We are set to have the largest Independent Bookstore Day
to date with 1,038 stores participating
Happy 10th Birthday, IBD!
In celebration, join us by visiting as many local Indies
as you can in one day
Last year’s Indie Bookstore Crawl was so much fun,
your local independent bookselling community
has booked it for a return engagement!
A few highlights to know, in case you want to participate:
--If we are the first bookstore you make a purchase on that day, Thank You!
--Please let the person at the counter know that you are participating in the crawl. You will be provided with a Passport that has a page for each participating store. Make sure we remember to stamp your passport as well.
--After that, no more purchases are necessary. You can just visit any of the stores and get a stamp at each one for your passport. (Though we dare you not to find something to buy if you go to all those wonderful Indies around Chicago in one day).
--If you already have your passport from visiting another great Indie here in the city, awesome. Just remember to ask us to stamp your passport whether you buy something or not.
That’s it. If you feel like sharing any of your great experiences from the day, make sure to stop by one or more of the store’s selfie stations. #IndieBookstoreDay #CHILOVEBOOKS
Good luck and have fun!
Oh, did I forget to mention that we will reward you if you visit a lot of us that day? Here’s the kicker:
-- If you visit
TEN stores on Independent
Bookstore Day, then you will get 10% off at
all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
-- IF you visit FIFTEEN
stores on Independent Bookstore Day, then you will get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
For more information, visit Chilovebooks.com
Even if you don’t want to participate in the Crawl, we have all kinds of goodies to help you celebrate with us.
Our friends at some of the major publishing houses have come up with specially priced Indie Bookstore Day editions of some of their books. They have even released some new content and/or signed editions. Here are the books we will be putting on sale on Saturday:
Pure Color by Sheila Heti
Signed paperback, $17
An explicitly mystical book about the creation of art and the creation of the universe.
Here we are, just living in the first draft of Creation,
which was made by some great artist, who is now getting ready to tear it apart.
In this first draft of the world, a woman named Mira leaves home to study.
There, she meets Annie, whose tremendous power opens Mira’s chest like a
portal—to what she doesn’t know. When Mira is older, her beloved father dies,
and his spirit passes into her. Together, they become a leaf on a tree. But
photosynthesis gets boring, and being alive is a problem that cannot be solved,
even by a leaf. Eventually, Mira must remember the human world she’s left
behind, including Annie, and choose whether to return.
Signed by the author (Bookplate), paperback, $8.99
Discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. Told as a story, with a facts and photos section at the back, this sweet series for kids celebrates triumph over adversity through some of history’s favorite characters.
Now with more than 7.5 million copies sold worldwide, the series continues to grow and expand, introducing children around the world to artists, trailblazers, and dreamers who each made a big impact in the world around them.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Exclusive edition with author letter, Hardback, $15.99
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world in this debut novel by renowned slam poet Acevedo.
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature,
the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award.
Tales of the Weird: An Uncanny Introduction edited by British Library Publishing
Independent Bookstore Day 2023 exclusive, paperback, $4.99
Tales of the Weird brings together a chilling collection of stories from across the entire series, offering a brief insight into the abyssal depths of the British Library archives– with offerings by Eleanor Scott, Robert Aickman, William Hope Hodgson, H.P. Lovecraft, and Vernon Lee, E.F. Benson, and many others.
If you just want to come and support us on Independent Bookstore Day, here are some in -store promotions available only that day that you can take advantage of:
While Supplies Last!
Be one of the first 30 customers to spend $30 or more.
You will receive a bunch of after-words swag:
Store Tote, Store Button, Store Pen
Also, a copy of Climate Change and your Garden: Expert Tips and Information
and an IBD sticker
Spend $60 or more:
You will receive all of the above,
plus a free IBD Tote
and a free copy of Tales of the Weird: An Uncanny Introduction edited by British Library Publishing
Spend $100 or more:
Then we will really load you up.
Store Tote, Store Button, Store Pen
Also, a copy of Climate Change and your Garden: Expert Tips and Information
and an IBD sticker
Your choice of the IBD tote bag or ‘She Chose Fire’ tote bag
a free copy of Tales of the Weird: An Uncanny Introduction edited by British Library Publishing
A free copy of the short story Galatea by Madeline Miller
Remember, we might run out of some of this stuff as the day goes on. So, the offer is only valid as long as supplies last.
