How realities are changing rapidly… Recently, Ukrainian publishers expected a surge in sales from those who want to spend 1,000 UAH on quality printed literature. Hopefully that’s what happened, and your library has become richer with a few good books. But if this does not happen, the digitalized modern world offers other options for interacting with books: electronic resources save when it is not possible to use paper. Of course, to unfold the “live” version of your favorite work, to browse the bright fragrant pages that smell so unspeakably beautiful with fresh printing ink – another pleasure! However, the existence of electronic libraries is a real opportunity not to part with your favorite book under any circumstances. We have prepared a selection of resources for fans of the digital format
Open Book is a Ukrainian online library with both Ukrainian and world literature. A separate section for children is works included in the school curriculum. The authors of the project see their task as creating a high-quality and free Ukrainian e-book and popularizing e-literature. There is no advertising or other third-party content, and developers comply with copyright requirements. You can engage not only in reading, but also in collaboration by providing your own illustrations or paintings for e-book covers.
Booknet is an online resource where you can find both free and paid publications. The price of books is quite reasonable, as it is aimed mainly at supporting young promising authors. There is also an opportunity for readers to create their own “writing story”: to take part in competitions, write a book and as a result receive a cash prize and the publication of their own work.
JavaLibre is an online library of publications in the Ukrainian language, which contains many sections. Here you will find books from the sections “Science”, “Philosophy”, “Detective”, there are separate sections with a selection of fables and humorous works. There is also a “highlight” – a good selection of works for children. If children are already sitting in gadgets, maybe in the library?
Poetics is a resource for lovers of poetic literature. This is a Ukrainian-language poetry library created by Roman Kosarenko in 1998. At that time, the author was convinced that it was unrealistically difficult to find a dozen Ukrainian-language poems. Today the library contains both Ukrainian works and translations of classical poetry. In addition, the works are united in chronological order, which allows you to quickly find the works of Ukrainian poets and poetesses who worked in a certain period of time.
AudioBooks in Ukrainian is a library resource of audiobooks in Ukrainian for those who are ready to be together with their favorite work, even on the go. In this library you will find not only short stories or poems, but also audio performances. By the way, this resource can be a real discovery for fans of the older generation of literature, who once used the good old radio as the main source of access to the cultural treasury. This way you will not only be able to increase the level of digital culture in the older generation, but also promote information hygiene.
Read, listen to books in Ukrainian, listening to the advice of Ivan Franko: “Books are the depths of the sea: who dives into them to the bottom, he, although he had enough work, bears strange pearls.”
