I created Bohemica.com to put into one place a variety of things I've been working on (with the help of many friends) for some time now. The mission of Bohemica.com is to provide as much information for the student of Czech language and culture as possible. I'm afraid it will never contain all (it just makes for a catchy banner).

Bohemica.com is a dot.commercial web site only in the loosest possible sense of the word. It now costs about 300 dollars a year to run (excluding all computer software and hardware as well as labor) and if a lot of people buy books using the links in the Bookstore it may just about pay for about a tenth of the cost (after 9 months it has generated about $25). Since November 2003, a number of people and organizations have contributed to the upkeep of Bohemica. The total of contributions as of July 2005 is about $180 (depending on exchange rate). See Bohemica.com/sponsors. In July 2005, Bohemica.com acquired a sponsor Advanced International Translations which will cover about half of the expenses for running the site for the next couple of years. Bohemica.com is still looking for sponsors, see box Looking for sponsors.

The materials are free for all to use. Just make sure you mention Bohemica.com, if you want to reuse some of the content for not-for-profit purposes (including private tutoring). Contact me if you would like to know about commercial use of the materials. Some pages may have other limitations imposed on them if other contributors so desire.

If you have any comments about the site design and content, please contact me.