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Tag: indie bookstores

  • Posted on Friday, April 23, 2021
  • by Lyn Liao Butler

Lyn’s Favorite Indie Bookstores

April 24, 2021 is National Independent Bookstore Day. To honor indie bookstores, I’m posting about my favorite ones. For me,…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2021Monday, April 12, 2021
  • by Greta Kelly

Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day at Blue House Books

April 24th is Indie Bookstore Day and to celebrate, I wanted to shine a light on my favorite local indie,…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2020Tuesday, April 21, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

My favorite indie bookstores

I love independent bookstores. Who doesn’t? The curated selection! The friendly booksellers! The atmosphere! I miss a lot about life…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2020
  • by Kathleen West

All Hail the Independent Bookseller

In this time, readers and writers everywhere are concerned with helping independent booksellers survive the pandemic. Indies matter for many…

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  • Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019Wednesday, April 24, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

Dear Booksellers…

    Like most writers, I’ve been an avid reader since the day I learned to read, and some of…

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  • Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019Monday, April 22, 2019
  • by K.A. Doore

There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Book

Every few months or so there’s a new conversation about independent bookstores (or “indies”) and a certain big, monopoly behemoth…

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  • Posted on Monday, August 13, 2018Sunday, August 12, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

No One Minds Cake

My launch party took place at the awesome Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia — the place which is, more or…

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  • Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Elise Allen

Deb Elise Is Into Chains

I love independent bookstores.  I do.  I support them, I stand behind them, I’m all for them. However, with the…

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Since 2007, the Debutante Ball has been celebrating first-time authors and their books. Learn more.

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Current Topic: Welcoming the New Class

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