Aozora Bunko

is a Japanese digital library. This online collection has several thousands of works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction.Tamura, Aya. "Novelists, others want copyright protection extended". Japan Times. September 30, 2006; retrieved 2012-5-27.

Aozora Bunko has digital copies of many out-of-copyright books.
Project Gutenberg is similar to Aozora Bunko.

History
Aozora Bunko was established in 1997.Intute.ac.uk, Aozora Bunko ; "Electronic Library National Liaison Conference FY2003", National Diet Library Newsletter. No. 30, April 2003; retrieved 2012-5-27.

In 2006, Aozora Bunko became a public policy advocate for freely accessible e-books.Aozora Bunko ; retrieved 2012-5-27.

Related pages
 Wikisource

References

 Other websites 
 青空文庫 (Aozora Bunko) official website 
 Aozora Bunko official blog 

Category:Japanese websites
Category:Organizations based in Japan