Thank you for celebrating Independent Bookstore Day and Canadian Independent Bookstore Day with us!
Because you supported your bookshop…
40%
Increase in bookshop revenue from same month last year
131%
Increase in monthly memberships from same month last year
“This month, we saw the largest spike in new monthly membership sign-ups in company history,” said Mark Pearson, Co-Founder and CEO. And this is in part due to our Switch campaign, which encourages readers to make the switch from Amazon-owned Audible to Libro.fm (receiving three audiobook credits from the start when they begin a monthly membership). “While big tech companies are all around us selling audiobooks, more and more readers are searching for ways to support their independent bookstore instead of a major corporation—and these are the people coming to Libro.fm.”
One of the joys of shopping at local bookshops is that 28% of the revenue immediately recirculates in the local economy through tax dollars and employment. Thank you for showing up and shopping small!
On Bookstore Day, more than 500 Libro.fm Golden Tickets (good for 12 audiobook credits), were hidden in bookshops for customers to find. Check out these happy winners:
Libro.fm, the audiobook provider for indies, is celebrating this year’s Independent Bookstore Day with a promotion a la Willy Wonka: Five hundred Golden Tickets — each good for 12 free audiobooks — will be hidden tomorrow in participating bookstores. Start plotting your approach now.”
Washington Post
We also celebrated with an Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale on bestselling audiobooks priced at $5 USD or less from 4/22-4/28, and interviewed authors Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Dr. Darcie Little Badger, and Steven Rowley for a week-long podcast extravaganza.
Plus, we reached an exciting milestone in April – we celebrated 3,000 bookshop partners around the world!
You can explore all of our partner bookshops on the Libro.fm store finder.