Making THE ART OF BOOKS a reality
There is new bookshop in town… Small but independent, we give you great books from around the globe, a place to enjoy them and much much more
Our goal is to bring an independent bookstore to Bonn’s Südstadt. A small place where book lovers, writers and book clubs can meet, enjoy literature and a cup of tea in cosy atmosphere, run by a fellow book lover with her finger o… Show more
What is this project all about?
A bookshop is more than just a retail business.
A bookshop is a magnet around which culture and conversation gathers. Bookstores inspire, delight, and spark the imagination.
A place to meet, think, dream, a place perhaps to fall in love - with a new author or the person sitting next to you - bookshops foster relationships, personal and collective growth.
Even in our age of dizzying technological advances, a good, nurturing independent bookshop is an irrepla… Show more
What is the project goal and who is the project for?
The people supporting this project and I, we are firm belivers in the power and value of books and bookstores in shaping and cohering communities. By opening an independent bookshop I feel honored to share my longheld passion for books, reading, and conversing about them in a friendly atmosphere.
I am committed to shaping THE ART OF BOOKS as a gathering place and introduce a tradition of literary events at the shop. I will endeavor to widen the store's lite… Show more
Why would you support this project?
If nothing else, I've heard from many people that seeing independent bookshops continue to open, expand, and change hands in the age of such supposed doom and gloom about the printed word inspires hope. I see part of this project's impact in contributing to that sense of hope, and reminding Bonn and the wider community that bookshops still have a place here.
How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?
Opening an independent bookshop is no pony farm, as a German idiom will have it. It needs community support to make it a successful reality.
THE ART OF BOOKS asks for your contribution to strengthen the much needed investment capital. To offer a broad bilingual selection of great books, we need some 25.000 euro. On top of that, all these brilliant pieces literally need a place to stay while waiting for someone to pick them up and take home.
I will use the … Show more
Who are the people behind the project?
... a sociologist by heart and habit, a young(--ish) but seasoned book lover with much enthusiasm for beauty and beautiful language...
After having worked some time in science I am again drawn away from rather dry articles and journal papers towards real books - wonderful books, that do their bit to brighten and better our lifes by making us experience and realize the world near and far, the big stuff and the little, hope and despair, possibilities and impo… Show more
The all-or-nothing crowdfunding was successfully financed and completed
Denis (co-founder of Startnext)