Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kan. launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
One of the few remaining distributors specializing in distributing independent publishers has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help underwrite a plan to close a warehouse, partner with other distributors, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston, Ill., which announced several weeks ago that it was forced to move to another space after its landlord raised the rent 125%, launched a GoFundMe campaign to finance the move. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
As wildfires spread across the West, Oregon's Blackstone Publishing has started a GoFundMe campaign in support of eight employees who have lost their homes, while Binc begins to aid booksellers in need. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
After confusion regarding the legitimacy of a GoFundMe campaign to benefit two Minneapolis bookstores that burned down Friday night, the store's owner has taken it over and is urging supporters to donate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Small Press Distribution, which has brought titles from hundreds of independent publishers to readers for more than 50 years, is in urgent need of financial help to keep from folding. A GoFundMe campaign is aiming to raise $100,000 to cover its next month of costs, including health care for its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-21 15:11:21 UTC ]
Cinco Puntos Press launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $250,000, as did Small Press Distribution, which is seeking $100,000. Lambda Literary, the LGBTQ-focused group, is asking for $175,000 to survive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
San Francisco’s iconic City Lights bookstore, which has been an anchor of the city’s literary world since Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded it in 1953, is asking for help to stay financially afloat as its doors remain closed. The store launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for staff and to pay... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-10 16:03:18 UTC ]
Author Matthew Salesses' wife, Cathreen, was diagnosed with cancer in March, not long after the birth of their second child. Now, friends and colleagues in the Asian American writing community are offering literary rewards in a GoFundMe campaign to support the family. Author Margaret Rhee... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Philly bookstore launches a GoFundMe campaign; 'pay as you like' bookstore in Jordan is saved by crowdfunding; a Strand co-owner looks back at the store's 90 years; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]