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Czech company Knihobot sells millions of used books onlineCEFR A1
19 Oct 2025
Adapted from Filip Noubel, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Anni Karppinen, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
1 min
55 words
- The Czech Republic reads many books.
- A 2022 survey found 65 percent read.
- Antikvariát shops sold banned books before.
- People want used books after COVID-19.
- Knihobot started in 2019 in Zlín.
- The founder is Dominik Gazdoš.
- Knihobot picks up and sells books.
- It sold three million books so far.
- Some media criticise labour conditions.
Difficult words
- book — A set of written pages bound together.books
- order — To request something to be delivered.
- easy — Not difficult; simple to do.
- home — A place where someone lives.homes
- sell — To give something in exchange for money.
- photo — A picture taken with a camera.photos
- used — Previously owned or not new.
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Discussion questions
- What do you think about buying used books?
- Why do you think people like to read?
- How important is it to have easy access to books?
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