The change of name from Store to Library is a good decision I think. It really stood out when I first went to LingQ, you even have/had a FAQ about it.

It’ll be interesting to see what direction partnering with content providers will take. I would have thought a medium to large provider would be more interested in licensing your tools rather than you hosting their content. But that’s merely my guess.

Everyone’s approach to language learning is different I think. Although I doubt LingQ would be the principle tool I’d use, I’ll definitely continue to visit and see what you’re doing. You’ve certainly given me ideas for my own studies.

I wish LingQ every success.
The more language education sites around the better it is for language learners.

On the issue of content, we are actually not intending to start charging for all content. There is some content available for sale now but the majority is free and will continue to be so. In fact, we recently changed the name of the Store to Library to reflect this reality.

We are also not really interested in producing a lot of content ourselves. There is so much great content out there already and it can all be used to learn from on LingQ. We don’t want to limit what people can use to learn from. We will improve our grading system to help users find content at their levels better and we will continue to improve our system and make it easier to use. Obviously, copyright is an issue as well and we would rather deal with it by trying to partner with content producers. We will be more active in this area in a few months time.

We look forward to your reaction to future improvements.

Mark Kaufmann
Chief Operating Officer
LingQ.com