Happy Booksgiving Day!

 

Every Thanksgiving we reflect on who or what we are thankful for. Naturally, we quickly think of the loving people in our life and then look at what we have — whether it be a possession or an ability. Perhaps you are thankful for your wealth and health, or where you live, your pets, or even a hobby. Yes, express an attitude of gratitude for all of that. But there is also surging support (well, there should be) for an idea that must come to fruition: Celebrating Booksgiving Day!  

Yes, let us celebrate, dare I say worship, our books. On this day, it is declared that books should be enjoyed and treasured. Reflect on the joys and benefits of what you have read while relishing with anticipation of the books to come.   

Here is how you can participate: 

* Buy one or many books, especially from an indie bookstore

* Gift books to one or more people

* Donate a book to libraries, schools, senior centers, prisons

* Read a book — or two today

* Sit with a child or a blind person and read a book to another

* Teach another to read a book

* Volunteer at a library

* Post a book review

* Read about books

* Donate funds to literacy organizations

* Fight censorship and support free speech

* Speak out against banning books

* Display your books proudly to inspire readers

* Talk about books to others

* Join a book club

* Attend an author event

* Write a book — and market it  

Take a moment now to reflect on how thankful you are to be able to experience books and how books have been or can be integral to your life. Books inform and educate. They inspire and motivate. They enlighten us. They entertain. They allow us to discover so much — about the world and ourselves. They help us think of the forgotten, the dead, the historical, and the living. They let us ponder the future and fantasy worlds that we could never really live in except for when a book constructs it for us. Books alert us to what is possible and encourage us to pursue what is even the improbable.  

Put down your phones and step away from mindless and soulless social media. Tuck away the television remote control and silence the endless streaming. Close the laptop and tell work to wait another day. Pull away from tome-wasting web surfing on your desktop.  

It is Booksgiving Day, so honor it by living it. 

Yes, take this time to thank a parent, sibling, child or friend for being in your life, but also thank books for being in your life.   

Thank God or the powers of the universe for your life — and for books.  

Be thankful and feel lucky for being an American — and for being a book reader. 

Be in gratitude for all of the help and support you have received from strangers, charities, volunteers, and the government — and for libraries, authors, bookstores, publishers, printers, and freelance editors and cover designers, book marketers, literary agents, English teachers, and literacy instructors. 

And be aware of all the setbacks you returned from, challenges met, and injuries of mind, body, or wallet that healed or were averted. Heck, be thankful for what gives you pleasure and for the forces that give you the ability to see hope beyond a hopeless situation.   

And give thanks to books by buying, gifting, reading, and/or donating them today. Every day.  

Happy Booksgiving Day! 

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Brian Feinblum should be followed on www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2024. 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 (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully).  This award-winning blog has generated over four million pageviews. With 5,000+ 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 director of publicity positions 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 hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, 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. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.