If you've got a few bucks and want to make someone's life a little easier without leaving your seat, I'd like to recommend this list of "books that are often requested, but rarely donated" to Great Falls Books Through Bars in Western Massachusetts. You can basically pay for a book (or a pile of books) at cost and have it (or them) sent directly to Books Through Bars for distribution. (If you live in the area, there are also drop-off sites.) Pretty solid all around.

And in honor of Banned Books Week, they've got a matching donor lined up: they'll match all wish list sales up to $1k between now and October 12. It's hard to argue with that.

Lastly, this is through Massive Bookshop, which raises money for a statewide bail fund. So if you're looking to order a book in the future, I highly recommend getting it through them whenever possible. I've ordered a bunch of stuff through them over the past several years, and they're always quick, responsive, and usually cheaper than most other places. Bookmark that bookshop!

https://massivebookshop.com/collections/gfbtbs-wishlist?se_activity_id=166230786303&syclid=d3jaidep162s73ce1ul0

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Hey, all, I'd like to direct your attention to a project that I think is doing some really important and useful work.

Massive Bookshop describes itself as "an anti-profit, abolitionist bookstore based in western Massachusetts." As I understand it, it grew out of a local Books through Bars program (at least, that's how I heard about it), and it's a volunteer-run shop that diverts the money it brings in to various bail funds.

Right now, they're also collaborating on a program called Freedom to Read, which they describe as "a Native-led program of Red Media located in Tiwa Territory (Albuquerque, NM). It aims to alleviate the financial and societal obstacles that create book deserts in and around Indigenous communities."

If you need a book, and you don't have a local, independent bookstore you like to support, I very strongly endorse getting it through Massive Bookshop. And if you've got the means, consider sending a book or two to an indigenous community from their own wish list. Through the Freedom to Read program, they're selling them at cost, so it's not even all that expensive, all things relative.

Anyways, that's my pitch for today. Have at it.

https://massivebookshop.com/

More on Red Media here: https://redmedia.press/about-red-media/

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