Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Buy Indie Day


Friday, May 1st has been declared “Buy Indie Day.” The idea is for everyone to find an independent bookstore in their area and buy a book. (Not a big box bookstore.) In these harsh economic times this simple act will help many independent bookstores to stay in business.

Here’s a link to an article about “Buy Indie Day” from the people at Indiebound.org. http://www.indiebound.org/articles/paige/buy-indie-day

Where will you shop for your “Buy Indie Day” book? I already have a place in mind; it’s called Ladybug Childrens Books and Homeschool Supply in Kingwood, Texas. I’ve never been in this shop, but found out it’s owned by an old friend from church. I found this website, so if you can’t make it out to her store, it looks like she has an awesome online collection to choose from. http://stores.homestead.com/LadybugChildrensBooks/StoreFront.bok


Here are a few suggestions for independent bookstores in the Houston area:
Brazos Bookstore http://www.brazosbookstore.com/
Murder By the Book http://www.murderbooks.com/
Out Of Print Bookstore http://www.outofprintbookstore.com/
Long-Lost Friends New/Used Books http://www.llfbooks.com/

Now get out there this Friday and buy some books! Happy reading everyone!

Bookstore Photo by Paul McRae: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmcd9/

3 comments:

Pmcd9 said...
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Pmcd9 said...

You should know that Bookstop is hardly an independent bookstore. They are part of the Barnes and Noble chain.

Annette O’Hare said...

Now you tell me! The research I previously did steered me wrong in thinking it was an indie. Okay, well nobody should ever shop there! Just kidding, you can if you want to.