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  1. Amidst Big Tech, Readers Are Showing Up for Indie Bookshops

    On April 25, thousands of readers across the US and Canada headed to their independent bookshop to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day—and their support showed. In fact, we at Libro.fm saw our strongest Independent Bookstore Day in company history! 
    The post Amidst Big Tech, Readers Are Showing Up for Indie Bookshops appeared first on Libro.fm Audiobooks.
    blog.libro.fm/indie-bookstore-

    #Audiobooks #bookshop #independentbookshops #indiebookstoreday #indiebookstores

  2. News Summary: Bookshop.org Sales Surge 55% to $70 Million; E-books Now 5% of Total Sales

    We start the week with some good news that segues interestingly out of the news that many indie authors have found alarming at the end of last week. The indie corner of the internet has been filled with little other than discussion (much heated) of Draft2Digital's decision to introduce fees for new and low-activity accounts in the face (it claims) of a vast increase in artificially generated content.
    The post News Summary: Bookshop.org Sales Surge 55% to $70 Million; E-books Now 5% of Total Sales appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
    selfpublishingadvice.org/books

    #Bookshoporg #Draft2Digital #ebooksales #independentauthors #indiebookstores

  3. 🎉 I'm a Proud #BookshopOrg Affiliate! 🎉

    Where every purchase supports your local #IndieBookstores

    Visit my Storefront, #buy any #book and support your local community and me as an #IndieAuthor :blobcat_pat:

    Wanna see who inspired me in #EpicFantasy and #DarkFantasy? Who are my obsessions in #Comics and #Comedy? Good "One & Dones"?

    bookshop.org/shop/etaski

    Newcomers: Use my referral link to get 20% off your first purchase!
    refer.bookshop.org/asetaski

    #Books @bookstodon #Writing #BookLovers

  4. The Fight Against Amazon with Bookshop.org

    In this episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," editor Michael Woodson chats with Bookshop.org CEO Andy Hunter about the fight against Amazon.
    The post The Fight Against Amazon with Bookshop.org appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/the-fight-ag

    #Resources #WDPodcasts #Bookshoporg #fightingamazon #IndieBookstores

  5. The City & The City posted their 2025 bestsellers and we love to see a Stelliform book on the list! Also of note: the book is on the list because it is great, yes, but also because The City & The City read and loved it and recommended it and made it a bookclub feature. Indie bookstores are THE BEST.

    #indiebooks #indiebookstores #bestseller #lynnhutchinsonlee #originsofdesireinorchidfens #bestof2025 #canadianbooks #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #books #bookstodon #booklover

  6. Countdown is on!

    At the end of 2025, I'm closing The Scribbling Lion as an indie bookstore and shifting focus to selling my own books.

    There are still lots of great holiday gifts left on the shelves, and I'm about to post a very sharp markdown in service of ending the year with an empty store.

    Check out the Shop, and watch the hashtag #scribblinglion for the sale to start!

    Https://www.thescribblinglion.

    #IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale

  7. Countdown is on!

    At the end of 2025, I'm closing The Scribbling Lion as an indie bookstore and shifting focus to selling my own books.

    There are still lots of great holiday gifts left on the shelves, and I'm about to post a very sharp markdown in service of ending the year with an empty store.

    Check out the Shop, and watch the hashtag #scribblinglion for the sale to start!

    Https://www.thescribblinglion.

    #IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale

  8. Countdown is on!

    At the end of 2025, I'm closing The Scribbling Lion as an indie bookstore and shifting focus to selling my own books.

    There are still lots of great holiday gifts left on the shelves, and I'm about to post a very sharp markdown in service of ending the year with an empty store.

    Check out the Shop, and watch the hashtag #scribblinglion for the sale to start!

    Https://www.thescribblinglion.

    #IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale

  9. Countdown is on!

    At the end of 2025, I'm closing The Scribbling Lion as an indie bookstore and shifting focus to selling my own books.

    There are still lots of great holiday gifts left on the shelves, and I'm about to post a very sharp markdown in service of ending the year with an empty store.

    Check out the Shop, and watch the hashtag #scribblinglion for the sale to start!

    Https://www.thescribblinglion.

    #IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale

  10. Countdown is on!

    At the end of 2025, I'm closing The Scribbling Lion as an indie bookstore and shifting focus to selling my own books.

    There are still lots of great holiday gifts left on the shelves, and I'm about to post a very sharp markdown in service of ending the year with an empty store.

