I am doing something fun on November 30th and I
have author Sherman Alexie to thank for it.
After being a bookseller-for-a-day to celebrate a new bookstore’s opening, Alexie and the owner came up with the great idea of having local authors
hand-sell books at local independent bookstores on Small Business Saturday.
Big box stores have their Black Friday and online giants
have Cyber Monday, TV football games their expensive ads. If the long Thanksgiving weekend is going to
be taken over by commerce, why not feature the stores and products that we
should all be truly thankful for. What
is life without good books? And where
will we find them without good local indie bookstores?
This is a win-win-win-win idea if I’ve ever seen one:
Win! Authors will
draw more business to the store.
Win! Authors may sell lots of their friends’ books.
Win! Authors may sell some of their own books.
Win! Some authors (me, for sure,) may convince stores to
beef up their children’s nonfiction collection.
So…
Authors, find your local indie and see if they are
interested in having you come in. Or register with the American Booksellers Association.
Local indie storeowners, say, “Yes!”
Teachers and other book lovers, come in, support your local
store, meet a local author (Support him or her too. We are very indie).
PS. I will be at the
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, on November 30 from
about noon to 4 p.m. Come on in, I have many books I
love that I’m happy to share with you.
3 comments:
Great idea, Susan. I'll be in Manchester Center that day (we have a home there)where one of the great indies, Northshire Books, is located. I just sent them the link to your post and volunteered to do the same. Let's see what happens.
Hey Vicki, let me know what happens!
I will let you know. So far there is silence.
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