We are set to have the largest Independent Bookstore Day to date with nearly 1,200 stores participating!

What's New:

Indie Bookstore Day Map is Now Live*!

Customers can now find all participating Indie Bookstore Day stores on the IndieBound Indie Bookstore Day Map! We’ll be promoting the map on our social media channels and through targeted ads. The webpage also features the bookstore crawl and passport programs that were shared with us and a link to what stores have planned. You can still submit your plans to ABA to be added.

*If your store is not listed and you ordered exclusives or signed up to participate, let us know.

Amanda Gorman Assets

Feel free to post these graphics from Indie Bookstore Ambassador, Amanda Gorman, to promote Indie Bookstore Day!

April To-Do’s

We recommend checking out the Planning Guide regularly for upcoming to-do’s! Now is a good time to:

• Contact your Ingram rep to add any items from the 2023 and 2024 Exclusives Overstock Inventory to an order. 
  • Stores can also purchase Indie Bookstore Day 2024 shirts from our Bonfire page.
• Promote Indie Bookstore Day with these assets and social media graphics.
• New! Posters have been added to the assets page.
• Join in on Spirit Week!
• Starting Monday, April 22, 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 Indie Bookstore Day on April 27. Here are the Spirit Week holidays:
• Monday, April 22: Silly Sock Day
• Tuesday, April 23: Plaid Tuesday
• Wednesday, April 24: On Wednesdays We Wear Bookstore Shirts 
• Thursday, April 25: Book Character Dress-Up Day
• Friday, April 26: YOUR store’s Spirit Day
• Be on the lookout for Sell Thru Survey
• On Monday, April 29, we will be sending stores who ordered exclusives an easy to complete Sell Thru Survey that asks how your exclusives sold on Indie Bookstore Day. This information is crucial to determining future exclusives and giving publishers ideas for submissions.

Reminder:

IndieCommerce and IndieLite Sites

On Monday, March 11, IndieCommerce pushed the Indie Bookstore Day 2024 exclusives to all participating IndieCommerce and IndieLite sites. This update and the Independent Bookstore Day feature on IndieCommerce (IC 1.0) and IndieLite websites were covered in the webinar. (Recording and Help Document are now available.)

Key Dates to Know:

• Today! April 5: Indie Bookstore Day Searchable Map goes live on IndieBound
• Early- to mid-April: All exclusives ship to bookstores
• April 22–26: Indie Bookstore Day Spirit Week
  • Monday, April 22: Silly Sock Day
  • Tuesday, April 23: Plaid Tuesday
  • Wednesday, April 24: On Wednesdays We Wear Bookstore Shirts 
  • Thursday, April 25: Book Character Dress-Up Day
  • Friday, April 26: YOUR store’s Spirit Day
• April 27, the last Saturday in April: Independent Bookstore Day
• NEW! April 29: Sell Thru Survey sent to stores who ordered exclusives
• NEW! May 3: Sell Thru Survey Due

Stay tuned for future updates via our newsletters. Missed an issue of the Indie Bookstore Day Newsletter? Catch up on them all on BookWeb.

Questions? Contact Courtney Wallace, Independent Bookstore Day Program Director at [email protected].