Wine and cheese and books ... what could go wrong?
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Thank goodness I'm on the other side of the country!
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#indiebookstores

Well, this is a little different ...
Any authors here want to take this up?
📖 Describe your book in three words 📚

#indieauthors #indiebookstores

PSA - as far as we are concerned, every day is Indie Bookstore Day.
The sign over the door reads:
"Where stories live and community thrives"
The Howard Family Bookstore in Detroit opens April 25.
#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

PSA - April 7 is National Black Bookstore Day

"In 1830s New York, with the growing abolitionist movement as the backdrop, David Ruggles, an underground railroad conductor, opened the first Black-owned bookstore in the country."

#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

PSA - "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction"
I love short stories!
#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

I couldn't have said it better myself!
#FreedomToRead #ReadFreely
#libraries #librarians #indiebookstores

Golden Fig Books Carrboro Ancestral Landscapes: Searching for my place in the world Cindy Waszak Geary Reading and discussion Circle on lineage and land April 16 7pm 200 N Greensboro St A-17

If you are in the area and available, please come join me at @goldenfigcarrboro on April 16 at 7pm. If you have never been to Golden Fig Books in Carrboro, you are in for a treat....it is such a lovely #bookshop! Thank you Golden Fig for this opportunity! #indiebookstores

PSA - "Cry, Voidbringer" by Elaine Ho 👇

"Her dark political fantasy book released late last year, [it] explores 'how identity is reshaped under empire' and the question 'Why do post-colonial societies perpetuate the same crimes as their oppressors?'"
#indiebookstores

PSA - "The Veiled Prophet" by Devin Thomas O'Shea
"... the definitive history of the Veiled Prophet Society in all its violence and pageantry, offering a colorful alternate history of the United States through the lens of the Midwestern elite."
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead

A graphic with a light blue background, a banner of flags at the top, and it says- Southeast Wisconsin & Northeast Illinois Indie Bookstore Passport Program. 17 Indie Bookstores, Four Weeks, Two States, Multiple Chances at Prizes, and One FUN Adventure. April 1st through 30th. --- The Regional Indie Bookstore Passport Program runs April 1 – April 30, and we’re so excited to be part of it along with 16 other amazing indie bookstores across Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois! Pick up a passport at any participating store and start your bookstore road trip! Visit at least 5 stores to earn an exclusive "I Support Indie Bookstores" sticker and raffle entries for gift cards, book prizes, and more. The more stores you visit, the more raffle entries you earn, and if you make it to all 17, you’ll score a free tote bag and a total of 4 raffle entries! Spend at least $15 at each store to qualify, and don’t forget to turn in your completed passport by April 30! Follow along on each store’s social media to see grand prize reveals and tote bag designs. Let the bookstore adventure begin! See more information at shopatbhb.com! List of participating stores alphabetically: >Abalabix Books, 30 N Williams St., Unit A, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 >About Time, 528 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, IL 60048 >Arnett & Son Books, 3314 Washington Ave, Racine, WI 53405 >Blue House Books, 5915 6th Ave A, Kenosha, WI 53140 >Books & Company, 1039 Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 >Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 >Lakeside Books, 830 W Main St., Lake Geneva, WI 53147 >Lion’s Tooth, 2421 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207 >Little Bean Books, 875 Main St, Antioch, IL 60002 >Reads by the River, 102 E. Main St, Waterford, WI 53185 >Read Between the Lynes, 111 E Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098 >Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140 >The Nerdy Word, 1106 Main Street, Union Grove, WI 53182 >The Well Red Damsel, 6429 W North Ave, Wauwatosa…

Our regional passport program has begun, pick up your passport today and kick off that road trip. 😍

#indiebookstores #southeastwisconsin #northeastillinois #booksky💙📚

PSA - If you are in the Asheville area tomorrow, check this out (link below) 👇
Firestorm Books is also organizing a noise demo on Saturday for the International Day of Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants>
#indiebookstores

Love song by Elle Kennedy and In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde on a pink floral sheet

The title page of both books, each handing by their authors

The sprayed edges of each book: in her own league has an orange to red sky grading Love song has a pink and yellow backdrop with music notes on it

Indie exclusive art for both books On the right, a man in a baseball jersey and a woman in a business suit in front of a skyline On the left, a girl in a pink top and jean shorts being held by a boy wearing all black

my favorite thing is an indie preorder campaign and both of these beauties came in last week 🤩🤩

