{"id":1377,"date":"2014-08-27T01:36:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T01:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2014-08-27T01:36:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T01:36:35","slug":"reading-made-possible-spreading-the-word-digiitally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"Reading made Possible &#8211; spreading the word digiitally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldreader.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Worldreader - books on Kindles and mobile phones...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.booksgowalkabout.com\/bookmonitor\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/image1-10.jpg\" width=\"351\" align=\"left\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting to grips with the text&#8230;anywhere!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Discover Worldreader on-line...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldreader.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Reader<\/a> and <a title=\"CUP SA\" href=\"http:\/\/cup.co.za\/pages\/latest-news\">Cambridge University Press, South Africa<\/a> (<em>CUP SA<\/em>) are working in partnership on e-readers and mobile phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This means that anyone with a phone (non smart phone), in South Africa, can now access books through the World Reader app, which is hosted on the cloud based mobile application platform <a title=\"Binu -connecting the next billion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.binu.com\" target=\"_blank\">BiNu<\/a>. This enables phones, such as Nokia which are widely used across the continent of Africa, to be used as reading devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is amazing news for literacy and for all who are working to make reading a possibility for everyone across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Niall McNulty, digital publisher at <em>CUP SA<\/em>, described the development as &#8216;genius&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;A recent report by <a title=\"Unesco\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/unesco\/themes\/icts\/m4ed\/mobile-reading\/reading-in-the-mobile-era\/\">UNESCO<\/a>, Reading in the mobile era: A study of mobile reading in developing countries, highlights the importance of using mobile devices to encourage a culture of reading by providing access to books to people who previously had none.&#8217; \u00c2 African Branch of Cambridge University Press, 11.8.14<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, World Reader had 330,000 monthly active users, reading 650,000 books on mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p><em>CUP<\/em> has made 360 e-books available via the app, including titles from the Cambridge African Language Library which is a primary reading series.<\/p>\n<p>SmithMartin Partnership are excited at this development and all that it may mean for future readers. We are working with World Reader in a smaller way, through our Books Go Walkabout project to support e-reading and literacy.<\/p>\n<p>The way ahead for future readers!<\/p>\n<p><em>Sue Martin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14 size-full\" alt=\"Our core partnership - our core values and delivery, available here...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.booksgowalkabout.com\/bookmonitor\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/smpPlainButton.jpg\" width=\"132\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Books Go Walkabout &amp; Dolphin Booksellers, part of <strong>SmithMartin Partnership LLP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Reader and Cambridge University Press, South Africa (CUP SA) are working in partnership on e-readers and mobile phones. This means that anyone with a phone (non smart phone), in South Africa, can now access books through the World Reader app, which is hosted on the cloud based mobile application platform BiNu. 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