Project Gutenberg or Steve Gutenberg?

I'll admit, when I first heard of Project Gutenberg many years ago, the first thing that popped into my head was Steve Gutenberg (you know, the one from Three Men and a Baby). Sad, I know, and it dates me too. I was still at uni at the time and desperately needed to read one of Plato's dialogues or something for classical studies and I came across Project Gutenberg. Back then it didn't look so pretty!

I hadn't heard of the wonderful world of ebooks back then, but I quickly discovered how great they were. There's still nothing like holding a book in your hands, but if you really need a fix of your favourite author and still have to wait for their newest book to be published in New Zealand, then finding an ebook online and paying in US dollars is often a good way to go.

Back to Project Gutenberg though. I love the fact that you can get hold of the classics ... and on audiobook too! I've always had some form of ebook reader on my computer, whether it be Microsoft Reader or the ebook reader from Ebook.com and I wish I had a palm pilot so I could use their Plucker software, but I'll take text or html too! I just think it's fantastic that it's all free.