Project Gutenberg
I recently discovered Project Gutenberg while browsing the Wikipedia. It’s a project started in 1971 by Michael Hart with the goal of creating and distributing e-texts. There are probably thousands of volunteers adding e-texts daily to it. Today there are more than 20,000 texts in the collection, and they can be browsed at gutenberg.org. I’m constantly amazed at the passion for knowledge that some people possess. The volunteers are literally typing in these books for this project. Just to make sure that they are preserved. It’s a breath of fresh air in today’s commercial jungle.