World Book Night

World Book Night U.S released an interactive map of participating book donors, official stores, and libraries taking part in the festivities later this month. According to Executive Director Carl Lennertz, the site is a great tool for all book lovers who can look up the resources contributing to the event in their own areas, which are broken down by zip code on the map. This year, there are a record 2,330 WBN host stores and libraries, many offering giveaway events, as well as over 25,000 individual book givers, all of which are easily discovered via the new map.

Lennertz added that "Along with the hundreds of store and library receptions, where media can interview givers, we feel these two new tools, along with very cool news for the givers still to come, will greatly magnify the sense of local pride in WBN and boost our social media traffic to new highs." The official WBN site also has a map of Kickoff Author events around the country, leading up to the April 23rd book donation main event.