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The Deccan Herald reports [deccanherald.com]

Leveraging the power of the Internet and its own open source digital platform, Pratham Books has launched the StoryWeaver [storyweaver.org.in], featuring the stories. The launch coincides with International Literacy Day.

StoryWeaver, which also features over 2,000 openly licensed images and illustrations, goes beyond story-reading. The idea is to encourage collaboration between content creators and users of children's content. The stories can be read, downloaded, translated, versioned, or printed using the tools embedded [in] the platform.

New stories [can] be created and published. All the content on StoryWeaver is available under Creative Commons [licenses] to encourage collaboration and reuse. The platform can be accessed on any digital device, including mobile phones. The stories are available in 14 Indian and 12 international languages.

Authors, translators, illustrators and educators will be part of this unique collaborative platform. Here's the Pratham Books rationale: "We believe that by bringing together all the stakeholders and openly licensing our content, we are creating a participatory culture that will catalyse the creation of more content. We hope that this will create a multiplier effect to address the scarcity of multilingual reading resources that exists in India."

Pratham Books chairperson Suzanne Singh elaborated that anyone could download the books by attributing only the original source to 'Pratham Books'. "People can print them and distribute them. We are hoping that they do. Since 2008, our open licensing source method has had a tremendous multiplier effect with people even creating YouTube videos and Braille books. Now, with the launch of our digital platform, it becomes even easier."

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