🎶🌅: love song by elle kennedy from joseph beth bookstore in ohio

🧢❤️: in her own league by liz tomforde from capitol books in sacramento

#booksky 💙📚 #indiebookstores

Support local bookstores! Shop mine at www.bookshop.org/evermorebooks or grab and audiobook www.libro.fm/evermorebooks
#books #bookstore #indiebookstores #audiobooks #evermorebooksmn

Never underestimate the power of books 📖
#FreedomToRead #NoBookBans #libraries #librarians
#indiebookstores

CA dreaming! More bookstore LOVE 💕: #bookstore #12 of my bookstore posts #supportindies #buybooks
#Warwick’s #LaJolla
#CA
#booklove #booksky #readreadread #indiebookstores #amwriting #MG 📚💙🎉🥰📚

PSA - Hardcovers vs. paperbacks 👇
Personally I approach this as I do the ebooks vs. physical books "controversy". A matter of personal taste.
I do tend towards paperbacks if I'm at the beach, by the pool, camping, or traveling. A matter of weight.
#JustKeepReading #indiebookstores #FreedomToRead

Always happy with a good haul from a great bookstore that just gets me! Do you see any favorites in here? The book on top is The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery #shoplocal #indiebookstores #smallbuisness #books #booksky #selfcare #read #saturday #booklover

PSA - Kelly Green's Other Side collection 👇

"books inspired by archaeology, history, and folklore for children and young adults"

Sounds good to me!
(no affiliation)
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead

Oof and yoo hoo and thank you @bookshop.org for THE MISFITS - A SEA MONSTER CONUNDRUM shout out!! (Did you know that your Bookshop purchases benefit your local indie bookstore?)

@randomhousekids.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social #Misfits #KidLit #Indiebookstores #Reading #Books #SeaMonster

PSA - A "slasher" Star Trek?
🤔 Why not? 🤷‍♂️
#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

PSA - if you're in the Chicago area ...
Wednesday April 1, 2026 6:30 PM
Details in the link 👇
#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

Never underestimate the power of books 📖
#FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

TODAY!!!
International Sackville Cube Day Variety Show And Book Launch!!
7:00pm @ 25 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB
Jon Claytor's latest book, seen here w/ CUBE earrings!! 💕🇨🇦📚🧊
tidewaterbooks.ca
Feed the Algorithm Local! *Like*Comment*Share*
#IndieBookstoreCA #IndieBookstores #ShopSmall

Two smiling adults standing in front of shelves of children’s books in a bookstore. Yellow signage above the shelves includes a “Children’s Novels 7-9 Years” label and a “20% off” sale sign. Both face the camera in a close selfie-style photo.

A woman in a brown jacket and gray scarf stands inside a bookstore pointing at a poster that says “I ♥ BOOKS” with a drawing of a child reading. Store hours and book displays are visible on the windows and walls behind her.

Delighted to meet Michael of Book City on the Danforth recently. Also, always a joyful surprise to see this indie bookstore still has my "I (heart) books" poster (featuring my solo pb WHERE ARE MY BOOKS?) up at its children's book section entrance. 🩷
#IndieBookstores #Bookstores #Toronto #BookCity

Happy birthday to American authors James Patterson and Louis L’Amour, both born on this day (3/22)!

Patterson is a great supporter of #indiebookstores & other authors. L’Amour is one of the great writers of westerns, and we get asked about his books (and westerns in general) A LOT! 🤠

Never underestimate the power of books!
(that comment is an ancient form known as "tongue in cheek")
#bibliophile #FreedomToRead #indiebookstores

Sticker: kein Kaffee für Nazis

It's a beautiful spring morning, perfect weather to grab a cup of coffee and browse the bookstores of Kensington. Like stickers? Giving away these today, while they last. #fightbookbans #indiebookstores

TJ Oliver Books image shares book covers for 6 books in the store’s collection.

At TJ Oliver Books we sell progressive titles from a myriad of genres. Period. #indiebookstores

The First Annual McDowell Literary Festival is a collaboration between three of the independent bookstores in McDowell County, NC, taking place on Independent Bookstore Day 2026 (Saturday in April, April 25)
#indiebookstores

Cheap paperback books are disappearing. How you can still be a bookworm on a budget Remember reading small, mass market paperbacks? For around $7, you got a book you could carry in a purse or pocket. Why they are disappearing and what book lovers can still do.

“[At #indiebookstores] book lovers can buy & sell used copies at bargain prices … the rising cost of production is contributing to higher book prices overall, but in the used market, ‘none of the costs that we have, or we offer, are affected by those things.’”

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