Amazon has a long but quiet history of giving back. It has launched initiatives to employ disabled veterans and their spouses, created the Amazon Smile website that supports consumers' favorite charities, and more. But now, the company that started with books is getting back to its roots with the launch of the Kindle Reading Fund, a branch of the organization that will provide … [Read more...] about Kindle Reading Fund Launches to Provide eBooks
Worldreader
15,000 Free e-books Now Available on Entry Level Samsung Phones
Samsung is trying to make their entry level smartphones viable in Africa. The South Korean company has ironed out a partnership with Worldreader and Jumia to offer over 15,000 free e-books. Worldreader is well known in the e-book world with providing African schools with e-readers that are full of great free content. The non-profit has been doing it for years and has finally … [Read more...] about 15,000 Free e-books Now Available on Entry Level Samsung Phones
HumbleBundle Launches Audiobook Giving Campaign
There is a whole movement on the internet dedicated to letting people demonstrate that they are basically good. Opportunities to give back like crowdfunding and name-your-own-price let consumers make purchases they feel good about while often supporting a worthy cause or charity. HumbleBundle, who began their price naming projects in video games, has now brought that same … [Read more...] about HumbleBundle Launches Audiobook Giving Campaign
Worldreader Distributing eReaders to Kenyan Libraries With Funds From Gate’s Foundation
Worldreader, a non-profit organization that has set itself the goal of eradicating illiteracy, has partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to distribute ebook readers among the less privileged in Africa. With a fresh grant from Bill Gate’s foundation, Worldreader is providing eight libraries in Kenya with up to 250 ereaders, complete with protective cases. The … [Read more...] about Worldreader Distributing eReaders to Kenyan Libraries With Funds From Gate’s Foundation
WorldReader Sees 500,000 Readers a Month with App
WorldReader is a non-profit organization that distributes Kindle e-Readers to schools and kids in Africa. It has not only gotten sizable individual donations, but the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos contributed $500,000. Over the course of the last year, WorldReader has been quietly distributing its iOS and Android app. The company reported that it has over 200,000 registered users … [Read more...] about WorldReader Sees 500,000 Readers a Month with App
Worldreader Expands Ghana Footprint with a $300,000 Grant from USAID, World Vision, and AusAID
Worldreader has been one of the biggest success stories for non-profit companies promoting digital reading in third world countries. The company tends to hook schools and other institutions up with Kindle e-Readers and even managed to get $500,000 from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Today, Worldreader announced the formation of a new project in Ghana titled “All Children Reading” that … [Read more...] about Worldreader Expands Ghana Footprint with a $300,000 Grant from USAID, World Vision, and AusAID
Worldreader Receives Donation from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
Worldreader has one goal: to bring literacy to outlying, under-served areas by supplying towns and villages with e-readers and ebooks. The portability and storage capacity of e-readers makes them ideal for locations that are able to access 3G or wi-fi, but whose physical location makes routine shipments of print books less feasible. As of the end of last year, Worldreader and … [Read more...] about Worldreader Receives Donation from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
In some positive news for publishers Simon&Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been dealing with the shift in the ebook market and the litigation settlements in the Apple price fixing case brought on by the Department of Justice, the publishers announced a partnership with Worldreader to bring their titles to sub-Saharan Africa as part of the charity’s ebook distribution … [Read more...] about Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
Worldreader Announces One Million eBook Campaign
GoodEReader has been following the workings of a non-profit group, Worldreader, and their efforts to bring digital readers and ebooks to outlying areas that are currently limited in terms of access to books, especially for public school students. They were the initiators of an ongoing years-long study on how access to Kindles affected reading test scores and attitudes towards … [Read more...] about Worldreader Announces One Million eBook Campaign
Worldreader Brings e-Readers to Poverty-Stricken Schools Abroad
With the accessibility that digital reading has brought to the educational landscape, one crucial barrier to improved literacy seems to be physically bringing content to emerging readers in the developing world, and organizations like Worldreader are working to break down that barrier as well. Worldreader recently released the results of a year-long study in which the group … [Read more...] about Worldreader Brings e-Readers to Poverty-Stricken Schools Abroad
Tools of Change Conference Kicks Off Bologna Book Fair
Bologna is one of the premier annual publishing events, and the beauty of Bologna (besides being in Italy, of course) is the centralization around children’s literature. This year’s book fair is the second year in a row to see such an emphasis on digital children’s books and enhanced app books, with several ToC speakers and panels dedicated to where the ebook market is going to … [Read more...] about Tools of Change Conference Kicks Off Bologna Book Fair