Celeste Ng, 2022 official spokesperson for Indies First from Greg Galloway on Vimeo. Shop local, shop Indies First for the holidays! Independent bookstores are filled with amazing gift ideas and treasures to brighten winter days. On Saturday November 26 and year ’round, support small businesses. If you aren’t sure what bookstore is nearest to you, …
This was originally posted in the newsletter from Broadway Books in Portland, OR. The holidays are just around the corner! We invite you to join us for a variety of holiday events at Broadway Books over the next several weeks, including a celebration of Brian Doyle and a new collection of his essays on December …
Award-winning author Jason Reynolds, who is serving his second term as the 2018 Indies First spokesperson, the American Booksellers Association and American Express, and Reynolds’ publisher, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, are working together to make available 20,000 special edition copies of Reynolds’s Ghost to young readers in underserved communities this holiday season. Through the initiative, participating independent booksellers will …
If you’re looking for inspiration to start hoarding water in your home and vehicle, look no further. In Dry, Southern California devolves into chaos as tap water suddenly ceases to flow. Stores are stripped bare of all bottled drinks, and within days lawlessness abounds. The book follows a cast of teenage characters as they first …
Author Jason Reynolds is the official spokesperson for the 5th Annual Indies First celebration of independent bookstores! On Saturday, he’ll be supporting his local bookstores in Washington, DC as a celebrity bookseller, but authors and booksellers have great things planned all around the country. The American Booksellers Association compiled an interactive map so you can …
Saturday was Small Business Saturday and independent bookstores’ special Indies First day. Stores around the region strutted their small business stuff, and customers enjoyed a joyous kick-off to the holiday shopping season. In McMinnville, OR, Third Street Books was part of the community-wide small business passport program. Brian Juenemann, executive director of regional trade association …
This Saturday, independent bookstores put their own twist on Small Business Saturday with Indies First. For the third year, authors support independent bookstores as they kick off the holiday season. Find a participating store near you, whether you’re in your own neighborhood or visiting family; the American Booksellers Association compiled stores celebrating Indies First on …
Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling Portland author (Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch and the Brave Enough [on sale October 27]), has been named the 2015 official spokesperson for IndiesFirst by the American Booksellers Association. The first Indies First, in 2013, was launched by Sherman Alexie. The day is a national campaign on Small Business Saturday (the Saturday after Thanksgiving: November 28 this year) …
Last year, Sherman Alexie came up with the idea for writers to support their local indie by volunteering to work at the store on Small Business Saturday 2013. Alexie called the appeal “Indies First,” and entreated authors to link to an indie to sell their books online. The day was a huge hit. Thousands of authors volunteered as …
