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For equality in education, Odilo brings books in the cloud free to millions worldwide

  • Spain
  • 7 min read
  • May 16, 2019
  • By Gareth Gardiner Jones

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The "Amazon for digital content" Spanish edtech startup delivers virtual libraries and classrooms to kids and adults worldwide

Thanks to Spanish edtech startup Odilo, 140 million adults and children in 43 nations now have free access to cloud-based digital books. From the rural backwaters of Uruguay to mountain villages in Peru, the world's first multiformat platform for loaning digital content will bring over 2 million digitally published works to people without access to basic educational facilities.
The European Commission has partnered Odilo to "create equality in education" on the continent, declaring the startup “a European tech success story" with global impact. In February 2019, Odilo held its Young Readers...

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