The beauty of this proposal seems to me to be the potential for exchange between countries. Tonny writes an A level text book for Biology. The same text, translated perhaps into another language, can be sent very cheaply across the world and published in a number of other countries. At the same time, someone in those countries may write an A level text book for Chemistry or Sociology and distribute the script to others including the Book Project in Uganda.

That way a library of text books could emerge with little duplication of materials, though of course plenty of paper duplication when it comes to printing copies.

And that is a problem. When, a while back, I emailed Eric Wanjamah a 190 pages training manual for Probation Officers written by a former colleague of mine, it didn't solve the problem because the cost of printing off 190 pages in Kenya was prohibitively expensive for one individual to bear. It was cheaper in real terms for me to print off a copy and send it to him.

But with a network of book projects the mutual costs would come down.

I'm still a bit concerned about how the project will be funded. Will you rely on donations from well-wishers, grants from educationalists or education providers, or do you really need some sustainable income streams from some other source? A non-profit maybe, but with some potential for income generation too?