Bookselling Without Borders Closes in on Kickstarter Goal

With three days to go, the Bookselling Without Borders Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 to support an expansion of its program next year is less than $400 shy of its goal. Among the many striking, book-oriented rewards remaining:

Copies of the The Chicago Manual of Style for donations of $35 (a $70 value).

Seven books on mindfulness from Shambhala, including The Pocket Dalai Lama, for donations of $40.

The chance to have a discussion with Amy Tan's agent, at Warwick's in La Jolla, Calif., for a donation of $295.

Two $100 gift certificates for donations of $60.

Private, behind-the-scenes tours of the Albers Foundation and the Boston Athenaeum as well as tours of Harlem and Brooklyn by authors of guide books on those areas.

A custom work of art by National Lampoon and New Yorker artist Rick Meyerowtiz.

The Kickstarter campaign aims to help fund 16 fellowships to four international fairs next year and, for the first time, two bookstore residencies, in Italy and India.

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