"In a universe where bookstores are being swallowed up whole, it's fantastic news when a new one materializes", Tor.com reported. Singularity & Co. plans to open its new bookstore tomorrow at 18 Bridge St. 1G in Brooklyn.
While that is a big idea for Singularity's owners--"a team of time traveling archivists longing for futures past"--it's just part of their "Big Idea." The mission: "We're going to open a bookshop, both online and in real life, in Brooklyn, N.Y. where we live and work. It doesn't have to make much money. It doesn't have to make any money at all, since our day jobs cover our rent.
"But what it will do is let us choose one great out of print work of classic and/or obscure sci-fi a month, track down the people that hold the copyright (if they are still around) and publish that work online and on all the major digital book platforms for little or no cost. Every month on this website visitors will get to vote on the next great but not so well remembered work we will rescue from the obscurity of the past."
