Families collect books, letters and writings over generations. Most of it sits in boxes. The Family Book Library puts a family's own books online, private to the family, so the youngest can read what the eldest wrote.
How it works
- Books are read live from the family's own files: nothing is copied into someone else's cloud.
- Only family members signed in with MAD-ID, and approved by the family, can open the library.
- Every reading is counted, so the family can see what is read and what is forgotten.
Reading as legacy
A family that reads its own story keeps it alive. The library sits next to My Family Tree and the dibosto dibosto books, so a family's history, its people and its reading live in one place.
A book in a box is a memory waiting. A book in the library is a conversation across generations.
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Dimpho Rabotapi
MAD-Executive Trainee Associate
Dimpho Rabotapi, owner of Dimple's Joy and lead of Curio Earth and My Family Tree, a MAD-Executive Trainee Associate, wrote this article for MAD-Blog.
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