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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The holidays are almost upon us. Bookseller and authors have teamed up for a spectacular shop local event on Small Business Saturday, November 30: Indies First. Seattle author Sherman Alexie got the ball rolling; in September, he emailed a group of authors encouraging them to help their local, independent booksellers by volunteering to mix with …
Sherman Alexie proposed a couple months ago that authors should work a day at a local indie bookstore, recommending titles and just in general getting out there and supporting books and the favorite local stores that sell them. Handselling–putting a book into a reader’s hand and selling them on it–is what he’s talking about, and …
