For the Love of Books
Helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen
emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.
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 to
Binc Board Offers Year-End Matching Gift to Help Book and Comic People
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
Binc Offers Additional ComicsPRO Scholarships for First-Time Attendees
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,
Recognizing 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.
