Good morning
on this mellow Thursday.
Be on the
lookout for a train with 10 subway cars that have been covered in bright blue,
purple, green, orange and yellow.
The train —
which is alternating between the E and F lines in Brooklyn, Manhattan and
Queens — is decorated with the words “SUBWAY LIBRARY.”
Inside those
10 cars, the seats resemble books on a shelf.
Beginning
today, the Subway Library will offer commuters six weeks of free downloadable
books from the city’s public libraries.
But you don’t
need to be in a library car to take advantage. When you enter a subway station,
connect to the Transit Wireless WiFi network available at
all underground stations. When you’ve logged on, you’ll see a prompt for SubwayLibrary.com,
and — voilà — you can start browsing and downloading books, short stories,
chapters and excerpts donated by publishers to the New York Public Library.
You can also get to the page by opening your browser
and navigating to SubwayLibrary.com.
The New York
Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and Transit Wireless created the project.
“It used to be that you were ‘unplugged’ on the
subway, and even though you’re connecting to the wireless now, you’ll still have
the sense of being unplugged when reading books,” said Lynn Lobash, manager of
reader services for the New York Public Library. “It’s a lot different than the
frantic sense of checking your email or being on Twitter.”
You’ll find
short reads curated for the quick commutes, and long reads for the farther
destinations or delayed rides. You can explore New York stories, children’s
titles, young-adult novels or new releases in the “New & Noteworthy”
category.
Source: www.nytimes.com
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