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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Sure, the average price of a computer has been falling for years, but that doesn't take into account the recurring cost of Internet access. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? The "voices" of the Internet that you get are biased by the people who are in the places that you hang out.

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