Give A Little Bit

In less than two years an idea was conceived and implemented last night to give away one million books. World Book Night had its controversy with concerns that this increased distribution would cause a perception of the reduced value of books. As I have already mentioned, my best and earliest memories were of free books, and I am currently a book purchaser so we have at least one case to dispute this theory.

While hard to find news of how the event turned out due to BBC limitations on US video access, I did find a link from The Guardian discussing the Friday readings in Trafalgar Square.

Another nice read is a list of books from various authors on which titles they would give away and which books have been nice to receive. (Having just finished it, I was pleased to see Great Expectations by Charles Dickens on the list).