UAE’s Month of Reading: Three expats launch online library renting physical books

UAE’s Month of Reading: Three expats launch online library renting physical books

Dubai: Three Indian expat women have come together to launch what they say is the UAE’s first online library that rents physical books. Speaking to Gulf News as the UAE celebrates the ‘Month of Reading’ in March, Aparna Hariharan, Supraja Ramakumar and Archana Rajesh Kumar said they founded ‘Pick2Read,’ an e-commerce library, as a digital detox initiative that offers delivery and pick up options. “We are like-minded ambitious women whose decades of good friendship and trust laid the foundation to form this strong team,” said Aparna. The three mothers said the nostalgic memory of travelling beyond time, space and even reality that we have experienced just by flipping through the pages of a book is the spark behind the idea of Pick2Read. As digital detox initiative, Supraja said their business intends to keep people, especially children, away from unwanted screen time and protect everyone from “the dark side of the web”. By bringing together the best of both the worlds, Archana said their e-commerce library “embraces the technological development but still helps to stay connected to our roots.” How did the idea of a door step library of physical books crop up at a time online libraries offer e-books at