Social impact publishing

Books at home[3] is commonly used as a measure of economic status and a predictor of future educational success across the globe.

SIP publishers rely on crowdsourcing to either professionally produce reading materials and/or self-publish books in a variety of formats.

[7] These publisher's motivation consider how "books" might enable the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, values and practices...in a manner that respects children’s dignity and background".

[8] These publishers consider how to enable epistemological access in schools,[9] are comfortable with a variety of modes (eg books, mobile[10] or open platforms [1]) and use Creative Commons licenses to share data, images, and text freely.

They also consider multiple factors (language, teacher background, the school, parents and community that influence reading development.

[16] The African Storybook's goal is to to make the case for the importance of multilingual literature for children and fostering pleasure reading as a key foundation for early literacy,[17] and fostering pleasure reading as a key foundation for early literacy.