“Students are often scolded for not spending enough time at their school library, but do not blame them. It is the lack of new books and a comfortable room in which to read them that is the source of the problem. ‘I never want to go to my school library unless my teacher makes me,’ said Maria, who is in her third year at a state high school in Tebet, South Jakarta. Maria blamed the old dusty collection of books and the musty library room for discouraging her from going to the library.” – Jakarta Post, July 27, via Library Stuff.
The TeleRead take: Definitely TeleRead territory. What applies to pulped-wood libraries certainly holds true online. Children are more likely to read if they find a wide variety of modern books, especially those that match their existing interests. What’s more, with a TeleRead business model, they would be more tempted to browse. That could be good news for libraries and publishers alike.
"This fragmentation by the independent sector is crazy imho. The Indies should be getting together to develop a hot eReading app that gives the reader ..."
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