While the Pacific Northwest braces for another round of heavy rain and wind, communities have already been impacted by flooding. Mudslides and road closures are impacting deliveries and forcing evacuations. We are keeping those impacted in our thoughts. If you want to donate to help booksellers impacted by this flooding and other catastrophes, the Binc …
Tomorrow, January 15, 2025, Island Books in Mercer Island, WA will donate 25% of all their sales, including online sales from 9 am to 7 pm, to World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit that is providing fresh meals and clean water to people impacted by the California fires. You can also support bookstores and comic book …
The Winners of the Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers Congratulations to the five writer-booksellers who have been selected to receive the $10,000 Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers. The Susan Kamil Scholarship was established by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and bestselling author Charles Duhigg and Liz Alter, a professor of biology at California State University Monterey …
From the blog of Island Books of Mercer Island, WA: It’s finally (almost) here! Our Golden Jubilee, our 50th Anniversary as a Mercer Island landmark. A place where generations of families have walked through the doors and browsed for hours upon hours, year after year. Shopped for gifts, brought their kids—and then grandkids—to storytime and …
Even if your local independent bookstore is not open for browsing, you can still support independent bookstores every day and celebrate Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday. Independent Bookstore Day was rescheduled for this Saturday, August 29, when the original April 25 festivities had to be postponed. Because social distancing measures are still so necessary for …
Shaun Bythell’s follow-up to Diary of a Bookseller is out this week. Confessions of a Bookseller picks up where Diary left off. Yes, Wigtown is still out in the ruralest of rural places in Scotland. Yes, people still don’t understand how used book stores work. Yes, Shaun still wrestles with his staff understanding where books …
Yesterday, the American Booksellers Association announced the launch of a fundraising and promotional campaign to raise money for indie bookstores and to increase awareness about the vital role the indies play in supporting authors, books, and ideas, and in contributing to our communities. Look for #SaveIndieBookstores on social media and SaveIndieBookstores.com online. The ABA’s CEO, …
Out of an abundance of caution and concern for everyone, this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. August 29, 2020, a Saturday, is the tentative new date. Visit our SIBD web page seattlebookstoreday.org. It lists all of the bookstores involved in this year’s event. Many, if not most, …
100 of your favorite authors/illustrators/celebrities have come together to support booksellers and their families. These talented individuals have turned humble ceramic piggy banks into works of art to raise funds to support the Binc Foundation. Binc (The Book Industry Charitable Foundation) is the only non-profit that provides financial assistance to bookstore employees who have a …
Authors, illustrators, and famous booklovers from around the country have rallied to create original, one-of-a-kind piggy banks you can bid on to support booksellers in hardship. The fundraiser goes through this Friday, September 30. From the Binc Foundation and Nashville’s Parnassus Books: Parnassus Books and the Binc Foundation are dedicated to helping book people across …
