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Stories by Susan Rimerman

Less is More: An Important Milestone for Readers

May 14, 2018 By

The Worldreader Library has reached a new milestone with 35,020 e-books in 43 languages for our readers in the global south. This milestone is rather different, representing a reduction in the size of our library by about 7000 titles. And we’re really excited about what this represents for our readers. We’ve always placed readers at … Continue Reading →

Local Publishers Power Worldreader

December 19, 2017 By

“The war has taken everything from these poor kids, the least we can do is give them some books,” says Nora Shawwa, Rimal Books. As the founder of Rimal Books in Cyprus, Shawwa understands the power of reading. She provided nine Arabic books for our early reading project in Jordan because she felt a connection to helping Syrian … Continue Reading →