This day, beginning with 2008, at the initiative of the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan is traditionally celebrated as the Book Donation Day. It is celebrated by the Armenian communities in different countries of the world. People donate books to libraries, orphanages, schools, trying to regain its former significance. In these days many young people go to bookstores. In fact, this is some kind of a promotion of reading.

Each year, the RA Ministry of Culture with the support of the RA Writers' Union of Armenia donate books, published by state order to the municipal, regional, as well as Artsakh and Javakhk libraries.

Today, YSU Publishing House also joined this initiative and donated numerous books to a number of universities, schools, YSU lecturers and students.

“Donation of books has become a tradition at YSU. We will do everything possible to expand this initiative. This day is very symbolic. Donating books, we hope that the culture of reading will develop, and many people will have the opportunity to read not only professional, but also fiction books. The main goal is to donate books to the universitarians and to establish the culture of giving books each other among them,” – said Director of YSU Publishing House Karen Grigoryan.

YSU Publishing House has mainly donated education and academic-oriented books.