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World Book Night - April 23, 1014

Who is helping give out half a million free books across America on April 23rd? I am. Tonight, more than 25,000 volunteers from Kodiak to Key West will give away a half a million free books in more than 6,000 towns and cities across America.

I am very proud to be a World Book Night Giver. Tonight, I will be handing out to light or non-readers 20 copies of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell at the train tracks in Port Jefferson Station.

Through this ambitious campaign, book lovers like myself promote reading by going into our communities and handing out copies of a book we love, often to those without means or access to a printed book.

It is too late to volunteer to be a giver this year, but anyone can sign up for the WBN e-newsletter and be informed of when the giver application process begins anew in the fall for 2015. Go to: www.WorldBookNight.org

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