ANN ARBOR, MI – Two industry leaders and former Borders employees with years of retail, sales, and marketing experience in the book industry have joined the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation board of directors. Meghan Holmes (right) is a marketing executive with over 16 years of leadership experience in the retail and marketing agency sectors. […]
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ANN ARBOR, MI — Applications are open for current booksellers from a physical bookstore interested in learning about the publishing arm of the industry to apply for a scholarship to attend the Denver Publishing Institute (DPI). The scholarship, offered by the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation in collaboration with Sourcebooks and the Denver Publishing Institute at the […]
ANN ARBOR, MI—Thanks to the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation board of directors every donation up to a total of $6,000 will be doubled. The foundation needs to raise another $50,000 by the end of the year to ensure every book and comic person gets the help they need. This year the average financial assistance […]
ANN ARBOR, MI—Thanks to the co-owners of Comics Place in Bellingham, WA, three additional scholarships will be provided to first-time attendees of the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, CA, February 18-21, 2026. This is in addition to the four scholarships funded by the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation. The funds, up to $1,500 per scholarship, […]
ANN ARBOR, MI–The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will provide four scholarships for comic store owners and their employees to attend the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, CA, February 18-21, 2026. The funds, up to $1,500 per scholarship, may be used for travel, lodging, and meals; ComicsPRO will cover the registration fee for the meeting. The […]
ANN ARBOR, MI–Thanks to Macmillan Publishers, every Giving Tuesday donation up to a total of $10,000 will be doubled, ensuring the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation can continue to help every book and comic person in need, including the six families who faced housing instability, loss of critical household income, and serious medical challenges in […]
ANN ARBOR, MI–The need for emergency financial assistance within the book and comic community continues to grow and thanks to Penguin Random House, AdventureKEEN, and HarperCollins, the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will launch its year-end campaign Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, with a $30,000 matching gift challenge, its largest ever. “Book and comic people need […]
ANN ARBOR, MI — A Massachusetts bookseller committed to preventing overdoses in their community has won the seventh Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists awarded by the Friends of Carla Gray Committee and the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation. Kaylee Tada from Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA, will receive a year-long scholarship for professional […]
ANN ARBOR, MI – Two booksellers have been selected to receive a $12,500 prize that provides the aspiring writer-booksellers with the financial support to focus on a full-length manuscript. The Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize was established by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and bestselling author Charles Duhigg and his wife Liz Alter, a professor of biology […]
ANN ARBOR, MI—The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation is accepting applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists Sept. 1-20, 2025. The winning bookseller will be awarded a year-long scholarship for professional development, which includes travel and hotel to attend Winter Institute 2026, travel and hotel to attend their 2026 regional fall tradeshow and a […]