Book Lovers Day. Book addicts rejoice, for it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for! National Book Lovers Day on August 9th harnesses all the excitement readers all over our planet feel about books into one special day.
A day for all those who love to read, National Book Lovers Day encourages you to find your favourite reading place, a great book (whether fiction or non-fiction) and read the day away. Get lost in the words and your imagination.
Minimeba fun fact There are over 129 million books in existence.
There Are Exactly 129,864,880 Books in the World. Google’s data nerds have gone to work building a method to determine exactly how many unique books exist in our world. Turns out, after much figuring, that the count comes up just shy of 130 million
Thanks Google! Next time you find yourself saying out loud “Ugh, can’t find a good book to read,” know that you have a lot to choose from. No excuse!
Book Lovers Day
While no one is really sure of the origins of this day, for it’s shrouded in lots of mystery and rumour, the books themselves and how they came to be are not fiction. Initially, carvings on stone tablets, the book was created to make writings and drawings portable for those who couldn’t carry around heavy stone tablets. Can you imagine if you had to lug those around in your backpack at school? It was made from parchment or vellum, which is calfskin and was bound tightly with a wooden cover. The cover was wrapped in leather more often than not to prevent the wood from getting wet and had straps to hold it shut. Thanks to the dawn of the modern age, however, books became much cheaper thanks to printing capabilities that made it easy to print. The invention of the printing press, the typewriter and the computer all affected the book market – for obvious reasons!
Minimeba fun fact: Icelandic people read more than anyone.
Perhaps it has to do with the weather, or maybe they’re just taught to really love books. Either way, Iceland for the win!
Nowadays, we don’t buy our books from book shops. Instead, buy them online and read them via our fancy phones and tablets, making it even easier to carry around a small library in your pocket or suitcase to enjoy no matter where you find yourself. We are so lucky, aren’t we? Our ancestors must be jealous!
So with all that said or should we say written, don’t be shy, share with us your favourite books. Use #NationalBookLoversDay to post on social media and spread the word.
Minimeba food for thought: Illiteracy is still a huge problem throughout the world.
One in five adults around the world can’t read or write, with the highest rates in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Happy Book Lovers Day
Reference: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/book-lovers-day/
Book Lovers Day
Behold the Book!
Book addicts rejoice, for it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for!
National Book Lovers Day on August 9th harnesses all the excitement readers all over our planet feel about books into one special day.
There are exactly 129,864,880 books in the World.
Google’s data boffins have gone to work building a method to determine exactly how many unique books exist in our world.
Turns out, after much figuring, that the count comes up just shy of 130 million
Thanks, Google!
Next time you find yourself saying out loud “ugh, can’t find a good book to read”, know that you have a lot to choose from.
No excuse!
No one is really sure of the origin of this day.
It is shrouded in mystery, and rumour has it the books themselves (and how they came to be) are not fiction.
Initially, they were carvings on stone tablets.
Books were created to make writings and drawings portable for those who couldn’t carry around heavy stone tablets.
Can you imagine if you had to lug those around in your backpack at school?
Books were made from parchment or vellum, which is calfskin and bound tightly with a wooden cover.
The cover was wrapped in leather more often than not to prevent the wood from getting wet and had straps to hold it shut.
Thanks to the dawn of the modern age, however, books became much cheaper thanks to printing capabilities that made them easier to produce.
The invention of the printing press, the typewriter and the computer all affected the book market – for obvious reasons!
Perhaps it has to do with the weather, or maybe they’re just taught to really love books.
Either way, Iceland for the win!
Nowadays, we don’t always buy our books from book shops.
Instead, buy them online and read them via our fancy phones and tablets, making it even easier to carry around a small library in your pocket or suitcase to enjoy no matter where you find yourself.
We are so lucky, aren’t we?
Our ancestors must be jealous!
So with all that said or should we say written, don’t be shy, share with us your favourite books.
Use #NationalBookLoversDay to post on social media and spread the word.
Reading is a Privilege!
Behold the Book!
Book addicts rejoice, for it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for!
National Book Lovers Day on August 9th harnesses all the excitement readers all over our planet feel about books into one special day.
There are exactly 129,864,880 books in the World.
Google’s data boffins have gone to work building a method to determine exactly how many unique books exist in our world.
Turns out, after much figuring, that the count comes up just shy of 130 million
Thanks, Google!
Next time you find yourself saying out loud “ugh, can’t find a good book to read”, know that you have a lot to choose from.
No excuse!
No one is really sure of the origin of this day.
It is shrouded in mystery, and rumour has it the books themselves (and how they came to be) are not fiction.
Initially, they were carvings on stone tablets.
Books were created to make writings and drawings portable for those who couldn’t carry around heavy stone tablets.
Can you imagine if you had to lug those around in your backpack at school?
Books were made from parchment or vellum, which is calfskin and bound tightly with a wooden cover.
The cover was wrapped in leather more often than not to prevent the wood from getting wet and had straps to hold it shut.
Thanks to the dawn of the modern age, however, books became much cheaper thanks to printing capabilities that made them easier to produce.
The invention of the printing press, the typewriter and the computer all affected the book market – for obvious reasons!
Perhaps it has to do with the weather, or maybe they’re just taught to really love books.
Either way, Iceland for the win!
Nowadays, we don’t always buy our books from book shops.
Instead, buy them online and read them via our fancy phones and tablets, making it even easier to carry around a small library in your pocket or suitcase to enjoy no matter where you find yourself.
We are so lucky, aren’t we?
Our ancestors must be jealous!
So with all that said or should we say written, don’t be shy, share with us your favourite books.
Use #NationalBookLoversDay to post on social media and spread the word.
