World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2025
World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books—a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures. On this occasion, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry—publishers, booksellers and libraries—select the World Book Capital for a year to maintain, through its own initiatives, the impetus of the Day’s celebrations.
Books, in all their forms, allow us to learn and to keep ourselves informed. They also entertain us and help us to understand the world, while offering a window into otherness. With the active involvement of all stakeholders, such as authors, publishers, teachers, librarians, public and private institutions, humanitarian NGOs and the mass media, and all those who feel motivated to work together in celebration of books and authors, World Book and Copyright Day has become a platform to rally together millions of people all around the world.
In celebration of this day, we invite you to explore a curation of insightful articles, journals, and Special Issues across various fields, including scholarly publication, human intelligence, and education science. By sharing these findings, we pay tribute to books and authors, encouraging everyone to access books.
At the same time, we invite you to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day with Preprints.org. From 23 April to 23 May, join researchers and scholars worldwide for a month of reading, connection, and exploration. Starting 23 April, the new Reading List feature invites you to take part in the Preprints Reading Marathon and Reader’s Choice programs—curate reading lists, engage in peer-driven discussions, and earn recognition for your contributions.
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“Diamond Open Access Landscape in Croatia: DIAMAS Survey Results”
by Jadranka Stojanovski and Danijel Mofardin
Publications 2025, 13(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/publications13010013
“Reading Comprehension in Older Adults—Effects of Age, Educational Level, and Reading Habits”
by Bernardo Riffo, Carlos Rojas, Andrea Helo, Mónica Véliz, Paula Urzúa, Gloria Gutierrez and Ernesto Guerra
J. Intell. 2025, 13(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13010004
“Executive Functioning in Different Types of Reading Disabilities”
by Irene Cadime, Bruna Rodrigues, Iolanda Ribeiro and María Teresa Martín-Aragoneses
J. Intell. 2024, 12(10), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12100101
“The Influence of Format Readability on Children’s Reading Speed and Comprehension”
by Stephanie L. Day, Nilsu Atilgan, Amy E. Giroux and Ben D. Sawyer
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(8), 854; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080854
“Braiding the Ropes: Adding Second or Additional Language Acquisition to Reading and Writing Metaphors”
by Jennifer M. Lane and Teresa J. Kennedy
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(8), 901; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080901
“A Review of Meta-Analyses of Correlation Coefficients on L2 Reading Comprehension”
by Eun-Hee Jeon and Junko Yamashita
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(7), 715; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070715
“Finding Free OER Textbooks Online: Untangling the Web”
by William H. Walters
Publications 2024, 12(4), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/publications12040032
“Towards an All-Ireland Diamond Open Access Publishing Platform: The PublishOA.ie Project—2022–2024”
by Jane Mahony
Publications 2024, 12(3), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/publications12030019
“Research on the Influence Path of Metacognitive Reading Strategies on Scientific Literacy”
by Yong Xie, Jingying Wang, Siqi Li and Yonghe Zheng
J. Intell. 2023, 11(5), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11050078
“The Landscape of Scholarly Book Publishing in Croatia: Finding Pathways for Viable Open Access Models”
by Iva Melinščak Zlodi
Publications 2023, 11(1), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/publications11010017
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“Future Developments and the Landscape of Open Access Databases in 2040” |
“Academic Libraries in Supporting Research” |
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