Mashable, National Book Foundation, and Penguin Random House employees pose at the Mashable offices in New York City on January 24, National Readathon Day. That’s our executive director Harold Augenbraum sitting on the bottom step at left; assistant director Leslie Shipman on the right, third row from the top; and program manager Benjamin Samuel at the top of the pyramid.
Where are you celebrating #NationalReadathonDay? And with who? I’m reading Elena Ferrante at a cozy bar with mulled wine.
Sounds perfect! (Sigh…)
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (Happy National Readathon Day.)
We are using our “quiet” voices to ask everyone to make #Time to Read!
RG @halseanderson: Happy National Readathon Day! I’m making #timetoread How It Went Down by @keklamagoon !
NYPL President Tony Marx always finds #timetoread! Grab a book and join us for National Readathon Day this Saturday at one of the 13 participating NYPL branches. If you can’t join us in person, show us where you’re reading with the hashtag #ireadeverywhere!
National Book Foundation very much appreciates the support of our wonderful board of directors– including NYPL President Tony Marx!
RG @magersandquinn: It’s been a bit up in the air, but we just received our order of Seamus Heaney’s translation of BEOWULF to read this Saturday for #NationalReadathonDay! Join us at 12:00 and help us read Heaney’s translation from start to finish!
Hey Minneapolis book lovers! Here’s where you should be this Saturday. National Book Award Winner Will Alexander will be there. What about YOU?!
Who’s this? Why it’s National Book Winner Phil Klay! Phil just picked up a copy of National Book Award Finalist Citizen to read tomorrow on National Readathon Day!
More than 500 book lovers across the country will be reading from noon to 4pm to raise funds for NBF’s educational programs. Oh, and the top fundraising team wins an exclusive reading with Phil Klay!!
We hope you’ll join us and be sure to let us know what YOU are reading! Tag us in your photos and let everyone know you are making #TimeToRead!
Inspired by Kerry’s post, I plan to take part in the first ever National Readathon this Saturday, January 24th. Reading for a good cause just feels like a no-brainer. I hit up my local book store this weekend in preparation and the choice pretty much made itself for me: The Picture...
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. Love to know what other Tumblrers are reading this Saturday…
National Readathon Day - January 24th. What will you be reading?
Jackie Woodson, author of National Book Award Winner Brown Girl Dreaming, is supporting National Readathon Day— January 24, from noon to 4pm, folks across the country will be reading to show their love of literature and help promote a lifelong love of reading in America.
Learn more here!
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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.
Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.
But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”
that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!
They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.
Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores
