Aozora Bunko

Aozora Bunko (青空文庫) is a Japanese digital library. This online collection has several thousands of works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction.^[1]

Aozora Bunko has digital copies of many out-of-copyright books. Project Gutenberg is similar to Aozora Bunko.

History

Aozora Bunko was established in 1997.^[2]

In 2006, Aozora Bunko became a public policy advocate for freely accessible e-books.^[3]

Related pages

Wikisource

References

↑ Tamura, Aya. "Novelists, others want copyright protection extended". Japan Times. September 30, 2006; retrieved 2012-5-27.
↑ Intute.ac.uk, Aozora Bunko Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine; "Electronic Library National Liaison Conference FY2003", National Diet Library Newsletter. No. 30, April 2003; retrieved 2012-5-27.
↑ Aozora Bunko (in Japanese); retrieved 2012-5-27.

Other websites

青空文庫 (Aozora Bunko) official website (in Japanese)
Aozora Bunko official blog (in Japanese)

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[1] Tamura, Aya. "Novelists, others want copyright protection extended". Japan Times. September 30, 2006; retrieved 2012-5-27.

[2] Intute.ac.uk, Aozora Bunko Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine; "Electronic Library National Liaison Conference FY2003", National Diet Library Newsletter. No. 30, April 2003; retrieved 2012-5-27.

[3] Aozora Bunko (in Japanese); retrieved 2012-5-27.

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