Meet a Bookseller: Sarah Ferguson
We’re excited to introduce you to Sarah Ferguson, owner and bookseller at Rapport in Gillette, WY.
Tag: independent bookstores
My Independent Bookstore Day Adventure
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!
Author Interview: Laurie Frankel
Laurie Frankel, author of This Is How It Always Is and Goodbye for Now, filled us in on her inspiration, the process of her work being optioned for film/tv, and (of course) her favorite audiobooks and what she loves about independent bookstores.
Independent Bookstore Day 2019
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!!
Independent Bookstore Day Celebrations
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.
Meet a Bookseller: Mary O’Malley
We’re proud to kick off our “Meet a Bookseller” series with Mary O’Malley from Anderson’s Bookshop in La Grange! How did you get into bookselling? I applied to work at Anderson’s the day the “Coming Soon” sign went up in LaGrange. I had just begun thinking about what my next steps should be job-wise and […]
Meet a Bookseller: Mary O'Malley
We’re proud to kick off our “Meet a Bookseller” series with Mary O’Malley from Anderson’s Bookshop in La Grange! How did you get into bookselling? I applied to work at Anderson’s the day the “Coming Soon” sign went up in LaGrange. I had just begun thinking about what my next steps should be job-wise and […]
Independent Bookstores are the Future
Online shopping, and one large online retailer in particular, has taken over the retail world, but there is one category of brick-and-mortar business that is thriving…independent bookstores. From 2009 to 2018, they grew by almost 50%.
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.
What did you do?
You just supported your local, independent bookstore! And that means so much more than you probably realize.
Congrats, Summer Listening Challenge Finishers!
More than 40 independent bookstores participated in our first ever, Summer Listening Challenge.
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 a Seattleite, I’m often the first to experience the new technology that this “Goliath” offers. With a click of a […]