It’s Independent Bookseller Day!

By Mary Bartling | Categories: Celebrations, Conservations with Authors

independent bookseller day - Open sign on door of bookstore

T
here are 2,185 independent bookselling companies running 2,599 stores in the U.S. at last count. And, happily, that’s nearly 100 more bookstores than the previous year.[1]

As Amanda Gorman – the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history – reminds us, “Independent bookstores are vital hubs of creativity and community.” [2] Not to mention the fact that independent booksellers continue to be a significant force in the battle against book banning.

So, join in the nation-wide celebration at your local indie bookstore… but, not just today. Make a visit to your local independent bookstore part of your usual routine. All your favorite classics will be there, as well as contemporary books by authors like those in our Power of Books Author Series.

To help you engage with your local indie bookstore, here’s a list independent booksellers across the United States:

Alaska

Fireside Books in Palmer, Alaska

Arizona

Bookmans in Tucson, Mesa, Phoenix and Flagstaff

California

Bart’s Books in Ojai
Bodhi Tree Bookstore† in Los Angeles (eventually West Hollywood)
The Book Shop in Hayward
Book Soup in West Hollywood
Booksmith in San Francisco
Borderlands Books in San Francisco
Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore in San Francisco
City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco
Copperfield’s Books in Napa
The Castro (San Francisco)
Burbank
Green Apple Books & Music in Richmond District (San Francisco)
Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park
The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles
Libélula Books & Co. in Barrio Logan, San Diego
Marcus Books in San Francisco and Oakland
Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego and Redondo Beach
The Other Change of Hobbit in Berkeley
Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural in Sylmar (Los Angeles)
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena

Colorado

Tattered Cover in Denver
The Book Stop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado | Wheat Ridge]]

Connecticut

J. Julia Booksellers in Madison

District of Columbia

Busboys and Poets
Kramers (bookstore)
MahoganyBooks
Politics and Prose
World Bank Infoshop

Florida

Haslam’s Bookstore in St. Petersburg
Open Books & Records† in Miami Beach

Georgia

Charis Books & More in Decatur
For Keeps (bookstore) in Atlanta

Illinois

Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago
Seminary Co-op in Chicago
Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago
Women & Children First in Chicago

Indiana

Better World Books in Goshen and Mishawaka
Boxcar Books in Bloomington

Iowa

ACME Comics & Collectibles in Sioux City
Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Kansas

Eighth Day Books in Wichita
Rainy Day Books in Fairway

Kentucky

Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington

Louisiana

Iron Rail Book Collective in New Orleans

Maine

Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops (nine locations)
Weiser Antiquarian Books in York

Maryland

Daedalus Books in Columbia
Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse in Baltimore

Massachusetts

The Bookmill in Montague
Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge
Harvard Book Store in Cambridge
Lucy Parsons Center in Boston
The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley
Schoenhof’s Foreign Books in Cambridge
That’s Entertainment in Worcester

Michigan

John K. King Books in Detroit
Schuler Books & Music in Grand Rapids

Minnesota

Amazon Bookstore Cooperative† in Minneapolis
Birchbark Books in Minneapolis
Common Good Books in Saint Paul
DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis
Mayday Books in Minneapolis
SubText: a Bookstore in Saint Paul
Mager’s & Quinn in Minneapolis

Mississippi

Square Books in Oxford

Missouri

Left Bank Books in St. Louis

Nevada

Gambler’s Book Shop in Las Vegas
The Writer’s Block in Las Vegas

New York

Albertine Books in Manhattan
Bluestockings in Manhattan (1999–)
Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A Different Light† in Manhattan
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in Manhattan
Levine Books and Judaica in Manhattan
The Mysterious Bookshop in Manhattan
Pomander Book Shop in Manhattan
Printed Matter, Inc in Manhattan
Mark’s Bookshop in Manhattan
Strand Bookstore in Manhattan (1927–)
Unnameable Books in Brooklyn

North Carolina

Firestorm Cafe & Books in Asheville
Internationalist Books in Chapel Hill

Ohio

The Book Loft of German Village in Columbus
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters in Columbus

Oregon

The Duck Store in Eugene
Powell’s Books in Portland
Rose City Book Pub

Pennsylvania

City Books in Pittsburgh
Giovanni’s Room Bookstore in Philadelphia
Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem
Wooden Shoe Books and Records in Philadelphia

South Carolina

Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg

Texas

BookPeople in Austin

Washington

Chin Music Press in Pike Place Market, Seattle
Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle
Third Place Books in 3 locations Lake Forest Park, Northeast Seattle, & South Seattle
Left Bank Books in Pike Place Market, Seattle