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Helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen
emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.

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Helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen
emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.

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Binc Announces Application Extension, Selection Panel for BincTank Bookstore Incubator

Binc Announces Application Extension, Selection Panel for BincTank Bookstore Incubator

A panel of reviewers with a breadth of experience in the book industry has been assembled by the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation to select the second cohort of

Binc Announces Winner of Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists

Binc Announces Winner of Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists

A Delaware bookseller committed to community revitalization has won the sixth Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists awarded by the Friends of Carla Gray Committee and the Book

Applications for Binc’s National Bookstore Business Incubator Open Oct. 13, 2024

Applications for Binc’s National Bookstore Business Incubator Open Oct. 13, 2024

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will accept applications for the second cohort of BincTank, its business incubator pilot program to support BIPOC-owned retail bookselling businesses that are physically

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Annette Stillson, testimonial writer

Annette Stillson

Annette’s Beach Book Nook

During Hurricane Ian a storm surge of over 8 inches wiped it and many other stores and homes out. Thanks to the help from Binc I was able to pay my mortgage, giving me the time to concentrate on what to do next. I’m happy to say I will be opening Annette’s Beach Book Nook on Fort Myers Beach by the end of summer.

TRISH

California, Downtown Book & Sound

Binc provided urgent rent and utility payment assistance after a month-long bout of COVID put me in a deep financial hole. They were kind and nonjudgmental, providing me the ladder necessary to climb out of that pesky hole. Thank you Binc with a special thanks to the people who listened patiently and acted to help promptly.

Kay Kerimian, winner of the 2022 Carla Gray Scholarship

K. Kerimian

The Nonbinarian Book, Bike, NY

A huge thank you to Binc for not only selecting me for the Carla Gray Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists but for supporting me in my gender transition. Because of you, I received gender-affirming surgery this year, which has changed my life. Thank you for everything you do to improve the lives of booksellers everywhere.

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