This stops you and me from stealing the hard work of another author, and quite rightly so. But before we examine the nuts and bolts of the site, we need to take a moment to examine the concept of “public domain”, which is the whole bedrock of the Gutenberg site.Įvery book which comes out is copyrighted. There are many eBook downloading sites on the Internet, but Project Gutenberg is the largest and most well known. You may as well be reading the phone book for all they know. But if you are reading the eBook versions however, nobody knows what you are reading. If you happen to be reading something embarrassing (erotica), or controversial (Hitler’s Mein Kampf), then that makes for some very awkward situations with either people smirking or showing disapproval. If you are on the bus or train reading a print book, everyone can see what you are reading by looking at the cover. Thirdly, people have anonymity reading an eBook. On the other hand, eBooks can be bought in mere seconds at the click of a button, from the comfort of your home. But what if it is raining? What if the shop is far away? What if you’re just plain lazy? Or if you want to buy a book from your local high street store, you have to go out and get there. If you order a print book from Amazon, you typically have to wait 48 hours for it to arrive (or 24 hours if you are a Prime customer). Secondly, people like the speed of obtaining a book.
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