Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 28/09/2026I really don’t understand why people call this “late-stage capitalism”. We could still be in just the early stages. What evidence do we have that there is an arc and we are beyond some mid point? Wealth disparity is still growing, there is no tapering off. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 27/09/2026@kevinrdickinson.bsky.social “Umberto Eco, a writer famous for his enormous personal library of more than 32,000 books”… Just a reminder that YOU have a library of 78,000+ books. Gutenberg.org awaits…gutenberg.orgProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 16/09/2026Of note to a very select number of people here: you can have Project Gutenberg as a source for books on GoodReads. (This linking function was broken for a few years and was fixed earlier this year on the Project Gutenberg side. Not sure if anyone noticed it.) 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 15/09/2026My quick scan of the reports was that the Picasso estate objected to the use of an actual painting being used. It was a late “cut” from the film. 010
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 14/09/2026Despite the (deleted) scene from the film, there were no actual Picasso paintings on the Titanic when it went down. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 14/09/2026The book was not intended to be satire as I understand it. The film was ramped up to show the horrors of the mindset. It was the first time I realized that massive mainstream big-budget films could actually have an underlying subversive message. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 14/09/2026And now that one has been added to the site: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13150gutenberg.orgThrough the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. KolbThrough the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. Kolb. Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 07/09/2026I’m just (mostly) cleaning up old covers and not adding much, other than some digital polish. This one is coming soon. 252
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 07/09/2026I think you’re close, but in this case (I think) it’s the switch from the orange-hued “high-pressure sodium” street lights to LED lights that have a more broad-spectrum to throw. The loss of retail incandescents isn’t likely to show up at this altitude. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 29/08/2026You’ve got this “Locke-d in”! www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...gutenberg.orgBooks by Locke, JohnProject Gutenberg offers 79,285 free eBooks for iPhone, iPad, Kobo, Android and Kindle. 010
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 28/08/2026This looks to be a match for the one used by PG’s second Executive Director, Greg Newby, in his ebook regarding the processes and practices of the effort: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60600 See Figure 1 at the start of the ebook.gutenberg.orgForty-Five Years of Digitizing Ebooks: Project Gutenberg's Practices by NewbyFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 100
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 28/08/2026You will find more information here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60600gutenberg.orgForty-Five Years of Digitizing Ebooks: Project Gutenberg's Practices by NewbyFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 020
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 17/08/2026Remarkable! I love a highly skilled street performance. And puppetry is very “in” right now, in so much of real life. 021
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 16/08/2026Is this next? www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3354gutenberg.orgLetters to His Son, 1750 by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 13/08/2026I’ll make sure this gets in front the volunteers. Thanks! 020
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 13/08/2026If you and your podcaster friends have future episodes that focus on out-of-copyright materials, consider giving @gutenberg.org advance notification so the works get added to the free library. I’ve been trying to catch up with Roman’s 100 Objects, but there’s no lead time! 120
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 13/08/2026@trufelman.bsky.social Just thought this might interest your listeners that want to get into Mandeville: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57260 Loved the discussion, btw. Great episode.gutenberg.orgThe Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits by Bernard MandevilleFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 131
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 11/08/2026I just read this in the last month and it made me literally laugh out loud in one part. So good. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 09/08/2026Handed? Really? That seems like a bad idea, unless the refs are carrying multiples… 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 05/08/2026Another take, for books from Project Gutenberg: I’m not committing to reading anything but the first chapter. If a book can’t hook me from there, it ain’t happening. @gutenberg.org 131
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 03/08/20264. _Things Fall Apart_ by Chinua Achebe 5. _Beloved_ by Toni Morrison 020
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 30/07/2026PG has never had a “central warehouse” or even any real physical location of significance. The books that were digitized up through the mid-2000s came from individual’s own personal collections, or books borrowed from libraries. 020
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 29/07/2026In general, Project Gutenberg is volunteer-driven in terms of the content. The works that are digitized and compiled and submitted via groups (like Distributed Proofreaders) or (less commonly) individuals are the source of the vast majority of the library. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 29/07/2026In that era of etexts, it was almost certainly a question of total file size that dictated the way that works were added to the corpus. The full volume was simply out of reach so individual works were the rule of the day. It is worth a revisit, certainly. 120
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 25/07/2026My oh my, @gutenberg.org sure has some beautiful covers for their public domain ebooks! 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 20/07/2026Literally: Shakespeare was Holinshed’s Chronicles retold to “modern” sensibilities. Lots of rhyming these days…. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 20/07/2026In Oregon, we’ll call Washington State “North Oregon” just to remind them they were part of the Oregon Territory. Maybe that’s just me. Yeah, that’s probably just me. 011
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 12/07/2026Is the middle group of rowers supposed to be pulling the wrong way? 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 27/06/2026Wow! The argument about putting the Bible into public classrooms is so old, it’s out of copyright protection: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78962gutenberg.orgThe Bible: should it be in the school room? : The question considered legally,…Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 010
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 22/06/2026I’m thrilled that the cover image that got the preview was for Kafka’s Metamorphosis. We just updated that and are working on giving the audio reading a cover that differentiates it: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26298gutenberg.orgThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 13/06/2026BS are still early: they have an order of magnitude more users than Twitter did at that time; They're doing it without the Fail Whale server overload problems; They're trying to be the “better Twitter technology”, but the users simply want a Twitter CLONE with better ideology. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 05/06/2026PG is a volunteer-based organization, operating for 50 years, trying to digitize every book that is legally available in the US. You note that “a lot” of books have been coming out of copyright protection recently. That flood of public domain has been ongoing for decades. So to answer, “yes”. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 02/06/2026There are exceptions to this: www.gutenberg.org comes to mind.gutenberg.orgProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks. 000
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 13/05/2026There’s a reason why they’re called “classics”! It’s not just “old book”. Just read the first chapter, you’ll know when a book is right for you. 061
Reposted by Alba T. RossBookmundo @bookmundo.com · 06/05/2026Quick reminder for all book lovers! Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of over 60,000 free ebooks - classics, poetry, philosophy, and more, all just a click away! 📚✨ #BookSky #Readers #Publishing www.gutenberg.orggutenberg.org 1102
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 28/04/2026I find it so fascinating that TKAM touches on so many “live wires”, unresolved social issues, with a progressive protagonist. And yet it’s still taught in many US classrooms today. It might help us survive this era. 041
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 25/04/2026I honestly gave “Vindication” <http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3420> a good solid go, but the writing is really a slog to get through. The ideas are great, but it’s wading through molasses to get to the ideas. Sure it’s mostly a “different era of English” problem, but it could use a modern rewrite. 110
Alba T. Ross @rossolson.com · 24/04/2026These are so cool! We must collect these into the library. 110
Reposted by Alba T. RossProject Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 21/04/2026We just published one of her articles at PG. Free download here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78513gutenberg.orgThe new gas from radium by Ernest Rutherford and Harriet BrooksFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 011