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justrish1788.substack.com
This site supports independent bookstores.

bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
bookshop.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
princetonupress.bsky.social
Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...

#BookstoreDay
This essay traces the long and turbulent history of American booksellers who have faced censorship, harassment, and even violence for defending the freedom to read. Through vivid anecdotes and historical cases-from undercover stings in the early 1900s and legal battles over “obscene” literature, to FBI surveillance of Black bookstores and bomb threats against feminist and LGBTQ+ shops-the author illustrates how bookstores have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the fight for civil liberties and free expression. Despite intimidation from both government and private groups, booksellers have pushed back, shaping legal precedents and rallying communities to defend First Amendment rights. The essay ultimately calls on readers to recognize bookstores as “arsenals of democracy” and to support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
azalben.bsky.social
While we're all in "Fuck Bezos" mode, two things you've probably heard before:

1) Shop local instead of through Amazon

2) For books, set your local bookshop at Bookshop dot org, and buy through there to get them a nice chunk of change:

bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
Bookshop.org: Store Locator
Discover local and indie bookstores in the United States. Choose your favorite bookstore to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.
bookshop.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
honestdogbooks.bsky.social
We’re having a marvelous #indiebookstoreday !! Thank you for all the ❤️ This is Fitz. He’s a teenager, just adopted from our local shelter. I can confirm he is soft & sweet.

Special stuff going on all weekend.

honestdogbooks.com/indie-bookst...
April 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM
wnwagner.bsky.social
Wrote a post about how much I love independent bookstores.
www.patreon.com/posts/bookst...
Bookstores are THE BEST! | Wendy N. Wagner
Get more from Wendy N. Wagner on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
themonstersknow.com
Go support your local independent bookstore(s) this Saturday!

If there's not one you know and love already, find one

🇺🇸 here bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
🇨🇦 here www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores/
🇲🇽 aquí reli.com.mx/librerias
🇬🇧 here uk.bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
🇪🇺 or here www.biblio.com/bookstores
bookshop.org Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · Apr 20
Independent Bookstore Day is THIS Saturday! How will you be celebrating? 📚✨
April 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
azalben.bsky.social
If you're buying online from Bookshop today (or any day!) you can set a local store of your choice to receive the full profit from your purchase!

Info here: bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
stinasdemons.com ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · Apr 25
💙📚🩸It's Independent Bookstore Day. There's free shipping all weekend at bookshop.org

#IndependentBookstoreDay
Inside me are two wolves: one who wants to buy books purely for the dopamine rush, and one who wants to buy books to read, and unfortunately they're both authorized to use my credit card
April 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
booksoverheels.bsky.social
If you’re wondering how to find an indie bookstore near you here’s a link to bookshop.org to help you find a store near you! This site also lets you order online if you aren’t near one! 📚💙 #booksky

bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
January 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
betnoire.bsky.social
High hopes for 2026....
Because after in 2024, when this happened:
blavity.com/black-bookst...
This is happening:
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
maris.bsky.social
Also the merch, designed by Adrian Tomine, is so perfect www.bonfire.com/indie-bookst...
Indie Bookstore Day 2025 | Bonfire
We’ve partnered with illustrator Adrian Tomine for a exclusive Indie Bookstore Day design.. Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at ...
www.bonfire.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
dominicervolina.com
I use bookshop.org/pages/bookst...

They let you order online, but from local bookstores :)
November 12, 2024 at 2:20 AM
bearlypolitics.co.uk
This 👇👇👇

There are some amazing independent bookstores all over the the UK, please do support them if you can instead of the big jungle place:

uk.bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
November 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
If you're looking for a particular bookstore, you can search here:

bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
all the bookstores listed on BookShop.org
June 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
loottheroom.bsky.social
Thinking about Gene Wolfe on bad reviews again
There used to be a man who published a very influential fanzine, a reviewzine, and he always gave me very bad reviews. The thing that he really hated about my work was that it was different from other works and it wasn’t the kind of thing that he was used to reading. He really resented that. I would write him and say, ‘There are thousands of books of the kind that you want, which are simple straightforward stories along story-lines that you have explored often before. The shelves in every bookstore in the world are groaning under these books. There are tons of them. Why does everything have to fit that?’ He wouldn’t tell me, but eventually I realised that as long as there was one book that didn’t fit, he felt threatened by that. Not all books were familiar comfortable things. There were these strange pseudo-books that might leap out at you and bite and suddenly make you think of things that you had never thought of before, regret a missed opportunity from thirty years ago, or whatever. He was very disturbed by that and very angry at me because I try and write that kind of book. PW: It seems strange that anyone would object to novels that challenge both conventions and the reader. GW: Well, it seemed to me strange at that time but I learned that it does happen and the fact that you tell people you shouldn’t do this, you shouldn’t feel this way, doesn’t have any effect. They continue to o it and they continue to feel as they feel.
December 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
charliejane.bsky.social
The Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl is back!

For those who missed it, this is a delightful, chill event where we get a group of folks together and visit bookstores. In between stores, we eat chocolate!

Support local bookstores!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bookst...
The Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl is Back!
Let's visit bookstores and eat some chocolate! <3
www.eventbrite.com
November 6, 2023 at 3:25 AM
victorialaw.bsky.social
30 years ago, I co-founded Books Through Bars NYC, which sends free books to incarcerated people across the US.
Join us on Sunday, 9/13, to celebrate. (Please RSVP by 9/4) www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-bookst...
NYC BooksThrough Bars isTurning 30!
Help us celebrate this milestone with friends, music, drink, food, and raffle prizes!
www.eventbrite.com
August 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day across Canada and the US. I hope you're all heading out to buy a book at your favourite indie! If you're looking for an independent store, you can visit this site in Canada: www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores/ and this one in the US: bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
April 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
princetonupress.bsky.social

On #IndieBookstoreDay, read more from Lanora Jennings—currently the Midwest Sales Representative and Indie Bookstore Relations Manager for Princeton University Press:

press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...
Bookstores are arsenals of democracy by Lanora Jennings
April 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
audryt.bsky.social
Bookshop.org gives a % of sales to whichever indie bookstore you choose anywhere in the U.S. and they have free shipping this weekend. I'm supporting a newbie bookstores (first years are the hardest for new stores) in Winstead, CT called The Curious Cat Bookshop. bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
Bookshop.org: Store Locator
Discover local and indie bookstores in the United States. Choose your favorite bookstore to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.
bookshop.org
April 27, 2024 at 7:49 PM
debbieohi.com
Thanks so much for the bookst, Ilona!
August 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
bookshop.org
You absolutely can! When you visit this page, use the "filter" button to select Black-owned bookstores bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
Bookshop.org: Store Locator
Discover local and indie bookstores in the United States. Choose your favorite bookstore to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.
bookshop.org
March 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
bryncrow.bsky.social
Firestorm Books was the first business that came to mind here, but I found several more bookstores described here. Thanks for your analysis. www.whoevenreads.com/indie-bookst...
Indie Bookstores with Masking & Covid Policies in 2026
The trajectory of Covid awareness may not go exactly as many expect, and in the meantime, bookstores are one of the community spaces that can offer a transition point to a different possible future.
www.whoevenreads.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:56 PM
heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Stand with the workers.

Here's also a reminder that most book stores don't pay a living wage and that distinction between minimum and living wage really matters.

bookriot.com/indie-bookst...
December 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
azalben.bsky.social
Today is a great day to shop at places like @bookshop.org, which has free shipping right now!

Even better, you can (and should) select a local bookstore, and then they gets the full profit from your purchase: bookshop.org/pages/bookst...
Bookshop.org: Store Locator
Discover local and indie bookstores in the United States. Choose your favorite bookstore to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.
bookshop.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
maryshannonthomas.bsky.social
Understandable, but you can order from someone's local quite easily. Here's my local - they're great. bookshop.org/shop/thebook...
The Book Oasis Bookshop
The Book Oasis has been a fiercely independent bookstore since 2002. We are pleased to offer our customers access to millions of titles through our new Bookshop page. Your purchase supports our bookst...
bookshop.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM