International publishing organizations are calling on this unique World Book and Copyright Day for support urgently needed by the books business—in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Kuala Lumpur Opens its World Book Capital Year
In Malaysia as it launches its World Book Capital year under the restrictions of the pandemic, the city’s mayor quotes the Quran and ‘Winnie the Pooh.’
Amazon Crossing Rolls Out Its 2020 Free World Book Day Translations
From Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina, this year’s free books from Amazon Crossing arrive amid frontier-defying contagion.
In Tbilisi, Georgia Plans World Book and Copyright Day Online
On April 23, the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association expects to stream a busy World Book and Copyright Day program online.
The UK’s 2020 World Book Day: ‘Reading in Sharp Decline’
Armed with new and disturbing survey information about youth reading from the National Literary Trust, this year’s UK World Book Day hands out book tokens.
The UK’s World Book Day Names a First Chief Executive
Cassie Chadderton is being tapped by the London-based reading charity for ‘her track record of representing policy and political and stakeholder relations.’
China Bestsellers for May: Staying Power and Stalwarts
The resilience of a Scottish author’s popularity in China puts a third book on the list, and a Frenchman’s business book arrives as ‘The American Trap.’
China Bestsellers for April: World Book Day Promos, Liu Cixin, and Camus
Marketing for World Book Day boosted titles we find on April’s China bestseller lists. And Albert Camus’ 1942 ‘L’Étranger’ charts for the first time.
For World Book Day, Amazon Crossing Rolls Out Its 2019 ‘Read the World’ Offer
To celebrate World Book Day, Amazon Crossing is giving away books translated from Spanish, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Swedish, Japanese, and Norwegian.
Readers Rack Up Pages Read in Free Translations from AmazonCrossing for World Book Day
A fast-updating ticker from Amazon Charts is displaying how many pages have been read in nine AmazonCrossing translations that can be downloaded free through April 24 in recognition of World Book Day.
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