    Check out the Shop, and watch the hashtag #scribblinglion for the sale to start!

    Https://www.thescribblinglion.

    #IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale

  11. News Podcast: Bookshop.org Expands to E-Books, Amazon Updates Kindle Scribe with New Color and Note-Taking Features

    On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports that Bookshop.org has launched e-book sales in the UK, allowing readers to support local bookstores while buying digital…
    selfpublishingadvice.org/podca

    #Podcast #Amazonereaders #Bookshoporgebooks #digitalpublishingtrends #indiebookstores

  12. I will also, in full honesty, note that I had to overlook a couple of "seriously?" moments. For instance, everyone seems to be able to run around and engage in combat for hours on end and not get tired. They just jump into the next adventure. That, I had to kind of squint past. A couple small things. But this book still lands solidly in the "worth reading" category.

    #SelfPublished #IndieBookstores #bookstodon #GoodReading #SciFi #adventure

    And I just discovered I should use the tags #FediBookstore and #FediFiction. So there's that. :)

  13. I finally read "Time Reavers" by Jacob Holo. I've had it in inventory but I've honestly been afraid to read it because a friend asked me to stock it for a convention.

    I did read the preview chapter before stocking it, so I knew it was good writing, but I was hesitant to read the whole thing. Maybe because Holo has worked on books with Weber, and I don't like Weber's writing. Maybe because a friend was involved, and I'm always worried about disappointing a friend if I don't like a book they like.

    But I've read it. And ... it's good. It's a really damn fun story, with lots of snark and fast, science fiction action-adventure pacing.

    It starts out fast and stays there: a young woman finds herself separated from her school group in a busy train station. As she starts to search, she realizes that time has stopped all around her, leaving her the only movement in a suddenly very creepy world.

    Cue a metallic monster erupting onto the scene, targeting her for a then-unknown reason, and the plot is up and running as fast as she is. Cue a snarky, irreverent rescuer, who whisks her away into a fantastical life of danger and secret technology.

    It's a story about multiple dimensions, a secret war,, unexpected allies, developing friendships, and blowing up lots of bad guys.

    In short (too late!), it's worth reading. Pick up an ebook at the usual places, or a print copy here:
    thescribblinglion.com/product/

    #GoodBooks #SciFi #SelfPublished #IndieBookstores #bookstodon

  14. Come on out to RavenCon this weekend! If you can't do that, at least avoid the zon on Saturday and buy your books from a small bookstore instead.

    #IndieBookstoreDay #IndieBookstores #TheScribblingLion #BuyLocal #RavenCon

  15. Welcoming back The Book Lounge in Cape Town !

    We're particularly excited because CROOKED SEEDS (images 2&3) by Holland House author Karen Jennings (long-listed Booker Prize 2021 & Island Prize founder) will be having a book launch here on May 8th - so if you happen to be in the area, pop along & meet Karen, & of course, BUY HER BOOK!

    Check out:
    booklounge.co.za/
    &
    booklounge.co.za/event/crooked

    #books #indiebookstores #bookstodon #booktok #haveyoubeenhere #africanwriters #newtitles #capetown

  16. The hardback edition of my 2019 book The Wild Heart of India is now #outofprint. If you like to read #naturewriting (with fine illustrations by Sartaj Ghuman) in a beautifully-produced volume, the last few copies are in #indiebookstores or here: ncf-store.zohocommerce.in/prod #books
    #TheWildHeartOfIndia

  17. Special guests today! The Book Lounge in Cape Town

    We're particularly excited because GLASS TOWER (image 3) by Holland House author Sarah Isaacs (Island Prize winner) will be launching at the Book Lounge on October 11 - so if you happen to be in the area around then, pop in & meet Sarah, & of course, BUY HER BOOK!

    booklounge.co.za/
    &
    booklounge.co.za/event/glass-t

    #books #indiebookstores #bookstodon #bookstoresoftheworld #haveyoubeenhere #africanwriters #newtitles #booklaunch #capetown

  18. So I love supporting #indiebookstores, and I signed a bunch of copies of AT HOME ON AN UNRULY PLANET at the hallowed Elliott Bay Bookstore in #Seattle. You can order them online here. (Put "signed copy" in the order comments.) It’s also worth it for the gorgeous cover art by Sarah Gilman—and the stories within. #bookstodon #cimate #mosstodon #writingcommunity elliottbaybook.com/item/bIBJ3Y