{"id":72200,"date":"2023-04-13T16:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=72200"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:20:28","slug":"indie-bookstore-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/04\/13\/indie-bookstore-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, April 29: Independent Bookstore Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello Independent Bookstore Day<\/strong>! Saturday, April 29<\/strong>, from 10am-8pm<\/strong>. Celebrate indie bookstores around the country, online and in-store. Here at Book Beat, we will be celebrating with local authors and giveaways! Stop in for great deals, coffee, and a chance to win a $300 gift card. More details below.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong> We will be kicking off Independent Bookstore Day<\/strong> early with A Day of Books and Roses<\/strong><\/a> on World Book Day: Sunday, April 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong> We will be giving away raffle tickets for prizes announced at the end of the day. You will receive one raffle ticket for every $10 spent.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong> Exclusive merch made for National Indie Bookstore Day and free giveaways.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Sale books and markdowns will receive an extra 20% off! April 29: 10am-8 pm.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Enjoy a free cup-of-joe through our new self-serve venture: No Choice Coffee<\/strong>, or try a pour-over (time permitting) created by a local barrista with 8 years of experience for $3. Please drink responsibly.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong> Join in the Michigan Book Hop<\/strong><\/a>! with 30 local Michigan bookstores. Visit Indie Bookstores and Win Prizes! Bingo cards must be turned in to bookstores by May 14, 2023. There will be $300 Grand Prize gift certificate from Bookshop.org and seven $20 gift certificates to spend at your local indie bookstore.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 <\/strong>Local authors Michael Zadoorian<\/a><\/strong> and Stephen Mack Jones<\/a><\/strong> will be visiting to sign and recommend their favorite books, from 1:30pm-2:30pm<\/strong> and 3:30pm-4:30pm <\/strong>respectively.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Receive book recommendations from Tom Bowden <\/strong>from 2:30-3:30pm<\/strong>, resident columnist of “i arrogantly recommend…”<\/strong><\/a> featured in the Book Beat newsletter.<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Local author and artist  Tracy Gallup<\/strong> will be giving a talk and signing her new children’s book Anna’s Kokeshi Dolls<\/strong><\/a> from 6:00pm-8:00pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Independent Bookstore Day! Saturday, April 29, from 10am-8pm. Celebrate indie bookstores around the country, online and in-store. Here at Book Beat, we will be celebrating with local authors and giveaways! Stop in for great deals, coffee, and a chance to win a $300 gift card. More details below. • We will be kicking off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookbeat-shop-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}