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The Early Development of Project Gutenberg c.1970–2000 (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture) - Softcover

Book 27 of 33: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

Rowberry, Simon

 
9781108743181: The Early Development of Project Gutenberg c.1970–2000 (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108743188 ISBN 13: 9781108743181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Project Gutenberg is lauded as one of the earliest digitisation initiatives, a mythology that Michael Hart, its founder perpetuated through to his death in 2011. In this Element, the author re-examines the extant historical evidence to challenge some of Hart's bolder claims and resituates the significance of Project Gutenberg in relation to broader trends in online document delivery and digitisation in the latter half of the twentieth century, especially in the World Wide Web's first decade (the 1990s). Through this re-appraisal, the author instead suggests that Hart's Project is significant as an example of what Millicent Weber has termed a “digital publishing collective” whereby a group of volunteers engage in producing content and that process is as meaningful as the final product.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108743188
ISBN 13 
9781108743181
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
106