Goodbye, Michael Hart

Brian Spears bio ↓ · September 8th, 2011 · filed under Other

Michael Hart should have been more famous than he was. I don’t know if it’s accurate to say that he invented the e-book, but he had tons to do with developing it. He started Project Gutenberg, which is one of the first online repositories of public domain works online, and one of the largest as well. I have more Project Gutenberg files on my e-reader than I do of all other types combined, and I doubt I’m alone in that.

Michael hart died in his home on September 6. He was 64.

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Brian Spears's first collection of poetry, A Witness in Exile is now available through Louisiana Literature Press. He is the Poetry Editor for The Rumpus, and has just relocated to Iowa. More from this author →

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