It began last year in the UK. A way to give away books and show support for libraries, bookstores, and promote reading all at once, apparently tens of thousands of people will be out today giving away any of 30 selected free books on the anniversary of Cervantes’ death, as well as Shakespeare’s birth and death. According to the website, World Book Night U.S. is a nonprofit organization and applying for tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, supported by American book publishers, the American Booksellers Association, Barnes & Noble, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, and Ingram Book Distributors.
Anyone doing this?
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St. Johns Books was a hub for distribution in Portland; I didn't hand any out, but I did rummage through the pile of boxes to get them to the WBN people as they came to pick their books up.
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