Virtual bookshelf receives donations of books for public libraries in Rio during the READ

WebSite, bringing together 2.600 bookstores, booksellers and small bookstores from all over Brazil, perform voluntary action in order to collect books to be donated to the State Library System of Rio de Janeiro

Engaged in the power of reading transformation, digital platform for books Virtual Bookshelf was invited to participate as a volunteer for an action to take place during the READ - Carioca Book Fair, aiming to collect books that will be donated to the State Library System of Rio de Janeiro. The event, What happens between 17 and 20 de Mayo, It is to promote the reopening of the Park Library (closed two years ago), in downtown Rio, which will be held RSI.

In addition to facilitating the receipt and organization of the specimens donated by the public to the registered institutions, Virtual Bookshelf also deliver purchased books next to your network 2.600 bookstores and small bookstores from all over Brazil. “We are very happy for the invitation, by participation in the READ 2018 and that we can contribute to this important moment to revitalize the state library system in Rio de Janeiro”, reveals the Virtual Bookshelf Marketing Manager, Erica Cardenas.

The campaign will receive new books, dealers and used in good condition, emphasis added or damage. To facilitate the donation of copies, the securities received will be divided into categories: Fiction (for children, Youth and adults) and Non-Fiction (for History, biographies and reportage).

According to the superintendent of Reading and knowledge of the State Secretariat for Culture of Rio de Janeiro, Juca Ribeiro, The collected books will be directed specifically to three libraries: Quilombo Library Project Tapera (Petrópolis/RJ), Solidarity Library of Manguinhos (Rio de Janeiro/RJ) and Municipal Public Library Dr. Mauricio de Lacerda (Brushes / RJ).

Considered as the largest portal of selling books in Brazil and the largest Portuguese-speaking world acquis, Virtual Bookshelf, today, sum forces Bookstore Culture and Fnac Brazil, under the slogan: "Culture is what binds us".