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These two worldwide classics of childhood literature each fitted on one disk. 1991 was also the year the web became operational. The first browser, Mosaic, was released in November 1993. As we can see, from 1991 to 1996, the "output" doubled every year. While continuing to digitize books, Michael was also coordinating the work of dozens of volunteers.

Everyone can make their own suggestion, after which Logos translators and the company verify the translations forwarded." Begun in 1997, Gallica is a massive undertaking by the Bibliothèque nationale de France to digitize thousands of texts and images relating to French history, life and culture.

They can be easily downloaded with a standard phone line. Searching a word or a phrase is simple too. A text that is still in the Top 100 of downloaded texts in 2005. In 1988, Michael Hart chose to digitize Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan because they each fitted on one 360 K disk, the standard of the time.

But to send a 5 K file to the 100 users of the embryonic internet would have crashed the network. It was downloaded by six users. Project Gutenberg was born. Michael decided to use this huge amount of computer time to search the public domain books that were stored in our libraries, and to digitize these books.

Michael decided to use this huge amount of computer time to search the public domain books that were stored in our libraries, and to digitize these books. A book would become a continuous text file instead of a set of pages, with caps for the terms in italic, bold or underlined of the print version.

Shakespeare wrote most of his work between 1590 and 1613. The steady growth went on, with an average of 8 books per month in 1994, 16 books per month in 1995, and 32 books per month in 1996. As we can see, from 1991 to 1996, the "output" doubled every year. While continuing to digitize books, Michael was also coordinating the work of dozens of volunteers.

If 32 years were necessary to digitize the first 10,000 books, between July 1971 and October 2003, 3 years and 2 months were necessary to digitize the following 10,000 books, between October 2003 and December 2006.

Around 104 books per month were released in 2001. Released in October 2001, the 4000th book was The French Immortals Series, in English. A text that is steadily in the Top 100 of downloaded texts. In 1988, Michael Hart chose to digitize Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan because they each fitted on one 360 K disk, the standard of the time.

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