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National Book Tokens is a currency-backed voucher scheme, and successor to the book token programme, that is available in the UK and Ireland. They are solely owned and issued by Book Tokens Ltd (part of the Booksellers Association Group of Companies). National Book Tokens are sold and accepted for exchange in almost all UK bookshops, including ...
The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland (BA) is a trade body founded to promote retail bookselling in the United Kingdom and Ireland.It operates the National Book Token scheme in the UK and sponsors the Whitbread Award [1] The BA represents 95% of British retail booksellers. [2]
Book Tokens Ltd (part of the Booksellers Association Group of Companies) was established as the sole issuer of book tokens in the UK. They have now grown into one of the largest multi-retail gift cards in the UK and Ireland and were renamed "National Book Tokens" in 2000, the year the tokens were also sold online for the first time by firstbookshop.com.
In 2016, the awards are presented in seven categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children's, Beautiful Book, Breakthrough Author and Readers' Choice. [ 3 ] In 2017, there are three more categories presented which are Novel, Young Adult and Middle Grade.
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
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World Book Day is not funded by the British Government although the Quick Reads element does receive support from ACE, DIUS and NIACE. The funding for World Book Day activities comes from the major sponsor, National Book Tokens [5] and the UK book trade (publishers and booksellers). Funding also comes from Foras na Gaeilge, An Post and Vision ...