Here’s how to support worker relief funds for booksellers trying to survive coronavirus closures.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit independent bookstores hard, with booksellers and other book workers now in need of emergency support. Here are some opportunities we’ve spotted to help out, but please let us know of any others and will add to the post. (Email [email protected].) The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which assists booksellers in financial […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-23 20:01:09 UTC ]

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