James Patterson is fulfilling his promise to give one million dollars to independent bookstores around the country.
Every day, booksellers are out there saving our country’s literature,” Patterson said in a news release. “The work they do to support schools and the rest of their communities leaves a lasting love of reading in children and adults…. What are we if we don’t have our own literature? I couldn’t be happier to, very humbly, support booksellers in their mission.
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