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This is covered in the FAQ - https://www.gutenberg.org/help/faq.html#why-is-project-gutenberg-so-set-on-using-plain-text https://www.gutenberg.org/help/faq.html#why-is-project-guten... And as another person noted, the vast majority of books have HTML, EPUB, Mobi formats. We are also looking at both KEPUB (Kobo) and PDF which will probably come in the future.