IBD on Good Morning America!

As part of IBD’s 10th anniversary, we’ve been working with Good Morning America and landed a Saturday morning piece — on April 29, Independent Bookstore Day! Indie Bookstore Ambassador Celeste Ng will share a pre-recorded video, and member bookstore Books Are Magic will be live in-studio talking about IBD and encourage viewers to shop at their local indie that day! Tune in at 8:45 am ET to catch the live interview. We will also share it in BTW, the IBD Newsletter, and on social media after it’s aired.

Additionally, we’ve created brand new assets with quotes from Celeste Ng for you to share!

Free Shipping on Bookshop.org

Bookshop.org is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with free shipping! Customers who can’t make it into your store on Saturday — or who are looking for a title you don’t have in stock — can support your store AND get free standard shipping on all Bookshop.org orders on Saturday and Sunday. 

Please keep this promotion under wraps until it is active. Details on active promotion coming soon!

Libro.fm Promotion

New member offer: Customers can get a free audiobook when they start a new membership and use the promo code BOOKSTOREDAY.

Week-long sale: Our Independent Bookstore Day audiobook sale runs from April 24 – April 30 and features 1,000+ audiobooks for $5 or less.

The link to share is www.libro.fm/ibd, and assets are available on Libro.fm's Bookseller Hub and the IBD Campaign Google Drive.

IBD Spirit Week Reminder

Starting Monday, April 24, join fellow booksellers for Independent Bookstore Day Spirit Week! Feel free to share the digital assets, use the hashtag #BookstoreSpiritWeek, and take part in the daily themes leading up to IBD on April 29. Need a refresher? Here are the Spirit Week holidays:

• Monday, April 24: Silly Sock Day
• Tuesday, April 25: Plaid Tuesday
• Wednesday, April 26: On Wednesdays We Wear Bookstore Shirts
• Thursday, April 27: Book Character Dress-Up Day
• Friday, April 28: YOUR store’s Spirit Day
  

Social Media Influencers and Ads

Thanks to your recommendations, we’re working with almost 20 Book Influencers across the country to hype up Independent Bookstore Day! Additionally, we are running ads on Instagram and Facebook from April 22 to April 28 pushing the IndieBound IBD map for customers to find their local participating indie bookstore.

Don’t miss a chance to win up to $500 for your bookstore

Don’t forget that any IBD participating store can enter the 10 Years of Indie Bookstore Day: An Instagram Display Contest, regardless of ordering exclusives. Remember to tag @americanbooksellers on Instagram with #IndieDisplayContest from April 24 through May 1!

IBD 2022 and 2023 Exclusives Overstock Inventory

Interested in ordering last year’s exclusives? The following items are available and Ingram is running a promo discounting these items at 80%. Note that some items have limited inventory:

• IBD 2022 Tote Bags
• World’s Smallest Kite - Diamond

Additionally, many items from this year’s list of exclusives have an overage, available first come, first served. Note that some of these items also have limited inventory:

Last Minute IBD Inspiration: Check out our article listing how stores are celebrating the 10th anniversary of IBD! These plans are also linked on the IndieBound IBD map web page for customers to see. 

Share your media mentions: Is your store being mentioned in local news outlets for IBD? Email the story to [email protected] to be added to the IndieBound IBD Media Webpage.