![]() Our licenses for the books are for use only by the ICDL so while we have considered a number of alternatives, none of them really made sense.Īnd so now it is time to say goodbye and read with the innumerable other resources in the world. The servers are very old and dusty and there is no one to maintain them. And now all of the founders have moved on to other things in their lives. And we did that without ever exposing children to commercial activities or risking their privacy.īut for many years, we have served this mission without any funds. After all these years, as far we know, we are still the largest collection of freely available complete children’s books from around the world. We launched at a time when the concept of reading books online was a bit odd, and almost unheard of for children’s books. In that time, we have served about 15 million people reading over 1,000,000 hours of children’s books. It has been over 20 years since we launched the International Children’s Digital Library. Thank you for so many of your heart-warming and gracious emails which encouraged us to find a way to keep the ICDL alive. Please note that we do not have the right to allow you to redistribute these books further, and they are provided to you only for personal use. ![]() But about 1,000 of the books are back, and we will work on bringing back more books and at least some aspects of the original site. We had to create a vastly simpler site without many, many of the features - no search, no translations, etc. Good news! Thanks to the UMD Computer Science Department, which has agreed to host a static version of ICDL, we have been able to resuscitate the library a bit, and have brought back 1/4 of the books in PDF form (that we have "download" rights for). The site is fast and reliable and should be able to stay around for some time to come. The interface is not what it used to be, and we no longer have translations of books (only the original language the book was published in) - but we have all ~4,000 books back. So kickstart or resume your reading journey with the best ebook readers we’ve gathered for you.Great news! I was able to rebuild a simple version of the in-browser book reader which has enabled me to add back all of the ICDL books. You can just download an e-reader app on your phone or tablet and start reading ebooks instantly.ĮBooks nowadays support a lot of formats: from the classic pdf to kindle’s own ‘azw’, and on top of that, there are a lot of ebook apps to choose from. An eBook can be read on any device and not just an e-reader, so you don’t have to worry about buying a Kindle or any dedicated e-reader at all. But there’s a solution: eBooks!Īn eBook (electronic book) is a digital copy of a physical book and is cheaper (and sometimes free) than its real-life counterparts. This might make you think that if not impossible it is challenging to read a book. Reading books can help you to expand your thinking, make you forget the real world by reeling you into fantasy land, and even teach you how to navigate the real world.īut nowadays due to hectic schedules, one doesn’t have time to sit down with a physical book and read it, and even if one starts reading a physical book, one cannot carry it everywhere due to its size and weight. In the habit tier list, reading is one of the best habit one can develop.
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