Free access for Indians to library of cricket books
NEW
DELHI: A one-year free digital access to Indian and world cricket content is
being offered in a collaboration between Bloomsbury, Wisden, and UK-based
Public Library Online.
"Under
the initiative, all citizens with an Indian IP address will have free access
for a year to a library of cricket books at Public Library Online from Wisden,
the most distinguished cricket publisher in the world," Bloomsbury
Publishing said in a statement today.
The
library includes all four Wisden India Almanacks, the last five 'Wisden Shorter
Almanacks', the 'Wisden Book of Test Cricket 2009-14', 'Wisden on the Ashes',
'Benaud in Wisden' and 'Don'ts for Cricketers.'
These
are available for online streaming on any Internet-enabled device at Public
Library Online through the url in.publiclibraryonline.com. The library is an
'online only' Ebooks licensing company with books from leading international
publishing houses and offers concurrent online access to a range of fiction and
non-fiction, from a range of renowned publishers.
The
initiative is being launched to coincide with the 4th test match of India-West
Indies series on the 18th of August 2016.
Jahir
Hussain, CEO of Public Library Online said, "We are excited to offer
public library online eBooks to the entire Indian Public. We feel proud to be
part of the 'Digital India' chapters."
"The
Wisden archives are an unparalleled resource, for curious readers and cricket
buffs alike. For well over a century, Wisden has been one of cricket's
conscience-keepers
and
the Almanack's essays have chronicled the sweeping, almost cataclysmic, changes
the game has seen," Dileep Premachandran, Editor-in-chief of Wisden India
said.
"Public
Library Online has now taken an important first step in opening up this
treasure trove to readers, in a country where cricket is so much more than just
a game," he said.
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
Upcoming
Events | BOSLA-NIFT ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES-2016 on Saturday,
20th August 2016 at 10.00 hrs in National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kharghar, Navi
Mumbai.
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