Thursday, April 25, 2019

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day in Upstate SC!

Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 27, 2019. If you live in or near the upstate of South Carolina, please get out to support one of our fantastic booksellers! Links go to more information for the day.



As the Page Turns
21 Plaza Dr D, Travelers Rest, SC 29690

While not an official participant, this bookstore is offering a BOGO sale for all books, April 26-27.

Fiction Addiction
1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5, Greenville, SC 29607 (in the Shops by the Mall center behind Haywood Mall, alongside Jimmy John's) 

-Exclusive signed editions of Adjustment Day, an Indie Bookstore Day special printing of Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel in four years
-A ‘Fight Evil, Read Books’ enamel pin, the perfect accessory to face our world
-Exclusive signed editions of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? by Roz Chast and Patricia Marx, featuring an exclusive Indie Bookstore Day-only book jacket
What to Eat With What You Read, a companion to last year’s Indie Bookstore Day bestseller The Bookclub Journal, featuring reading lists, recipes, and menu suggestions from 25 of our favorite authors
-Literary Luminary Pins, the perfect way to show off your favorite authors with these laser-cut wooden pins. An Indie Bookstore Day exclusive from Letter Craft!
-Signed prints from Maggie Steifvater
-Exclusive signed editions of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, featuring exclusive high quality vinyl stickers

Items free with a purchase-
-“Overheard on the Titanic” print, a clever blackout poem from Austin Kleon’s newest book, Keep Going
Poems to Keep in Your Pocket, a hardcover mini-book of classic poems by Kipling, Wordsworth, Pope, Shakespeare, Dickinson, and more
-The Flora of Middle Earth postcard by Graham Judd, a frame-worthy large postcard, featuring the natural landscape that is so vital to Tolkien’s works

Also, all Libro.fm account holders will receive a free audiobook!

Hub City Bookshop
186 W Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306

10am-2pm: Sidewalk Sale of Used Books
Get a deal on all of our used books!

11am-Noon: The Great Gatsby Mimosa Hour
Browse around the bookshop with a mimosa in hand. We will be offering select hardbacks at 35% off during this hour as well!

Noon-2pm: Blind Date with a Book
With every purchase of a new book, customers will get to choose a wrapped "blind date" pick of not-yet-released galley books.

2pm-3pm: Southern Fiction Cocktail Hour with George Singleton
Southern Fiction books will be 10% off and local author George Singleton will be signing books, including his new short story collection STAFF PICKS. Guests will get a staff-made Southern cocktail with the purchase of a book during this hour!

4pm-5pm: Poetry Hour
All poetry is 10% off and every customer who buys a book will receive a one line poem from a local poet!

In addition:
--> Every fifth customer will receive a free Independent Bookstore Day tote bag with the purchase of new book while supplies last.
--> One lucky customer will win a READ WRITE SOUTH tote full of 2019 popular titles in galley version.
--> There will also be a treasure chest full of goodies on hand for young readers all day.
--> We will be giving away free copies of Jason Reynold’s Ghost to visiting middle readers while supplies last!

M. Judson Books 
130 South Main Street, Greenville, SC

A day just for us and people like us!  Huzzah! Come down to M. Judson on Saturday, April 27 to celebrate Independent Book Store Day!  We'll have special stuff going on all day long (9 am - 9 pm.) Here's a sample of some of the amazing people who will help us celebrate.  We hope you will, too!
  • Author Stephanie Morgan will host story time, sharing from her Tails from the Trail series.
  • Beth Ables will be here with her cookbook/magazine, A Place Here, thoughts and recipes for gathering at the table.
  • Our very own Ashley Warlick will be here with her book, The Arrangement.
Also you can get exclusive IBD items only available on the day! A bookish tote illustrated by the amazing Jane Mount is *free* with purchases over $100! 

Disclaimer:
I am not an official promoter of IBD or any of these bookstores. I just thought it would be nice to help promote their fun events.  

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