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tagged: Gutenberg project on iPad, 30,000 free ebooks
Posted by Marcus in iBooks, News, Tricks'n Tips
Great news released from the guys over at AppAdvice.com the entire Gutenburg project will be available directly on the iBookstore for free, rather than importing them in ePub format onto the iPad.
What is the Gutenberg Project? It’s a free online digital library that includes over 30,000 free eBooks from the public domain, it grows daily thanks to volunteers. It’s top 10 for the past 7 days include;
Top 100 EBooks last 30 days
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (26552)
- Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob (15779)
- The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) by J. Arthur Thomson (15640)
- Illustrated History of Furniture by Frederick Litchfield (10456)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (9541)
- Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (9494)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (9075)
- Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) by Goudiss and Goudiss (8848)
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (8477)
- The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana (7682)
I can’t wait for that! The Gutenburg Project has always been fantastic and to get 30,000 books for free, without converting from another format is exactly what I’m after.