How To Protect Books, Further Free Speech, and Increase Literacy

  

With the holiday season upon us, you will no doubt be inundated with solicitations to give to many causes and organizations, from helping military veterans and feeding the homeless, to eradicating a disease or saving the environment. But what I hope you leave room in your heart and wallet for are books.   

Yes, buy books as presents or for yourself, but also support book-centric causes, such as fighting book bans, helping people to become readers, and keeping libraries open.  

The many ways to support book-related charities and non-profits, such as literacy groups, free speech advocates, and libraries, include the following:  

* Donate books

* Volunteer your time

* Give money to an organization

* Provide other goods or services

* Lobby others to give/participate

* Share useful ideas with them

* Learn about the issues, trends, needs, and challenges these organizations face

* Show your support privately and publicly

* Protest, shun, or lobby against enemies of your cause

* Vote and campaign for elected officials who support the entity or cause  

Don’t know where to go to help? Start locally, then expand to your state, the rest of the country, and even the world.  Here are some nationwide organizations worthy of your dollars. Contact them to see how you can participate locally and help nationally:  

Literacy

* Book Aid International

* World Literacy Foundation

* Reading Is Fundamental

* Literacy For Incarcerated Teens

* Reading Partners

* First Book

* Room To Read 

Free Speech

* Free Expression Network (PEN)

* National Coalition Against Censorship

* Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

* ACLU 

Libraries

* American Library Association

* Public Library Association

* Little Free Library

* Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services

* International Federation of Libraries and Institutions 

Honor the spirit of giving and join the mission to educate, inform, inspire, and enlighten the world through the truth, imagination, instruction, and hope of books. 

Happy Holidays! 

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Brian Feinblum should be followed on LinkedIn. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2023. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.  This award-winning blog has generated over 3.4 million pageviews. With 4,600+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and two jobs at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He recently hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. He has been featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald. For more information, please consult: www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum.