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Holiday Helper Added to Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge

November 4, 2009 in bookstore, Challenge, giveaway, holiday by Kim | 6 comments

Claire and I launched the Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge earlier this year to encourage people to seek out and visit new bookstores.  Robin, from A Fondess for Reading, satisfied the scout category by visiting Murder by the Book in Portland, Oregon, and  Snow Goose Bookstore in Stanwood, WA.  Allison Staton, from Soccer Mom in Denial, is also a scout after visiting Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC, and The Blue Bunny Bookstore in Dedham, MA.  We’ve had several other people sign up and we’re looking forward to hearing from them.  It’s not too late to enter the competition  – just visit at least two new bookstores before the end of year and tell us about it (in a post, or an e-mail or a comment on the Challenge post).   What a great activity while traveling for the holidays!  Everyone who satisfies the Challenge will be entered in a drawing for a $20 ABA Gift card.  Click here to enter.

In honor of the upcoming gift giving season, we’re adding a new category, “Holiday Helper.”  Buy two books at an independent bookstore, scan the receipt and send it via e-mail to Claire (claire@bookstorepeople.com) or me (kim@bookstorepeole.com) and we’ll enter you in a drawing for a second $20 ABA Gift card.  Not sure what books to buy?  No worries, we’ll be starting our Best Gifts for Readers lists next week.  We’re gathering lists of travel literature, fiction, YA, children’s, independent publishers and more.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

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I’m a Reader’s Challenge Junkie

January 23, 2009 in Challenge by Kim | No comments

I react like Pavlov’s dog whenever a stack of books is put in front of me, I just want to plow through.  I love goals and lists, especially the crossing off part of lists. I already decided that as part of my New Year’s resolution I would spend the first third of the year reading an essay a day, the second third a short story a day, and the third trimester a poem a day.  (For purposes of my New Year’s resolution, “a day” means a work day, Monday through Friday, and all holidays, such as my birthday, anniversary and vacations, are off.)  So, I’ll sign up for the short story challenge and the essay challenge.  Kyle saw the world citizen challenge and wanted to do it.  Excited to be given the opportunity to do something different with my teenage son, I jumped at the chance and joined in.  Then I realized I was reading a book right now (My Name is Red) that would qualify for the art history challenge, and that I received for Christmas several art history books, so I’m in for that one also.  At which point I thought, I could join the RYOB Challenge because overlaps among challenges are allowed.  I think I’m nuts and I’ve tried to talk myself out of it, but I’m going to go for it. 

I’ll be keeping track of my challenges through the Kim’s Nightstand page, please follow along.  Let me know if you’re joining any challenges and maybe I won’t feel quite so obsessive compulsive.

And check out our own Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge, we’d love to have you join!

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Announcing the Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge!

January 21, 2009 in bookstore, Challenge, chick-lit, graphic novels, young adult by Kim | 6 comments

Announcing the Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge!

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Thank you Robin for the image!

I recently found scores of reader’s challenges on the Internet, I’d never heard of them.  There is a reader’s challenge for everything:  short stories, WWII books, world citizen (history and politics), art history, graphic novels (Claire should join this one), RYOB (read your own books), essays, chick lit (everyone participating in this challenge should read Claire’s three fiction books), Notable books, chunkie books (books longer than 450 pages), young adult books, and many more.  Then it occurred to me, Claire and I could do the same thing.  I’m really excited about hosting our own challenge right here on Bookstore People.  So we’re announcing the Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge.  Claire’s a bit terrified about the prospect, but I’m confident she’ll love it. 

Challenge Guidelines

Here are the rules: go to independent bookstores that are new to you between January 1 and December 31, 2009 and have some sort of interaction.  The challenge comes with different levels you can sign up for:

  • Scout – Visit 2 independent bookstores (easy!)
  • Specialist – Visit 2 subject matter specialty bookstores (i.e., travel, children, cooking)
  • Nationalist – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore in a state you do not live in
  • Continental – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore in another N. American country (that would be the USA, Canada or Mexico)
  • Globetrotter – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore on a different continent (if you’re going to Europe, check out Bookstore Guide)
  • Type A Personality to the Max – Satisfy any two categories

We’ll have a page dedicated to the challenge where you can sign up and leave comments.  Plus, we’d love to have a review of the stores you’ve found and liked (we ignore stores with bad service or stock), we’ll post it with a description of you and a link back to your blog (if you have one), just e-mail it to me at kim@bookstorepeople.com.  In fact, we encourage cross posting bookstore reviews so post on your blog, Indiebound, Yelp, City Search, City Guide and any other place that would like it. 

We’ll Give out a Prize!

But wait, there’s even more, at the end of the year we’ll have a random drawing among everyone who satisfied their challenge for a gift certificate from BookSense.  What more could you want?  Sign up now and start exploring the wonderful world of independent bookstores.

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