Thanks for #VirtualBookstoreParty-ing with us!

Saturday was supposed to be Independent Bookstore Day—a day when local bookstore supporters flock to their stores and show their appreciation for the unique community spaces that give us so much. As with all other gatherings, Bookstore Day had to be postponed until Saturday, August 29th.

But that didn’t stop YOU from showing up for your bookstores in a big way on April 25th! We had many people sign up for Libro.fm memberships (all payments went to bookstores), raised more money for Binc through #SocksforBinc, and welcomed a multitude of new audiobook lovers to the Libro.fm community!

Thanks for joining the #VirtualBookstoreParty and inviting others to join as well. With your help, we’re supporting more independent bookstores than ever before.

Here are some of the #VirtualBookstoreParty highlights:

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#SocksforBinc Updates

1,121 people have bought 3,257 pairs of socks, raising a total of $22,327 for Binc!

Maddie, the 11-year-old daughter of our Creative Director Nick, designed a pair of #SocksforBinc.

Her dad said that if she sells 1,000 socks, she can pick anything she wants from DoorDash. She’s at 829 socks.

Let’s 👏 do 👏 this https://t.co/N35SI7K8Gw#VirtualBookstoreParty pic.twitter.com/a0XsdXydwq

— Libro.fm (@librofm) April 25, 2020

Update: Maddie has sold nearly 950 socks! Thanks for your help in getting her close to her goal and supporting Binc. In case you were wondering, Maddie is planning to get teriyaki for her DoorDash prize.

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#VirtualBookstoreDay Celebration

Bookstore Day ambassador Sean Doolittle continues to champion independent bookstores:

Thank you so much for joining us this afternoon! Please keep sending me book recommendations and try to use @indiebound and @librofm if you can. Also, stay safe and please try to stay inside as much as possible. There are too many good books to go outside anyway. ❤️ https://t.co/msW5J4aThP

— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) April 22, 2020

Thanks to all our bookstore partners for a wonderful celebration! We love you!

Community is the backbone of Indie Bookstores, so we've been using the #VirtualBookstoreParty as a chance to thank authors & friends of the store. Today though, we want to say thank you to @librofm for putting this whole thing together and being such a staunch supporter of indies pic.twitter.com/bJodS4uaqy

— Trident Booksellers & Cafe (@TridentBooks) April 25, 2020

Author Anna Bright made us smile with this tweet and GIF:

https://twitter.com/brightlyanna/status/1254128732467597313?s=20

We welcomed this new bookstore partner just in time for the #VirtualBookstoreDay party:

Something cool to announce today: we have partnered with @librofm to offer downloadable Audiobooks that help support us when you buy using our link here: https://t.co/J92k7UvF9o

And since today would have been Indie Bookstore Day if you sign up you'll get 2 books for free! pic.twitter.com/HnIA3f5c5J

— Bull Moose (the store) (@BullMoose) April 25, 2020

Author Flula Borg did his part to spread the word about his audiobook being offered for free as part of the festivities:

DOPE news: To celebration #VirtualBookstoreParty today, get a FREE copy of my audiobook WANDERLUST, USA from @librofm! BOOM: https://t.co/GkykQJhKWH
(support independent book stores und sellers! learn more at https://t.co/TmWZ2s4dve!) pic.twitter.com/CjCbhwz2CN

— Flula Borg (@flula) April 25, 2020

Thank you to all the people, including writer Meg Linehan, who spread the word about how we can all support local bookstores!

Today should have been #IndependentBookstoreDay — instead it's a #VirtualBookstoreParty.

It's a great day to buy a book, pass along a rec, subscribe to @librofm, and above all, #supportlocal. I wrote about bookshops in #NWSL markets at @TheAthletic. https://t.co/0E2dFgLBLO

— Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) April 25, 2020

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Bookstore Love from #Bookstagram