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Here Are Your 22 New Project Gutenberg eTexts For This Week:
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Revised Index Entry:
Mar 2003 Hassan, James Elroy Fletcher [Fletcher #2][htshbxxx.xxx]3834
should read:
Mar 2003 Hassan, James Elroy Flecker [Flecker #2][htshbxxx.xxx]3834
We have posted new and significantly revised 11th editions of:
May 2000 Der Gwissenswurm, by Ludwig Anzengruber [German] [7gwssxxx.xxx]2189
May 2000 Der Gwissenswurm, by Ludwig Anzengruber [German] [8gwssxxx.xxx]2189
[The new files are 7gwss11.txt and .zip and 8gwss11.txt and .zip]
[Those entries followed by an * were not yet posted when Newsletter composed]
*This first section on Columbus will be posted on October 12, Columbus' Day*
[And thus are NOT included in this week's total count. . .but next week's]
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by F. Young entire [CC#09][cc09vxxx.xxx]4116*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v8 [CC#08][cc08vxxx.xxx]4115*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v7 [CC#07][cc07vxxx.xxx]4114*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v6 [CC#06][cc06vxxx.xxx]4113*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v5 [CC#05][cc05vxxx.xxx]4112*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v4 [CC#04][cc04vxxx.xxx]4111*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v3 [CC#03][cc03vxxx.xxx]4110*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v2 [CC#02][cc02vxxx.xxx]4109*
Jun 2003 Christopher Columbus by Filson Young v1 [CC#01][cc01vxxx.xxx]4108*
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by A. Ames entire[MF#07][mf07vxxx.xxx]4107
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v6 [MF#06][mf06vxxx.xxx]4106
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v5 [MF#05][mf05vxxx.xxx]4105
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v4 [MF#04][mf04vxxx.xxx]4104
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v3 [MF#03][mf03vxxx.xxx]4103
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v2 [MF#02][mf02vxxx.xxx]4102
Jun 2003 The Mayflower and Her Log by Azel Ames v1 [MF#01][mf01vxxx.xxx]4101
[*Please note the above are Jun 2003 listings and those below are May 2003*]
May 2003 The Hairy Ape, by Eugene O'Neill [hryapxxx.xxx]4015
[Not yet on archive.org]
May 2003 Arsene Lupin, by Edgar Jepson & Maurice Leblanc [rsnlpxxx.xxx]4014
May 2003 Das Buch Henoch, translated by A. G. Hoffmann [xenchxxx.xxx]4013
May 2003 The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP#3][dtchtxxx.xxx]4012
May 2003 Epicoene: Or, The Silent Woman, Ben Jonson[Ben#4][eotswxxx.xxx]4011
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May 2003 Marmion, ed. Morley, by Walter Scott [Scott#15][marmnxxx.xxx]4010*
May 2003 Victories of Love, by Coventry Patmore [Patmor#1][viclvxxx.xxx]4009*
May 2003 Count Julian, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#2][cntjlxxx.xxx]4008*
May 2003 Gebir, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#1][gebirxxx.xxx]4007*
May 2003 Yesterdays, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [#6][yestrxxx.xxx]4006*
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May 2000 Herb of Grace, by Rosa Nouchette Carey [hrbgrxxx.xxx]4005
May 2003 Preface to Androcles and the Lion, by Shaw[GBS#26][ndrcpxxx.xxx]4004
May 2003 Androcles and the Lion, by G. B. Shaw [GBS#25][ndrclxxx.xxx]4003
May 2003 The Honor of the Name, by Emile Gaboriau [thtnmxxx.xxx]4002
May 2003 Widger's Quotations PG "French Immortals" series [dwqimxxx.xxx]4001
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We created 22 new eTexts for you this week.
With 3967 eTexts online as of October 10, it now takes an average of
100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $2.52 from each book,
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We currently have 58 *reserved* slots, which is why the total number
of titles is not as high as the Etext ####'s might indicate. . .and
we are also working on two sections now, the 4000's and the 4100's
Our Total For The Year Is About 931 For 282 days,
this is 3.30 per day or 99 Per 30 day month. . . .
This Would Yield About 1205 For The Year. . . .
We are about 41 weeks through the year. . . .
counting each Wednesday as ending one week.
Weekly Yearly
Newsdate Etexts Avg/wk
01/10/01 22 22.70
01/03/01 29 22.74
October total 51
09/26/01 27 22.59
09/19/01 31 22.47
09/12/01 31 22.3
09/05/01 27 22.2
September total 116
08/29/01 25 22
08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
08/08/01 20 22
08/01/01 22 22
August total 117
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
July Total 96
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
May Total 109
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 282 21.69
And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 326 20.38
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"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have
finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
(Thomas Carlyle)
YAHOO WON'T CHANGE CHATROOM POLICY
Trading in shares of Viasource Communications and Extreme Networks was
halted Monday after a bogus document resembling a PR Newswire release was
posted in a Yahoo Finance chatroom. Yahoo took the release off the message
board as soon as it was contacted by PR Newswire. A spokeswoman said, "All
of our message boards are considered unmoderated pieces of public forum. We
don't proactively monitor the content of our boards." Citing Yahoo's
user-privacy policy, she did not comment on whether Yahoo intended to pursue
an investigation to determine who posted the press release. (Wall Street
Journal 10 Oct 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1002654113365462080.htm
[Reality and TV Coincide. . .just 12 hours before this was sent to me,
the "Judging Amy" courtroom drama dealt with the same issue. The perp
was a 14 year old who had expanded a school project into real trading,
and was experimenting with responses to such postings. Judge Amy gave
her the tough love treatment usually reserved for people such as "Zero
Cool" and Kevin Mitnick "Phyber Optik" and forbade her access until she
[the perp was female] turned 18.]
AMAZON DEBUTS 'LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK' FEATURE
Amazon.com is moving to enable online shoppers to thumb through a few pages
of the books it sells through a "Look Inside the Book" feature that includes
images of covers, flaps and actual pages. "It's something that customers
have been telling us they'd like to do," says Steve Kessel, VP of Amazon's
media division. "It's sort of the logical next step for them in terms of
making a purchase decision... For art and photography books, people can
check the quality of the images. They can look at children's books to see
what the graphics look like and how big the font is and whether it's
suitable for their child; they want back covers of mystery books so they can
see quotes from other mystery writers." The new feature is available for
some 25,000 book titles. (Reuters 10 Oct 2001)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/011010/08/net-retail-amazon-books-dc
JOURNALISTS WIN ANOTHER CONTEST OVER DIGITAL RIGHTS
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by National Geographic
after an appellate court sided with a photo journalist who sued the
publication for including his work in CD-ROM form without his permission and
without offering him additional payment. The freelancer's photographs had
appeared in the National Geographic over three decades. (San Jose Mercury
News 10 Oct 2001) http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/072212.htm
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MICROSOFT OFFERS NEW POCKET PC VERSION
On Thursday Microsoft launched the latest version of its Pocket
PC, a move that may strengthen its competitive stance against
Palm. Palm leads the handheld market with an 80 percent share,
compared to Microsoft's 16 percent. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
touted the device as a "connectivity machine," boasting links to
products such as Microsoft's Exchange server and the Microsoft
SQL server database. The company hopes that such advantages and
their popularity among corporate users will enable Microsoft to
garner a bigger market share. Compaq Computer, Symbol Technologies,
and Toshiba are among the manufacturers building the Pocket PCs.
(Wall Street Journal, 5 October 2001)
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