINDEX.2023 or GUTINDEX.ALL