A New York bookstore opens its second stationery store; a Connecticut bookstore looks for new members via GoFundMe; B&N closes a Florida store; and more.
McNally Jackson Books Opens a Second Goods for the Study: The 12-year-old bookstore in New York City’s NoLita neighborhood already has a separate Goods for the Study store with stationery and other items for the home office, and Picture Room, a store devoted to posters, art, and artists’ books, next door to it. Earlier this week it added a second stationery store at 50 West 8th Street. McNally Jackson is also in the midst of prepping a new bookstore location in Lower Manhattan’s revitalized Seaport District, which will open next year.
Charis Books & More to Move to Decatur: After 42 years in Little Five Points, the feminist bookstore announced that it will move to Decatur next year. The new location, directly across from the Agnes Scott College campus, will be larger than its current home. The bookstore is asking for donations to help with the move.
Staff Changes at the ABA: The American Booksellers Association announced a series of staff promotions and changes in the wake of Mark Nichols’s upcoming retirement as development officer at the end of January. Matthew Zoni, who is currently manager of the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, is being promoted to director of development and publisher relations. Gen de Botton, who worked as program and development coordinator, will take over as ABC group manager. Peter Reynolds will move from project coordinator to project manager. In an unrelated move, David Grogan, previously senior public policy analyst, will become director of public policy and advocacy. In addition, ABA is creating a Senior Staff Executive Committee comprised of CFO Robyn DesHotel, senior program officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger, and chief strategy officer Dan Cullen.
Binc Closes in on $100,000 Fundraising Goal: With two weeks to go, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s end-of-year “Think Binc” fundraising campaign is getting a lot closer to reaching its ambitious goal. Sourcebooks committed to matching employee gifts to Binc for the second year in a row, and Ingram Publisher Services donated over $10,000 on behalf of their publishing clients, including those with Publishers Group West, Consortium, Perseus Distribution, and Legato. A past grant recipient is also matching donations up to $3,700 from now through December 31.
Bennett’s Books Launches GoFundMe Campaign: The Deep River, Ct. used bookstore has embarked on a fundraising campaign, or what it calls a “Community Supported Bookstore program,” to help it stay afloat. The goal is to get at least 100 members and raise $14,000 to stay in business for another year.
Arkansas Tech Picks B&N College: Arkansas Tech University is entering into an agreement with Barnes & Noble College to manage its on-campus bookstores in Russellville and Ozark. As part of the agreement, B&N College will invest $250,000 over three years in bookstore improvements, and will guarantee to match the price offered by any outside source.
B&N Closing on Merritt Island: The country’s largest chain bookstore is closing its Florida store on Merritt Island Causeway at the end of this month. The island will continue to have another chain store, Books-A-Million, at the Merritt Square Mall.
