World Book and Copyright Day: Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Images, Date, and More

Books are the most important sources of knowledge, information, wisdom and moral values. It gives us a lot of joy and happiness and takes us to an imaginary world, and we forget all our stress and worries for a while. There are different varieties of books available based on different genres, which educates us on a lot of different topics. Reading is a wonderful hobby, which makes us a better person and improves our habits and personality. 

The term copyright refers to the act of protecting every author’s original work. Copyright helps the author to own their original work and protects it from being stolen by others without getting any due credit. Copyright can be used on several types of art like books, plays, poems, songs, movies or paintings. 

Introduction of World Book and Copyright Day

23rd April is celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day all over the world, every year. This day aims in encouraging the readers to explore new genres, authors, topics or formats and widen their horizon of reading. World Book and Copyright Day encourages people to start reading and enjoy this process. This day highlights the promotion of reading, publishing and copyrighting, and is observed by all the states who are a member of the United Nations Organization. 

History of World Book and Copyright Day

The original idea for celebrating World Book and Copyright Day was adopted by Vicente Clavel Andres, who was a Valencian author. He wanted to dedicate this day to the legendary author Miguel de Cervantes, whose death anniversary was on 23rd April. 

In the year of 1995, the United Nations General Assembly decided to mark 23rd April as World Book and Copyright Day. The date of the 23rd was very significant because this date marked the birth and death anniversary of various authors around the world, like William Shakespeare, Josep Pla, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born on this day. On the other hand, authors like Haldor K Laxness, Manuel Mejia Vallejo and William Shakespeare passed away on this day. 

The date was finalized by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the conference in Paris in 1995 to pay homage to all the legendary authors worldwide. Today, this day is commemorated by over a hundred countries worldwide and several schools, universities, and other institutions. 

Since 2000, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and some professional organizations have decided to organize the World Book Capital City. A certain city is chosen every year, which takes the initiative to celebrate this day until 23rd April of the following year. 

World Book and Copyright Day 2023 Date

• When is World Book and Copyright Day 2023?

World Book and Copyright Day for the year 2023 is celebrated/observed on Sunday, 23 April.

• World Book and Copyright Day dates for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027

World Book and Copyright Day Quotes

• Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain
• There is no friend as loyal as a book. - Ernest Hemingway
• Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home. - Anna Quindlen
• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read. - Mark Twain
• I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. – Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice
• If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
• I love the smell of book ink in the morning. -Umberto Eco
• The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray
• That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet - Jhumpa Lahiri
• Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. -Mark Haddon
• Books are a uniquely portable magic - Stephen King
• The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you. -Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. - Albert Einstein
• Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know. -Alberto Manguel
• The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night. - Isabel Allende
• I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. - J.K. Rowling
• Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home. - Anna Quindlen
• There is no friend as loyal as a book. - Ernest Hemingway
• If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
• Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai
• A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. -George R.R. Martin
• If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

World Book and Copyright Day Messages

• Those who have been addicted to books know that that addiction is stronger than the addiction to drugs. Happy World Book Day!
• We remember the joy of buying a new book and even today there are kids who are deprived of that joy. Let us take a pledge to donate a book to at least one child this 23rd of April. Happy World Book Day!
• Consider yourself a successful parent if you have been able to instill a love for books in your children. Happy World Book Day!
• Here’s me thanking all the parents in the world who have introduced their kids to books because you have opened a world of joy to your children that they will always be grateful for. Happy World Book Day!
• The habit of reading is the best habit to pick up in life. Happy World Book Day!
• There is nothing better than getting lost in a world of books. Happy World Book Day!

