Gutenberg CD/DVD

250 Coupe · 01-05-2010, 09:59 AM

I know most if not all folks are aware of Gutenberg.org by now but did you know they have packaged content that you can burn to a CD or DVD?

Check out The CD and DVD project for more.

Michael

rcuadro · 01-05-2010, 10:11 AM

I knew but it is a great way to get a ton of books quickly

250 Coupe · 01-05-2010, 10:24 AM

It is a lot of books in a hurry

Over 17,500 in one disk.

Cool things to do with the disks,

Give a copy to someone unable to connect to the internet and yet able to use a laptop. Say someone in hospital.

Give a copy to someone going overseas that will have access to a PC. Since the books are in HTML, nearly any PC in the world can be used.

Give a copy to someone that has just bought a new ebook reader, that's today's task for me. A forum member is giving a EBW1150 to his young daughter for her birthday and I support getting kids to read.

Michael

anurag · 01-05-2010, 10:57 AM

Cool find.

But it looks like the CDs haven't been updated since 2007, and Gutenberg has over 30k ebooks now. You can also download the entire Gutenberg website for offline viewing here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds

This is updated weekly, so it might be a better choice to distribute on a CD.

250 Coupe · 01-05-2010, 11:36 AM

Unfortunately, that feed is for the site without the ebooks themselves.

There was a service that let you create a .iso with books of your choice but that seems to be down right now.

Michael

anurag · 01-05-2010, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 250 Coupe

Unfortunately, that feed is for the site without the ebooks themselves.

Michael

I just noticed that! Not too many people would want an offline version of their website without the ebooks themselves, so I guess it's probably to prevent crawlers from roboting their live website.

AprilHare · 01-06-2010, 05:09 PM

The CDs and DVDs don't have the epub's as a result

nrapallo · 01-06-2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 250 Coupe

There was a service that let you create a .iso with books of your choice but that seems to be down right now.

Michael

My freeware GuteBook program will grab any current Gutenberg offering and will "attempt" to automatically create for you an ebook of your desired format(s) just by specifying it's E-Text No. The current E-Text No.'s are in the 30K range and the newest ones are listed here.

See my signature for a link to the GuteBook thread here at Mobileread.com (shameless plug!

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idraw22 · 01-15-2010, 05:20 AM

I found one on Amazon called "Books to Go" 200 books on a disk. Mostly classics, but there were some on there i didn't have. Didn't cost much either. Then I saw another advertised on WorldLibrary.net called, collegereader I think. They seemed to be the same thing, but neither had 17,000 books on them.

01-05-2010, 09:59 AM	#1
250 Coupe Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 10721 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Many ebook readers at my house	Gutenberg CD/DVD I know most if not all folks are aware of Gutenberg.org by now but did you know they have packaged content that you can burn to a CD or DVD? Check out The CD and DVD project for more. Michael

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01-05-2010, 10:11 AM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I knew but it is a great way to get a ton of books quickly

01-05-2010, 10:24 AM	#3
250 Coupe Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 10721 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Many ebook readers at my house	It is a lot of books in a hurry Over 17,500 in one disk. Cool things to do with the disks, Give a copy to someone unable to connect to the internet and yet able to use a laptop. Say someone in hospital. Give a copy to someone going overseas that will have access to a PC. Since the books are in HTML, nearly any PC in the world can be used. Give a copy to someone that has just bought a new ebook reader, that's today's task for me. A forum member is giving a EBW1150 to his young daughter for her birthday and I support getting kids to read. Michael

01-05-2010, 10:57 AM	#4
anurag Addict Posts: 236 Karma: 4066 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California Device: Kindle 1 and DX, iPhone	Cool find. But it looks like the CDs haven't been updated since 2007, and Gutenberg has over 30k ebooks now. You can also download the entire Gutenberg website for offline viewing here: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds This is updated weekly, so it might be a better choice to distribute on a CD.

01-05-2010, 11:36 AM	#5
250 Coupe Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 10721 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Many ebook readers at my house	Unfortunately, that feed is for the site without the ebooks themselves. There was a service that let you create a .iso with books of your choice but that seems to be down right now. Michael

01-06-2010, 05:09 PM	#7
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	The CDs and DVDs don't have the epub's as a result

01-15-2010, 05:20 AM	#9
idraw22 Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 1094380 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: arkansas Device: Jetbook Lite, Kindle 3, jetbook mini, sony clie, sony prs-T1	I found one on Amazon called "Books to Go" 200 books on a disk. Mostly classics, but there were some on there i didn't have. Didn't cost much either. Then I saw another advertised on WorldLibrary.net called, collegereader I think. They seemed to be the same thing, but neither had 17,000 books on them.

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