Is there anything better than spending a nice day in the park with a good book? Actually Gabriel Levinson has found a way to make it even better. Enter The Book Bike: a custom-built tricycle stocked with 200 lbs of free books that has been cruising around Chicago’s parks and bookish hot spots since July of 2008. With a mission that “everyone has the right to build and cherish a private library,” The Book Bike has been responsible for placing over 3,000 new and used books into people’s hands all over the Windy City.
 

This summer launches Book Bike 2.0 which will focus on independent publishers: from hand-crafted zines to literary magazines and books. Better yet we are told that “every book and magazine given away will have been paid for, thus directly supporting independent press and publishing around the world while keeping with the mission of free books for all.”

Thank you Mr. Book Bike…our only questions is when are you going to ride out to Brooklyn?