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#indiebookstoreday

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Do you ever wish you could do three good deeds at once? Good news: You can! If you buy a book from either of our independent bookstore wishlists between now and May 5th, 2025, 3 good things will happen:

1. An incarcerated reader will receive a book.

2. Your gift will be matched by a generous donor (for a maximum of
$1,000 per wishlist).

3. You will support independent bookstores.

List 1: politics-prose.com/wishlist/ro

List 2: bookshop.org/wishlists/a641ac4

Because it's #IndieBookstoreDay, I did an experiment I've been wanting to do.

Bookshop.org now sells ebooks. The ones that are DRM-free – clearly marked on the site – can be downloaded & read on any device.

So I bought a book that had been on my 'to-buy' list ( @clpolk's "Soulstar”) & tested it on my favorite iOS ereader (Marvin) & on my Kindle. Total success.

You can also set your favorite indie bookshop as "your” shop, so they get the profit from the sale.

So much better than you-know-who.

I ordered some books for my partner through my local indie mostly-used bookstore, The Book Rack. Today we went to pick them up and discovered it’s #IndieBookstoreDay ! They were MOBBED.

We got all kinds of nifty additional goodies, like a sticker and a bookmark, in honor of the day. If you are in the area I recommend them; they are tiny but have such an interesting selection it’s easy to spend an hour or two there.

book-rack.com/

www.book-rack.comThe Book Rack

This #indiebookstoreday, take time to visit a local, independent bookseller and pick up a book or two — or more! Bookshop.org is my preferred online store when I can’t visit in-person because I can select the #indie bookstore I want to support with my purchase » bookshop.org/ 📚

bookshop.orgBookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.