independent bookstores
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Indies First: Celebrate Your Community
This year, on Saturday, November 24th, nestled in between two of the ugliest days of the year—Black Friday and Cyber Monday—is a beautiful little day called Indies First. Have you heard of it? It’s a celebration of independent bookstores. It stands in complete defiance of everything that Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come to represent. It’s the day where you get to travel down to your local bookstore and peruse the shelves, shoulder-to-shoulder with other members of your community.
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What did you do?
You just supported your local, independent bookstore! And that means so much more than you probably realize.
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Congrats, Summer Listening Challenge Finishers!
More than 40 independent bookstores participated in our first ever, Summer Listening Challenge.
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Fighting Goliath
I’m guilty-as-charged when it comes to using a particular large company to help me shop for groceries, get items I need quickly, and consolidate those pesky, mounting, day-to-day chores into one efficient online experience. As […] Read More
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Top Six Reasons to Buy Audiobooks through Libro.fm
We recognize that book lovers have a choice where they purchase audiobooks. We’ve compiled six reasons why Libro.fm should be at the top of any list. #1 / Audiobooks purchased through Libro.fm directly support your local, […] Read More
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Best of the Bookternet: February 2016
Though it is the shortest month of the year, February was full of exciting bookish news, reviews, and celebrations. Award nominations, Black History Month, book blogger extravaganzas and more dominated our news feed this month. Here are some of the best articles, blog posts, and announcements that were on our radar.
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The Bookseller Chronicles: Village Books
Between Seattle and the Canadian border, is a small town called Bellingham, a town which wears more than one hat: home of Western Washington University, fishing boats, tourists, and a deep community. In that town is a an old bookstore with rambling aisles and passionate booksellers. Village Books.
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Best of the Bookternet: January 2016
By all accounts, 2016 is off to a great start. This month has been chock-full of interesting articles, exciting news, and passionate advice. Here are some of our favorite essays, blog posts, and lists since the first of the year.
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Best of the Bookternet: December 2015
We’ve curated a list of some of the best, most interesting, and weirdest book-related news circulating the Internet this month!
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What I Learned from Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr recently gave a talk, which he titled “Some Thoughts on Artistic Failure in 6 Parts”. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See had some great insights.
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