How Authors Can Help Independent Bookstores

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November 26 is Small Business Saturday. Here’s one way authors can help independent bookstores.

Bookshop.org is a website that connects readers with small bookstores nationwide. For more information on the site, check out their mission.

Here’s What You Can Do:

  • As a reader, create an account and select a bookstore that will receive a portion of your purchase. When you purchase books on this site, you help your designated store.

  • As a writer, create your own online shop and share the link on your website and socials when you promote your books.

How to Create a Shop:

  • Create an account on Bookshop.,org. Create a profile with your biography, photo, and links.

  • Then create a book list for all of the books in each of your series. You’ll need to create a title (usually the series name) and then add each book. You’ll need the ISBN-13. When you paste the number in the field, make sure to remove the hyphen, or it won’t work. Add each book in the series.

  • Then you can add as many book lists as you want to your shop.

  • Share the link to your shop on your website and socials.

  • Don’t forget to update it when you publish new books.

  • This is my shop link.

Many thanks to Kelly Justice as Fountain Bookstore for introducing me to Bookshop.org.