Newsgroups: alt.etext,rec.arts.books From: dell@wiretap.spies.com (Thomas Dell) Subject: Twain's "Tom Sawyer" Available for FTP Message-ID: Organization: The Internet Wiretap Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1993 06:59:23 GMT ---------- 1. Text Available 2. Catalog of 1993's Releases 3. People Wanted 4. Online Books FAQ Released ---------- 1. Text Available The following text is available via FTP or gopher on the Internet Wiretap, wiretap.spies.com, IP address 130.43.3.3: Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer /Library/Classic/sawyer.mt For access via Gopher, use the path: Internet Wiretap Wiretap Online Library Classics (name of text) All files are released into the Public Domain, and were prepared by the Internet Wiretap. ---------- 2. Catalog of 1993's Releases Books released by Wiretap in 1993, to date: 173718 abroad.mt Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer Abroad 121305 detective.mt Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Detective 387515 devils.txt Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary 201055 flatland.txt Edwin Abbott: Flatland 390688 sawyer.mt Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 643752 yankee.mt Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee Shorter works released by Wiretap in 1993, to date: 14195 adams.in John Adams: Inaugural 22762 adam.mt Mark Twain: Excerpts From Adam's Diary 13373 ghost.mt Mark Twain: A Ghost Story 14434 niagara.mt Mark Twain: Niagara 25674 pitcairn.mt Mark Twain: The Great Revolution in Pitcairn 13216 cask.poe Edgar Allan Poe: Cask of Amontillado 34485 pit.poe Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum 11404 telltale.poe Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart ---------- 3. People Wanted We are seeking volunteers to scan or proofread materials with expired copyrights to be placed in the electronic public domain. If you think you can help, either with your time or materials, please inform . There are thousands of books that ought to be available online free to anyone, but at present there are fewer than 100. This number is NOT increasing as rapidly as one might hope. It won't increase rapidly without a grassroots effort. But note that you can't just go buy a reprint of a book and scan or type it in. Make sure that the edition you're working from has an expired copyright. (See the Online Books FAQ, or check with us, for more details about this issue.) [You may have to be slightly insane to try something like this.] ---------- 4. Online Books FAQ To help keep track of free materials available over the Internet, the Online Books FAQ has been released. It is crossposted to Usenet newsgroups alt.etext, rec.arts.books, comp.text, and comp.infosystems.gopher. In it are listed over 90 fulltext books that are available via FTP. It is currently at draft #2. ---------- The Internet Wiretap archive@wiretap.spies.com ---------- --Tom dell@wiretap.spies.com / Thomas E Dell