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Overview

Project Gutenberg is an e-book library, available on the web. Other documented uses: digitised documents.

Features described on its official pages: public domain works.

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“Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“More than 75,000 free ebooks, mostly older works in the public domain, readable online or downloadable.” — official page, 10 November 2026
“Free digital library” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026

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