British Columbia public and school libraries are making books available online for the coming year in an experiment that will test the consumer taste for online reading.
All the books involved are works of non-fiction from British Columbia publishers who are participating in a collaboration with the libraries.
The project went online Wednesday with 12 libraries participating, including the Nanaimo School District, Vancouver and Richmond Public Libraries, and three universities.
The plan is to test it out for a year and roll it out across the province at the end of that period, says Margaret Reynolds of the Association of Book Publishers of B.C.
"This is a very specific collection," she told CBC News. "This is books about B.C., published by B.C. publishers, and it will only be available through B.C. libraries."
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