World Book and Copyright Day Wishes

• It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. - Oscar Wilde
• That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. - Jhumpa Lahiri
• The world was hers for the reading. - Betty Smith
• Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack - Virginia Woolf
• 'Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world - Malala Yousafzai
• You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. - James Baldwin
• I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a book. - J.K. Rowling
• Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
• If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
• That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. -Jhumpa Lahiri
• I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas. I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud. - Nnedi Okorafor

Significance of World Book and Copyright Day

World Book and Copyright Day is incredibly significant because this day encourages us to develop the habit of reading books. The initiative to celebrate this day was taken by UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to spread the joy and happiness of reading. This day shows the importance of books in our lives and their contributions. It also highlights the work of eminent writers and authors worldwide who contributed to the social and cultural progress of human civilization. This day celebrates all the important sections of the book industry: the authors, publishers, booksellers, and libraries. World Book and Copyright Day also promotes the act of reading, publishing and copyrighting. The reasons why reading books is important are:

• Reading books activates our deeper feelings and helps us to empathize with the characters of the book. It helps us to understand what others feel or go through in life.
• Reading books helps us in improving our vocabulary. While reading, we learn a lot of new words, which we may not have heard or seen before. It helps us to explore and understand the meaning of new words and thus builds and improves our vocabulary. 
• Reading helps in keeping our mind young and keeps it engaged as we grow older. Reading stimulates the brain and keeps the mind alert and young, and improve cognitive functioning. 
• Reading helps us to reduce our stress and tensions. While reading, we can escape into the imaginary world of the stories. The habit of reading regularly can lower blood pressure, heart diseases, or psychological distress.
• Reading before going to bed and reduce stress and thus help in providing a good sleep for the whole night. Doctors also recommend reading books if a person is facing trouble falling asleep. 

Importance of copyright

• Copyright ensures exclusive ownership of the original work. Once we get the copyright on our work, others cannot use it without permission. We can take legal action if any violation of the copyright takes place. 
• Copyright provides a public record of the original work we have created.
• We can have entire control over our work and prevent any kind of misuse regarding the work. ‘
• Copyright gives us a lot of economic benefits as well. We can get these benefits or revenues each time someone uses our work. 
• Copyrighting motivates us to create new and original ideas and display it to the world. 

World Book and Copyright Day emphasizes the importance of reading, publishing and copyrighting, and spreading awareness to the general public. 

How is World Book and Copyright Day Celebrated?

In the year 2021, World Book and Copyright Day was celebrated in the city of Georgia because it is the World Book Capital for the year 2021. The World Book Capital Advisory Committee chooses the World Book Capital City. The event was based on the slogan of, OK, so your Next Book is..? and the even stressed on the use of technology to promote the habit of reading among the young people. The program involved several sustainable and large-scale activities like libraries and a festival of books for children. It also included a state-of-the-art project which transforms books into games. The main objective was to develop and popularize the habit of reading and give access to books to those who cannot afford them.

World Book Day in different countries

• Sweden- World Book Day in Sweden is known as Världsbokdagen but copyrighting is not given that much importance. 
• United Kingdom and Ireland- World Book Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom by releasing special editions of certain books. The Reading Agency organizes an event known as World Book Night.
• United States of America- World Book Day in America is celebrated by a street festival in Maryland.  

When is World Book and Copyright Day Celebrated?

World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated every year on 23rd April. It was celebrated for the first time on 23rd April in the year 1995. It will be celebrated on 23rd April in the year of 2022. 

Theme of World Book and Copyright Day

World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated every year on the basis of a particular theme. The theme for the year 2022 is You Are A Reader. The main focus of this theme is to promote reading among young children and also to provide books to the children who are not privileged enough to avail them. 

Some Interesting Fcats about Books

• The length of the smallest book in the world is a hundred micrometres by seventy micrometres. It is known as Teeny Ted. 
• There are four books at Harvard University which is bound by the skin of a human.
• It takes approximately four hundred and seventy-five hours to write a novel.
• Harry Potter is one of the most read books in the world. 
• The fact of loving the smell of old books is known is Bibliosmia. 
• There are over nine hundred thousand books published every year.

Books and copyrighting are of great relevance in the world in the modern days. We should cultivate the habit of reading books and also might donate some old ones to the underprivileged children who cannot afford them.