Sri Lanka gets ‘first ever eBook store’
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COLOMBO (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka has opened its first eBook store BookHUB providing a different reading experience to book lovers, an official statement said here on Tuesday.
The eBook store was launched along with the reader for Android smart devices and PCs.
The eBook store currently features over 25 titles all of which will be available for free on the first week during which the website will operate on a trial run basis and aims to reach over 100 titles in the first month.
“We finally have a chance to be a part of the global phenomenon of eBooks that has spread through the increasing popularity of smartphones, tablet PCs and eBook readers. This innovation will not only see Sri Lankan literature become easier to preserve, distribute and read but will also help take it to a global audience,” stated Etisalat CEO Dumindra Ratnayaka whose company is partnering the new effort.
He added that the eBook store will revolutionize the way Sri Lanka will publish, purchase and read books and will offer a completely different experience for readers of books in the country.
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