28,500+ language ebooks including korean, european, indian, spanish
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AI/ML Training Dataset – Rights-Cleared Multilingual E-Book Collection
Description
This data product is a comprehensive, rights-cleared multilingual digital collection of e-books owned and licensed by Arts & Science Academic Publications (ASAP).
With a family background in the publishing industry dating back to 1940, we are a fourth-generation, family-owned publishing organization with more than 80 years of publishing experience. Since 2014, we have expanded our digital publishing operations through ASAP to develop and distribute multilingual digital publications for readers, researchers, and AI developers worldwide.
This multilingual dataset has been curated specifically for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications, including large language model (LLM) pre-training, multilingual model fine-tuning, cross-lingual learning, machine translation, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, knowledge extraction, OCR enhancement, and multilingual natural language processing (NLP).
All content is proprietary, rights-cleared, and available under a global, non-exclusive commercial licensing model.
Data Product Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content Type | Multilingual digital e-books |
| Publishers | Content sourced from 100+ publishers worldwide |
| Ownership | Proprietary copyrighted content with commercial licensing rights |
| Collection Size | 28,500+ e-books |
| Formats | PDF, EPUB |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, Korean, European languages, Indian regional languages, African languages, and additional languages upon request |
| Metadata Availability | Bibliographic metadata available |
| Sample Data | Representative samples available upon request |
| Licensing Models | Fixed-fee, royalty-based, or hybrid commercial licensing |
| AI Rights | Licensed for AI/ML training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and commercial AI model development |
Distribution
The dataset is distributed as a structured collection of multilingual digital publications accompanied by bibliographic metadata.
- Primary Formats: PDF, EPUB
- Metadata Format: Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or other formats upon request
- Delivery Method: Secure FTP/SFTP
Data Volume
- Number of Records: 28,500+ multilingual publications
- Metadata Fields: Approximately 10 standard bibliographic fields (customizable)
- Content Formats: PDF and EPUB
- Estimated Dataset Size: Approximately 300–600 GB, depending on file format, image content, and compression.
Usage
This multilingual dataset is ideal for a wide range of AI and language technology applications, including:
- Multilingual Large Language Model (LLM) Training
- Cross-Lingual Model Fine-Tuning
- Machine Translation Systems
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Named Entity Recognition (NER)
- Text Classification
- Semantic Search
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Knowledge Graph Construction
- Multilingual OCR
- Language Detection
- Cross-LLingual Information Retrieval
- Speech and Text AI Research
- Academic and Linguistic Research
Coverage
The dataset provides broad multilingual coverage suitable for global AI applications.
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Geographic Coverage: Global
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Time Range: Publications spanning multiple decades, including legacy publishing archives dating back to 1940 and digital publishing collections from 2014 onwards.
Language Coverage
The collection includes publications in:
- English
- Hindi
- Arabic
- Spanish
- Korean
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Indian Regional Languages
- Selected African Languages
- Other European Languages
- Additional languages available upon request
License
Proprietary
AI Training Rights
The Licensee is granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, and perpetual right to:
- Use the Data Product to train, fine-tune, and evaluate machine learning models, including Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Incorporate Data Product content into AI models and commercialize the resulting outputs.
- Create derivative AI artifacts, including embeddings, vector databases, indexes, and model weights.
Restrictions
- The Data Product itself may not be sold, redistributed, sublicensed, or shared outside the licensed usage.
- The Licensee must comply with all applicable copyright, intellectual property, privacy, and data protection laws.
Who Can Use It
This dataset is designed for organizations developing multilingual AI systems.
- Foundation Model Developers
- Generative AI Companies
- Machine Translation Providers
- Search Engine Developers
- Speech AI Companies
- NLP Researchers
- Universities
- Government Language Technology Programs
- Technology Companies
- Publishers
- Data Scientists
- Research Institutions
Data Dictionary
| Column Name | Data Type | Description | Possible Values / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISBN | String | International Standard Book Number | ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 |
| Title | String | Title of the publication | Free text |
| Author(s) | String | Author(s) or contributor(s) | Multiple values |
| Publisher | String | Publishing entity | One of 100+ participating publishers |
| Publication Year | Integer | Year of publication | YYYY |
| Language | String | Primary publication language | English, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, etc. |
| File Format | String | Digital format | PDF, EPUB |
| Number of Pages | Integer | Number of pages (where available) | Numeric |
Additional Notes
- The dataset contains 28,500+ proprietary multilingual digital publications licensed by Arts & Science Academic Publications (ASAP).
- Content originates from 100+ publishers worldwide, with commercial licensing rights for AI and machine learning applications.
- Commercial licensing is available globally on a non-exclusive basis.
- Metadata, representative samples, and technical documentation are available upon request.
- Flexible licensing options include fixed-fee, royalty-based, and hybrid commercial agreements.
- Collections can be customized by language, region, publisher, publication type, or business requirements.
- Secure enterprise-scale delivery is available via FTP/SFTP.
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