Queens Bookshop Initiative Launches Kickstarter Campaign

The Queens Bookshop Initiative, which aims to open a bookstore in Queens, N.Y., has launched its Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $15,000 toward its goal of $70,000--with 43 days to go. The money will be used for inventory, point-of-sale systems and marketing.

The initiative is led by Vina Castillo, Natalie Noboa and Holly Nikodem, all of whom have bookselling and bookstore management experience. The trio has pointed out that after the closing last year of Barnes & Noble stores in Forest Hills, Bayside and Fresh Meadows, Queens, with a population of 2.3 million, now has just one bricks-and-mortar bookstore selling new books, Astoria Bookshop.

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