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The library is built and maintained primarily by volunteers who digitize, proofread, and format the texts.

: Books are provided in simple formats (like plain text and HTML) that can be read, used, and searched by almost any computer or program. Project Gutenberg

The project operates under the philosophy that literature and information should be accessible to everyone at little to no cost. The library is built and maintained primarily by

: While primarily known for classic literature, the collection includes audiobooks, maps, and specialized data sets. the collection includes audiobooks

: Although heavily English-centric (over 21,000 books as of 2008), it hosts significant collections in French, German, Finnish, Dutch, and dozens of other languages.