Celebrate World Book Day April 23rd!

 

How will you celebrate World Book Day?

Notice how I did not ask:  Will you celebrate it? That is not an option.

If you love books, care about free speech, and are concerned about literacy rates you will celebrate books every day in so many ways. 

UNESCO celebrates World Book Day to mark the anniversary of the deaths of great writers, William Shakespear and Miguel de Cervantes. The day also intends to encourage children to enjoy reading books, enhance literacy, and turn the act of reading into a lifelong habit. This year, Rabat was named the book capital  by UNESCO. This is also Copyright Day, where we honor the legal protections of a writer's creative work and seek to stomp out piracy.

Here are some suggestions of what you can do on World Book Day:

1. Work on writing your book.

2. Buy a book or two or three!

3. Discuss a book with others.

4. Read a book.

5. Visit a library.

6. Gift a new book to someone, especially a kid in a poor neighborhood.

7. Donate books or funds to a library.

8. Volunteer to read books to the blind, illiterates, the elderly, the young, or the sick.

9. Protest a book ban and encourage free speech.

10. Post on social media your love of books and encourage others to read, write, buy, share, and donate books.

11. Open a book store or help finance someone’s bookstore dream.

12. Build a little free library and stock it.

13. Support prison libraries.

14. Volunteer your time to help stock shelves, repair a local library, or do community outreach

15. Learn about great writers and books — and share what you know with others.

 

The idea for World Book Day originated from a Spanish celebration known as "The Day of Books and Roses." It is celebrated in over 100 countries. School children frequently dress up as their favorite literary characters to celebrate. 

“We champion reading for fun,” says www.worldbookday.com.  “That’s because it seriously improves lives.  Today, only one in three young people likes reading. We’re determined to change this by inspiring them to see reading differently. Together, let’s help every child enjoy the life-changing benefits of reading for fun.”

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 5,950,000 page views. With 5,600+ posts over the past 15 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.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity 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.

 

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) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

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.

 

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.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum