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.An Alphabetical Catalogue of New Works in General and Miscellaneous Literature,Author: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,Language: English, Class: Z: Bibliography, Library science, Release Date: Aug 5, 2015