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Nov

23

2018

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Indies First: Shop Small Saturday November 24, 2018

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 …

Nov

19

2018

Dry

Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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 …

Nov

24

2017

Jason Reynolds Indies First spokesperson

Indies First & Small Business Saturday 11/25/17

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 …

Nov

29

2016

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Third Street's owner, Sylla McClellan, and PNBA Executive Director/ Small Business Saturday volunteer Brian Juenemann

Indies First Regional Round-Up

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 …

Nov

25

2016

Show Love, Shop Small Indies First

Saturday 11/26: Indies First, Small Business Saturday

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 …

Sep

22

2015

Cheryl Strayed named Official Spokesperson for Indies First

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) …

Nov

26

2014

Sherman Alexie with all the Indies First bags

Indies First:
Shop with Authors Saturday 11/29/14

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 …

Feb

26

2014

Kate DiCamillo: Indies First Storytime Day
May 17, 2014

Have you heard about Indies First Storytime Day on May 17, 2014? Children’s book authors will be storming indie bookstores on May 17, sharing favorite books! The American Booksellers Association (ABA), a community of independent booksellers, publishers, wholesalers, and other book-loving folk, posted this great announcement in Bookselling this Week. Excerpts are below, but for all …

Nov

29

2013

Indies First Saturday and Indie websites Cyber Monday

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We thought you might enjoy a little Sherman Alexie as you digest. http://youtu.be/UlTHVIu1Bl0 It’s that time of year, when shopping can get hectic and life might feel even busier. But may I please make one request? Your holiday gift to your community? Please share the shop local message with …

Nov

26

2013

Indies First This Saturday at Independent Bookstores Near You

If you follow your favorite authors on facebook or twitter, you might have noticed a lot of buzz about the Indies First events happening throughout the region (even the world!) this Saturday, November 30. Seattle kids’ author Kim Baker (Pickle) posted on facebook: Are you shopping locally on Saturday? I’ll be a guest bookseller at Secret …

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