For the Love of Books
Helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen
emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.
Binc Awards Seven Scholarships to 2026 ComicsPRO Industry Meeting
ANN ARBOR, MI--The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has awarded seven comic retailers $1,500 scholarships to the ComicsPRO industry meeting in Glendale, CA, February 18-21, 2026, three of them
Binc Welcomes New Board Members
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
Applications Open for Binc Scholarship to 2026 Denver Publishing Institute
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 toRecognizing 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.
