This week is Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW), an annual extravaganza sponsored by Amy Riley of My Friend Amywith the help of many kind elves. For the last several weeks, BBAW accepted nominations for the “best” of several types of bloggers. Voting occurred last week on the finalists and the winners will be revealed this week. Today the real fun begins. Check out the BBAW website for scavenger hunts that race across the blogosphere, all culminating in a prize for some and a chance to look at book blogs for everyone. Articles are posted daily, today there is one from the editor of small press about book bloggers, another from a blogger about reviewing classics, and a third from an author grateful for the impact of book blogs. Moreover, dozens and dozens of book bloggers are giving away prizes in honor of BBAW and Amy’s efforts.
While we’re not officially book bloggers, our mission is to highlight independent bookstores, we talk about books a lot. Plus, Claire and I don’t want to miss out on the fun. Our prize fits both our goal and the secret wish of every reader and book blogger: free money for books. We’ll give a $20 ABA gift card to the winner of our drawing. We’ll be purchasing the gift card from Skylight Books in Los Angeles, but it can be used in hundreds of independent stores across the nation. For those of you without an independent bookstore (consider opening one up!), the gift card can be used at many stores online. Skylight Books assured me that the winner could order a book from them and they would ship it.
How to enter? One entry for leaving the name on an independent bookstsore you love and a second entry for twittering about this giveaway (put @bookstoreK in the twitter so I can find it and/or leave a comment below about the twitter if I won’t know you by your twitter name). Leave your e-mail and the winner will be picked mid-day on September 19th with random.org.
Good luck!
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I haven’t had a chance to frequent many indies, but I have enjoyed The King’s English in SLC – I love going to events there!
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Page & Palette, Fairhope, Alabama
http://www.facebook.com/PageAndPalette – become our fan!
This is a 41 year old family owned bookstore. Founded by Betty Joe Wolff, it is now owned by her granddaughter, Karin Wolff Wilson, an active proponent of indie causes. Come see us whenever you are on the Gulf Coast.
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I will tweet this as well (pgpalettepirate)!
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Emily, we love Page and Palette, here’s our post on the store: http://www.bookstorepeople.com/2009/01/books-and-art-the-perfect-combination-for-40-years/
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I love Pegasus & Pendragon in Oakland, CA!
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Her in Brainerd we have Cat tails in downtown. It is a fun type browse shop that you never leave empty handed.
journey through books @ gmail dot com
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Secret Garden Books in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is a fabulous small bookstore located on one of Seattle’s best streets for strolling.
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I recently discovered the joys of Politics & Prose in Washington D.C. and am itching to have money to spend in that store. This GC would be great!
I’ll head over to twitter now to tweet about the giveaway…thanks for participating in BBAW!
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I tweeted via SavvyVerseWit and just subscribed to your tweets. Brilliant!
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I love Just the Bookstore in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
http://www.justthebookstore.com
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id love a book cert for b and n
we all shop there when we need to right ?Todd
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I love all of the links to great bookstores! Serena, I would be dirt poor if I lived close to Politics and Prose!
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Sorry, Tom, no B&N gift cards on this site, but the ABA gift card is even better!
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I did a Google Search to find the name of one of the two independent bookstores I know in my area. (My favorite is Aftertime Comics. I stumble upon it a couple months ago and bought my very first graphic novel-the first in the Sandman series. The other is a Catholic bookstore.) Wow! I had no idea how many there were in this area. Must find indie bookstore for sci-fi and fantasy. They’d get my full support.
Ooh_Books is my Twitter moniker. Ooh . . . Books! is my blog (http://oohbooks.blogspot.com). Email oohbooks[at]gmail.
Tweeting now.
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I actually really love Skylight, I just moved to LA and was looking for an indie bookstore and came across this one and absolutely love it!
Otherwise, Tin Can Mail Man in Arcata, CA is my favorite indie bookstore!
emily DOT wittenberg @ gmail DOT com
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I love Vromann’s in Pasadena, CA!
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In St. Paul, MN there is a fantastic indie bookstore, The Red Balloon, that I frequent constantly.
Thanks for letting me share this information.
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Please ignore my previous comment about the tweet: I forgot to add one the critical components to the tweet. The new tweet is :
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I’m a big fan of the Mystery Bookstore in Westwood!
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