SINGAPORE \u2013 A new space offering people the chance to browse both physical and e-books was launched in City Square Mall in Little India on Oct 19 to encourage people to read more.<\/p>\n
In a media release on the same day, the\u00a0National Library Board\u00a0(NLB)\u00a0said it has teamed up with e-book and e-reader provider Rakuten Kobo \u2013 in its first standalone presence here \u2013 to create a hybrid Sit-n-Read Node<\/a> from Oct 19 to April 11, 2027.<\/p>\n Located on the mall\u2019s third floor and open from 10am to 10pm daily, patrons will be able to browse e-books using Kobo e-readers there, along with NLB\u2019s pre-loved physical books at dedicated seating areas and reading nooks.<\/p>\n The e-readers will offer readers snippets from a curated digital collection, in the hope that they explore new genres and content.<\/p>\n If they find something they like, they can borrow the full e-books via the NLB Mobile app and continue to read on their personal devices on the go, NLB said.<\/p>\n Pre-loved physical books are also available for all ages and can be taken home without borrowing. However, NLB said it encourages everyone to bring the books back so others can have a chance to read them as well.<\/p>\n This is part of NLB\u2019s efforts to promote reading here and build a nation of readers under its ReadSG initiative by making reading more exciting, accessible and integrated into everyday spaces, the board added.<\/p>\n \u201cBy bringing Sit-n-Read Nodes into high-footfall lifestyle spaces like City Square Mall, we are transforming ordinary spaces into inviting reading corners where people can discover books and enjoy a good read wherever they go,\u201d NLB\u2019s chief executive officer Melissa Tam said.<\/p>\n Julian Chou, general manager of Rakuten Kobo Asia, said: \u201cBringing Kobo e-readers together with NLB\u2019s collections gives visitors a chance to explore digital reading for themselves and discover how a good book can become part of their daily routine.\u201d<\/p>\n Another Sit-n-Read Node was also launched on Oct 19 at Anchorpoint in Alexandra Road. It features pre-loved magazines for browsing as well as a Browse-n-Borrow kiosk which also allows patrons to collect reserved items as the nearby Queenstown Library undergoes renovations.<\/p>\n The Sit-n-Read Nodes have been progressively opened since August 2025, welcoming 400,000 visitors in total so far.<\/p>\n ReadSG<\/a>, <\/a>a<\/a> five-year national reading movement,<\/a> was launched by NLB on September to get people to read for at least 15 minutes each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE \u2013 A new space offering people the chance to browse both physical and e-books was launched in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-309736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}