A few months ago we had a very empty warehouse here in Camberwell, and were in real need of more books to send out to sub-Saharan Africa. We rang round lots of our publisher friends to see if anybody could help us fill up our shipments with books.
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Some of the many pallets donated by Pearson! |
We are delighted to report that we have had an unprecedented response! Extra book donations have been pouring in from Pearson Education, Hachette Livre, Elsevier, Penguin & DK and Random House Children's Books.
Pearson Education are in the process of sending us one of the biggest donations of books Book Aid International has ever received: 120 pallets!
We usually only have space for about 20-30 pallets at a time, so we have been whizzing around on the forklift making extra space and are having to receive the books in shifts!
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Mills & Boon books ready to be packed up |
This autumn we have also received a steady stream of books from the British Library, John Wiley & Sons, Mills & Boon, Nelson Thornes, Profile Books, Rising Stars and Sage.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all those who have helped us get top-quality book donations out to the developing world in 2008. A book is for life, not just for Christmas!
Click here to read more about publishers' involvement with our work.