The crowdfunding campaign for start-up publisher Query Books, whose mission is to "find and reprint lost or forgotten LGBT books that are classics, of historical interest or just well-loved," has been named a Kickstarter Staff Pick. In its recent newsletter, Query Books introduced via video some of "the volunteers who are working on the campaign," and featured another video from Masen Davis, former executive director of the Transgender Law Center, "supporting the importance of making LGBT books available as widely as we can."
Query Books was launched earlier this year by industry veteran Ken White, the former manager of San Francisco's Books Inc. in the Castro, who first worked at A Different Light Bookstore in the Castro, followed by San Francisco State University Bookstore. He has served on the boards of the American Booksellers Association and the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, and is currently on the board of directors of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
