![]() ![]() (The company is still in beta there's a waitlist for early access to join the Copper community.) “As a writer, I love that someone can read my book and it’s like they just spent eight hours with me in a very personal ,” she explains. Her husband also returned home in February to a very different house: Since Gill packs and ships everything herself, the two now have an entire room filled with vibrators.Īllison Trowbridge’s journey to starting her company began with an epiphany: She was publishing a book while finishing business school at the University of Oxford and found the process of promoting her work exhausting. While Trowbridge jokes that the experience made her never want to publish anything again (her book, Twenty-Two: Letters to a Young Woman Searching for Meaning , came out in 2017 ), it also helped her understand how difficult it is for the vast majority of authors to successfully launch and market their books.Ĭombining those insights with knowledge of the way people turn to book clubs to socialize, Trowbridge launched Copper, a two-way marketplace that allows authors to grow their audiences while helping readers build community with authors they admire and each other. (In addition to her work on The Steam Box, Gill is a co-creator of Dear Publishers, a new equity initiative that launched an online petition to hold publishers accountable for diversity in the industry.)Ĭlearly, Gill wasn't alone in her former struggle: The Steam Box's initial launch box sold out within 24 hours. The company also holds virtual discussions with authors and readers around the books, as well as discussions around diversity in publishing. Every quarter, the subscription service delivers a romance novel written by a woman of color, self-care items such as bath bombs and candles, and a sex toy to members. Her love of the genre quickly brought about questions: Why are people ashamed to talk about romance books even though it's one of the best-selling genres? Was she the only one using these books to get horny? And why are there so few romances by and for women of color? “If I wanted to find people who looked like me or looked like my husband or looked like my friends, I really had to dig,” she explains.Īfter a soft opening in 2020, she officially launched The Steam Box earlier this year. Feeling lonely, Gill leaned on romance novels to get her through the year. If paying by invoice, an annual payment of £20.00 will be billed to the school address provided.Melissa Gill dealt with a double whammy at the start of the pandemic: Not only did she lose access to her typical support system thanks to stay-at-home orders, but her husband left for a 300-plus day military deployment.If paying by credit or debit card, an annual payment of £20.00 will be debited from the bank card account until the subscription is cancelled by you.You can choose your payment method at the time of sign-up and you can cancel your membership, or change your preferred payment method at any time by emailing If paying by Direct Debit, payments of £5.00 will be debited from the bank account details provided every 4 months until the Direct Debit is cancelled by you. Subscriptions to Scholastic Resource Bank can be paid via Direct Debit, Credit/Debit Card or Invoice. Please note that if you are purchasing for a school outside the UK we will require you to pay your invoice in full before we can ship your order. The invoice number is for your school records, so if you’re not sure what to put ask your bursar or school secretary. When requesting an invoice you will need to provide a contact name and an invoice number. If you do not work at a school, you will need to pay by debit or credit card. Invoices must be billed to a valid school address. ![]()
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