Initiatives & Projects

Over the past several years, a constellation of independent efforts have emerged in alignment with the vision of Reimagining Bookstores. Each effort has been independently conceived and led. They are not programs of Reimagining Bookstores, but expressions of a broader, decentralized movement to reimagine the role, structure, and impact of bookstores. We share them here to recognize and amplify the leaders advancing this work across the field.

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Steve Wax and Lisa Uhrik interview industry experts and innovators about their work, with a focus on extraordinary bookshops and booksellers

A film that set out to imagine the future of bookstores focuses on An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA and the work Jeff Kinney is doing to rebuild the town around the bookstore. Led by V.R. Ferose and Doug Roland

Bookstores deserve access to the same kinds of philanthropic and impact investments that have helped strengthen libraries, public media and other institutions that contribute to an informed and engaged society