The MEC Books platform has reached the mark of 468 thousand literary works accessed for free since the launch of the tool, in April this year, which results in an average of 3.4 thousand books per day. According to the Ministry of Education (MEC), more than 107 thousand books were viewed in full, with at least 90% of the content read. Related news: MEC Books will have an expanded collection of 25,000 works. Tela Brasil: public streaming debuts with more than 550 works. MEC Idiomas: new platform offering English and Spanish for free. Adding up all the reading time of all users on the platform, 269 thousand hours were recorded, equivalent to around 30 years of uninterrupted reading. Brazil's digital library has registered 862 thousand users across the country, of which 44% have already borrowed at least one work. The federal government's initiative to lend books aims to expand free public access to literary works in digital format, which can be accessed free of charge on computers, tablets and smartphones. Most read In total, 13 thousand different titles have already been borrowed and, at least, browsed, among the more than 25 thousand available on the platform. Among all of them, the most read book is A Cabeça do Santo, by Brazilian journalist and writer Socorro Acioli, with 27,479 loans. The work was developed in a workshop by Gabriel García Márquez, a Colombian who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, and tells the story of a young man who discovers he has the gift of hearing women's prayers to Saint Anthony. TOP5 most borrowed from MEC Livros: The Head of the Saint, by Socorro Acioli; Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky; White Nights, by Fyodor Dostoevsky;  The Vegetarian, by Han Kang;  No Goodbyes, by Han Kang.   Trilha de Letras, from TV Brasil, welcomes writer Socorro Acioli Frame TV Brasil - Frame TV Brasil Collection The MEC Books platform provides national and international books that contribute to the learning and training of students, in addition to disseminating literary heritage, encouraging the habit of reading, modernizing teaching and promoting the integration of new technologies in education. On the first page, a list of books in the catalog is available, organized by categories such as “In Trend”, “Best-Sellers”, “Classic Brazilian Authors”, “International Successes”, “Most Searched”, among others. How it works To access the works, simply access the website or the MEC Livros app and log in with your Gov.br account. The user can search for a book by title or author. Based on the search, the platform may suggest similar titles. When clicking on the cover of the book you want to borrow, there is the option of reading the summary about the work first using the “More information” button. When you click on this button, the app will open a new page that contains the “Lend and Read” button, just select it and the book will be available for reading.  The loan term is 14 days. At the end of this period, the user can choose to renew the loan for the same period or return the title. Users who have read at least 10% of the work will be able to return it in advance and make a new loan. The same goes for anyone who has already completed 90% or more of the content and wants to finish reading before the deadline. Only after returning this book will it be possible to borrow a new book. The loan of up to two works per month is permitted per Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF).