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<title>Goodreads Partners with First Book to Fight Illiteracy</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-33873" title="bookclub" src="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/files/2011/07/bookclub.png" alt="" width="136" height="136" />Goodreads has partnered with <a href="http://www.firstbook.org/">First Book</a>, a charity group whose mission is to make sure children who reside in low-income communities are able to have access to books. Together, these two organizations will be fighting illiteracy using the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/bookclub">Goodreads Book Club</a>.</p>
<p>Every time 10,000 Goodreads members add <em>A Visit From the Goon Squad</em> to their shelves, the organization promises to donate 1,000 books. So far, 25,000 members have added the book. If another 5,000 members follow, then Goodreads will provide 3,000 books.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s more from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/288-read-for-a-good-cause-with-goodreads-book-club">the site&#8217;s blog post</a>: &#8220;Our initial goal is to donate 5,000 books—which means we need 50,000 people to add <em>A Visit From The Goon Squad</em> by August 2, when the Book Club concludes with a live video chat with author <strong>Jennifer Egan</strong>. If more than 50,000 people add the book before the end date, we will honor our pledge and donate up to 10,000 books!&#8221;</p>
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