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San Diego Book Crawl and Independent Bookstore Day

From KPBS:It's Book Crawl time again! All your favorite independent bookstores in San Diego will join forces for the weekend, beginning on Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022, lasting all weekend and into Monday, May 2. The Susie Ghahremani/boygirlparty commemorative pin this year is, as usual, cute a raccoon snuggling a stack of books and is available while supplies last by spending a minimum of $5 at eight of the participating bookstores. A new addition this year: If you haven't stopped by the new Libélula Books in Barrio Logan, make sure to include it on your crawlCheck this handy PDF map for details about each bookstore's hours and location. Julia Dixon Evans, KPBSFrom the organizers:11 San Diego Independent Bookstores, 3 days, 1 passport, and you!The San Diego Book Crawl is back. in person! We cannot thank you enough for all of your amazing your support over these last few, super-weird pandemic years. This year, we decided to return to a three ....

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MSU professors to open bookstore, coffee, wine bar adding to area's independent booksellers

Hooked, a bookstore/coffee shop/wine bar opening in Lansing in the spring, joins a growing number of independent bookstores in Greater Lansing. ....

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Independent Bookstore Day is 'like Christmas and a bunch of other holidays rolled into one'

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When it comes to book sales, the COVID-19 pandemic has been both a blessing and a curse.
Authors and publishers rejoiced at the fact that book sales were up in 2020 by 6 percent, according to NPD Bookscan, but independent booksellers and neighborhood bookshops saw their sales dip according to the American Booksellers Association. Some stores even reported sales down 40 percent compared to 2019 numbers.
So while it seemed like the pandemic drove people to buy more books, most of those books were purchased online at sites such as Amazon and Walmart. Many independent bookstores did their best to stay competitive despite having to close their doors to in-store browsing. Some made it easier to purchase books online while others offered same-day, curbside pick-up or even hand-delivery options. But without customers allowed to browse and, to a lesser degree, having in-store appearances from authors promoting new books, independent bookstores have struggled to adjust to ....

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