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Binc Announces the Winners of Annual Scholarships to Support Professional Development and Diversity in Bookselling

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Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has announced the winners of two scholarships managed by the foundation—the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship and the George Keating Memorial Scholarship.

The Macmillan scholarship allows booksellers from underrepresented groups to attend their region’s independent book association trade show. Each scholarship covers the cost of travel, lodging and meals up to $750. The winners were selected in an identity-hidden review process by a panel of employees from Macmillan and members of the Binc program committee.

  • CALIBA: Renee Joyce, Moonstone and Mist
  • GLIBA: Nahin Cano, Seminary Co-op Bookstore
  • MIBA: Jasmine Baker, Black Garnet Books
  • MPIBA: Diana Garibay, Cardinal Books
  • NAIBA: Priscilla Martinez, West Side Stories
  • NEIBA: Kailey Barrows, Belonging Books
  • PNBA: Georgia Sprague, Country Bookshelf
  • SIBA: Tamara Olmedo, Cuentos Café Books

The Keating scholarship provides $750 to a bookseller in the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA), Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), and New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), for the purpose of professional development. The winners are chosen by each regional association.

  • Patrick Flaherty, Community Bookstore, NAIBA
  • Finley Walker, Inklings Book Shoppe, SIBA
  • NEIBA recipient to be named at a later date

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supergirl! Dive in to her adventures with Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! on Humble Bundle!

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If you’ve found yourself in serious need of comics after seeing DC’s superhero smash Supergirl, or if you want to give yourself a crash course before buying tickets, Humble Bundle has a Supergirl comic bundle just for you! Collected here are the Girl of Steel’s most iconic adventures and essential arcs including all five volumes of Jeph Loeb’s beloved run, all six volumes of Supergirl’s New 52 rebrand, and all four books of Peter David’s delightfully surprising riff on the character. And it looks like a few issues starring a certain alien bounty hunter and a superpowered canine snuck in here too! Whether you’re a new fan or an old friend of the Girl of Tomorrow, grab these comic collections at the price of your choice, and support the real heroes at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation with your purchase!

The titles in this bundle are available through neonichiban.com. To access the content, create or log in to your neonichiban.com account.

The Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! Humble Bundle features 30 items with a retail value of $430 and you can get it all for just $18.

Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more!

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supergirl! Dive in to her adventures with Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! on Humble Bundle!

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If you’ve found yourself in serious need of comics after seeing DC’s superhero smash Supergirl, or if you want to give yourself a crash course before buying tickets, Humble Bundle has a Supergirl comic bundle just for you! Collected here are the Girl of Steel’s most iconic adventures and essential arcs including all five volumes of Jeph Loeb’s beloved run, all six volumes of Supergirl’s New 52 rebrand, and all four books of Peter David’s delightfully surprising riff on the character. And it looks like a few issues starring a certain alien bounty hunter and a superpowered canine snuck in here too! Whether you’re a new fan or an old friend of the Girl of Tomorrow, grab these comic collections at the price of your choice, and support the real heroes at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation with your purchase!

The titles in this bundle are available through neonichiban.com. To access the content, create or log in to your neonichiban.com account.

The Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! Humble Bundle features 30 items with a retail value of $430 and you can get it all for just $18.

Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more!

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supergirl! Dive in to her adventures with Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! on Humble Bundle!

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If you’ve found yourself in serious need of comics after seeing DC’s superhero smash Supergirl, or if you want to give yourself a crash course before buying tickets, Humble Bundle has a Supergirl comic bundle just for you! Collected here are the Girl of Steel’s most iconic adventures and essential arcs including all five volumes of Jeph Loeb’s beloved run, all six volumes of Supergirl’s New 52 rebrand, and all four books of Peter David’s delightfully surprising riff on the character. And it looks like a few issues starring a certain alien bounty hunter and a superpowered canine snuck in here too! Whether you’re a new fan or an old friend of the Girl of Tomorrow, grab these comic collections at the price of your choice, and support the real heroes at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation with your purchase!

The titles in this bundle are available through neonichiban.com. To access the content, create or log in to your neonichiban.com account.

The Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more! Humble Bundle features 30 items with a retail value of $430 and you can get it all for just $18.

Supergirl: Women of Tomorrow and more!

