Amazon Kindle paves way for e-libraries in rural schools

Amazon Kindle has teamed up with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to fund a network of e-libraries in rural schools, in an effort to narrow the educational gap between cities and underdeveloped villages.

The e-book reader unit of the United States e-commerce giant said initially libraries would be created at 10 rural schools in Yunnan, Guizhou, Henan, Hebei and Gansu provinces.

Officials said the project is based on a "charity bazaar'" concept. Prior to launch, the China unit of Amazon Kindle and the Chinese foundation worked together to collect articles written by the pupils in the schools, which were then collated into a book named Shulu Tongxing.