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title: About | Project Gutenberg
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About Project Gutenberg
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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks.
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Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his
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memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.
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Project Gutenberg Mission Statement
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More about Project Gutenberg
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### Essays by Michael Hart
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Michael Hart was the founder of Project Gutenberg.
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- [The History and Philosophy of Project Gutenberg](/about/history.html), an essay from 1992 that still rings true today
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- [The Project Gutenberg Mission Statement](/about/mission_statement.html). This is Michael Hart's FAQ #0.
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- [Administrivia](/about/administrivia.html), about the Project Gutenberg belief in minimalist organizations and in separation of powers. This is Michael Hart's FAQ #1.
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- [Principle of Minimal Regulation / Administration](/about/minimal_regulation.html). This is FAQ #3 written by Project Gutenberg's Founder, Michael Hart, and PGLAF's Director & CEO, Dr. Gregory B. Newby.
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### Other items about Project Gutenberg
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- eBook: [Project Gutenberg (1971-2008)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27045) by Marie Lebert, covering the history of Project Gutenberg. Other titles by Marie Lebert cover other aspects of eBooks, in English, French and Spanish. Two of these are translations. A third is an album celebrating Project Gutenberg's 40th anniversary:
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- [Le Projet Gutenberg (1971-2008)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27046) [in French]
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- [Project Gutenberg 4 July 1971 - 4 July 2011](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36616). Album with pictures in PDF.
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- Article: [The Second Gutenberg Interview with Michael Hart](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb29.html) by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (May 2002).
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- Article: [Project Gutenberg's Anabasis](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb39.html) by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (January 5, 2004).
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- Interview: [The Ubiquitous Project Gutenberg Interview](http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb46.html) with Michael Hart, its Founder by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (November 11, 2005).
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