If you missed it, Saturday, April 27th was Independent Bookstore Day all across America. Here in Seattle, where I live, independent bookstores across the area participate in Seattle Independent Bookstore Day by issuing their customers the Passport Challenge. What is it? Stop at your favorite independent bookstore across Puget Sound, get your passport stamped, maybe buy some books, meet the book seller, get back in the car, and do it TWENTY MORE TIMES!
There are more people than we can possibly thank here, but we want to do our best to highlight some Independent Bookstore Day heroes that made 2019 the best Independent Bookstore Day yet!!
This Saturday, April 27, is Independent Bookstore Day, a celebration of the local booksellers and businesses that are the heart and soul of our communities.
There has been much discussion and a general consensus around the benefits of eating local—Alice Waters has famously championed local food production and reducing food miles as the key to sustainability—but how does this affect the items you won’t find at the farmer’s market? Does the same climate calculus apply when you are buying books?