Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold L. GoodwinAuthor: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland), 1914-1990,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Apr 10, 2006