Dzanc Books

Dzanc Books Independent Bookstore Program

The Dzanc Books Independent Bookstore Program

 

August 16, 2010 - Ann Arbor, MI--Dzanc Books is excited to announce a new program, the Dzanc Books Independent Bookstore Program, which has Dzanc working in conjunction with one or two independent bookstores each month (from the 15^th—with a slightly delayed start this month—through the 15th, coinciding with our monthly online journal, The Collagist, to move forward with our mission of promoting literary fiction.

There was great interest during the month of July, where we at Dzanc donated books to many schools and libraries when provided proof of purchases of books bought at an independent bookstore.   We have decided to continue this offer.  We believe that by focusing on one or two bookstores each month, with the help of their cross-promotion, that we will be able to help inspire sales within the indie bookstore community of not only Dzanc books but all great books, while at the same time drawing attention to the many charitable programs Dzanc Books sponsors and runs, including our Dzanc Writer in Residence Programs and the Dzanc Prize, which the purchase of our books, and/or usage of our Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions helps our ability to sustain and advance these programs across the country.

The first store to celebrate this program with Dzanc Books will be the RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH.  There are two main aspects to the program:

1)  Dzanc Books will continue the donating of a title from our catalog, or one of our imprints.  The patron of RiverRun Bookstore will inform us of the library to which the donation will be made.  Dzanc Books has created fliers that have a simple form to fill out and send to us with the receipt, showing that the book was purchased during the correct dates, and was for a book of literary fiction from RiverRun Bookstore.  The books do NOT need to have been published by Dzanc or our imprints.

2)  RiverRun Bookstore, along with promoting the donation of books, will also promote the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions, our extremely inexpensive and successful writer mentoring program.  For every order to the DCWS placed by a writer that notes on their order that they were sent our way by  RiverRun, Dzanc will donate $5 to Seacoast Local, a non-profit based near the bookstore that promotes that people think local first when it comes to their money and time spent.  Dzanc Books will make this donation in RiverRun Bookstore's name in one sum at the end of the month.

Throughout the future of the Dzanc Independent Bookstore Program it is our goal to promote shopping at independent bookstores, develop better relationships with the stores we'll be working with, promote literary fiction, help writers via our DCWS program, and to donate both books to libraries, as well as money to worthwhile non-profits local to the bookstores we are working with.  Dzanc Books strongly believes that every single one of these aspects is vital.  Interested bookstores should email Dzanc Books at [email protected].

 

About Dzanc Books

 

Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and champion those writers who don’t fit neatly into the marketing niches of for-profit presses. As a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, Dzanc Books not only publishes literary fiction, but runs inexpensive online mentoring programs, and sponsors the Dzanc Prize which has a literary community service aspect to it.  Dzanc also fully committed to developing educational programs in schools. For more information on Dzanc Books and its mission, books, authors, awards, and programs, please visit www.dzancbooks.org.

 

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The IRS Comes Through

It's taken much longer than expected, and we had to jump through a few more hoops than we believed we'd need to, but as of today, Dzanc Books is officially an exempt, 501(c)3, organization in the eyes of the IRS.

So, all of you fine folks who were holding onto your potential donations, just waiting until you knew for sure that yours would be a tax-deductible donation?  You may proceed!

Dzanc Books 1334 Woodbourne Street Westland, MI 48186

All donations will receive a receipt with the Dzanc Books EIN number as quickly as possible for your tax records.

All donations will also be greatly appreciated, not only by Dzanc Books, but by the students who will find Writers in Residence programs at their schools, by literary journals we're able to help, by authors who find themselves being published, or paid to spend a day a week teaching children about reading and writing.