As we head into the next 4 years, it's more important than ever to support small businesses and those who align with your personal values. As a freelancer who also works at an indie bookstore and published with an indie publisher who has their OWN in...
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Specialty Bookshops
Indie booksellers are generally some of the most passionate people you'll ever meet. Give them a specialty and things will only get more excitable from there!
This shop focuses on joyful, inclusive, kids books! Over half their collection is queer, and there's a strong social justice theme on the shelves.
High Five Books | Inclusive Indie Bookstore & Creativity Hub
This tiny but mighty shop is across the street from the Buffalo Zoo, so cool!
Buffalo, NY Children’s Books | Alice, Ever After Books
Don't be fooled by the sparse website, this place is happening!
Petunia's Place Children's Bookstore
How cute is the combination of books and flowers?! So creative!
Home | Petals & Pages Bookstore
I haven't visited here in person yet, but I hope to during my West Coast book tour this upcoming March!
Violet Volumes
I haven't been here in person yet (as a queer person I can't really go to Florida) but I truly love this store's mission!
HBCU Legacy Project LLC
This little shop is super funky, definitely worth a wander into.
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters
General Bookstores
Scattered across the country but united by a love for slinging books, these indie bookshops stock their shelves with a little bit of everything. Happy hunting!
This Black-owned shop recently reopened after a devastating fire took out most of their children's section.
Welcome to Frugal Bookstore!
I got the chance to visit here briefly when I was traveling for a conference!
Turning Page Bookshop
Any place of business that identifies themselves with hooligans is a place that I can support!
Ballyhoo Books Home
I love a snappy and fun title, don't you?
Ink Drinkers Anonymous LLC
When visiting a friend in Fort Collins a few years ago, we took an afternoon trip to enter the Boulder Bubble, and dropped by here!
Boulder Book Store | Mon-Sun 11-7 br>1107 Pearl St / Boulder phone 303-447-2074 [email protected]
The carved wooden sign for this shop is absolutely everything
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This shop has been open since the 1980's!
Fact & Fiction Bookstore | BOOKS FOR ALL AGES - Missoula, MT
Not only is their collection stellar, but they have a hilarious sign artist drop by weekly to make a new one!
