B Corporation – Jacke Wilson

December 5, 2014

Small-Press Shoutout: Checking in on Little Pickle Press

Readers! Writers! Book lovers! It’s time for another small-press shoutout! These are the posts that remind us all that even in a faceless, sterile, bottom-line industry like publishing, there are people out there doing some great work envisioning their dreams and making sure good books get to good people. We ran a ton of these Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing

B Corporation, corporate structure, little pickle press, nonprofits, small press shoutout

March 11, 2014

Small Press Shout-Out: Little Pickle Press!

Here we go, people. Ask and ye shall receive. We were looking for a small press brave and bold enough to venture into B Corporation* waters. *A fuller explanation of a B Corporation is here. The nutshell version is that it’s a legal entity that enables a company to adopt a broader mandate than the Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing

B Corporation, little pickle press, Publishing, Small press

March 9, 2014

B Corporation Update: Any Small Presses?

I’m still glowing about the rise of the B Corporation—or at least the promise that this new legal entity might someday fulfill. Now that I’m immersed in the small press world (through my shout-outs and paperbacks), I’m wondering if there are any small presses out there that have qualified as B Corps? Not to disparage Continue reading

Publishing

B Corporation, Small Presses

March 8, 2014

Who’s Saving America? The Promise of the B-Corp

We’ve had enough of cheaters for a while. Today let’s look at someone (or something) with the potential for saving America, or at least one corner of it. Ladies and Gentlemen, the B Corporation! What’s a B Corporation (or “B Corp”), you ask? It’s a new type of business that aims to benefit the community Continue reading

Who’s Cheating America

alternative corporation, B Corporation, Kathleen Sharp, nonprofit, Saving America