The National society of French railways operates hundreds of trains in France. They noticed that 75% of passengers read books while commuting, and 33% read on their smartphone or e-reader. This has prompted the company to launch a new e-book service that will offer 100,000 e-books for free until December 15th and then the service will cost 9.90 euros per month.
One of the things they are being done with the app is to put a heavy emphasis on e-book discovery. Each month there will be a series of news stories and a spotlight on 10 national and regional books. Depending on where you are in France, it will dynamically serve you titles based on your geographical location. This will include e-books that have to do with heritage, history, cuisine, stories and legends.
You can access any of the e-books in the railways library by vising their site e-livre.sncf.com or via the SNCF e-book dedicated application, downloadable from the AppStore or Google Play.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
