#independent bookstores

[the-forest-library]

Ok, folks, I made it to six independent bookstores today, and I am exhausted.

#so much fun #got some cool free stuff #independent bookstore day 2024 #independent bookstore day #independent bookstores #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #bookshops #book shops #shop local #tflo

[teainkstudies]

I visited the coolest outdoor bookstore in Ojai, California this weekend! It was so magical!

#bookblr #studyblr #studyspo #books #reading #independent bookstores #book shopping #bookstore #ojai #summer #california #travel #aesthetic #mine

[creator-of-calm-queer-chaos]

Help out an independent bookshop by telling me your favourite underrated/not super popular YA books!

Hi all! I work at a small independent bookshop and we are in the process of expanding our YA section. I figured it would be a waste to ignore the fantastic nerdy community we have here so I figured I’d ask y’all: 

What are your favourite underrated YA books? What good YA books do you know of that you rarely see in libraries or small bookshops? 

Thank you all so much and happy reading!!

#booklr #bookish #bookworms #books #book recs #book recommendations #book suggestions #independent bookstores #Bookstores #ya #Young adult books #ya books

[twincitiesgeek]

The MN Guide to Independent Bookstore Day 2024

Our annual Independent Bookstore Day guide is here! Check out what your favorite local shops in and near Minnesota have planned for Saturday.

Jump to store listings: Minneapolis | St. Paul | Greater Twin Cities Metro | Outside the Metro | Outside Minnesota It’s that time of year! On April 27, 2024, bookstores throughout Minnesota and around the country will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day. Officially participating stores will have exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items while supplies last, which usually isn’t long—tote…

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#Alexandria #Beagle and Wolf Books and Bindery #Boneshaker Books #Book House #books #bookstore guides #BookstoreRoadmap #bookstores #Chapter2Books #Cherry Street Books #Cream and Amber #Eat My Words Bookstore #Excelsior #Excelsior Bay Books #Four Pines Bookstore #Hudson #Independent Bookstore Day #Independent Bookstore Day guide #independent bookstores #Indies First #Kevin Cannon #Lake Country Booksellers #Little Professor Book Center #Magers & Quinn #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Once Upon a Crime #Owatonna #Park Rapids #Red Balloon Bookshop

[emojisarestatussymbols]

The science fiction section at Lucy's Books in Astoria, Oregon.

#books #doctor who #the TARDIS #bookstores #sci-fi #science fiction #reading #independent bookstores

[mercerislandbooks]

Independent Bookstore Day 2024!

As we welcome April, we know all you Indie Bookstore aficionados are getting ready for your (and our) favorite day of the year: Independent Bookstore Day! Celebrated across the country, here in the Puget Sound area we have so many fantastic Independent Bookstores to visit, it really is an embarrassment of riches for book lovers. Whether this is your first—or tenth—Independent Bookstore Day, we hope you stop by to see us at Island Books and enjoy a day of discovering new bookstores or revisiting old favorites.

At Island Books we’ll have lots of treats and snacks throughout the day. We’ll have some of the famous Island Books typewriters set up for visitors to try. Plus a $100 gift card to Island Books will be hidden in our children's section! Our staff rec shelves will be stocked and you can check out all our seasonal tables and browse our various sections, including our new romance section, to find that perfect serendipitous read!

If you're an audiobook fan, as many of the staff at Island Books are, we are one of the lucky stores to have a Libro.fm Golden Ticket (good for 12 free audiobook credits) hidden away in our shelves. And check out the Libro.fm website for a limited time offer for those starting a new membership!

For those of you who REALLY want to celebrate all of our amazing Independent Bookstores, once again we will be doing the Passport Challenge! Pick up your passport at any bookstore starting Saturday April 27th, and you have until Monday May 6th to visit all 28 participating bookstores, get a stamp, and earn a one-time 25% discount at each participating store, valid until April 25th, 2025. For past champs, if you haven’t used your current discount yet, you’re running out of time! There will also be an intermediate prize for those who make it to five participating bookstores — check out the Seattle Independent Bookstore Day 2024 website for all the details and other FAQ’s.

So mark your calendars, make lists of those books you’ve been meaning to pick up, plan your routes, and we’ll see you on April 27th!

— Lori

#island books #lori robinson #independent bookstores #independent bookstore day #seattle independent bookstore day #libro.fm #passport challenge

[thistle-nightshade]

How to Support Indie Bookstores w/o Leaving your House

Bookshop.org is amazing! If you select your bookstore on the site, they will get 30% off the list price of anything you buy. If you don't select a store, that profit goes into a profit sharing pool that gets split between all the bookstores who have signed up.

Libro.fm offers a similar situation for audio books. You have to choose a bookstore to be able to listen on Libro, but a portion of your purchases and subscriptions goes to that store.

Kobo for ebooks - this one you need to find the bookstore's affiliate link first. Kobo only gives stores credits for new sign ups with their affiliate link.

