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Re: !@[redacted] Re: [gweekly] Pt2 Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:45:59AM -0700, Michael Hart wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 May 2006, David Starner wrote:
> 
> >On 5/17/06, Project Gutenberg Newsletter <news@[redacted]> wrote:
> >>[Book People moderator: We forward Part 2 of the Project Gutenberg
> >> weekly newsletter (the part with the new book listings) and summarize
> >> any new Gutenberg-specific news from Part 1.  This week, Part 1 announce=
> >s
> >> 6 new books in Turkish, a new language for Project Gutenberg, [...]
> >> - JMO]
> >
> >Actually, it announced "While the PrePrints site is down at the
> >moment, earlier this
> >week we added 6 eBooks in Turkish". So apparently one of Michael
> >Hart's projects that never got announced on the PG mailing list got
> >new Turkish books. It's very frustrating how hard it is to follow all
> >these things that Michael Hart is doing in PG's name.
> 
> Actually, this project was done by real Turks, and placed online
> through Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation CEO Greg Newby.
> 
> While it may have been the case that this project would not yet have
> seen the light of day without my encouragement, it could hardly be
> said that it was something I did in PG's name.
> 
> However, you should be advised that ~99% of all submissions Dr. Newby
> and I receive make it to the light of day in a relatively short time.
> 
> 
> Michael S. Hart

Just to clarify:
  the readingroo.ms server is linked in the Affiliates page
  at http://www.gutenberg.org/links

This isn't something Michael dreamed up, it's something
I dreamed up.  You can see information about how to get
something *you* dream up added to the projects and
affiliates list here:

  http://www.gutenberg.org/about/

  -- Greg

Dr. Gregory B. Newby
Chief Executive and Director
Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation http://gutenberg.net
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