Also, check out their amazing post on https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjwqNltcHf/
#indiebookstores — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #indiebookstores, aggregated by home.social.
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Have I mentioned how awesome The Ravished Reader Bookshop is?
Time for pre-order!!!!
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Socialism done right is libraries.
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News Podcast: Indie Manga Alliance Launches, Libro.fm Adds E-books, and Readers Fail to Spot AI Stories
On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway brings two pieces of good news for indie authors: the launch of the Indie Manga Alliance, a new US-based group representing manga creators and publishers outside the mainstream, and Libro.fm's expansion into e-books, giving readers another way to support indie authors and bookstores at the same time. Then he digs into a new Cambridge University Press study, "Bot or Not?", which found that readers not only struggle to tell human-written stories from AI-generated ones — they may actually prefer the AI versions.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-indie-manga-alliance-launches/#Podcast #AIgeneratedfiction #BotorNotstudy #indiebookstores #IndieMangaAlliance
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News Podcast: KDP Raises Its Top Royalty Ceiling; Bookshop.org Launches UK Audiobooks; Dystomance Is the New Romantasy
On this episode of Self-Publishing with ALLi, Dan Holloway covers three positive stories: KDP raising the upper price limit for its top royalty bracket from $9.99 to $12.99, effective July 7th; Bookshop.org launching audiobooks for UK readers on a £12.99 monthly subscription designed to deepen ties between readers and their local indie bookstores; and the rise of dystomance — the blend of dystopia and romance trending on BookTok, with a self-published title helping drive the wave.
The post News Podcast: KDP Raises Its Top Royalty Ceiling; Bookshop.org Launches UK Audiobooks; Dystomance Is the New Romantasy appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-kdp-raises-its-top-royalty-ceiling/#Podcast #Bookshoporgaudiobooks #BookTokgenres #Dystomance #indiebookstores
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Plant Swap day! 11-2PM 7/11 at Rainy Day paperback, 81 Greenwood Ave. Bethel
Drop off plants or grab new ones! you don't have to bring plants to take home plants. and you can drop off without taking more home.
2nd Saturday of each month #plantSwap #connecticut #danbury #indiebookshops #indiebookstores #houseplants -
Summer reading has started. Join KUT for our bingo challenge
Summer has started and at KUT we’re looking forward to spending some quality time reading and enjoying Austin’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Music #austinbookstores #AustinPublicLibrary #Entertainment #independentbookstores #indiebookstores #summerreading #summerreadingbingo #summerreadingchallenge
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Philosophical Haunts: A Survey of Preferred Literary Sanctuaries
Daily Nous readers shared their preferred bookstores for finding philosophy books. See which independent shops and online sites are reader favorites.
#PhilosophyBooks, #Bookstores, #IndieBookstores, #DailyNous, #ReaderPoll
https://newsletter.tf/daily-nous-readers-favorite-philosophy-bookstores/
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A recent informal poll by The Daily Nous asked readers about their favorite places to buy philosophy books. Many prefer independent bookstores, especially those near universities.
#PhilosophyBooks, #Bookstores, #IndieBookstores, #DailyNous, #ReaderPoll
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My book The Wild Heart of India is now out in paperback as a revised edition with five new essays. Published by Westland, the book has a brand new cover, a beautiful piece of art by Sartaj Ghuman, whose illustrations grace the pages inside as well. The book is now making it's way into bookstores across India. #books #naturewriting #wildlife #biodiversity #India #indiebookstores #theWildHeartOfIndia
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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.
https://blog.libro.fm/indie-bookstore-revival/#Audiobooks #bookshop #independentbookshops #indiebookstoreday #indiebookstores
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My #book #thewildheartofindia is now in many #bookstores across #India... Do visit #indiebookstores for it... Or to discover more!
#naturewriting #wildlife #biodiversity #conservation #literature
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My #book #thewildheartofindia is now out in #paperback! A revised edition, with some new #essays and a lovely new cover by Sartaj Ghuman. Do take a look! Available in a number of #indiebookstores like #Higginbothams (photo) and #Champaca (link)
https://champaca.in/products/the-wild-heart-of-india-nature-and-conservation-in-the-city-the-country-and-the-wild#nature #wildlife #conservation #naturewriting #ecology #NaturalHistory #india #Books #WestlandBooks
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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.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/bookshop-org-sales-surge/#Bookshoporg #Draft2Digital #ebooksales #independentauthors #indiebookstores
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🎉 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"?
https://bookshop.org/shop/etaski
Newcomers: Use my referral link to get 20% off your first purchase!
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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.
https://www.writersdigest.com/the-fight-against-amazon-with-bookshop-org#Resources #WDPodcasts #Bookshoporg #fightingamazon #IndieBookstores
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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
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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.com/shop
#IndieBookstores #HolidaySales #bookstodon #BookLovers #sffbooks #bookshop #bookshelves #GreatIndieBooks #ClosingSale
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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…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-bookshop-org-e-books/#Podcast #Amazonereaders #Bookshoporgebooks #digitalpublishingtrends #indiebookstores
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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. :)
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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:
https://thescribblinglion.com/product/time-reavers-jacob-holo/#GoodBooks #SciFi #SelfPublished #IndieBookstores #bookstodon
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Lovestruck in Seattle -- Seattle's Romance-only bookstore is raising funds to move to their permanent home
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lovestuckinseattle/lovestruck-in-seattle
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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
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RavenCon of Richmond, VA is this weekend. It's an awesome, fan run SFF convention with an emphasis on science & writing. Here's what I'll be doing there: https://thescribblinglion.com/ravencon-2025-is-this-weekend/
#WritingEvents #SFF #SFF_Conventions #AlixEHarrow #TheScribblingLion #SmallPress #SelfPublished #IndieBookstores #RavenCon -
Looks like libro.fm is having a weeklong sale leading up to Indie Bookstore Day* and there are lots of great deals for DRM-free audiobooks!!! I've already gotten three in addition to my monthly credit and I may buy more 😆
*I think the name varies, but this is the name for the Canadian version, organized by the Canadian Independent Booksellers Association. They even have a website to help people fine indie booksellers!!!
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Finally picked up *months* of orders that I placed at the queer bookshop down the street, Birdie Books. I thought they'd be a bit upset that I was planning orders and not picking them up, but no, they're happy I'm a customer!
Shopping there and buying from them is a much, *much* better experience than Amazon. Seriously. If you haven't, find your closest indie bookstore, you'll love it!
The books, all of which I'm excited to get to:
- HUMANKIND, Rutger Bregman
- SUNRISE ON THE REAPING, Suzanne Collins
- THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, Sarah Kendzior
- PAPER DOLL, Dylan Mulvaney
- THE QUEER ALLIES BIBLE, NV Gay
- THE STONEWALL READER, anthology
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Bookshop.org is now selling ebooks
Up to 100 percent of the profits will go to indie bookstores.
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/bookshoporg-is-now-selling-ebooks-113033975.html
#books #bookstodon #reading #bookstore #ebooks #indiebookstores
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If you’re in the Albuquerque area, come say hello on February 6th at Bookworks! I’ll be there to support Lauren C Teffeau in celebrating the release of her new mythic science fiction book A HUNGER WITH NO NAME (University of Tampa Press).
#Bookstadon #NewMexico #IndieBookstores #SmallPress #SciFiBooks