#independent bookstores #queer bookshop

[redshift-13]

2 science fiction bookstores in Minneapolis

http://unclehugo.com/prod/index.shtml

The last time I was in Uncle Hugo’s was before the place was burned down during the George Floyd protests.  Torching the 3rd precinct police station?  I salute you.  Burning this place down?  What were you thinking?

I have yet to visit their new spot, and I’m still unclear as to how they’re doing.

The old place was like walking into a book hoarder’s giant living room, with stacks everywhere which were unnavigable without staff help.  For those who appreciate the virtue of fortuitous discoveries, this book “shelving” system could be a virtue.  

http://dreamhavenbooks.com/

One of the many reasons I’m cheering the collapse of the commercial retail market has to do with DreamHaven.  Any DreamHaven insiders here please correct me, but it’s my understanding that they had to relocate primarily due to high rent.  Multiple staff with subject matter expertise were let go.

In any case, their prior location was much larger than the current one.  But both share the cave of wonders quality that can seize your attention and hold you in the store for longer than you might have intended to visit.  A great and colorful diversity of books, magazines, figurines and whatnots meets your every gaze.  You have a feeling of being in a small world apart from the world and that you want to drop everything you’re currently reading and load up here with as much as you can carry or afford.

#science fiction #bookstore #independent bookstores #minneapolis #books #scifi

[thenewwei]

The Brotherhood by Tejas Desai is free today on Amazon! Get your copy today!

#free ebooks #ebooks #kindle #kindle ebooks #free books #the new wei #independent bookstores #books and reading

[wraith-demjin]

I just found out Book Depository is closing??!! I'm so sad I loved it so much. I've ordered so many books from there and they have books I can't find anywhere else!!

#does anyone know why #i don't think they said why just that they were closing #i #this is horrible #book depository #boookstores #online bookstores #independent bookstores #books #wraith has escaped isolation

[the-forest-library]

Reminder: bookshop.org has free shipping through 4/28/24

#I’m going to preorder some stuff #including the black bird oracle #bookshop.org #independent bookstore day #independent bookstores #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile

[jomiddlemarch]

#independent bookstores #fight book bans #fall is a wonderful time to buy a new book at an indie bookstore

[michellegflye]

It's Complicated...

Last year one of the local bars held a singles meet-and-greet where people were given their choices of cups. Red for in a committed relationship, green for available and yellow for “It’s complicated.” I was interviewed for a local television news story last week. If you’d like to watch it, you can here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Rr4vjwxjk&t=15s. The reporter was young, enthusiastic and…

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#Amazon #bookstore #independent authors #independent bookstores #love #love poetry #magic #moon #photography #poetry #romance #where the sidewalk begins #writing

[bittenlit]

Kidlit author Leah Johnson is launching her independent bookstore, Loudmouth Books! I recently read and loved her sapphic YA debut, You Should See Me in a Crown, which won a Stonewall Honor in 2021. Very exciting to see new Black-owned indie bookstores, especially when they're focused on diverse and banned books!

You can support Loudmouth Books by ordering through Bookshop here (they've got some cool recommendation lists already), or donating to the Loudmouth Fund to help offset opening costs and hear more about the bookstore's mission here!

#books #black books and authors #book banning #independent bookstores #leah johnson #Instagram

[whilereadingandwalking]

My Independent Bookstore Day Crawl Haul

I bought at least one thing from each bookstore. Which is great for me and tragic for my wallet. I replenished my stack of free indie bookmarks.

In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch

Whip Smart by Melissa Febos

A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, translated by Marlupé Bodé-Thomas

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein

Four by Four by Sara Mesa, translated by Katie Whittemore

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders

I also left with some wonderful zines (satirical/self-care amazement Essential Oils to Destroy the Patriarchy, Never Step in the Same River Twice: The South Branch of the Chicago River Across Time and Space which as a former rower on Bubbly Creek really interests me, Sick Tats, Our Friends the Bees! by Rachel Bard), a cute enamel pin, some great stickers, and an Independent Bookstore Day 2022 mug that I’m obsessed with.

Thank you to all the wonderful bookstores I visited today, and please send love to my bank account.

#independent bookstore day #indie bookstore day #independent bookstores #indie bookstore #local bookstores #book haul #book stack

[nicolagriffith]

Menewood Q&A

When can I buy MENEWOOD? Where can I buy it? Will there be an audiobook? How can I get an advance copy? Everything you need to know to get hold of MENEWOOD on (or before!) publication on October 3.

Bookshop.org | Amazon.com | Apple Books | Barnes & Noble | Amazon.co.uk | Phinney Books | Target After I posted on Monday about the ARC of MENEWOOD I started to get many questions on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter about pre-orders, publication dates, review copies, audio editions, word count/page length, and more. This post is designed to address those questions. When is the book coming…

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#hild #independent bookstores #menewood #pre-order