Download, re-share, adapt, translate, print the Book Dash books
The creative volunteers who make our books agree to license their work under a Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) License and we publish the books using this license. The open license means that there is no restriction on what can be done with the books, not even a restriction on commercial use. This means that anyone can download the files from our website and re-publish the books on their own website, or make audio versions and animations from the books, or translate the books into any language. Anyone can even print thousands of copies and sell them. In this way, the books reach children and families globally.
As long Book Dash and the creatives are credited correctly (see Book Dash crediting requirements) and you don’t expect exclusivity of use, you can access the source files of our books, download, adapt, translate, and re-share them.
You can print your own copies of the Book Dash books by downloading the print-ready source files and sending them to a local print/copy shop. Some organisations print the books exactly like they are, and others translate them into the local language before printing and distributing them.
You are welcome to use our printing specification document when asking your local print shop for a quotation. They should be able to do a beautiful job of the books, just as if you bought them in store. We always recommend requesting a sample copy before commissioning a big volume of books.
Use the Book Dash model to run your own bookmaking event
While we do not run our bookmaking events at schools or for companies or other organisations, our whole bookmaking model is open and very well recorded in our Book Dash Manual, so you can have a look through and see if it’s something you would want to attempt.
If you do want to do this, please get in touch or complete this Google Form – we’d love to know where the Book Dash model is implemented and if there’s anything we can assist with. Many organisations have done this before (in Angola, Nigeria, Loas, France…), and a couple of schools in South Africa have also done this.