For the Love of Books
Helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen
emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.
Binc Opens Application for Macmillan Professional Development Scholarships
ANN ARBOR, MI--Applications for the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, which provides $750 to booksellers traditionally underrepresented within the industry to attend their region’s fall trade show, are open
Applications for Binc’s Kamil Writers Prize Open March 25, 2026
ANN ARBOR, MI--Thanks to the Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize administered by the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation, five aspiring writer-booksellers or creator-comic retailers will each receive $10,000 to
Booksellers’ Safety Net Celebrates 30 Years
ANN ARBOR, MI--The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation is celebrating 30 years as the only nonprofit in the country dedicated to assisting book and comic people in their greatestRecognizing Our Leading Partners
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.
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.
