It is no secret that the book industry is suffering but if you imagine that bestsellers are losing out, imagine what is happening to the less read genres like Sci Fi. Well new Brooklyn bookshop, Singularity & Co is on the case. The brand new shop opened last week at 18 Bridge Street in Brooklyn, New York, alongside an online shop that will sell eBooks. Now what exactly are they doing, I hear you ask.
Well it's brave, certainly. Second-hand bookshops are suffering, closing down all over the place but this one has a mission. Singularity & Co is aiming to bring back into print at least one cult Sci Fi novel each month and make it available on eBook via their website... for FREE.
Cici James, Jamil V. Moen and Ash Kalb, the people behind this idea and self-named "time traveling archivists", have insisted that this is not a 'for-profit' project. "It doesn’t have to make any money at all," they say, "since our day jobs cover our rent." What a revolutionary thought in the modern world that a business doesn't have to make money... and all in the name of books and getting people reading? Brilliant.
It's not just the founders that are involved, however. They are asking you, the readers, to vote on which book will get saved each month.
The project has already raised over $52,000 - over three times more money than they originally aimed for.
If you want to show your support, vote, visit the shop or simply get reading, visit their website: http://singularityand.co/index.php
If you're a Londoner like me, why not follow SF Gateway? SF Gateway is part of the Orion Publishing Group, which is home to the UK's oldest Science Fiction publisher, Gollancz. The aim is to make sure that this genre does not drift out into space (forgive me) and get lost forever.
You can visit their website here: http://sfgateway.com
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