Save Uncle Hugo's
Jun. 4th, 2020 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Uncle Hugo’s is a beloved science fiction bookselling institution, a Minneapolis bookstore of the sort you hardly see any longer, crammed with new and used books and magazines, a palace of endless browsing pleasure.
http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.shtml
It burned down in this week’s uprising, along with its adjacent sister-store, Uncle Edgar’s (a mystery bookstore) and while it sounds like the owners will get something from their insurers, independent bookselling has been on the ropes for years.
It’s unlikely that insurance alone will suffice to save the store, especially when you consider how the pandemic lockdown has emptied the reserves and piled up the debt of every business.
That’s why Uncle Hugos’ fans have raised more than $41,000 for the stores on a Gofundme. But there’s a lot more needed - they’re less than 10% of the way to their goal.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/let-us-help-save-uncle-hugo039s
I donated.
mostlysignssomeportents:
Uncle Hugo’s is a beloved science fiction bookselling institution, a Minneapolis bookstore of the sort you hardly see any longer, crammed with new and used books and magazines, a palace of endless browsing pleasure.
http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.shtml
It burned down in this week’s uprising, along with its adjacent sister-store, Uncle Edgar’s (a mystery bookstore) and while it sounds like the owners will get something from their insurers, independent bookselling has been on the ropes for years.
It’s unlikely that insurance alone will suffice to save the store, especially when you consider how the pandemic lockdown has emptied the reserves and piled up the debt of every business.
That’s why Uncle Hugos’ fans have raised more than $41,000 for the stores on a Gofundme. But there’s a lot more needed - they’re less than 10% of the way to their goal.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/let-us-help-save-uncle-hugo039s
I donated.
