Frequently Asked Questions

The Global Book Passport is a digital reading journal organized by place. It covers 195+ countries, 28 autonomous and distinct cultural regions, 55 dependent territories, and 113 indigenous and ethnic groups — with three entries per page, each including a flag or cultural imagery, capital city, official languages, currency, and space to log what you've read. It's designed to help you intentionally seek out books from around the world and build a meaningful record of your global reading life.

The Global Book Passport ($20) is the complete edition — 195+ countries, 28 autonomous and distinct cultural regions, 55 dependent territories, and 113 indigenous and ethnic groups, all in one volume.

The Regional Passports ($6 each) each focus on one area of the world: Africa & Middle East (95 countries, places, and cultural groups), The Americas (75), Europe (66), Asia & Oceania (85), and Indigenous Nations of North America (39+). They're perfect for a focused reading challenge, classroom use, or if you want to explore one region at a time.

The Global Passport includes 195+ countries, 28 autonomous and distinct cultural regions, 55 dependent territories, and 113 indigenous and ethnic groups. The regional editions break these down by area: Africa & Middle East (95 countries, places, and cultural groups from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula), The Americas (75, from North America to the Caribbean and South America), Europe (66, across Northern, Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe), Asia & Oceania (85, from Central Asia to the Pacific Islands), and Indigenous Nations of North America (39+, with descriptive cultural pages, textile traditions, and space to add more). Every entry includes a flag or traditional textile imagery, capital city, official languages, and currency.

Each Indigenous nation entry includes traditional textile or cultural imagery in place of a formal flag (for nations that don't have one), the nation or group name, cultural and geographic context, and the same reading log format used throughout the passport. The Indigenous Nations regional passport includes both North American Indigenous nations and global Indigenous and ethnic groups, approached with care and respect for cultural context.

No — the Global Book Passport is a digital PDF download only. There is no physical version. After purchasing, you receive a PDF file you can open and annotate on your tablet, computer, or phone using any PDF app.

All purchases are processed through Gumroad. Immediately after your payment is complete, Gumroad will send a download link to the email address you used at checkout. You can also access all your purchases at any time through your Gumroad account under "Library." If you don't see the email within a few minutes, check your spam or promotions folder.

First, check your spam folder and your Gumroad account library. If you still can't access your file, Gumroad's customer support can assist with most download issues directly. Download links from Gumroad are typically valid for multiple uses and don't expire quickly.

The most popular choices for iPad users are GoodNotes and Notability — both support handwriting, typing, and PDF annotation, and the hyperlinked navigation works natively in both apps. On Android, Xodo and PDF Annotator work well. On a Mac or PC, Adobe Acrobat or Preview (Mac) handle PDF annotation easily. Any app that supports writing or typing on a PDF will work.

The passport includes a full table of contents with clickable links to each region and country. Within each regional section, there are also navigation links back to the table of contents. This makes it easy to jump to any country without scrolling through the entire document. The hyperlinks work in any PDF app that supports them, including GoodNotes, Notability, Adobe Acrobat, and most other PDF viewers.

All ages. The passport is used by young children reading picture books with their families, older kids and teens tracking their own reading, adults on independent global reading challenges, book clubs exploring world literature, and classroom teachers running cultural reading units. The visual elements — maps, flags, cultural imagery, country facts — are engaging across ages, and the log format works whether you're recording a picture book or a literary novel.

The passport is licensed for personal use only. That means one person (or one household) per purchase. Please do not share, redistribute, or upload the file publicly. If you'd like to use it with a class or book club, each participant should purchase their own copy. Thank you for supporting the work that goes into creating these.

Because the Global Book Passport is an instant digital download, refunds are not offered once the file has been accessed or downloaded. If you experience a technical issue that prevents you from accessing your purchase, please reach out — I'm happy to help troubleshoot or resend your file. If you purchase by mistake before downloading, contact me as soon as possible.

Yes, with one license per student. Each student should have their own copy — purchased individually or through a classroom/school purchase. If you're interested in purchasing multiple copies for a class or school, please reach out to discuss classroom licensing options. The passport works particularly well in homeschool and small classroom settings where students fill in entries after reading together or independently.