Our frequently asked questions are grouped by category for your convenience. For specific questions not addressed below, please direct your inquiry to the appropriate person. We will respond to you as soon as possible.
General Questions
What is Etext?
Why does Etext look so nice?
Legal Questions
Is Etext legal?
Can I make copies?
Questions from Potential Contributors
How can I contribute?
How can I help?
Technical Questions
How many books are there?
How long does all this take?
General Questions
Etext is the result of my desire to have some nicely formated texts available to read while I was not connected to the internet.
back to questionsI take the plain text files from Project Gutenberg and format it so that it will be easier to read.
back to questionsLegal Questions
Yes. The copyright on all of these texts have expired. That means that most of the texts are taken from books published pre-1923. The Etext web site and CD project are Copyright 2003, Ross Nesbitt.
back to questionsYes, as long as you don't change anything.
back to questionsQuestions from Potential Contributors
Yes, please give something. I'll have your email address and I can contact you about new releases. I will never use your email for any other purpose.
Make copies of this CD and give it to friends.
Email me with a suggestion for making Etext better.
back to questionsTechnical Questions
I have a CD with 1,600 and a DVD with over 6,000 books.
back to questionsHow long does all this take?
A lot of work went into getting the scripts right to automate the formatting and to do the sorting by title and author. I have included the scripts in a scripts folder.
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