Image Comics’ misfits, heroes & more with the Hot Mess Express Humble Bundle

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Lose yourself in a library of fantastic graphic fiction in The Hot Mess Express Bundle by Image Comics! Read creative graphic novels like Snotgirl Vol. 1: Green Hair Don’t Care, the coming-of-age story of Lottie Person, a chic yet insecure fashionista with a mysterious snot condition; I Hate Fairyland Deluxe Vol. 1-3, a mischievously magical dark adventure akin to Alice in Wonderland; and Dead Eyes Vol. 1, the origin story of Martin Dobbs, a former masked criminal forced back into a life of crime to pay his wife’s medical bills. Get 40+ comics and graphic novels, and help support The BINC Foundation with your purchase!

The Hot Mess Express Bundle has a retail value of $1,037 and you can get all 49 items for just $18.

The Hot Mess Express Bundle

Binc Opens Application for the Macmillan Professional Development Scholarships

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Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation

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 until June 1, 2026. 

The scholarship allows eight booksellers from underrepresented groups to attend their regional independent book association trade show. Each scholarship covers the cost of travel, lodging and meals for one bookseller up to $750.

Categories of eligibility:

  • People of color, defined as people of African/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or Native American/Indigenous descent.
  • People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, or queer.
  • People with disabilities (including but not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses).

Applicants must be employed and have 90 days of continuous employment as a regular part-time or full-time employee to be eligible to apply. The bookstore must be a member in good standing of one of the regional trade associations and applicants must discuss their application and potential selection as scholarship recipient with their store owner/manager prior to applying for the scholarship.

Don’t be scared with Oni Press’ Infinite Dread: Horror Comics Humble Bundle

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Superheroes are all well and good, but oftentimes horror is where comics really shine. To bring you the spookiest stories the medium has to offer, Humble Bundle has teamed up with Oni Press for a selection of comics that are sure to keep you up at night! Something horrifically weird is going on and no one will talk about it in Hobtown Mystery Stories. A startling new experiment in comic book storytelling inspired by firsthand accounts of real paranormal encounters awaits in High Strangeness. And you’re only alive if you’re online in Cemetery Kids Don’t Die. There’s even more to explore in this ghoulish library of haunts, so grab it now at the price of your choosing, and support BINC with your purchase!

Infinite Dread: Horror Comics book bundle has a $345 retail value and you can get all 23 items for just $18.

Infinite Dread: Horror Comics book bundle

Don’t miss the Kana Manga Mini-Bundle Sequel from Abrams and Humble Bundle supporting BINC

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Discover the gripping, emotional, and magical tales in the pages of these series from manga publisher Kana! Follow the coming-of-age story of two school kids who find love and acceptance despite their trauma in Scars. Embark on a journey across a post-apocalyptic frozen landscape in the folklore-inspired series Silence. Jump into the action-packed boxing drama of two brothers who discover a mysterious, supernatural power in Space Punch. This bundle includes the complete volumes of all three series in digital form, so grab it now at the price of your choosing and support BINC with your purchase!

The Kana Manga Mini-Bundle has a retail value of $140 and you can get it all for just $18.

space punch volume 1

It’s the Image Strange Romance Humble Bundle Benefiting BINC

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Spring has sprung and love is in the air—and it’s also in the gorgeously illustrated pages of Image Comics’ best romance series! Humble Bundle has teamed up with Image to bring you the most heartstopping, most unique, and most adventurous love stories the world of comics has to offer. Watch a man and a robot fall in love (or will they??) in the romantic science fiction drama Alex + Ada! East meets West in the swashbuckling samurai-gunslinger love story Falling in Love on the Path to Hell! A mysterious app that makes your desires a reality takes over an elite college campus in Crave! And, of course, no romance comic bundle would be complete without the greatest space opera love story of them all, Image’s bestselling series Saga! Grab these series and many more in this extremely romantic ebook bundle, and a portion of your purchase at the price of your choice supports BINC!

Strange Romance Humble Bundle has a retail value of $558 and you can get it all for just $18.

Strange Romance Humble Bundle

Don’t miss the Kana Manga Mini-Bundle from Abrams and Humble Bundle supporting BINC

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Mix up your Spring Reading List with heartfelt titles from Kana Manga! Help restore the balance between man and nature as a witch-in-training named Pili in Eden of Witches or Leviathan, the epic story of siblings Bota and Rita navigating a world on the brink of collapse. Pay what you want for the hottest titles by Kana Manga and help support The BINC Foundation with your purchase!

The Kana Manga Mini-Bundle has a retail value of $145 and you can get it all for just $18.

Kana Manga Mini-Bundle
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