The city of New York is one of the most committed to reading, not only offering help to libraries and educational centers for its promotion but also taking advantage of new technologies for it.
In this aspect, the novelty is in the Metro Reads program, a program of Promotion of Reading that New York City has been implemented in the city's metro network. Thus, the users of the subway or those who are in it, will be able to access ebooks or parts of new ebooks to spend the time of the trip reading.
Metro Reads does not violate the law as it is not about access to complete ebooks or half ebooks but They are samples of ebooks or chapters that the authors have authorized or publishers for that use. What if it changes will be the format.
Metro Reads adapts to the mobile screen so that everyone can read
Metro Reads will offer the ebooks on a single web page that is optimized for mobiles, so the user will load the ebooks quickly and with little data consumption. But text will fit on a 5 inch screen, something that can be cumbersome for many readers.
The Metro Reads program will be running for at least a month and some talk about extending it more in time, something that would be very positive for everyone, not only for the citizens and tourists of New York City but also as an example for other cities that should to do the same. Unfortunately the operation of this program is similar to the one used by Amazon or Kobo to offer free samples, that is, users have to be in the New York Subway, but this could change, being even more interesting for users or readers who want to read or learn English as the classics will also be used. Metro Reads is a great initiative and I have no doubt that more than one city will try to copy itUnfortunately, I don't think all cities do this ...