The response from booksellers showed Adler “that this was something that mattered to them and that they were already involved in,” she said. After the institute, Adler told Bookselling This Week, about a dozen booksellers reached out to ask if Burton would be able to visit their communities. Even though this is not a commercial undertaking, we thought this would be something booksellers who are involved in this type of work would be interested in knowing more about.”Īdler was delighted by booksellers’ enthusiastic response to Burton when she appeared at the 2017 Winter Institute in Minneapolis, as well as the desire many expressed to learn more about issues within the criminal justice system. “The books are not for sale, so they’re not going through the normal bookstore channel, but I’ve been really impressed by how many booksellers are involved in really fantastic outreach in their communities, whether it’s literacy or getting books into schools or prisons. “We would love to have booksellers be a part of this, so we want to hear from independent booksellers who are currently working to get books into the hands of incarcerated people,” said New Press Publisher Ellen Adler. Beginning in January, after printing 11,000 copies of the new edition, The New Press began exclusive distribution to prisons, reentry programs, and other criminal justice reform organizations, with the goal of distributing copies in all 50 states. The New Press, a 501c3 nonprofit, and A New Way of Life, the reentry organization Burton founded upon her release from prison, have announced a plan to use a recent influx of philanthropic support to distribute thousands of copies of the new expanded paperback edition, which features new material by Burton, directly into prisons. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women by former inmate Susan Burton, co-authored by Cari Lynn, into the hands of thousands of incarcerated people across the country.
Independent publisher The New Press is hoping to enlist the help of independent booksellers to get Becoming Ms.
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