During the second annual World Book Night on April 23rd, authors, booksellers, librarians, publishers and passionate literary fiends gave away 500,000 free memoirs, novels and non-fiction titles in the United States and 1 million in the United Kingdom. World Book Night is a nonprofit organization supported by American Booksellers Association, Barnes & Noble, the American
During the second annual World Book Night on April 23rd, authors, booksellers, librarians, publishers and passionate literary fiends gave away 500,000 free memoirs, novels and non-fiction titles in the United States and 1 million in the United Kingdom. World Book Night is a nonprofit organization supported by American Booksellers Association, Barnes & Noble, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, Ingram Book Distributors and a slew of book publishers and authors, who, according to USA Today, waived their royalties. Books were given out on the street and in all sorts of other locations, including prisons, children's shelters and book stores.
The Huffington Post, 4/24/2012
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