Marie Lebert’s Project Gutenberg (1971–2009) chronicles the history of the first free digital library, founded by Michael Hart. It traces the project’s growth from a single document to a worldwide collection of public-domain e-books.
The book records the milestones and people behind the digitization of literature and the spread of free electronic books. It is an informative history of a turning point for reading and publishing. This edition is a clean, public-domain text prepared for comfortable reading. The EPUB has been carefully formatted for modern e-readers and tablets. Download the free EPUB of this account of Project Gutenberg.